Hipster, are you a....

[bodice_ripper]

If it's keeping you up at night....

 

-Music. To step your game, add the Brian Jonestown Massacre, any band with Ian Sveonius (The Make Up, Scene Creamers, Nation Of Ulysses) Neutral Milk Hotel, Iron And Wine, The Postal Service, and Rocket From The Crypt to the list and you can be a serious music snob. (Actually, those are all bands I listen to.)

 

 

 

-...Tattoo artist. Are you good? Work in a shop? How many nautical tattoos, stars and owls have you done on skinny white guys lately? Hip, but it's also having the sense to answer the door when opportunity knocks ($$$).

 

 

Well, that's a nail in the coffin. I LOVE Brian Jonestown Massacre (saw them twice last year) and Iron and Wine and Postal Service.

 

As far as tattooing goes, I work in a shop, and there are those greater and lesser than myself. I'd love to tattoo neo-traditional shit on hip people, but the cutting edge of trendy tattooing in Ireland is angels with the dead babbies' name in it.

 

 

and i AM damn short. I can't reach the second set of shelves in my kitchen.

[earl broclo ESQ]

you guys are dorks!

 

i'll take that over being called a hipster. i'll admit i'm a fucking dork.

[earl broclo ESQ]

i think this thread proves one thing, no matter how old people are, they still live by those those high school politics of judging someone by their taste in music and fashion.

[shai]

Well, that's a nail in the coffin. I LOVE Brian Jonestown Massacre (saw them twice last year) and Iron and Wine and Postal Service.

 

As far as tattooing goes, I work in a shop, and there are those greater and lesser than myself. I'd love to tattoo neo-traditional shit on hip people, but the cutting edge of trendy tattooing in Ireland is angels with the dead babbies' name in it.

 

 

and i AM damn short. I can't reach the second set of shelves in my kitchen.

 

I think "Dig!" is tied with "Spinal Tap" for the best rock band movie ever. I saw BJM in SF a couple times in the 90's...but I only got to see Anton Newcombe freak out once. Nothing major...I think he called the audience "a bunch of philistines" and stormed off...so the band played a couple requests and that was that. Beyond that, I thought it was like seeing My Bloody Valentine...really good psychedelia. I was surprised when BJM played here last fall...I figured Anton was probably dead or a Jehovah's Witness by now.

 

Another really strange psychedelic album is the one Bobby Beausolieil made. I can't remember the name of it, but it's OUT THERE. Look it up on Google. If you want it, I can maybe take the matter to Vito...he knows people.

 

As far as tattooing, make that money...then buy a stepladder. Or some stilts. Or both. Or buy a lower house.

[DRUNKEN-ASSHOLE-ONER]

I'm terrified that one day I'm gonna see a girl from behind and it's some skinny white dude wearing his sisters pants.

 

 

This happens to me pretty often. Shit pisses me off.

 

One of these day's I'm gonna go off on a kid for tricking me like that.

[metronome]

I think if you were to look at the way I dress you wouldn't be able to figure out what kind of music I listen to

[MitchThe$nitch]

I live across the street from what I consider to be the largest hipster bar in Chicago. I watch them go in and out, I watch them drunk leaving the bar, I watch their women. I watch them try to fight - it happened once in the last year - and it was very very sad. Hipsters can't fight? Overall they are harmless. I don't know any girls that like hipsters. I think it might be a youngster thing.

[MitchThe$nitch]

I think if you were to look at the way I dress you wouldn't be able to figure out what kind of music I listen to

 

 

What I liked about 1988 - You could go anywhere in the country and know who a skater was. I could be at a giant event and see just one person with airwalks, vans, or some other shirt etc and know they skated. those days are long gone as every little fuck wheres skate gear from the mall store.

[Tyler Durden]

i'm sure alot of you would love to believe that i'm a hipster.... but whatever, i know i'm not, and you probably suck anyway.

i wear slim fitting pants. no, they are not skintight.

i own a bunch of cardigans.

i have a bunch of tattoos.

 

however, it pretty much ends there.

whenever i go to a party that has these people at it, i stay getting into fights with people.

it's actually pretty funny. they take themselves way too seriously and cant stand having their little worlds shattered.

i don't like pbr, but i will drink it since it's a dollar at a few bars around here (i don't have much money).

i HATE kerouac.

i did not attend art school, and i never will.

i don't do cocaine.

i hate "union pool" and the only times i end up there is when someone comes in from out of town and "really wants to go somewhere..... and heard union pool was awesome." if you ever want to see some real douche-bag hipsters, go there.

