Music Now: Ikinoii Mixtape - Special Edition.

A few days ago, I mentioned how the whole planet has gone totally 80s. To illustrate that point, at least as far as contemporary music goes, I thought it would be cool to present the new ikinoii with something I frequently did with the old version, A Musical presentation I call Music Now. This inaugural, special edition is all about electro. So all you fellas throw on a skinny tie, you ladies dress up like Pat Benatar or Belinda Carlisle and we can all dance like we were in the Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go video. Or perhaps not.

In any case enjoy the musical trip, I think my point is pretty obvious regarding the global 80s electro rebirth. The artists featured here are from all over the world, the U.S., Japan England, France and Germany and span musical genres, alternative, rock, techno, R&B and hip hop. I even threw in some classics for comparison. Enjoy.

playlist:

Madonna - 4 Minutes.
Danity Kane - Strip Tease
Britney Spears - Break The Ice
New Young Pony Club - The Bomb
Duran Duran - Planet Earth
Diddy Featuring Keyshia Cole - Last Night
Janet - Feedback
Ami Suzuki - Free Free
Kylie Minogue - Come Into My World (Fischerspooner Remix)
Namie Amuro - What A Feeling
Justice - DVNO
Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence
KanYe West - Flashing Lights
Felix Da HouseCat -
What Does It Feel Like? Featuring Miss Kittin (Royskopp Remix)
Ladytron - Seventeen
Crystal Castles - Crimewave
80tto - AF (80z Kidz Remix)
Immi - Klaxon
The-Dream - Get That...
Prince - DMSR

80s Flavored Jackets From Diesel.

Wherever you go throughout this little planet of ours, Whether you're in a bustling U.S. metropolis like New York City, a cutting edge, far eastern ones like Tokyo or Singapore, or cities steep in historical culture like Paris, Berlin and London, you'll see examples and representations of this whole 80s revival that we currently find ourselves in.

The roots of which can be traced back to the mid to late 90s when New York City designers like As Four, Bands like Detroit's Adult, Fischerspooner (Brooklyn) and Ladytron from the U.K., Germany's Miss Kittin & The Hacker along with DJs Felix Da Housecat, Larry Tee and DJ Hell and countless club kids in Brooklyn and Berlin began Jacking 80s icons from Depeche Mode & Duran Duran, to Prince, Soft Cell & Devo, and to Basquiat, Molly Ringwald, Flashdance and Beat Street for every bit of inspiration they could get off of them.

Fast forward to 2008 and you have our current state of affairs. Every record on the radio sounds like a Prince track; Brett Michaels has young women fighting to get in his pants again, the Yankees are a mediocre baseball team, the economy sucks. It's daija vu However all is not lost. You can get your Member's Only sexy courtesy of Diesel. Diesel invokes the legendary 80s jacket with their spring outerwear lineup. They got it down to a T, people. The boxy, angular shoulders, the zippers, snaps, buttons and angular lines.

Only they don't cost $39.99 like those Member's Only jackets back in the day. Oh, no. These'll set you back from $240 to $1000. Seeing how I have to pay for summer semester in two weeks, I won't be copping one. But if I could, I would. Whether you're financially strapped like I am, or you're just rolling in money, you should hit the link below to see other drool worthy, 80s-inspired clothing on Diesel's site.

Diesel.