Tuesday, December 28, 2010

NYTimes says Melisma is dead, but I don't know...

"Melisma may have also run its cultural course. Ms. Carey, Ms. Houston and Ms. Aguilera, to name its three main champions, are most associated with the period from the late ’80s through the late ’90s: an era now largely associated with money, ostentation and American power, especially during the latter half of the ’90s. Their brawny vocal approach and lush, widescreen records reflected their times as much as the Clinton-era Wall Street boom."  I guess we are stuck with Kei$ha... but atleast we have this guy: 

The Rundown says ART!

Check out these awesome exhibits while they are still here!!

Street Style:
Japan Fashion Now
Japan's youth culture has so many subgenres, it makes our old high school equation of jock/nerd/stoner look prehistoric. Established menswear designer Yohji Yamamoto gets served up next to gothic babydolls and futuristic get-ups suitable for Comic Con.
Thru Apr 2, 2011. The Museum at FIT, 227 W. 27th St. (212-217-4558)