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I’m really not sure what’s ‘kewl’ n e more. Seems like we are in the ‘longest dry spell’ in the history of independent music, or maybe I am too relevant 4 my own good. I am thinking of getting some tattoos that serve as tributes to ‘The Most Relevant Times of my Life.’ Maybe some stuff like Justice Crosses, MerriweatherPostPavillion arm sleeves, and miscellaneous Paper Planes flyin’ around my body like krazie.
I am also considering tattooing the ‘best mp3s of the decade’ on my forearm, so that when I am in public, I will always be able to generate conversations in which I can thrive. h8 when people get a ton of unrelated tattoos, and don’t realize that tatties are art, and they are meant to tell a story about your life on top of your body. It seems like if I had a ‘Paper Planes’ tattoo, people would know that I was sort of ‘floating in the wind’ and ‘just trying to crossover.’
Much like the song, I am not sure if the tattoo will have ’staying power.’ Not sure if my kids will ‘get it’ when they are teenagers. Hope they don’t laugh at me. Worried that my kids will 1 day be ‘kewler’ than me. Hopefully I can just keep checking alt Websites until I die so that I stay ‘in the know.’ Always want my son/daughter to know that he/she will never be more authentic than me.
what did u do 4 labor day weekend? I had a lil sleepover and we made yewtewb videos.
Do yall think that M.I.A. is the female artist of the decade, since she was able to inspire mainstream lil girls to ’sing about issues’ and ‘make gun shot noises’?
If u had 2 get 1 tattoo that was a tribute 2 ur fave band/record label/lyric/music festival/alternative website/alternative concert venue, what would it be?
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<3 krazie remixs
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//////////Reply by fggt #113
//////////Posted September 9th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
@levo, u maen 3X Krazy – Keep it on the real?
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//////////Reply by levo
//////////Posted September 9th, 2009 at 7:10 pm
@fggt #113, 3x krazy’s got yo mind realizin
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‘Always want my son/daughter to know that he/she will never be more authentic than me.’
hahahahah, so true. scared to have kids tho, might turn out to be douche bags
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alt 4 life
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if my kidz think theyre cooler than me ill sell their school supplies for fu fu fucking fucking reefer reefer reeffer
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//////////Reply by SilveroTellerson
//////////Posted September 8th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
@†®åπP, lol
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almost the same ! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDMH_NGF-2E
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oh god, please no “animal collective” tattoos. I promise you people will get sick of them and then realize their inked on their arms…at least the paper plane doesn’t always HAVE to mean MIA..
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//////////Reply by tween_spirit
//////////Posted September 8th, 2009 at 1:41 pm
@foxconfessor, ahahaha way to only be a ‘casual’ anco fan… how does it feel to be so mediocre and uninspired
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//////////Reply by SilveroTellerson
//////////Posted September 8th, 2009 at 2:10 pm
@tween_spirit, lol
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//////////Reply by foxconfessor
//////////Posted September 8th, 2009 at 8:42 pm
@tween_spirit, ha, “casual” is probably the best describing word, I certainly respect them, I like a lot of their music, I just certainly don’t see them as tattoo worthy. MPP is inspiring, don’t get me wrong, just not the BEST THING EVER.
//////////Reply by p
//////////Posted September 12th, 2009 at 11:24 am
@foxconfessor, it looks more like a benny gold tattoo to me
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thinkin of gettin all the lyrics from nas’ illmatic album on my armz
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//////////Reply by 88
//////////Posted September 8th, 2009 at 4:31 pm
@tom joad, already got ‘life’s a bitch then u die (via street life)’ on my left calf
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//////////Reply by HOMOSAPIEN_FUCK
//////////Posted September 8th, 2009 at 6:18 pm
@88, already got this tattoo on my calf goes like.
She wants to touch me (Woah),
She wants to love me (Woah),
She’ll never leave me (Woah, woah, oh, oh),
Don’t trust a ho,
Never trust a ho,
Won’t trust a ho,
Won’t trust me.
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//////////Reply by sie
//////////Posted September 9th, 2009 at 12:27 am
@88, thats why i get high, cause ya never know when ya gonna go
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//////////Reply by the fink
//////////Posted September 8th, 2009 at 6:35 pm
@tom joad, been thinkin about gettin “life, i wonder – will it take me under?” for awhile now [via the grapes of wrath/bruce springsty/rage against the machines]
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A Takashi Murakami DOB vinyl toy deejaying a party. Around its neck, some oversized headphones with the Ableton Live logo branded onto the earphone. There’d be some records in the Mac OSX Trash Icon nearby. DOB would be hunched over like Girl Talk looking at a MacBook Air displaying The Hype Machine on its screen. DOB would be drinking a party pounder of Hype. DOB would be wearing a Garland Lyn-Punk vs Disco t-shirt with the sleeves ripped off. I always though Garland Lyn-Punk vs Disco made the best symbol of dance-punk and disco-punk. DOB would have some tatties — DFA, Modular, Ed Banger obviously. DOB would be wearing some Supras. There’d be some empty syringes nearby with the word “narcissism” written on them. DOB would be in a giant bubble like the one that The Flaming Lips bro crowd surfs in at his concerts. War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. It’s a Brave New World. Outside the bubble, they die by the millions in countries we can’t find on maps. Hey have yall heard the new Classixx remix?
