HIPSTER RUNOFF has a significant following in Southern California and Mexico. A lot of AltMinorities email me saying “Carles…u always blog about blipsters & azns, but u fail to blog about MexiAlts, the fastest growing alternative minorities group in the Alternative Nation.”
They’re right. It’s time to finally get serious about blogging about MexiAlts. MexiAlts are responsible for the sustainability of the Party Industry in Southern California. It’s difficult to deny the presence of more MexiAlts than ever on popular party pix sites like thecobrasnake & redslurpeee.
MexiAlts are blessed with the ability to ‘have a wide-eyed, entry level mindset’ without ‘gettin too self-aware’. They will never ‘become disenfranchised with the state of the scene.’ Instead, they will migrate to a new scene after it is established as a ‘mainstream alt’ norm. MexiAlts enjoy the consumer experience provided by their local mall, usually inundated with MainstreamAltish Trends. Most MexiAlts are currently transitioning out of emo/PanicAtTheFallOutBoy/post-hardcore, and focusing on electro/bloghaus.
For example, these MexiAlts [via Mexico] have transitioned their PanicAtTheDiscEmo personal brands to a modernized ElectroAlt personal brand.
[photo by Deep City Dive]
The MexiAlt comes in many different formats. I remember during HRO’s myspacer worth blogging about era, many of the selected myspacers were the post-sexual androgynous MexiAlt type. For example, here is HECTOR ECSTASY.
And who will forget ISAAC MEXICAN? He checks his myspace bulletins [via sidekick] at least once every 10 minutes.
MexiAlts usually don’t make it on the guestlist. They are pure ‘consumers’ in the alternative economy, without many connections/aspirations to do more than stand on the sidelines of the alternative economy. When Southern Californian producers/promoters post myspace bulletins about having a show (equipped with an obnoxious flier), this is for the MexiAlt demographic. Myspace bulletins = usually the best way to reach them.
Female MexiAlts are proud of their American Apparel aesthetic in the way that an entryLevel Alt circa 2k6.3 would be proud of his/her personal brand’s merger with the AA aesthetic.
It’s always just important to remember that Alternative Minorities are more important to the ElectroCommunity than Alternative whites (tentatively called WHIPSTERS). MexiAlts, AltAzns, and Blipster are the people who are proud of the scene–proud enough to go see a DJ who is ‘going to lay down a HARD set.’ White people usually go to more ‘traditional concerts’ while AltMinorities aren’t afraid to ’show up early to get a spot in the front’ and then ‘get sweatie’/grind on one another.
[Photo credits to RedSlurpee(a place for MexiAlts]
After dedicating significant coverage to blipsters and AZNs, it’s time to honor one of the most important demographics in Altville–the MexiAlt.
What are MexiAlts all about, yall? Do yall people in the Northern USA/Canada/Australia/Europe even know what a MexiAlt is?
Do u like this era of post-tolerance on HRO?
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WHIPSTER=WIN!
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i told u carles, MEXICO CITY IS THE NEW NEW YORK!
n_n
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haaaa, mexialts ..own myspace.
but what about the EHRABALTZ?
they’ve already taken over with the keffiyehs.
THROW ON A BURKA ALREADY!
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//////////Reply by omz lay
//////////Posted October 7th, 2008 at 6:42 am
haha the keffiyeh has been flogged by entry level mainstream atl bros and whipsters alike in aus, specially in syd….. i am an arabalt and i cant stand this!!!
and btw mexialts here in syd are mainly post punkemo’s looking for attention e.g. myspace whorage… carles got it right how mexialts rarely venture outside the local shopping mall when gearing up ect… ironically contributing to mainsteam brandzzzzz… rant rant rant
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Finally the MexiAlt…My People…La Raza Unida Jamas Sera Vencida…just remember chant and repeat three times for true authenticity.
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is that, that one guy?
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i like aZns.
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i do like this era of post-tolerance.
it feels like we’re one big alt-community now.
i want to give you a hug carles.
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carles, the new cmmnting system is whack. if it were someone, it would be an baggt (altbagfggt). whats this bullshit about giving my e-mail? undank
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yall is texas the new ’south of the border’? just curious
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//////////Reply by sarah
//////////Posted October 7th, 2008 at 7:38 am
yes
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MexiAltAzn combo REPRESENT!!!!!!
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//////////Reply by Thug Mansion
//////////Posted October 27th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
@Kipkip,
HOLLLLAAAAAAAA!!!!!!
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never 4get…
http://www.spin.com/articles/anti-emo-riots-mexico
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Do other MexiAlts have a difficult time eating quesadillas and typing on their MacBooks, without getting quesadilla grasa all over the keyboard? Should I snack on something else instead like maranitos or paletas? Ayuda por favor!
