[Photo by Glam Canyon]
Ryan Adams has a effectively coBranded himself with a little bit of quirky Southern Dressiness. That’s why I can’t really handle it when AltBags choose to simulate the Ryan Adams aesthetic. I feel like implementing the Ryan Adams aesthetic is kind of like the alternative equivalent of when mainstreamers put on a white or blue button-down ‘going out’ shirt and some frayed wide-legged jeans + funnie shoes.
These specialized altBags attempt to take advantage of their small frame, defined jaw, long-ish hair, and the opportunity to ‘dress more authentic than alts who wear American Appy.’ The Southern aesthetic is often a misused branding tool for people who are in search of conveying authenticity.
<3 kids from the suburbs who dress like they are from a Quirky Farm <3
The real Ryan Adams (utilizing quirky glasses/authentic leather jackets)
The real Ryan Adams (utilizing Southerny shirts + non-skinny-jeans jeans [rare bootcut implementation])
The Real Ryan Adams (utilizing post-fashionable sunglasses + head2toe denim)
Do u know an altBag in your community who utilizes the tools of Ryan Adams to differentiate from being ‘just another altBro consumer brick in the wall’?
Do u know any other celebrity examples of altBros / altBags who need 2 be pointed out as leading men for alternative demographics?
If u were a bag, would u rather be a RyanAdamsBag or a ‘I’m Probably In a Punk Rock-ish Band’ Bag?
[Photo by Glam Canyon]
Or maybe just the standard model of the AltBag, which comes in the Tragic McHumbleVainBag model (whose parents still support him financially because without their money, he wouldn’t be able to live in the authentic part of town + have a meaningful lifestyle).
[Photo by Glam Canyon]
Some altBags are altBags because of the way they are on the inside.
Most altBags are altBags because of the way they attempt to look on the outside and what they don’t have on the inside.
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I want that trench-coat. Carles do your parents support you?
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my yuppie parents pay for my blow.
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wahaahhaha :D
luv ya
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the last altbag is toooo tuggable. oh lala.
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//////////Reply by littlesparrow
//////////Posted October 13th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
@thumper, 2 bad he looks like a fggt.
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White people fucking SUCK.
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“whose parents still support him financially because without their money, he wouldn’t be able to live in the authentic part of town + have a meaningful lifestyle”
r u talkin bout paris hilton in 2k3.7 ?????
she’s a gurl, yo
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The guy in the 1st pic has some great shoes.
Carles, this reeks eerily of “hating” and less on pointing out an actual element of altBag-ness. Perhaps you need some introspection as to why ur hatin’ on these finely-dressed gentlemen. Did u lose ur grlFriend/boyFriend to a similarly dressed person? Let it out, ya’ll.
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carles,
are you an altbag?
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“Some altBags are altBags because of the way they are on the inside.
Most altBags are altBags because of the way they attempt to look on the outside and what they don’t have on the inside.”
WORD! haha. in the running for best quote ever
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Ryan Adams is a piece of shit.
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//////////Reply by Anonymous
//////////Posted October 13th, 2008 at 7:23 pm
@paul, if by “shit,” you mean “gold” then yes paul. you are correct.
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//////////Reply by paul
//////////Posted October 13th, 2008 at 11:42 pm
Well, only if that piece of gold was covered in shit. :)
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i think it’s pretty obvious now. although this site may appear to promote the types of people who dress up like justice for halloween, listen to electro, and wear shutter shades and florescent clothing from AA, under closer inspection, this site is really more of a social commentary that subtly mocks and derides the aforementioned people. every post on this blog pretty much points out that although these featured people may think they are being unique, different, alternative, and “authentic”, they are in fact just just buying right into the consumer culture that they desperatly seek to escape.
consider the name of this blog — hipsterRUNOFF…
Some definitions of “runoff”:
1. Eliminated waste products from manufacturing processes
2. The overflow of fluid from a container
…hence these people are an unwanted excess and an overflow of a social movement.
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//////////Reply by also anonymous
//////////Posted October 13th, 2008 at 6:33 pm
would deride you for stating the woefully fucking obvious but i naturally fear this has been a mock sincerity trap of some sort so instead i will deride CARLES for being a jealous fatty like the unfortunate thing in photo #2 jesus look at him what a tragedeeeeee
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//////////Reply by schizo
//////////Posted October 13th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
it would be kinda cool if the above post was meta/post-ironic, but i am fearful that people are indeed that stupid
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//////////Reply by dire
//////////Posted October 13th, 2008 at 11:55 pm
@anonymous, Could have saved yourself a lot of time just typing “lampoon” or “satire”.