 

i'm sure you'll all still formulate your own opinions though, go nuts.

 

 

ps: props to shai hulud on cap'n jazz. i've loved that stuff for awhile. go on youtube and look them up, their entire first show is on there and it's really good. though, i think that you were off about the postal service and iron and wine being on some hipster shit.... i think that the "hipster elite" would be like "oh, you STILL listen to them?" most of the hipsters around here listen to crap like xiu xiu and stuff. i don't even know what it sounds like. thankfully i've never heard it.

[earl broclo ESQ]

I think if you were to look at the way I dress you wouldn't be able to figure out what kind of music I listen to

 

same here --i dress like ron howard, and listen to so many fucking genres of music, that my collection looks schizophrenic.

[rubbish heap two]

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Seriously, you motherfuckers are the reason we lost the rainbow to the gay community permanently.

 

LOL WUT

[dirtydoses]

hipster homicide

[shai]

Xiu Xiu is okay, for what it is. I like both Iron And Wine and The Postal Service, because they do what they do well.

 

I have no idea what hipsters listen to nowadays. TV On The Radio was a big deal for a minute. Moving Units were popping a couple years ago. Mostly all the hipsters I know listen to 80's music. Goes with the clothing.

 

I think Dead Moon is definitely a hipster band in some ways. Same with Leonard Cohen, Can, Television, and Syd Barrett.

 

I like all that music, but I don't like cocaine. It's really all about cocaine, and the cocaine scene, and having an elitist, au courant attitude. I saw some guy at a party last summer, and this is what he looked like-

 

-Bad rocker hair

-Seven o'clock shadow

-Extremely tight white 501's w/o underwear

-A purple tank top

-And, to top it all off...A WHITE LEATHER MOTORCYCLE JACKET.

 

I was pretty buzzed, so I said to someone, "Hey, great party...they even have a gay hooker here!" loud enough for the dude to hear me.

 

He gave me the Hairy Eyeball, and went into the Cocaine Room. I don't know, man...you dress like that, I'm gonna have to crack on you. It's too easy.

[twinky the kid]

haha^.

 

tv on the radio is badass.

this thread is magic.

hot magic.

 

this whole hipster talk is funny,

who cares?

ive been called a hipster before,

ive been called a scene kid before,

ive been called a scuzzy motherfucker before.

 

i wear plaid overshirts all the time,

usually with tight or form fitting jeans.

and vans, or nikes.

my hair is messy and i have somewhat of 5 o'clock shadow.

 

i dont know if i qualify for hipster status,

gee willikers, i hope i do.

[debo]

i think this thread proves one thing, no matter how old people are, they still live by those high school politics of judging someone by their taste in music and fashion.

 

and nonchalant elitism

[earl broclo ESQ]

dictionary.com defines hipster as:

 

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hipster

 

but i think it needs to be updated:

 

hipster: (hip-ster) Adj. : One who tries way too fucking hard to fit into a group via fashion trends, knowledge of a particular subculture, false pretension, random literature knowledge, etc. see also: "Williamsburg"

[earl broclo ESQ]

i've been called hipster, hip hopster, and someone tried to call me "indy" one time. i said "you better follow that shit with ana Jones."

 

i worked in independent music stores, i wear glasses (because i'm near sighted), i have a beard (to hide my double chin), i like graffiti (because to me it's an honest artform), and i play soul/funk/hip hop when i play records. this is what my girlfriend thinks qualifies me as a hipster. i kind of feel like i'm being pigeon holed for something i never did. it's bullshit. this is why the title "hipster" pisses me off.

[podrido]

Definition of a Hipster

Hipster - One who possesses tastes, social attitudes, and opinions deemed cool by the cool. (Note: it is no longer recommended that one use the term "cool"; a Hipster would instead say "deck.") The Hipster walks among the masses in daily life but is not a part of them and shuns or reduces to kitsch anything held dear by the mainstream. A Hipster ideally possesses no more than 2% body fat.

