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Monday, May 12, 2008 12:00 AM

Hip-hop is no longer cooler than me

It's a sad day when a farm boy from Iowa can say that about a musical genre he once loved. When will the awful dance crazes end?
By Paul Kix

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  • Monday, May 12, 2008 07:05 AM

    So ... What's next?

    As a member of the boomer generation, I've noticed something that worries me.

    One thing that the big innovations in pop music -- jazz, rock and hip-hop -- had in common was that the establishment started out by saying "That stuff isn't music!" Not that it was bad music, but that it wasn't music at all.

    Then, eventually, the establishment caved in and accepted it.

    So where's the new not-music, now? As a middle-aged guy, this worries me.

    My big hope is that today's kids have something truly amazing, and they're just really good at hiding it from us oldsters.

    —just john Read just john's other letters

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