Lava lamps revert from Passé Retro Kitsch back to Novel Retro Camp.
"It all depends whether you're talking about straight, unironic, revivalist retro or one of the
numerous strains of pre-X and Gen-X irony," said Seth Burks, 29, author of the award-winning
Athens, GA-based 'zine Burning Asshole. "I've identified 22 distinct varieties of irony-informed
retro and non-retro aesthetics, including camp, kitsch, trash, schmaltz, post-schmaltz, and
post-post-schmaltz. It's time we addressed the woeful inadequacies of the government's current
retro-classification system."