http://www.2ktshirts.com/staticpage/Garland-Lyn-Punk-vs-Disco-Black-Men’s-T-Shirt.html
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//////////Reply by EFF G.Gillies
//////////Posted September 8th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
@SilveroTellerson,
Girltalks is a p.c.
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//////////Reply by aw, fukk
//////////Posted September 8th, 2009 at 5:17 pm
@SilveroTellerson, just bought some supras dawg
when i get them im going to put on skinny jeans and a white v-neck undershirt and my sony mdv-v700dj headphones w/ my ipod touch and chill outside a alt concert venue where a lot of alts can c me and feel insecure about how cool/relevant they are.
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:( made me not lol
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** EXCLUSIVE FOOTAGE ** (Internet Love Meme)
Carles……Bro….. W. T. F……
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn8rPEnakIc
Are you ‘going steady’ BebeZeva? Because, seriously, if you’re not, I would, like, ‘ask her out’ or some shit?
she seems ‘keen’
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//////////Reply by mr. jeffers
//////////Posted September 8th, 2009 at 3:50 pm
@douchebag, she seems illegal
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//////////Reply by mk
//////////Posted September 8th, 2009 at 4:22 pm
@mr. jeffers, @douchebag she looks like she’s a ‘bro’ but like 14 year old bro
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//////////Reply by jvac
//////////Posted September 8th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
@douchebag, holy shit
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//////////Reply by douchebag
//////////Posted September 9th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
@douchebag, think I might be in love with BebeZeva.
BebeZeva… if you’re reading this… WILL YOU GO OUT WITH ME?
Think I want to drink tea with you and maybe ’settle down’.
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i hate when people wear wool scarves inside
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that video made me throw-up a lil’
(via hating mainstream tweens)
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huge feet
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velvet underground.
andy’s banana.
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//////////Reply by gretch
//////////Posted September 8th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
@tessa, yawn
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//////////Reply by tess
//////////Posted September 8th, 2009 at 6:28 pm
@gretch, i didn’t tell u the best part. inside the banane the kings of leon r posing with ninja weapons. a banner underneath reads “knocked up” and the background is a sex fire
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//////////Reply by b4hc
//////////Posted September 9th, 2009 at 12:04 am
@tess, ahhhhhhh a sex fyre hahahah
U2. They are so cool. Maybe Bono when he was the fly during the early 90’s.
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wud draw a giant ‘phallus’ as a tribute to wavves
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u should get a foals tatty in comic sans
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//////////Reply by b4hc
//////////Posted September 9th, 2009 at 12:05 am
@daffy, comic sans/papyrus
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got a picture of myself getting a tat to commemerate getting tatted and how its really abt the ‘tatting’ and not the ‘tattage’ since it will all fade, but the memories last 4evr yall [via HS yrbook]
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Miley Cyrus & Thom Yorke sword fighting (cuz the radioheads snubbed her at the grammy’s)
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weak post crls but i still <3 u
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of course it’s a dry spell d00d this is a transitional period between decades which means thought-leaders around the globe r working 24/7 2 come up w/ new trends 4 u in the meantime DON’T BE RUDE AND UNGRATEFUL FOR THEIR TALENTS
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mogwai tats
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i got a tattoo of the arcade fire album cover for funeral on my inner right bicept. i got it cause i flew halfway across australia to melbourne to see arcade fire with my two best friends, and it was just such a surreal moment. the most perfect band an the most prefect people. had to remember it with a tattoo, see?
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smiley sirus w/ the jonas bro eatin froyo in centy park
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how can tattoos ever be ‘relevant’ – if you got an AnCo sleeve, people ‘d be like: “yo, that dudes s000 living in 2k9″ for the rest of your life – although you’d also trip out every time you went to look at your watch, so it’s k.
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omg, i luv this song!!!
talking about it in bittybay @the moment
come 2 “Animal Collective” <3
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I have an undercover M.I.A. Tatt. It’s a tiger on my right arm. Know how her pops was a Tamil Tiger and she had Tigers in the Galang video.
It also serves as an undercoverTiger Tyson tatt.
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Thats a Benny Gold tattoo.
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