Yada yada, life goes on, you sail around some crags, you hit some with full throttle. Anyway we still work on emoisdead.com as much as ever, but more backdrop than when we started. Doesn't mean we gave up this shit. As a proof: There are lots of interviews coming. Cancer Conspiracy, Favez, Motorpsycho, Barra Head, Firewater... plus more reviews.

Okay, it's a little bit late for New Year retrospects, but there was something that got me thinking. I remember when we started emoisdead.com. We were mocking about zines that told you how to dress "emo": tank top, big black-rimmed glasses etc. The Get-Up Kids era, you know. Today it's even worse, and I'm pretty sure that Emo's deader than ever. I found a school magazine, featuring an article called "Schoolyard Emo - A new species and how to deal with it". It answers to questions like "what is it?", "why is it dangerous?", "how does species-appropriate keeping look like?". Quoting: "The schoolyard emo, lat.: emosus abstrusus howlus belongs to the genus homo eyeliner pencil and is somewhere between razor blades and protozoa in the food chain." And so on. I'm working on a full translation, but that's not so interesting now. The fact is: Emo isn't just deader than ever - it's bigger than ever. It's a huge part of the youth culture compareable to Tokio Hotel, casting shows, hello kitty bags, h&m, ring tones and all the other weird things you don't understand as soon as you grow out nof your teens. It may not be a new discovery for you, but it's the first time I really thought about it. I always knew that emo will be huge some day and will be cannibalized by big companies. But this is way more than I expected. Do we have to find a brand new motto for this site? A new adversary? - - - Just some thoughts I had when I recovered from my New Year's Eve hangover. Yesterday.

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