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What will the next big hipster trend be?

MC Thom — Tue, 02 Aug 2005 14:35:37 GMT

Place your predictions here.

To start with: Bolo ties (the re-popularizing of which I will personally spearhead).

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Stork pants vs. Skatery pants

Dal — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 01:41:48 GMT

The issue is, side stance. Side stance has everything to do with hips. I went stork pants for years on end and I'm back, close call. I can crouch and pick up the special heavy box too.

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Blerbtextuals

Dal — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 21:52:50 GMT

Ever seen a baggy pants butter pipe boy with a crooked hat who blasphemes and obscenes because you are wearing some bad kakhis? Ever heard an unathletic blimp shout because your clothing is askew when you are in the middle of something? Ever seem a glassed prejudical squint because their next thought was out of order? These are some of my hipster mysteries.

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accidental hipster

avidd — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 21:22:48 GMT

okay, i got a haircut and i think it tipped the scales. i may now be a hipster. can anyone help me?

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Unhip among the Hippie Hipsters

audio_muchacho — Sun, 08 Jan 2006 09:06:12 GMT

I just went to a hippie gathering-- and I thought I was one of them-- but I just felt unhip among the hippies. That was sad.

I don't really have very interesting hair, which I think is a prerequisite for hippydom. Dreadlocks, curls, home haircuts, burnt hair, or shaved bald.

I have no tattoos of eastern mystical symbols, I do not smell of patchouli, and I dance like a B-boy, not a seizure victim. I do not say "Namaste" as much as I probably should, I have a full time job, and I have not done a complete colon cleanse recently. I don't know the words to bhangra music (Indian techno) and I am not living in a Tantra commune.

It's a shame, because I DO believe in peace and love and healthy food and groovy music and natural women and health and transcendence and social justice and sustainability and free love.

Is there a heaven for a G (eek)?

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Like cockroaches...

Hades — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 22:16:51 GMT

...they just won't die!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbDQ4M_cuwA

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A song...

Ðαlε th' Nail™ — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 02:16:08 GMT

I'm a shoe gazing, pabst drinking, white-belt wearing, metro-sexual..and my girlfriend works at stumptown...
I'm a bad hair havin', sweater wearin', white-bread pseudo-intellectual...and her parents think I'm gay....
My girl friend digs that I'm a wussie....cuz' I'm not threatening that waaaaay..eay..eay hay!!
and I don't mind being such a pussy....cuz' those girls won't fuck white boys uless thier just this side of...gay!!
I'm a shoe gazing,Pabst drinking, white-belt wearing metro sexual....HEY!,I saw you in the Mercury!...
I'm a sleeve cryin' bad hair havin' white bread pseudo intellectual...
and my parents think I'm gay
when I wrap my skinny arms around her...it fells so keen to be her guyyyyy....eeyy...eeyy..hiiiee!!
and we're a hit at all the parties...cuz we'er fashion statement poly and we're fashion statement bi......
I'm a shoe gazing, Pabst drinkin', white belt wearin metro-sexual...I'm just a hunk a hunk of neo-Dionysian angst....
I'm a sleeve cryin' bad hair havin' white bread pseudo intellectual...and my parents think I'm gay..........but that's O.K...............I'll follow you into the Daaaaaaaarrrrrrrkkkkk

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Didja know...

Ðαlε th' Nail™ — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 13:08:56 GMT

That the guy in the main photo is actualy the lead singer from "the Lovin'Spoonful" circa late sixties.....the Emo-pabst-indee-sweater-wussie-dork-boys have probibly never had an original thought.....IF THE GIRLS WOULD STOP HAVING SEX WITH THEM,THEY WOULD GO AWAY!!

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Seattle!......er..seattle

gratephil — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 15:57:06 GMT

Bumbersnoot, the official bread and circuses of the Jet City is winding mercifully down. As usual, a number of hot-at-the-beginning-of-the-year R&B acts of varied quality were booked to run betwixt and between the diminshing (law of returns) "indie" (read: too much daddy's money and resultant lack of motivation to interact with mainstream community) acts..most of whom are deliberately high-tailing it to Portland---as you can read in the STRANGER's official guide to the thinger. They top it every year w/ bands that were playing the local casinos within the past 9 mo.---or, a last min. draw, like the Stooges last year. This year it was.......Steve Miller. Hip enuf? The promoter, One Reel, had a fantastic HUMOROUS rep. for years. What went wrong, Seattle.... Too much money and not enough sense?

