HIPSTER RUNOFF

listen i think 9/11 is as hilarious as the next person, but i don't recognize any of these people, so this obviously can't be NYC, which means they are not allowed to joke this hard about 9/11. are these L.A. kids? FUCK THEM.ONLY NYC KIDZ CAN MAKE FUN OF 9/11

he was alt, became stream, but now he is just cool dad.

I've wanted to incorporate terrorism into my personal brand for a while now, but I'm a bit of a sheep to be perfectly honest...glad these pioneers of alt-mourn have paved the way for those of us with a less innovative style yall.

i am actually almost offended

they ganked my costume from halloween 2001

dear confessions_of_an_ordinary_dewshbag...i'm just trynta get ridonk and chill yo. i don't want 2 'fuck shit up.' i like my shit. this shit is pretty good right now. it would suck if 'shit changed.' we gotta protect america. if it weren't 4 capitalizm and 'our boys over there,' we couldn't live our shallow, vapid, cocaine-party lifestyles and get our pictures posted on sillie weblogs every weekend. we might have to occupy our time with other activities like 'hunting 4 food' and 'learning how to build a teepee.'we are alts. not revolutionaries. if u want to 'fuck shit up' or whatever, you should be an 'underground commie hip-hop enthusiast' so you can fight the power and 'kill whitey' and all that crap.l8r.

Is M.I.A. being preggers and giving birth to a Vevendi heir reason for a good costume?

Is this a good costume? Perhaps the next face of American Apparel?http://www.trashmenagerie.com/blog/2008/09/14/the-presets-won-4-aria-awa...

At least they'll always "rember" the events.

fuckin nick avey. haha

i think this bro needs to lay off the sparks

@blingityourself.thank you for the clarification. I had confused 'alt' with 'alternative'. So I am in the wrong.However, I'd like to make one final point. Standing towards the world in a revolutionary posture is an ageless activity. Underlying the list you provided are n-degrees of dependencies on youth--and youth culture. So let me problematize 'alt', as I see it.How will one relate to the rest of ones' life, if the rest of ones' life never happens because one is so focused on preserving ones' youth. Quite the existential dillemma, since each present Now is heavily weighed by gravity of the past--almost to the degree where the past and present are substitutable.sol.

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the people in these photos were between the ages of 7 and 12 on 9/11/01

i wish someone had lit these bros on fire at the end of the night. i mean, if you're gonna be authentic...

My friends and I had a 9/11 party. But really, it was just an excuse to drink excessively on a Thursday. We didn't play Jenga or anything.

Wait, what's an alt again? Alt? Also, what's a 'bro?' These people are decidedly not bros. I would imagine bros wouldn't be into costumes or haircuts so much. People are offended - I think that's the point. But I wouldn't call this anything original or new - 'shock for laughter' is as old as when those in power stopped killing people for doing it. Ultimately, these are kids making NO statement, making NO point - getting drunk on a Thursday because school's out on Friday. Had people dressed up as a hurricane and fucked-over African-Americans would you have been more/less or same offended? Remember that to some of us (especially us 'alts' in California) 9/11 is not only tragic in its death toll but also in its representation as the jumping-off point for the worst 7 years of foreign policy in American history and more senseless tragedy. If these kids really wanted to be funny maybe they should have an Abu Girab party.Oh yeah, and from the website, it's pretty obvious this is in Sacramento, CA. I'm sure they're thrilled you mistook them for LA, though - baby's growin up!

i used to think the term 'alt' as it is used on HRO carries with it a certain connotation of political apathy. obvs i was wrong.

these are the best costumes ever. halloween anyone?

confessions_of_an_ordinary >>>>>> you seem very insecure and jealous.... just chill out, doob it, and listen to "alien lanes" by guided by voices to help you through your current spell of depression.blingityourself >>>>> you said it so well, that i had to copy and paste your statement into a texct file on my desktop. hope to c u soon at a partee.

LOL These pretentious elitist pricks must feel so good about themselves for making it on here. While I'm at it takeovertokyo, It doesn't take much to wave your arm in the air and snap a photo. Especially when theres ugly drunk bitches make out with eachother just for it.and REMBER?wtf? did only a few people catch that?I'm so glad I don't live in whackromento.

mad roflz@theze commntz. are yall srsly arguing abt wht it meanz 2 be alt? wooowwww. maybe im jst immaturez th0 & dnt understnd.

let's get vulnerable yall

hopefully you download like you spell and they "threw" those pictures away.

it is so rediculous how much attention this thing is getting. the photographer nick avey is actually gonna be on the local news tonight. i thought it was funny. i didn't even realize people would get so fucking upset. they act like 9/11 was a goddamn genocide.