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did hiro just jump the shark
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it’s like hro became a caricature of itself after 2.0
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a caricature of the caricature of itself
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i know what a mexialt is. i used to trade n00dz with one [via sidekick/hiptop] (that’s the australian version on sidekick btw)
he was very cute but couldn’t speak very good english even though he lived in california and he was about 2 years too young for me and he was obsessed with AA/seeing my altbreasts/showing me his hard mexicock
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA actually you got it all wrong!
those are not mexialt kids!
the kids at the first picture we saw them last saturday at the yelle concert they are fucking posers! ahahaha they are pretty mucho PSEUDO alt mexican ghey kids
HHAHAH if you wanna check out “mexialts” check out the pictures of NRMAL, AND MIAU they are in every party and here but we take the best pictures! :P go to http://www.uber.com/mariomartz
HAHAHA i love yoru page is so fucking funny MUAH!
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//////////Reply by cas
//////////Posted October 7th, 2008 at 4:47 am
@MARIO MARTZ,
I agreee those are posers
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//////////Reply by Carles
//////////Posted October 7th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
@MARIO MARTZ, mira, alguien que sabe de nrmal y miau!, q hipster eres
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//////////Reply by George
//////////Posted November 23rd, 2008 at 8:08 pm
@MARIOMARTZ, mario martz is a fggt
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the scenes where mexialts are the majority often have an authentic layer of grime that nicely supplements the personal brand.
integration of latinas into the alternaverse mean a higher sexy quotient is integral to the jammery of any party. their clever use of poppy, mainstream booties is next level.
pressure is on, babes.
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señor carles
wherz the line btween entrylevel/never-2-be-fully alts and semi’fashionFWR’/trendzaware non-mainstreamrs, do nE of they exist?
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mexi altssssss in the mexi streets, i just love the leather pants , classssssy!
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what about that band abe vigoda??
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//////////Reply by rly?
//////////Posted October 7th, 2008 at 12:40 am
@blip, i did not know that they were all mexialts…even that one who is not reggie or mike or juan (i don’t know his name)??
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//////////Reply by gh
//////////Posted October 7th, 2008 at 10:44 am
@blip, has anyone else noticed that one guy in abe vigoda has a gimp leg and a smashed in face? i laugh at him every darn time i see him.
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//////////Reply by blip
//////////Posted October 7th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
@gh,
yr an asshole.
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//////////Reply by sj
//////////Posted October 8th, 2008 at 12:35 am
@gh,
rude
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Mexi-alts are so post-relevant, they’re always a blog century and a half behind authentic-alts
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maybe try outwithme.com for MEXICAN ALTS
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parts of mexico city are THRIVING with mexialts, naturally. the scene inside and around this AA outpost in polanco was worth noting… http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/8863/img0401dc8.jpg
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Carles u r mexi 2, rite?
Is MEXI going 2 become mainstream like AZN, or it will stay c00l like FOREVR (in the next blog century at least)?
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As a mexican I really like this post, but I agree with the other cooments. Most Mexi-alts are very behind the times, of autentic alts. I live in austin, which is a pretty hip city, but when I go outside the city limits or to my hometown of el paso I feel like people are still excited to see american apparel and on my high school friends myspace I still see people in love with justice that they just discovered, which are like 200 blog years old. I went to el paso again recently and saw mexi-alts super proud of there deep v’s and wayfareres, but then dated themselves with shutter shades.
Its funny really, but hey without them to look weird, all of us authentic alts would have no one to look cool too.
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//////////Reply by Gaspard
//////////Posted October 7th, 2008 at 9:04 am
@xavier, Nothing is less authentic than claiming ur authentic. It’s like alchys sayin they dont have a drinking problem. Ur only authentic by default if you compare urself to el pasoeniters. Take it from a fellow Austinonianiter.
p.s. Hyde Park in the house
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YOU FUCKED UP THE LINGO
IT SHOULD BE MEXICALT
A SUBSPECIES OF WHICH IS MEXICAZIAN= PERSON IF YOU CANT TELL IF THEY ARE MEX, AZN, OR HALFIE
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If this post is one thing, then it is politically correct. And this means the end of HRO. Now, every ALT-group (except native Americans, but just wait for the NU-Age revival…) is part of HRO. It wpuld have been politcally incorrect to leacve them out. Carles is trying to minimize the risks here.
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MexiAlts become invisible on their 21st birthdays.
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sort of a different vein of mexialt:
http://www.myspace.com/magicjohnsonmusic
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haha! i love it. finally the mexialt.
will they take over HRO?
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here in the southeast MexiAlts are only about as common as AZNs or Blips
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POKEMONS
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do a post about indian alts! wayyy obscure.
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whipster foreva
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MexiAlts 4 ever!
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SPALTS
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//////////Reply by okkk
//////////Posted October 10th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
yes.
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CRLS,
Can we use some of your advertising monies to fund a group field trip to Sexico City? I want 2 know what it is like. I saw a video on yewtube one time where little Mexican emo children were getting the shit kicked out of them by the Mexican equivalent of American frat dewds. It was like a full-scale riot. Must be rly hard to be alt in Mexico, ppl are so intolerant.
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this is the most amazing thing i’ve ever read. mexies should stick to their chola parties. if you live in east la, stay there LOLZ
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hmmm. mexi alt. am i.? really.?. thanks. hah
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um all tha mexis I know r lyke ttly mainstreem. Biatch.
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I really have enjoyed reading your post – very informative and useful information without a bunch of BS!
I’ll be sure to give this URL to some friends
Thanks Again
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