The Proud Grin of An Entry-Level Alt


I haven't ever really taken the time to tell yall what a true 'entry level alt' is. I feel like this picture of keut girls who are ecstatic about the prospect of changing their user pic to a picture that was on the cobrasnake makes them rlly happy.

On this evening, they became the people that they are usually looking at. They are stars.

While they still have a few mainstream tendencies, opportunities like 'being on a party pic site' or 'seeing a really good concert' makes them think seriously about a 100% conversion to alternative lyfe.

Entry Level Alts are between the ages of 11-120. They recently discovered their inherent affinity towards:

  • indie film
  • indie music
  • indie indie
  • electro
  • American Appy
  • reading blogs
  • the concept of 'party photography'
  • respecting authenticity
  • neon
  • pastels
  • earth tones
  • primary colors
  • secondary colors
  • headbands
  • blog haus
  • indie house
  • house indie
  • French lo-fi-nu-wave
  • accidentally being into Iron and Wine
  • buying music off iTunes
  • thinking stuff that was buzzworthy 2 years ago is buzzworthy today (like the Girl Talk album "Night Ripper")


There is also a rule that 'the closer you are to Girl Talk at a concert' the more likely you are to be classified as an entry level alt who is actively seeking out his/her 1st meaningful alternative experience. If your 'first alternative experience' is meaningful enough, then you spend the rest of your life trying to re-create what it meant to experience something meaningful. (Sometimes, all you need is to get buzzed with a group of your closest friends. Entry-Level alts are often in the 'learning how 2 experiment' phase.)

Entry Level Alts are full of hope. They believe in the future. They believe in a better world. They are the reason why we are fighting in the electro war--because one day, things will be better. One day, we'll all be as excited as entry-level alts are.

One day, we will all hear what they hear when they listen to Cut Copy's "In Ghost Colours." While I appreciate the album, I don't hear what they hear. My heart is dark. My neon blood is fading.

Life is worth living. We are living in a unique time. No1 has ever/will ever again experience what we have. Our generation will never die. Marketers will target us forever.

True or False:

There is a little bit of entry-level alt inside of all of us.