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6-6-06! National Emo Kid Beatdown Day

Colonel — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 07:52:00 GMT

National Emo Kid Beatdown Day

Details:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v35/razorblade_eyes/Emo-Day.jpg

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Indiemock band

righnao — Wed, 24 May 2006 19:15:20 GMT

My friend got a indiemock band called The Los Shoegazers. Check out their songs on www.carnecruda.com and click The Los Shoegazers and download their songs for free. If you know any of indiemock bands, I would love to know them.

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myspace pics

raleigh — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 01:57:07 GMT

i really hate these things. where every single one of them is like looking away from the camera, looking really really sad, as if it hurts to have their picture taken. ohhh i feel so bad for you. it's funny cuz you know these fucks spend hours in their room with their webcam, or their super 8, or their lomo, just trying to get that perfect i-hate-looking-into-the-camera shot.

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how to spot a hipster

girlleastlikelyto — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 17:55:55 GMT

Check out this article, "Why Hipsters Suck"
http://www.hybridmagazine.com/culture/0902/dasilva.shtml

Any other advice for hipster-spotting?

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Its Happy Hour. . .

MsFine — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 03:19:33 GMT

. . and now some emo jokes. . .courtesy of Dymphna on Groundscore. . .

Did you hear about the new emo pizza? It cuts itself

How many emo kids does it take to screw in a lightbulb? none, they just sit in the dark and cry

What you call a cold emo? eskEMO

How many emo kids does it take to screw in a lightbulb? 4, one to replace it and 3 to write a song about how much they miss the old bulb.

How do you kill an emo kid? Give them a sharper knife

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I play the tuba

Tue, 03 Jan 2006 08:58:48 GMT

'Nuff said.

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rickshaw stop

girlleastlikelyto — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 23:18:22 GMT

Is anybody else as annoyed by the Rickshaw Stop as I am? They should just line every surface of the place with mirrors so the hipsters can admire themselves without interruption.

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Why are you not a hipster?

akreventlov — Fri, 28 May 2004 18:28:25 GMT

Just a general question, why do you consider your self not a hipster? Me, its because I've been drinking Coors Light for 10+ years because I like it, sing karaoke, and threw away my truckers hats years ago because I realized that it made me look like a dork. Anyone else? Oh, and I always liked ABBA.

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GrFX

Sat, 22 Oct 2005 18:34:27 GMT

eh?

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What's the ugliest hipster thing you've seen lately?

akreventlov — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 15:08:30 GMT

Me, I think its that grown out mohawk thing...y'know like they had a mohawk for two minutes and then grew out thier hair?

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are a hipster

Mon, 14 Jun 2004 20:04:00 GMT

why are you? (parody thread)

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how the hell did these wee turd-mongers ruin such an historically great term?

tpaulstemarie — Sun, 24 Jul 2005 07:21:29 GMT

What did the word USED to mean, and why reclaim it from the bland?
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Here's an accurate definition of what the word still means to me (and why I'm tryin' to reclaim it!):

hip?ster (hip?ster)
noun

[Formed from hip2 + -ster]

Slang.

1. a person who is hip.
2. hepcat.
3. a person, (esp. during the 1950s), characterized by a particularly strong sense of alienation from most established social activities and relationships.
4.someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle.

Well, we all know this is what we now hate about the wee buggers who stole the word - they're never gonna be rejecting anything in established culture or they'd have to start thinkin' for themselves!

Norman Mailer described the hipsters of the 50's & 60's as ~ possesing "a psychopathic brilliance" and "a dark, romantic, and yet undeniably dynamic view of existence." I don't see ANY 'o dat happenin' amongst the white-belted, predictable mammas boys 'n girls who dare to use the name now! And to add the other iver-marketed, over-used word prefixing "hipster" - URBAN! - well, that just pisses me off even more!

Now, a wee blurb from the

INTERNATIONAL HIPSTER COALITION
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*WE'RE RECLAIMING THE NAME, DAMNIT!*
http://tribes.tribe.net/internationalhipstercoalition?r=10448#

Well, being someone who believes that all things evolve, I still hold true that if the core belief and ideals behind the meaning of a word/definition/concept alters drastically, the word needs reclaiming by those, like me, who believe in the word's true meaning. It's roots are in jazz, and its ideals are forward-thinkin', cool, and smooth! It's slipped all nice into 50's slang, and still held true through the whole beat generation, the - poof! One day it appears again as crap! White belted turd-mongers. Irritating, classless poseurs - fuck - I could go on!

