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 __ W. David Marx Newsletter Twitter/X Instagram __ 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 __ Our intro song, Night Life, is written by Nakisso Peralta and performed by Chillers.
