Dancing, Black Hipsters & More From The New York Times
Posted by anastasia on 01-30-2007
I'm playing catch up after running around most of yesterday. If you haven't already, definitely check out my article on the MySpace Ecosystem over at BusinessWeek Online and a big thanks to everyone who emailed me to help out. My next ViewPoint column will focus on "the new paper dolls," i.e. avatars and virtual fashion, looking at sites like Stardoll and Gaia Online that are becoming hits with teen and tween girls. Feel free to email me with leads or ideas.
The weekend's New York Times was full of Ypulse-y news, so I figured I would do a quick roundup post in case any of you missed these stories. Two of them struck personal chords with me — the first was the Sunday Styles section's attempt to label black or brown people who dig rock music as part of a trend — "Truly Indie Fans." Eat the Press over at Huffington Post offers up a decent commentary politely reminding the Times that this is not new. I spent a good chunk of my teen years on the Nashville, TN punk scene in the late 80s and guess what, not only were there a couple of African American kids who hung out in the hardcore scene — one was a drummer and one of the most popular local hardcore bands. Plus…hello, anyone remember Bad Brains, Fishbone (who still put on a kick-ass live show) or Living Colour?
The magazine featured a lengthy piece on how many evangelical churches are opening up to allow dancing. Hallelujah! I'm sure I've waxed not so poetic here about how "Footloose" is one of my favorite teen movies of all time…I just remember the Church of Christ kids not being able to dance in Nashville…This story is on my "to read when I have some time" list.
The Arts section belatedly covered the Slamdance controversy over the Super Columbine Massacre Role Playing Game!, which was withdrawn from the competition, and gave us a preview of "Jackass" and professional skater Bam Margera's upcoming MTV series covering his wedding preparations.
And finally Monday's Business section informed us that Nielsen is now rating what college students are watching on TV — and tells us, most channel surf, multitask and don't have DVRs.
January 30th, 2007 at 9:06 am
The movie "Footloose" has gotten better with time, because the cast went onto to become bigger stars through later movies and TV shows.
So watching it is a chance to see an all-star cast now, which wasn't the case when it was released.
Also, the simple-but-unique premise of a town which banned dancing with teenagers who want to dance holds up.