That's why I've started the IHC group!

I see the word "hipster" tossed around in use for the most predictable trend chasers and artsy phonies, as well as within the names of bars, clothes, and so on, who realize the marketing savvy behind the new misue of the term. What pisses me off the most is the combination of the overused words "urban" & "hipster". There's nothin' "urban" 'bout a bad pair of sneaks that cost the equivalent of 1/2 a months rent, or the need to own the "latest" techno-toy - nor is there anything even remotely "hip" or "hep" about this!

Then, there's the bland "metrosexuals"...what the fuck? You a man - be a man. You a gal - be the gal ya be, and don't let NOBODY on TV tell ya how your apartment should look, your clothes should be worn, or your sensitivities increased beyond the rational and natural - we are who we are! Common sense has been lost and taken over by books, TV shows, and trenda tellin' us what's best for us - USE YOUR MINDS, CATS!

Those "modern hipsters" (meaning in today's clubs) seem to have attempted to aquire some grating faux-vernacular that pales in comparison to the true hipster lingo, as it's used for rediculous things like "flubber" forbreast implants, "nancy" for ass, and the variation on "lettuce" or "cabbage" for money - they call it "kale"...How very sad their Hummer drivin', Blackberry usin', yoga absorbed worlds must be!

Where are the thinkers and movers and shakers? Where are the folks challenging boundaries, creating the new ideas? The folks who Mailer described as possessing "a psychopathic brilliance" and "a dark, romantic, and yet undeniably dynamic view of existence." The real hipsters are rebels and frontiersmen, where as today's poor bastards seem to be superficial and full of shite.

What happened to true subcultures? They exist, but they've become so commonplace and marketed to death that they're almost a parody of the true idea.

Hell, the terms "Bipster" (blue-collar hipster) and "The Schmooze" (a self-explanatory personality type that describes 98 per cent of any metropolis' media folk) show up in Robert Lanham's pathetic book "The Hipster Handbook", an unfortunate guide for today's hipsters!

What happened to the poeticism and jazz-backed slang of hipster lingo? The jazz rhythm behind things like "axe" for your musical instument, or "beat" for beatific and hep, or "bistin' your conk" for havin' a good time? Do ya "collar all my jive?" - do ya get it? Cool as an intellectual term describing a far-thinker, also used for someone who maintains it through any and all storms! Now, cats 'n kittens, do ya got your boots on? Ya get it yet?

Well, either way, all y'all who do join this group be jake with me! Plant ya now and dig ya later, Gator!

T.paul
a.k.a.
SwankHipster
moderator ~ the IHC
http://tribes.tribe.net/internationalhipstercoalition?r=10448#

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Not a hipster - Not reall yanything

mella — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 22:53:37 GMT

I realized recently that I'm a bit of everything but not really fully anything:

#I have some strong hipster tendencies - a fondness for Belle & Sebastian, a silkscreen that I make my own Tshirts with, interesting hair, etc - but I'm definitely not a hipster.
#I own hemp shampoo, can go days without a shower, put flax oil on all my food, hug my friends, yet I'm not a hippy.
#I watch anime, dance erratically, blush madly when strangers talk to me, I luurve science (I'm a mycologist by trade and desire), I seriously write things like 'luuurve', I have a thing about apostrophes and spelling, and I'm not really a dork/nerd either.
#I breathe & spin & eat fire, own items of clothing made of fake fur, have been known to be nude in public, have gone to parties with 'playawear' dresscodes, and I'm not quite a burner either (I haven't even been out to said 'playa' yet.)

I used to be a mod hipster in my college days. Now, as you, I mock hipsters; but mostly I shy away from all social grouping and subcultures with their own sets of rules and codes of conduct.

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Seattle anti-hipsters

Maggie — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 09:09:42 GMT

Are you from Seattle and sick you sick of the fact that it's no longer good enough to just be cool? Nowdays "cool" is what earns you that snarky once-over glance from some wierd anorexic-looking chick in $1 granny glasses and $200 Diesel jeans (sorry, I bet even my sarcastic fashion reference will already be dated by the time this posts). I grew up in Capitol hill in Seattle and I'm sick of recieving said snarky glance from the douchebags on my strip who themselves are probably secretly from the 'burbs anyways. Don't move here and then try to alienate me in my own fucking neighborhood! There was once a time when being a nice, normal person with a good personality and decent fashion sense was good enough in this city. TAKE BACK THE STREETS (and bars, coffee houses, etc)!!
Anyone care to discuss?

