Ep. 57: Fad World ft. W. David Marx
This week on Tasteland we're joined by W. David Marx, an American fashion and culture writer who works and lives in Tokyo, Japan. He is the author of Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style and Status and Culture: How Our Desire for Social Rank Creates Taste, Identity, Art, Fashion, and Constant Change.
Preorder Blank Space: A Cultural History of the Twenty-First Century
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W. David Marx
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Timestamps
00:00:00 Subway tastes
00:02:26 There's no song of the summer
00:09:05 Skinny pants are never coming back
00:12:10 Only Fads
00:17:10 Fad consumerism culture, US vs Asia
00:21:27 The age of the double sellout
00:24:00 The 21st century crisis
00:35:49 Rich enough to not have a smartphone
00:41:25 Cultural roots of contemporary politics
00:51:04 Everyone is a marketer
00:56:37 You can't be unfamous
01:01:04 Capitalism without morality
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Our intro song, Night Life, is written by Nakisso Peralta and performed by Chillers.
