In and Out: 2007

In: Post-apocalyptic futures, a la Cormac McCarthy's The Road and Alfonso Cuaron's Childen of Men
Out: Mel Gibson

In: Rappers guest starring on pop singers' songs
Out: Pop singers guest starring on rappers' raps

In: Melody
Out: Beats without melody (I'm crossing my fingers on this one)

In: What the Arctic Monkeys will do next
Out: What The Strokes will do next

In: Lard
Out: Trans Fat

In: Hot Urban AC (several stations changed their format to this last year)
Out: Rap (sales were way down last year)

In: Nick Lachey
Out: Jessica Simpson

In: Hoping Whitney Houston can make '07 a comeback year
Out: Hoping Janet Jackson can make '06 a comeback year

In: James Bond martinis, shaken not stirred
Out: Smoking (banned in DC bars and restaurants as of 1/1/07)

In: The Dixie Chicks
Out: Toby Keith

In: The '90s
Out: The '80s

In: iTunes Store (Fergie gets accidentally deleted one week and she plummets on the charts)
Out: Tower Records (Rest in peace)