 

 

1. You graduated from a liberal arts school whose football team hasn't won a game since the Reagan administration.

 

2. You frequently use the term "post-modern" (or its commonly used variation "PoMo") as an adjective, noun, and verb.

 

3. You carry a shoulder-strap messenger bag and have at one time or another worn a pair of horn-rimmed or Elvis Costello-style glasses.

 

4. You have one Republican friend who you always describe as being your "one Republican friend."

 

5. Your hair looks best unwashed and you position your head on your pillow at night in a way that will really maximize your cowlicks.

 

6. You own records put out by Matador, DFA, Definitive Jux, Dischord, Warp, Thrill Jockey, Smells Like Records, and Drag City.

 

 

 

 

end list

 

now

 

 

 

 

Give yourself 1 point for each question you answer yes, or for each statement you agree with. Just like Cosmo, add up your points and check your results at the end.

 

1) Have you ever commented on Brooklyn Vegan?

 

2) Without looking it up, can you fill in the blanks in this sentence:

The Dark Room is on _______ between _______ and _______, but why are you going there? That place sucks now.

 

3) Sure you've been to the Tribeca Grand before, but do you remember the name of the Saturday night party that, until recently, called the basement home?

 

4) You've seen David Cross and [enter favorite Stroke here] at a bar, but you didn't make a big deal out of it, right? After all, they're just dudes hanging out.

 

5) In the past six months, have you been to two Fader-sponsored parties? (anybody can luck into one).

 

6) The ratio of free Sparks or Red Stripe that you've consumed to the number of Sparks or Red Stripe you've actually paid for is 2:1 or greater.

 

7) Do you know who Gavin McInnes, Michael T and Todd P are? (Give yourself 1 point for each.)

 

8) Have you been in a photo, even in the background of a photo, published on The Cobrasnake or Last Night's Party?

 

9) Do you know the name of the doorman at Misshapes and Motherfucker?

 

10) Do you know any of the details about why Death From Above had to change their name to Death From Above 1979?

 

11) Do you know what Cornerstone is?

 

12) Have you ever received anything for free -- anything at all -- from Cornerstone?

 

13) Do you work for Cornerstone?

 

14) Can you identify the fake UK buzz band in this group: Arctic Monkeys, Tiny Riot, Test-Icicles, Art Brut?

 

15) Do you know the procedure for gaining entry into the Alife Rivington Club and Nom de Guerre?

 

16) Famed graffiti artist Neckface designed T-shirts for a Williamsburg tattoo parlor that's in the back of an art gallery on Berry and North 9th. Can you name the tattoo parlor?

 

17) During the summer season that somewhat recently concluded, guys: did you wear a T-shirt with a blazer? Girls: did you wear a pair of

cowboy boots that you had bought before July?

 

18) Did you DJ at a party/bar/club in 2005?

 

19) While having a conversation with someone in a bar, has the topic ever turned to how much you both hate Ultragrrrl, even though you both agreed on "how nice she is in person?"

 

20) Rejoice, the used clothing/record store now located in Williamsburg, was chased out of the Lower East Side because of surging rents. Do you know what LES street it used to be located on?

 

21) During CMJ three months ago, did you attend two separate parties DJ'd by Steve Aoki ... in the same day?

 

22) Do the following letters mean anything to you: LVHRD?

 

23) Were you invited to the Subways show at the Northsix tonight by +1?

 

 

 

 

0-4 points: You are a Normal Person. You can probably enjoy a solid hour of Top-40 radio without once considering slashing your wrists. You can talk to your mom about movies you both enjoy. You love hanging out with co-workers, especially when it's something fun like Happy Hour in Murray Hill. You don't think there's anything wrong with living in Queens. You are mentally at peace at all times.

 

5-9 points: You are Culturally Aware. You understand what "indie rock" is, and you can walk by the Angelika or Sunshine and recognize some of the titles playing, but you always say "Oh! I want to see that!" and never do. You think the OC mix CDs are a great way to discover new bands. You've started blowing off some get-togethers with friends for the occasional show at Webster Hall and Irving Plaza. Still, though, you're not quite sure why it's cool to like LCD Soundsystem but bad to like The Bravery. You're walking a fine line right now, and you could go either way.