The fact you think its not serious is very serious.By the way-id rather suck a lumberjacks dick than fuck any of those ugly chick-dudes you tools hang out with.heres your 15 minutes... use them well

One of the consequences of shock art, which I consider this to be, is that it's difficult to relate to. One tries to grasp for metaphors to explicate the phenomena--metaphors that never come easily--It's just so fucking new and alien.. So you're there with this dumb look on my face in a moment of existential paralysis trying to form new metaphors.9-11 was our generations' JFK moment. We all remember where we were and what we were doing when the towers fell--looking dumbed face. But for a lot of Americans--they're still in this state of shock--and have not formed a personal narrative to explain the senselessness of the act.No doubt you alts will you use your cliche lines of, 'don't be so seerius', and turn your gaze. But for a lot of other people, they can't help but remain transfixed by the horror and tragedy.And this is why they take your shock art 'sirsly'--they hold that moment sacred in their hearts because they were transformed by it. It permanently colored their horizons, and interpretation of the worldly world.So when they see you with your beers in your hands--all shits and giggle like--they say to themselves, 'oi--don't you know your outfit looks like 2 massive grey tombstones? Have some respect for the dead.'

how is this any more offensive than turning on the teevee during nearly any time on 9/11/2k2-8 and seeing the towers blow up over and over and over again and again and again... etc. ad nauseum?it's been 7 years people, 7 YEARS and for people who lost loved ones I don't think some alts dressed in cardboard are going to make them any sadder than they already are. Some day when we can open a newspaper or turn on the teevee or look at google news without seeing any references to 9/11 then I will think it to be in bad taste but I don't think we will ever see that day so LIGHTEN THE FUCK UP ALREADY.

It was obviously a joke. I'm not offended and I have a hard time seeing what exactly is offensive about it. Would it have been more offensive if they just had their perty without any mention or rememberence of 9/11? Get over yourselves and your wannabe emotions and go cry to someone who cares.

So, I really doubt anyone will ever read this because the event we're all talking about happened almost three years ago. Anyway, someone reminded me about this incident and I decided to say some stuff about it.

Believe me or don't, I don't really care but I was the one who made these costumes. Maybe the fact that I did this so long ago will add to my credibility but I'm sure plenty will still doubt it.

Anyway, a few of you 'got it right', for whatever that's worth and that's really the point of why I decided to make these costumes and bring them to the bar that night. I had the idea a few months before doing it and to be honest, I just wanted to see what people would do.

The fact that no one said an unkind word until the morning after still surprises me. No one mentioned that all of twelve people were at the bar that night. A few people, a few blogs and free-weeklies and Sacramento denizens thought that since the photographer was also the promoter of the event; that he had been planning the whole thing.

He didn't but in the end he got all the blame or all the credit, however you want to look at it. I wasn't relieved that Nick got the flak and I wasn't jealous that no one mentioned me in any of this. Strangely enough, I was able to look at all of this from an objective perspective.

I didn't really learn anything and I don't feel proud or guilty. I knew that messing with a subject like 9/11 would get people talking and thinking.

I was very surprised at the comments on this blog. The arguments over 'alt' and 'stream' were petty. The fact that something like this draws a line in the sand about how people feel about what subculture they're apart of was beyond juvenile. Is your hipsterdom truly that important to you? Do you deserve a badge because of the clothes you wear, the music you listen to and the opinions you have? You don't.

It seems to me that irony is at the core of what makes today's hipster. Remember that Mr. Show about the school field trip? In it, Brian Posehn is wearing a t-shirt of an old B horror film. After his teacher complements him on it he responds with, "I only like it 'cause I hate it.".

Look at the misspellings and webspeak all over these comments.

Speaking of misspellings, I was the one who misspelled 'remember' with 'rember'. I made the costumes on my own while the others you see pictured stood around, drinking beer and smoking cigarettes. Not that I begrudge them for it. I had been working for a few hours, hadn't slept the night before and right after finishing someone suggested putting "Always remember" and "Never forget" on each of the buildings. I only had enough time for "Always remember" and misspelling it was an honest mistake.

If it makes you NYC folks feels any better, I was diagnosed with cancer almost a year later. Maybe that's justice enough for you.

In conclusion, a dozen twenty-somethings dancing around in costumes made in poor taste really offended you this much? If that offense is about the victims and tragedy of 9/11, I understand completely and if you punched me in the face, I wouldn't be outraged. I would, however, cite the first amendment. But, if you were offended because only NYC hipsters can joke about 9/11 or that your 'street cred' was somehow threatened; take a look at yourself. You'll be ashamed when you remember this sitting in your cubicle rubbing at your expanding bald patch.