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mission vs haight

avidd — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 06:27:26 GMT

Someone told me that the mission and the haight have the world's highest concentration of hipsters, but that mission hipsters are dirtier and poorer. is that true?

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Calling all anti-hipsters!

MC Thom — Mon, 07 Feb 2005 02:25:05 GMT

What's up with your bad selves? No new and interesting tales to regale the rest of us with? What's the scenester set up to these days? Someone needs to go undercover and give us an update on the latest trends. They'll be turning passé any minute now, folks, so haste is essential!

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Went to a hipster show the other night

The Seismic Solution — Tue, 14 Jun 2005 18:02:43 GMT

Ohmigod!!! I haven't been around such a concentration of hipsters since, well, ever. Usually I just see 'em on the street in the Mission, but at the Coachwhips/So So Many White White Tigers show the other night, they were all gathered together to witness the spectacle of the Hip Local Bands. I really had fun observing them, how silly & pretentious they seem, etc. I laughed out loud at one guy & his Ironic Trucker Cap(tm), pulled down all funny on his head over his unwashed hair (another hipster trait, I think). I mean, the fucking trucker cap was just so ridiculous on this guy that it was funny. There were plenty of girls in ugly retro dresses & one was wearing knee-high rubber boots with her dress. I laughed again when I was talking about how they probably looked at me and my friend and thought, "Ewwww!! Non-hipsters!" So, they were amusing to me this one time, but yeah, the going attitude was pretty lame and heavy on that "what are YOU doing in my scene?" kind of vibe.

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Old School

Mon, 16 May 2005 12:34:40 GMT

They say I am too old school.

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I just bought a fixed gear bicycle--HELP!

Michael — Sun, 01 May 2005 21:46:41 GMT

I'm a bike nerd (critical mass activist to policy wonk to spandex-clad racer), and I've wanted a fixed gear bike for years. I appreciate the connection to the road, the smoother pedal stroke, and cleaner aesthetics. So, I finally broke down and bought one--or rather, my lack of being broke allowed me to buy one. The thing is that nothing pisses me off more than all the hipsters riding up and down haight and valencia in SF on their fucking fixies.

I'm conflicted and confused--I'm really not a hipster, I promise.

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hip on accident

avidd — Thu, 21 Apr 2005 00:26:39 GMT

is it possible to be so un-hip that you're actually hip? like, tragically hip? like, if you walk around with beadhead and big sunglasses and drink pbr just because you're lazy and cheap?

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Witch Hunt

avidd — Fri, 22 Apr 2005 22:41:51 GMT

You know, i've been looking through all your profiles, and some of you look pretty hip. Are you sure you're not overcompensating by joining this tribe? I mean, really, if you're a hipster you should just come out of the closet and defend your way of life in front of a jury of your peers.

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SWEET TAPDANCING CHRIST !!!!

Mon, 11 Apr 2005 11:09:20 GMT

where the hell has this tribe been for the last 9 months of my life !?!?!

I feel like I finally found a tribe that I can REALLY get in to.

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ambient

Tue, 14 Sep 2004 21:00:38 GMT

i dont know if any of yins like this shit but i do:

http://www.oemradio.org/

good sound quality and relaxing

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Hillary Duff a hipster

madmoisellekat — Sat, 26 Feb 2005 07:27:23 GMT

I wonder what all the self-proclaimed hipsters think of this?
http://www.livejournal.com/community/ohnotheydidnt/1223125.html#cutid1

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another thing I'm sick of...

Wed, 16 Feb 2005 16:11:31 GMT

...DJ's. All hipsters are or were or will be DJ's. Fuck DJ's. I don'tmean fuck DJ's like hip hop DJ's, but fuck hipster rich kid DJ's.

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new here...

Fri, 11 Feb 2005 18:58:52 GMT

I stumbled upon this today by typing "fuck williamsberg" into google. then I realized I spelled it wrong.

what criteria is used to deem someone hip or not? because you DO know, that in a month or two, all the hipsters will be saying "I HATE hipsters!", right?

I think the probelm with our culture ("our" as in US pop culture) is that too many people know too much information about utter garbage. you don't have to LIVE anything anymore...you can just look it up on the web and overnight you're genius on the subject.

