How many of yall use PCs?
“follow ur alternative dreams. u can do whatever u want in our alternative economy.” -carles and Greg Gillis
Should I donate my current Mac to ‘the War in Iraq’ and start using a PC? I’m actually kinda tired of ComputerWars. Every1 knows how brand wars go…Eventually we get really tired. That’s why Dr. Pepper did so well after the PepsiCoke Wars of the 1980s & 1990s.
We need to come together and find one solution for each problem that humans have. (This is what Barry Obama will do. He will implement a national dress code.)
I wish PCs and Macs would realize that I am my own person. If I could build my own computer, I would. I only rlly need a lil machine with a few websites. Not like I need what they even offer.

“being yourself”: big in 2k1?
[learned about this ad from the popular news source The Daily Swarm]
BUT SRSLY…
does n e 1 know the most authentic way 2 make mashups?
















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“software computers is the most punk rock thing that has ever happened.” – Greg Gillis
is “punk rock” the new “alt”?!
i like the ppl in the background. it says that gt can be a spokesperson for technology, but at the same time, chill w/ hot babes and have deep conversations over pizza.
he really sticks it to the man by playing his music. even when people who would much rather be reading a book don’t like it, he perseveres.
CAUTION: GREG GILLIS WILL SWEAT ON YOU. BRING PLASTC WRAP WITH YOU.
i counted 5 uses of the word rock.
but wait! the tbls have turned! gt is praizin us! his mind is blown every day. we are the real artists. i finaaly get it now!
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//////////Reply by melis!
//////////Posted November 7th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
@amerappy4eva,
This is one of the most intelligent comments I have ever read on Hipster Runoff. Thanks dude.
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//////////Reply by concerned citizen
//////////Posted November 8th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
@melis!, you can’t be serious
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//////////Reply by the casualties
//////////Posted November 8th, 2008 at 2:00 am
@amerappy4eva, punk rock fucks up alts fggt….
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<3 pcs
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macs r 4 fggts
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so good.
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I miss Jezzball. How many balls were you able to capture? I got up to 14. all thems balls bouncing all over the place. m mmmmmmmmmmm
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BIG RALLY IN SF TODAY AGAINST PROP 8. RLLY APPRICATE IT IF YOU PASS THE WORD OUT AND GET MORE ALT OUT THERE
IMA BE REPRESENTIN THE GHEYALTS OF THE WORLD. WOULD LUV IF SOME MORE WOULD JOIN
WE NEED BLIPSTERS AND MEXIALTS 2!
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//////////Reply by sldkjas
//////////Posted November 7th, 2008 at 7:34 pm
@tryin2findmyself, advertise
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i emailed him,…turns out greg gigliss makes mashups in AUDIOMULCH…..authentic alt?
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Nigga please i’ve been making altcore mashups with my ipod micro since 7th grade
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I make my mashups in my microwave.
I make my mashups in OS9 on a beige G3.
I make my mashups at Sears.
I make my mashups while watching old episodes of Kate & Allie.
I make my mashups with Dig Dug
I make my mashups with Defender.
I make my mashups with Magic the Gathering.
Voldemort makes my mashups.
I make my mashups while tryin to find myself.
I make my mashups in socks, with a fox, in a box.
Agyness Deyn used to make my mashups.
Madonna stole my mashups.
I make my mashups with all the lights on.
I make my mashups in the dark.
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Notice how the only music in this video is a Girl Talk original track (used in the mash up with “Laffy Taffy” on Night Ripper?) Clearly Microsoft is not ALT enough to use uncleared samples in their promotional videos!
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gillissssss.
audio mulch is to gt as ableton is to daft punk
adobe audition is to gt as garage band is to Justice, kinda
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I make my mashups on the Game Genie intro screen.
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//////////Reply by Scrambled Fetus
//////////Posted November 8th, 2008 at 12:41 am
@ykstyle,
Game Genie!
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ridiculous.
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minidisc players most deff
miss u sony
http://www.minidisco.com
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I make my mashups using my Erector Set.
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questions:
why does hipster runoff hate girl talk so much?
seriously though, I’m not defending him.
i don’t hate his music, but I don’t like it either.
he is like most other hipsters, kind of bland.
just want to know why you hate him so much.
also….
why does every commenter on hipster runoff try to imitate carles?….
http://edgarapollo.blogspot.com
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//////////Reply by deezey
//////////Posted November 8th, 2008 at 12:20 am
@edgar apollo,
FAIL! The Greggster is not a hipster.
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//////////Reply by edgar apollo
//////////Posted November 8th, 2008 at 12:22 am
@deezey,
i don’t get it.
i’m not hip enough.
who is the greggster?
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//////////Reply by edgar apollo
//////////Posted November 8th, 2008 at 12:57 am
@edgar apollo,
wait, i am so stupid!
i get it!
greg gillis!
girl talk!
the same person!
he is still a hipster though…i think…i’m not sure
//////////Reply by THATCHER
//////////Posted November 8th, 2008 at 2:26 am
@edgar apollo,
yeah DZ is right. GG is just a mnstrm fggt biomed engineer who got lucky in the archaic rmx scene of like at least 2 blog decades ago and went meme. mnstrm meme. He has no authenticity, no sense of ‘what its all about’, and his personal brand is detestable (not to mention unstable)
//////////Reply by amerappy4eva
//////////Posted November 8th, 2008 at 10:30 am
@edgar apollo, i used to be a hardCORE gt fan. this wz back in ze days b4 feed the animals, and life was simpler. gt wasn’t mnstrm and i remember i could tell some1 that i liked gt and they wouldn’t know who i wz talkin about. but now, i feel betrayed. gregzies is known to the world, and it may be selfish, but i do not like it. so we got divorced, and went on with our lives. gt is dating other people, poeple i would never think hm to date, and i am listening to hm less and less. i have moved on.