[fggt!]
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//////////Reply by anonymous
//////////Posted October 14th, 2008 at 12:26 am
uh huh, you’re quick.
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//////////Reply by yv3s
//////////Posted August 21st, 2009 at 7:57 pm
@anonymous, u dumb as hell son
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im with you carles i dont really understand the ryan adams ascetic it seems really out of place. like every other hipster subgenre feels like it fits. if i saw any of these dudes walking on the street i’d question if i could hold a conversation with one of them.
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i didn’t realize beat up dress shoes are now the official footwear of the altbag. what am i supposed to do? they’re the only shoes i have, i can’t help it!
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//////////Reply by yeah okay
//////////Posted October 13th, 2008 at 7:14 pm
make an actual bag from them and embrace barefootedness and
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//////////Reply by fgsdgf
//////////Posted October 14th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
@anonymous, “i can’t help it”-actually u might have helped it. good chance u were an altbag to begin with and upon reading carles’s observation u went into shock, posted that comment, sat back in ur chair and have been questioning urself for the last 23 hrs as to which came first, the altbag or the beat-up dress shoes?
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ryan adams will SAVE US ALL from faltering economies, bad fashion, and the tween boom. (same thing as bad fashion)
<3 <3 sensitive weirdos <3 <3
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Enjoy Ryan Adams’s Starbucks delicious iced tea on top of his super-authentic luggage. +10
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//////////Reply by anony
//////////Posted October 14th, 2008 at 9:32 am
@Dale William, glad someone pointed this out….
One of these things is not like the others,
One of these things just doesn’t belong,
Can you tell which thing is not like the others
By the time I finish my song?
The iced tea is a total don’t… What did you use docs circa BTTF3 steam driven time machine to go on a star bucks run? Please.
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i am decked-head-to-toe-in-northface-bag, i am mocking the mocker, i am a backlash of a backlash.iam become teh post-irony
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guy in 1st pic is in this band
myspace.com/mercyarms
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//////////Reply by Shaman
//////////Posted October 13th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
mercyarms suck, par for the course
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When men straight-iron their hair. Dudes, if you don’t have naturally straight hair, don’t straighten that shit. Us ones born with it have to deal with it being flat and floppy looking … you just make us look bad when you mix the heavy swarthy wavy hair + straight hair.
STOP IT YOU AVAIN RFTREKAS I A M GOING TO BURN YOUR HAIR OFF NEWXT TIME I SEE ASOME DUDE WITH STRAIGHTENED HAIR>
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Is Carles a sociologist and simply putting every1 in a category for his own scientific pleasure? Is Carles a philosopher like Socrates?
“corrupting the youth”
Are we approaching The Blog Renaissance or do we need to wait another 2000 years like in RL?
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Is Carles a sociologist and simply putting every1 in a category for his own scientific pleasure? Is Carles a philosopher like Socrates?
“corrupting the youth”
With HRO 2.0 are we approaching The Blog Renaissance or do we need to wait another 2K years like in RL?
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sory that last guy. biggest douche bag ive eer seen
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we all hate in others what we secretly hate in ourselves
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Fuck, I thought my all-denim+bandshirt proto-altbag personal brand was safe until at least 2k9Q2. Does this mean that, in order to keep my personal brand solid, I have to start exercising more so I can be in shape and legitimateley hot instead of just skinny from only consuming sparks and ethnic/postironic cracker food? Also, is there a good way to de-couple my personal brand from Ryan Adams/My Dad since I find Adams mereley enjoyable but somewhat lacking in the things I associate with my personal brand?
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I agree, there is a point of “going too far” to look original…but where the hell is the line drawn…i’d rather have a unique style and risk being called a ryan adams poser than wear skinny black jeans and american apparel shirts…
the trenchcoat looking dude i a fucking pete doherty wannabe though…
-C
http://www.internetisfun.com
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last altbag is a qt!
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o noez
ive dated a few of these
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you should blog about altpales
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The Real Ryan Adams (utilizing post-fashionable sunglasses + head2toe denim)
it’s called a canadian tuxedo actually
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last altbag is crazy cute.
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OMG – this is so funny. I love it! :)
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BTW – these dudes need to eat some serious sausage.
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