Hipsters are like locusts...they find something, they get into it, they suck it dry of all it's life and then they move on to the next thing. To me, that's the defineition of a hipster. Look at the current state of illustration and fashion...it's a joke. it's flooded with hacks and know-nothings who know people in high places. that's basically what's happened in the past 5 years...Nike dunks, bedhead, williamsberg, being a "designer", vice magazine, the retarded absolute WORSHIP of anything NYC or early 80's NYC, etc etc...it's all crap.

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I was a Punk..

Kookala — Thu, 30 Dec 2004 00:17:00 GMT

before you were a punk! I admit singing this to myself while in Hot Topic. Why am I in Hot Topic? Just to see what the kids are into and for shits and grins. Anyway, thought this qualified as some kind of reverse hipster angst.

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are we (maybe?) jealous?

katekatekate — Sun, 12 Dec 2004 13:53:43 GMT

I detect a little bitterness in the vitriol aimed at hipsters. Are we feeling left out of something we actually deep down wish we were included in? I think we are maybe reinforcing the cool kids' coolness by giving them so much attention. We KNOW they are really just pathetic insecure high-school kids who need their clothes, hair and friends to frame up their fragile egos. Each of us must flaunt our true individuality in the face of every hipster in the real world. Maybe we should experiment with being nice to them to show them we aren't impressed. They can smell fear. They learned how in 10th grade when they were very afraid themselves and banded together to create their army of cool.

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Okay, I admit it.

MC Thom — Fri, 17 Sep 2004 04:05:47 GMT

I bought the new Faint album.

And yes, it's good.

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Your hatred or annoyance

Jess — Sun, 25 Jul 2004 17:02:08 GMT

I just realized where my pure annoyance toward hipsters comes from: the fact that I'm a graduate assistant on a college campus and I teach this little snot-nosed hipster punks and watch them thinking they are super cool and hip. I have to not only see them, but I have to have daily contact with them. HEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Although, I also control their grade... *evil laugh*

How about you? How'd you come to hate the "H-Factor"?

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i happen to have some common interests as them...but that doesnt make me a hipster

potato — Sat, 17 Jul 2004 08:03:29 GMT

hello. I joined this because I was curious about what you guys had to say about the following:

I do not consider myself a hipster because I do not care for trends and what is hot, and if I am cool or not cool.

but, I do possess many of those traits one will consider hipster.

I like "indie" music. My passion is British music, particularly britpop and new wave. But I have been into these since before I really heard the term hipster, indie, emo, etc. (i am 23). in high school i was sheltered and had no life. and i was into these things. i honestly love the music and to dance. i don't really care for standing around and discussing albums and reviewing them, for i don't feel i should because i don't know anything about creating music. i only know how to listen to it and enjoy what i hear.

i love fashion. not for the trends. i just like clothes that are pleasing to the eye. i like creating neat, unique styles. and yes, a lot of my clothing happens to be bordering "hipster". studded belts, colored hair (ok thats not clothing, i know), interesting clothes. i've always been into fashion. and i wear what i like, i do not let trends dictate me. i dont wear what i think is stupid. i think trucker hats are a stupid trend. so is wearing black rimmed glasses when you dont even need glasses. come on. i just throw clothes together in what i think is an interesting manner. i shop in thrift stores, i shop in malls. if it is a piece of clothing or an accessory i think is cool, and i like the design, i wear it. i do not like conservative clothing only in that i think it is boring.

i am an artist. i went through an art program at my university and have a bfa. and i have a full time job at a small corporate company because i need to pay the bills. i am interested in arts. i do not like a lot of the mainstream. i think there are a lot of sheep in the mainstream. but i also do think there are a lot of hipster sheep, blindly following the "indie/emo" trends. and i think those people are as bad as the mainstream mtv kids.

i have all sorts of friends and all sorts of interests. although i do admit i lean strongly towards the arts. i have friends who are similar to me, where we love art and music, for their forms, but we really dislike the whole scene. and yet you will find us at shows and clubs because we enjoy the music and we enjoy dancing. we just find a way to ignore the scenesters who are there to be seen or at the shows to just add it to their list of bands they have seen.

i can identify here in that i think the whole scene is absurd. i do not identify myself as a hipster for the fact that, to me, hipsters are sheep who are just trying to be in a scene and have a look. i have a friend constantly complaining about people he meets who will namedrop bands they have seen, and then he will ask them what they think of that band compared to another, and they wont even really be able to answer him, because they dont really know music.

i am just me. yeah, i happen to have a lot of interests in this so-called scene, but i am no scenester. i just happen to genuinely enjoy these things that have become infiltrated by trendoids wanting to ride upon what is "cool". i tihnk it is so lame getting hung up on what is "indie" and what is not. but all those people who are anti-hipster are just as bad as the hipsters. just be yourself!

sorry...didnt mean to go off.
but after me posting a little bit about myself, i am just curious as to your comments.

