Funk. That’s what this issue of State Press Magazine is all about.
No, not the stuff gathering suspiciously around your dorm’s community shower drain. We’re talking about a unique style, and SPM is determined to help you find yours.
There are good ways and bad ways to get in touch with your funkiness. Good way: reading SPM. Bad way: taking funk aerobics at the Student Recreation Complex.
Let’s just say that if a close friend asks you to take an exercise class involving complicated foot, leg, arm, head and pelvic movements to the tune of “Rhythm Nation,” run away. Far, far away.
And if somehow this alleged friend lures you to the class because “it’s free” and “white girls from Glendale can be funky, too,” don’t feel bad about bolting mid-funkercise. You won’t be the first to do so.
Thankfully, our hip writers have devised less public ways of getting your groove on. Melissa Bradsher and Tia D’Ambrose offer tips for finding an inexpensive, original wardrobe at the Valley’s best thrift and vintage shops, pages 10 and 11.
And on page 15, Meghan Gaynor scopes out the latest in decorating trends. Don’t be afraid to funkify your house, apartment or dorm room, even if you are stuck in Best Hall, home of the unsightly dresser-closet-desk-bookshelf hybrid.
Once you’ve got the clothes and the décor, all you need is one last thing — the shoes. Michelle Beaver explains on page 6 why some students are ditching loafers for bowling shoes. It doesn’t get much funkier than that.
And if you still don’t feel like the coolest thing since Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, do what I do — lock your bedroom door, put on your favorite tunes and dance the night away with your two left feet. I recommend Jamiroquai’s upcoming album “A Funk Odyssey” (see the review on page 16). Just remember to close the blinds.