‘I’ll never forget my alternative internship. We were brand representatives, and we got to go to a lot of cool and interesting parties. I actually met Agnyess Deyn once, along with numerous other celebrities who you probably don’t know because you’re not too into the arts & the cultural elite. The only downside to my job was the fact that I had to wear a gum costume everytime I went out. They basically gave me a bonus every time I ended up in a party pic. Fortunately, I felt extremely comfortable in bright leotards, so everything was cool. I also got a lot of free gum. Sometimes I would get free drinks, but I couldn’t get too buzzed in case I had to talk about the nuances of our product.’
-The Peppermint Girl, 2010
But srsly… I just want 2 b able to browse party pix without being influenced by brands & products. I wish party pic site administrators would blur out every logo using photoshop.
[Photo by DirtyDirtyDancing]
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wow is this the 90s?????
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but then, how are we ‘hipsters’ going to know what’s kewl??? how???
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I love this photo. it represents the logical progression of the scene on its current course.
being a mascot = big in 2k*?
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speaking of brand reps, the camel people have been passing out fucking chew at a lot of the nights i’ve been to lately. are they really banking on hipsters adopting chewing tobacco in 2k9?
remember when they released all those “art packs” to help creative types like us express ourselves and represent our personal styles based on which hippy or other cookie-cutter retro graphix were on the cigarettes we smoked outside of nightclubs? that was really great. i met my ex-girlfriend when had a moment of synchronicity over our paisley-themed art packs.
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Camel apparently shells out 5 G’s to set up their free cigarette booth at shows/parties.
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to the proctor and gamble frito lay pepsico corns surrip based products of 2008 i say: GET IN MY MOUF
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I want product placement in music.
The teenagers should sing about Sparks.
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and while they’re blurring out all that corporate bullshit with photoshop, this would be a perfect opportunity to also reveal alt breasts in party pics like one of our interns did for uff. amirite?
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Who?…GRACE JONES!!
Who?…GRACE JONES!!
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dressing up like a pack of extra does not make me want to chew gum. do black people taste like spearment?
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Lucky Strike used to host our parties
then Vita Water
now we gets Scion parties
who still kill undergrounD?
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wow. the things some will do to make it in the flashing lights.. or to pay rent and tuition?
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hey, partie photographrs need blow 2!
and that shit costs :-(
bonus: lol @ bananaboyb rly c00l lifestyle brand bro!
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is this a post about justice?
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holy shit, i totally forgot about the camel art packs
pre-alt bro but not actually bro high school kids around my neighborhood used to actually use the packs kind of like trading cards
carles, can you blog about all the hipsters nowadays riding those stupid one-gear bikes? so fucking annoying
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minty tugjob?
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yes, i would love one.
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12:23 am: “do black people taste like spearmint?”
- no, fool, we taste like cherry coke.
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I’m concerned about the extra hats. extra did not go the extra mile and have printed hats made up. instead someone has glued packs of extra sugarfree gum to them. on hers too. cheap, lazy chewing gum people. this totally blows.
where is uffie when we need her? post more juicy uffie nips.
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selling out is the new staying authentic, werent u told dat
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