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New here

Pug Papa — Fri, 19 Nov 2004 05:37:02 GMT

I'm totally not a hipster. I still have long hair, I still love metal, I am not too shy to let a girl no that I like her, I don't read something just 'cause it's written by some fuckin beat poet I could car less about.
I happen to have alot of knowledge on hipsters 'cause I'm a sound engineer at well, a hip club in Portland OR so I deal with them day in and day out. Most of the bands that play here I just can't find what makes them enjoyable.

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Definition of Hipster

sweet.jesus! — Thu, 12 Aug 2004 20:44:24 GMT

2 distinctly different definitions according to dictionary.com:

1. One who is exceptionally aware of or interested in the latest trends and tastes, especially a devotee of modern jazz.
(love the modern jazz part)

2. someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle [syn: hippie, hippy, flower child]
(even dic.com's now on the anti-hippie bandwagon)

would love to hear your definition of the word. oh, and no excessive listing of examples please (studded belts,matted hair, drink preferences, etc.)

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Whats up with the mukluks

akreventlov — Thu, 16 Sep 2004 19:51:52 GMT

When the (#*&$(*#&$)(@! did eskimo shoes come into fashion?

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Fuck Williamsburg

squidcorp — Mon, 13 Sep 2004 23:18:25 GMT

Just wanted to say that. Not much more to add.

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The Hipster Handbook

MC Thom — Tue, 21 Oct 2003 02:02:34 GMT

I haven't read this, and I probably never will, but I wouldn't be able to forgive myself if I didn't share the URL:

http://www.hipsterhandbook.com/

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Proof I am not a Hipster

Rebren — Thu, 09 Sep 2004 22:37:11 GMT

I was at the Canned Food Outlet today making groceries on the cheap and saw a big ol' display of <gasp> Pabst Blue Ribbon 24 packs on sale for 4.99. I smirked as I walked past it thinking of the hundreds of shaggy-headed, adidas wearing cheap-boozers who would cream over the sale. I was tempted to call a couple of self-proclaimed hipster friends of mine to alert them of the sale of their mascot beer, but stopped myself when I realized that if I did that flavorless piss water would be making an appearance at every bbq and party I go to for months. I would not be having it. No way, no how.

See, if I were a hipster, I would have cleaned out the Canned Food Outlet of their crappy PBR cases. Now they sit alone collecting dust next to the "2 for a dollar freeze dried potatoes" where they rightfully belong.

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Fun with Hipsters

Rebren — Tue, 17 Aug 2004 19:51:10 GMT

http://www.tribe.net/tribe/servlet/template/pub%2CViewPhoto.vm/context/pcard?page=4&currentoffset=20&parentid=fdd5d2e4-d1d4-4388-9006-9a3a67cc3385

BINGO!!!!!!!!

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Hipsters/Scenesters

MC Thom — Wed, 11 Aug 2004 20:56:54 GMT

Is there a difference? Is one worse than the other?

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HATE

Thu, 29 Jul 2004 09:00:06 GMT

so who in here reads/likes/or hates that HATE comic?

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CHUG CHUG CHUG!!!!!!

Wed, 21 Jul 2004 01:31:47 GMT

I made a new tribe to celebrate the life of the MEATHEAD! We've all had our run-ins with meatheads, and this is your chance to tell your stories about this breed of humanity.

MEATHEADS.tribe.net

COME JOIN

KEG STANDS!!! CHUG CHUG CHUG CHUG CHUG!!!! LOL...

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job predictor

Tue, 29 Jun 2004 21:49:08 GMT

http://jobpredictor.com/index.asp

Your ideal job is a As the Local always in the pub whenever you walk in.

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Urban Outfitters - Anti-gay rights retailer

MyBodyIsATemple — Sun, 11 Jul 2004 06:15:50 GMT

Moreover, despite Urban Outfitters' appeal to the young, progressive crowd, cofounder and President Richard Hayne's political bent would no doubt surprise many young hipsters. He has, for example, contributed more than $13,000 to Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., most recently noted for comments comparing homosexuality to bestiality.

SANTORUM????????????

http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0708-02.htm

So hipsters are supporting suppression of gay rights!

