so did you learn this in music class?

The smiths are better than Morrisey, but are still not that great.

Joy division on the other hand...

Hipsters are the best thing to happen to American culture. How bland it all was before them.

"friends couch", nice touch.

What's going to be the new Brooklyn next, Harlem?

Try New Paltz, It's only 1 hour and 30min from NYC so you can still make it to those ironically themed parties and New Paltz has a sort of neo-Bohemian feel to it. They're opening up a hookah bar soon too! Total QueensXcore but without the Arabs.

Not really, it's already gentrified for you.

Aside from American music, I grew up mostly on Haitian Kompa, french singers, and tons of music in spanish, including merengue. However, I didn't really start getting merengue myself until the past couple years. Wilfrido was the first artist I really got into, for obvious reasons. After that I found Alex Bueno's 80's stuff with Andres de Jesus and lost my frikin mind! That shit is too HOTTT!!! Those musicians in the 80's had class, talent, and energy that I LOVE.

Some 80's favorites:

I went to a festival in my mom's hometown in Valverde last December and saw wannabe thugs like this hanging around in the biggest numbers I've seen in my life. I didn't know this nonsense was this pervasive especially outside the capital. I wanted to stomp every kid I saw who looked like these fools in the video.

at this point callejeros abound all over!!! they are all you will ever see at this point. we are in the hip-hop era!

Then our culture is dying or dead.

toro people like you and i will always be around. we are the throwback dominicans i like to say. lol. my children will always know their culture and will be taught to be classy and show respect to all people. the rotten apples abound but it takes us making the difference. i don't judge the hip-hop people i just think that some of them misrepresent our dominican culture. just my opinion.