Emo Clothing Fashion

The appeal of taking drugs at rock shows in 2011 is basically the same as it was in the late '60s. Friends seeing the mega-DJ known as Deadmau5 for the first time this year might be rolling on feel-good Ecstasy or dropping mood-altering ketamine, energizing their dance parties, elevating certain senses and capping the shared experience.

SANDHILL FALL FESTIVAL: 4-11 p.m. tonight and Thursday and noon-11 p.m. Friday through Nov. 2, Sandhill Research and Education Center, 900 Clemson Road. Will feature a corn maze, pumpkin patch, haunted house, carnival rides, live music and hayrides. One ride/event ticket price: $10. www.clemson.edu/sandhill

Image courtesy of Chaos In Tejas SXSW. Check. Austin Psych Fest. Check. Pachanga. Check. Its now time for our citys next big music carnival, Chaos In Tejas . The sixth edition of this annual celebration of all things punk and hardcore (and everything in between) kicked off yesterday, but if you didnt make it out last night, fear not, for the mayhem continues through Sunday. As always ...

Lady Gaga was named the most influential artist of today in the Time 100 list. One of the fields that she has such an impact on is fashion. As much as she is a trend-maker and really in a league of her own, shes not the first musical act to have an effect on fashion as a pop culture component.

Did any genre devolve faster than emo? While the name of a particular style or subculture of music tends to be little more than a shortcut creating by marketing executives, it still seems like emo went from hot new thing that all the kids loved to an overexposed mess in the span of about six months. Like many rock style shifts before it (grunge, nü-metal), it quickly became less about what the music sounded like and more about fashion, sex and excess. As Mark Arm said in 1992, It's so overbl