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Tom Jones

Fri, 09 Jul 2004 00:14:16 GMT

http://www.tribe.net/tribe/servlet/template/pub,TribeCard.vm/tribeName/cultoftomjones

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new non- or anti-hipster boy here...

sispille — Wed, 07 Jul 2004 07:02:45 GMT

and just saying hello. name's eric, and i am SO not cool.

ever think - what if the hipsters monitor this tribe, to find out what the nons and antis are in to, so they can infiltrate, go to those shows, listen to those records, and wear those clothes (and unnecessary horn-rimmed glasses and too-short jeans), thus alienating us even further?

just a thought.

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hipster story for YOU

sispille — Thu, 08 Jul 2004 00:53:20 GMT

so, i went out and saw the red elvises a while back.

they were good, and quite funny.

took a smoke at the break, most of my party left - some stuff was still at the table (front and center - we got there very early to support the club) like my bag and sunglasses and drink. it's pretty clear the table is still occupied, anyway.

come back from smoking, find that a gaggle of HIPSTERS have commandeered all but three chairs at the table i and some acquaintances had been sitting at.

i sit, drink my drink, shift my bag, and a hipster girl turns around to grab another chair for her hipster man-friend, arriving even later than the rest of the late-comers.

i let her know that a friend of mine is coming back (i leave out the part about her and her friends taking all but three chairs - we would have wanted those back if my buddies hadn't left) and offer her the chair next to me (which is standing back from the table a bit, with another chair AT the table closer to her and in the way of her imminent chair-dragging.)

so she starts huffing and puffing, dragging the farther chair past the closer chair. i see she's having trouble, so i say "just take the one closer, i'll move this other one where that one is."

she says..."yeah, i thought so."

and, feeling curmudgeonly and tipsy, said "you thought WHAT? WHAT did you think?"

and she said, meekly, "oh, i mean, thanks , uh, for the chair."

called her on her shite. i never do this. but i did that night, and wow, did it feel great! she and her hipster freak friends arrived late, stole my chairs, and she has the balls to get in my face about which chair i offer from my table. what a hipster.

sheesh.

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Did you know...

MC Thom — Mon, 21 Jun 2004 20:53:56 GMT

That we're connected to the Pabst Blue Ribbon tribe?

This leads me to believe that at least one of you is really a hipster spy.

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New trend

akreventlov — Mon, 14 Jun 2004 18:11:33 GMT

Did I miss the meeting or is looking like Jessica Simpson cool now? I just came back from the mall, and a large proportion of women looked like they just stepped away from the Muppets and the pizza.

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a nightmare before post-punk APRIL 1st

red_zepperin — Thu, 01 Apr 2004 11:00:58 GMT

For the first time ever, five of the most cohesive-sounding, dark, brooding, 70s/80s punk-influenced California bands will unite on one stage. If you give a shit whatsoever about our rising music scene, come tomorrow to the Lava Lounge on 1533 N. La Brea. It's between Hollywood and Sunset.

The bands, and their respected influences, are listed below. And when we say "influence" we don't refer to direct copies (aka rip-offs), we mean that they remind us of the past while adding their own spin on things.

The Geisha Girls: Wire and Gang of Four in a modern nutshell. Note the New Order cover.

The Lips: An offbeat new-wave taste of English post-punk, 60s jangle-pop, and early 80s LA-roots dispatched by collective minds as a car wrecked, full on force.

The Pretty Scars: Brooding, claustrophobic. An experimental beauty at its finest. Peter Murphy would be envious.

The Matachine: A deconstruction of mapped out anti-structural principles with a handful of singers expanding off the notion handed to us by the No-Wave swoon.

The TV Tube Hearts: Wearing the Dolls and 50s guitar-pop on their sleeves, this band happens to be the LA group that appears to be raised outside of CBGB's in the late-70s.

1533 N. La Brea
Hollywood, CA
9pm
$5 or less
21+

Don't miss this gig. It could break or compose your regrets. Much like Russian Roulette.

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run ronnie run

Fri, 28 May 2004 23:34:24 GMT

has anyone seen this movie?

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Do they make patchouli scented Ben Gay?

MC Thom — Sat, 29 May 2004 00:58:12 GMT

http://www.aginghipsters.com/

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100+

MC Thom — Tue, 25 May 2004 16:30:25 GMT

So we've recruited more than one hundred members, which, I believe, officially makes a mob. What do we do now?

