Trendoids in Britain have glommed on to the latest hip thing in night clubbing.....ignoring people!  In the mobile club scene, you show up at the hot spot du jour with your mp3 player and listen to your own music all night long on your headphones. My Own Private Idaho.  But how to show other people you're interested in them if you can't just sidle up to them and start dancing alongside them while shouting banal conversation over the speakers?  Well, that's where 'doffing' comes in.....

http://www.gizmag.com/go/5547/

Meanwhile, according to "Trends in Japan", the latest trend in pop culture there is weepies....tear-jerker films, TV shows and books.  What's fueling the blues?

http://web-japan.org/trends/lifestyle/lif060329.html