 

10-14 points: You are a Hipster. You seek out the latest and greatest music, and you might have a blog. You go to shows at Mercury Lounge, Bowery Ballroom and Northsix several times a month, and most of your friends are hipsters, too. You have little in common with most co-workers or fellow students. You've gazed longingly at the Misshapes photo gallery and considered it -- maybe you've even gone once or twice -- but guest lists and Happy Ending after-parties are still a foreign concept, even though you'd love to be a part of it. You've stopped hanging out above 14th Street.

 

15-19 points: You are a Self-Loathing Hipster. You may not have "the look," but it's time to come out of the closet as a hipster. You've resisted this before, and you probably hate hipsters more than a little bit, but in the back of your mind you know it's true. You're already over M.I.A., the Go! Team and Maximo Park. You always know where to go. You'll go to hipster'd out venues such as Supreme Trading or the Delancey to have a good laugh, but you also can't dream of hanging out on a Friday or Saturday night at a place that doesn't play cool music. Special DJ sets and parties at Hiro and Tribeca Grand bore you, but for some reason you'll always find yourself there. It's a love-hate thing. You've written about your complaints with the scene on your blog.

 

20-24 points: You are an Unabashed Hipster. Odds are you can't even concentrate on this because the Bloc Party remix CD is playing through your Mac so loud. And you're proud of it! You work in music/media/art/fashion/promotion, but the day job doesn't stop you from going out 4-5 nights a week. You won't touch it unless it's an open bar. Either you're a DJ or you're in a band. Several of your shirts have no sleeves. For the most part, you've stopped eating.

 

25 points: You are the Hipster Messiah. Generations of hipsters have sung your praises and awaited your arrival so that you could show them precisely how it should be done. You are an immortal. Everybody in the scene has not only heard of you, but would probably recognize you even though they have never met you. Then they would softly whisper to a friend, "That's such-and-such." You aren't even invited to anything because it's just a given that you know about it and you'll be there. You work with bands and artists, but only the ones you feel like taking on. You're not a DJ, per se, but sometimes they'll ask you to play your favorite records just for shits and giggles. You own more than one headband. When Maureen Callahan needs a quote for a Post article, she calls you. You consider "Bronques" a close friend. You should kill yourself.

[podrido]

from the first list i did say yes to number 6

but whatevre i collect fucking vinyl

 

 

the second one i answerred yes to

#,s 5,8,18- yes and still do

 

so im basically a normal person

based on this quiz...

good luck everyone hahahaha

[shai]

I pulled a knife on some Berkeley faggot street kid and ran him out of a party for talking shit.

 

He was calling me and my ex "hipsters". What else could I do? Appeal to his better faggot nature? I was drunk, he thought he was something sick, and I punked him out. I asked his friends if they had anything to say, and they were peace.

 

Then, a month later I saw him on the street and he looked like he was gonna say something funny...till I reached for my knife. He took off running again.

 

*Edit- Oh yeah, at one point he was trying to tell me I didn't know anything about graffiti. I let that one slide.

[podrido]

you should have just slapped him and then the look on his face would have been priceless....

 

 

 

i remember one time my boy he looks kinda gay. so this one kid called him a fag, and he was like ok ive had enough he grabbed the kid and socked this nigga in the eye

and the kid looked at him with this sad face like whyd u hit me ... then my other boy proceeds to say " hows it feel to get punched in the face by a fagg waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahaah"

 

funny story

[shai]

He was a minor. I figured running him off was a better solution than having him call the fives on me.

 

It was him and two of his boys. I was there with about fifteen people. No one I was with saw a knife, and all three of the kids were underage wiggers who crashed the party in the first place.

 

I let the other two slide because they were trying to get dude to chill out, and they seemed like decent kids. They continued to drink without incident.

[alure]

i look good in anything.

[hatetown]

i fall under the "dirtbag" look.

 

whatever that means.

 

im actually very higenic.

[viperface]

I listen to bands that would punch me for mentioning them on internet msg board

cloth wise I guess I'm stuck on 1995 or something.

I fail to give a fuck about my appearance although I seriously try now and then

[Cory Feldman]

how many of these threads have there been?

 

If you like stuff.... youre a hipster.

 

Case closed

[Tyler Durden]

according to that above test, i'm not a hipster at all.

wooo. internet validation.

[IOU]

i think this thread proves one thing, no matter how old people are, they still live by those those high school politics of judging someone by their taste in music and fashion.

 

Seriously. When I left high school and attempted college I was horrified at how much they were the same.