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The Broken Hipsters: A Rock Opera

MC Thom — Thu, 13 May 2004 01:55:42 GMT

Wait, make that an "indie rock opera." Specifically, "An indie rock opera about a photographer who documents an aging riot grrl's revolution."

http://www.mindspring.com/~jaypsand/BrokenHipsters/

As far as I can tell, the story revolves around an aged hipsterette and her three overweight infantilism enthusiasts.

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Arts & Crafts for Hipsters

MC Thom — Wed, 12 May 2004 04:45:51 GMT

"No tea cozies without irony."

http://www.craftster.org/

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Hipster Vs. Hasid: This time, it's personal.

MC Thom — Wed, 12 May 2004 04:51:43 GMT

Legion of Scenesters declares Hipster Fatwa upon Hasidic Brooklyners:

http://www.newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/news/people/columns/intelligencer/n_9756/

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stupid Paul Frank stuff

MyBodyIsATemple — Wed, 21 Apr 2004 20:46:18 GMT

so sick of that damn monkey

so hipster

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Hipsters for Jesus

MC Thom — Sat, 01 May 2004 04:45:11 GMT

http://www.sushiesque.com/sushiesque/2004/04/evangelical_cre.html

And they're right in my backyard. Save me, Jeebus!

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I just wanna dance...

Mon, 15 Mar 2004 22:37:47 GMT

Hello...

Any of you from the bay area know of any decent non-hipster clubs where they play britpop / indie / new wave?

Tokyo Electric - hipster central
Popscene - I'm too old (I'm 27, most of the kids there are 18)

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The word of the day is "fluctuation"

MC Thom — Thu, 01 Apr 2004 08:11:51 GMT

Wow, a week or so ago this tribe had 79 members. In one night it jumped up to 84, but now it's nearly back down to 79. Were we infiltrated by Al Qaeda, or did NME send undercover reporters to write a story on us norms?

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Re: Epiphany

Wed, 31 Mar 2004 19:55:08 GMT

Yesterday I realized that the only CDs I've purchased in the past ten months (with the exception of hip-hop titles) were recorded and released before 1980.

That, in and of itself, isn't too anti-hipster; however there was nary a krautrock, post-punk, ironic metal and garage rock album amongst the lot.

In fact, it was mostly R&B. 70s, smooth Philly R&B.

Ahhhhh.....

And to think, six years ago, I was on the primrose path to buying every 7" with an Elephant Six logo on it. Growing up is great, isn't it?

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The Emo Game: The Alkaline Trio Vs. Hell

MC Thom — Thu, 01 Apr 2004 03:38:46 GMT

http://www.emogame.com/alkalinetriogame.html

I was doing great until Hitler dropped a cyanide capsule on my head.

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PLUG

Fri, 19 Mar 2004 18:11:29 GMT

I just wanted to say that I created a NEW TRIBE for local small-scale artists (or art lovers) that would like to present there work (and or talk about it). I know there are many art tribes already, but many of them are huge and difficult to get noticed (or a say in). This tribe welcomes any form of art (poetry and music are all encouraged).

come show your talent for free

At:

Poor Man's Art Show
poormansartshow.tribe.net (you know the drill)

Hope to see you there!!!!!

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Making waves

Fri, 06 Feb 2004 22:06:57 GMT

Ok so I just posted on Hott Girls With Tattoos that I don't like cheesecake tattoos (Betty Page pin-up girls and the likes of that)
Lets see how many hipsters thrash me for that one...

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Hipster watching in Oakland

Fri, 13 Feb 2004 19:43:47 GMT

Hey - does anyone know of a good hipster watching joint in Oakland besides the Ruby Room or Radio?
While I admit I am far from hip myself, doesn't mean I like to have a looksey at some juicy hip boys...

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Next time you're out.....

Shrike Pilgrim — Mon, 09 Feb 2004 13:10:32 GMT

http://www.catbirdseat.org/catbirdseat/bingo.html

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Super Lucky Hipster Fun-Time!

MC Thom — Tue, 21 Oct 2003 02:07:31 GMT

Online quiz: "What Kind of Lame Scenester are You?"
http://quizilla.com/users/xjkx/quizzes/what%20type%20of%20lame%20scenester%20are%20you%3F/

The New York City Anti-Hipster Forum (I can smell the bile from here...)
http://www.hipstersareannoying.com

"Why Hipsters Suck" by Kerry Da Silva (from Hybrid Magazine)
http://www.hybridmagazine.com/culture/0902/dasilva.shtml

Happy digesting.

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