//////////Reply by childpred
//////////Posted November 8th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
@edgar apollo,
this is why i will never read your blog.
h8 ignorance, yall.
//////////Reply by ES
//////////Posted November 8th, 2008 at 11:35 am
@edgar apollo, About imitating Carles: HRO is written in such an infectious voice, it’s hard not to imitate it. I’m glad it doesn’t translate to speech that well; I know I’m not the only one who’s out and about thinking things like “h8 that s0 bad” and “FGGT,” but what annoying slang memes those would make!
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//////////Reply by anony
//////////Posted November 8th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
@edgar apollo, I try really hard not to imitate carlos but my god you read too much of this stuff and it just slips out. I have had to resist the temptation to use yall now around people I know. So far it hasn’t happened but one day it’s going to slip out, I can just feel it.
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ya’all. i thinkk girl talk needs a new computer
it’s kind cheesy/lame he has to put plastic in his
i suggest getting a
http://www.panasonic.com/business/Toughbook/fully-rugged-computers.asp
for even the thickest most disgusting dj sweat
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okay, i just watched that video.
he does come off as kind of a douche.
but other than that, the other things i’ve read/heard about him, he doesn’t come off that bad. comments carles?
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//////////Reply by escher
//////////Posted November 8th, 2008 at 10:55 am
@edgar apollo, welcome to the edgar apollo interview show live from the new school’s skewl for social research for the necessary tools to find underground markets FASTER in order to most efficiently turn them into commodities.
i can’t remember if i ever commented on the seinfeld crystal cassie 2-d cut and paste mash-up on the side, but shit, i need a poster stat.
ahahhahah, i’m dying here, wait, i’m really imagining what the show would be like with that cast. crying.
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//////////Reply by carles
//////////Posted November 8th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
@edgar apollo, your blog is whack as fuck nigga.
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//////////Reply by thr
//////////Posted November 8th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
@carles, i second the ‘whack as fuck nigga’ & ‘interview show for social research’ notion. Carles pleez ban this fool from commenting privileges or just give this attention starved nig want he really wants- TO BE TURNED INTO A GIMMICK/MEME
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//////////Reply by edgar apollo
//////////Posted November 8th, 2008 at 6:02 pm
@carles,
it is whack, but i still like it.
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I make my mashups with Kid Pix.
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y’all. greggy gregtalk is from pittsburger, pa. it is a creepo transient city, and not in the cool way like detroit.
he is wack, totally not from a legitimate metropolitan city.
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jus wish one of then korn dudeys wood turn to jesus.
yeah fukr that hapned.
sheeit.
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h8 u fggt
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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3251/3008237085_4f2b293890.jpg?v=0
basketballz
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i use the kids vtek puter.
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you can’t really blame him for being successful. he’s making more money than i am, and he’s kinda smrt 2.
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//////////Reply by mom
//////////Posted November 8th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
@badkharmala, why does it alway come down to the C.R.E.A.M.
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I would make some of my mashups on Liquid Television
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Hey, another entry about me. Thanks guys.
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//////////Reply by talk
//////////Posted November 8th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
Gregg??
I think he got one of those toughbooks, but someone jumped on it in order to jump over his head. @0:45
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_33w7BY0hfw&feature=PlayList&p=9A4D0E8EB7962660&index=9
someone suggested he seek sponsorship from Panasonic. fuck Microsoft.
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DJ AM nearly died in a firey mashup.
last night a mashup saved my life.
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This post really kind of nails the fundamentals of “alt/punk/indie”. (They are all the same aesthetic with slight sub-differences. Generally they can all coexist in harmony and “get” each other) There is however one fundamental truth that you have to acknowledge eventually and that is the fact that it’s extremely difficult even for the most hardcore alt to truly be independent of the masses. Really your not looking to be independent of a sub-culture, you just want to be part of the one with the least market share. We all love the underdog. Now the problem is now that all the alts are now using Macs and they just don’t feel as cool as they used to so perhaps the PC will be the “new” alt computer… perhaps linux will make inroads into the alt demographic but remember one thing… Ubuntu is totally mainstream to so stay away from it…. maybe even try on the non-Linux systems like BSD or some other crappy one. When it comes down to it you really just need a working web browser… with web 2.0 you don’t even need real software anymore.
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//////////Reply by idk
//////////Posted November 8th, 2008 at 11:18 pm
@anony, ia! u were only as alt as yr MacBook/ipod/i phone 4 yrs ago. But now every mstrmAlt has one (or all 3) so PC/Zune r the new Alt.
But not evn! PCs r still 2 mstrm 4 altBros. it doesn’t ~allow them to eggspress themselves creatively w/ photobooth/ upload partie pix from last nite/ run the Rite way~ enuff. so long as Mac fggts continue to feed the apple machine PCs tru Altness will never b.
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ne1 knw when is windows mojave cumming out thx ???
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FUCK YOU HRO, YOUR SITE SUCKS HORRIBLY
SINCERELY
GIRL TALK
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no matter what you think of him, he is doing an ad for mcrsft. it’s simple yall:
ie
GILLIS IS SUCKING SATANS PEEPEE.
straight up.
there is nothing punk rock about doing ads, let alone ads for the biggest fkn software manufacty in the world.
no deb8.
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taking microsofts money to tour the world and make people happy is pretty cool to me
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