What’s up guys. This is Mike.. Go ahead and call me MikeBro in honor of Carles the #1 altbro of all time. haha. Go ahead, give me shit cause I’m not him, but give me a little bit of room to grow, too. Sure no one can match Carleses style, but I think if you guys keep coming back, you’ll start to open up to new ideas and words, and just give me a chance to shine. Maybe I need to make a new dotcom for this site, but thats something we can chat about later.. Right now, I have the keys to the badboy, so lets just buckle our seatbelts and take it for a wild ride….
So you wanna know more about me? If I told you, I’d have to kill you (note: if you do not like sarcasm and sarcastic writing, please go find another place to go read)
Let’s quit the bullshit, and get straight to some hardcore blogging. Instead of telling you my interests, I’m gonna go ahead and just post my Albums of the Decade List. It’ll probably tell you a lot more about me. Some stuff, you’ll have in common with me. Other stuff, you won’t necesarely agree with me, but at the same time, i just want to open up your mind and get you to think outside of the box.
Rob’s Top 15 Albums of the Decade
by Mike (aka MikeBro)
#15
Animal Collective – Merriweather post Pavillion
I know you guys are gonna rail me for this one cause it came out this year…but c’mon… you have got to be freaking kidding me. This is some real good shit. Trippy as hell..but still.. gotta give the boys props for making an epic concept banger album. That video for “My Girls” is really trippy. Gonna embed here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zol2MJf6XNE This shit was awesome, and I even saw them live when they came through Florida. Had to buy tickets like 2 weeks in advance, but that shit was worth it. Got high as hell, and needless to say–fucking awesome. Really trippy album art too. check it:
whoooa. haha. is it moving or is that just my screen?
Give it up for Panda Bear and the other animals for holding it down hard in the 2000s. Don’t ever let any one tell you what music is–because these guys keep redefining it.
#14
OutKast – Stankonia
can’t stop singin “I’m sorry miss Jackson (woooo!) I am forreaaalll.” Every one used to be jamming out to that shit before “Hey Ya” came out. Seriously some good stuff. Really creative guys, even outside of music. A lot of people say that black rappers and singers just sing about hood stuff, but these guys came hard to deliver some artsy stuff.
#13
haha… defanately not gonna put an unlucky #13 slot on this one… gotta have a little bit of good luck
#12
Radiohead – In Rainbows
You gotta vote for this one over ‘Kid A’ because it was for free! haha… call me a cheapskate, but i don’t give a shit. Gotta get the most out of my dollar, especially in the recession. This is probably radiohead at their best, because they did all the trippy ambient stuff and had some really good rock songs. Thom is a genius (Thom Yorke, that is. Haha. My first blog and I already act like I’m friends with rock stars). But cmon man…these guys are marketing geniuses. Instead of having a PR budget, they just let the fans use the internet to tell eachother what was up…and the rest… is history.
#11
The Shins – Chutes Too Narrow
This was some really chill acoustic shit, mixed with rock noises. It was back when indie music could be funky and fun. Now every one is being all serious. Cmon guys! lighten up! let’s have fun and dance again… It’d be cool to have a Woodstock of Indie music just to see how it would change the scene. I’ll bet a lot of bands would get back to basics to say the least… food for thought.
#10
[Couldnt find a picture]
Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
These guys have really pretty voices. Not afraid to say that, even though I am a dude, too. It’s cool how much talent is out there, and that artists can get paid for what they are good at. Really love to chill out to this one and do some outdoor shit. It’s really cool to take your iPod and then go do something in nature to think.
#9
Jay-Z – The Black Album
Jigga what? haha. give it up to the jigga man comin in with some of the best rap hip hop made this decade…Probably this century. A lot of people listen to rap justbecause they think it makes them seem cool, but this is good stuff because it is an artform, too, not like most rap. Really appreciate this genuinely.
#8
Justin Timberlake – FutureSex/LoveSounds
Man I used to make so much fun of this curly haired bitch back when he was in NSYNC, but now… I put this shit on any playlist that I plan on using while I’m fucking a girl (or at least trying to…haha…) This guy makes stuff that really gets your feet tappin. Not afraid to say that I like pop music and that i listen to this dude. The guy is a pimp and I’ll bet he gets more pussy than Wilt Chaimberlain. Mad props to my man JT for all of his successes (in and out of the bed room). Gagagagitchyafreakon brutha!
#7
M.I.A. – Kala
I gotta have a chick representin’ on this top albums list, so leave it up to my main gal Maya to represent HARD. I remember jamming the fuck out to ‘Paper Planes’, turning that shit up in my room and dropping all kinds of fucking gun shots. Who would have thought a few gun shot noises could be so controversial? Man…Gotta give it up to my girl. Big ups, big ups. She really is a creative chick, no matter what the haters say.
#6
Deerhunter – Microcastle
If you guys want indie rock–and I really mean ROCK–you gotta pick up this album. A lot of people have told me ‘you gotta check out Sonic Youth’. I tried to listen to them, but this is a better version of sonic youth. trust me… your ears won’t be deceiving you any time soon if you buy this CD. Bradford Cox is like an indier Thom Yorke.
#7
Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend
So what? I like vampire weekend… shoot me. haha. no don’t shoot me! it’s just music. You guys need to start liking stuff cause its good, not because you are trying to be some one that you’re not. “A-Punk” is a song that gets me pumped up before I have a flag-football game on a team that i’m on with a couple of the guys from work. A lot of the guys rag on me for not jamming out to rap, but cmon…this shit is good. Here is a clip of the song (ignore the hipsters in the video if you can)
Give it up for Ezra and the boys.
#6
The Strokes – Is This It
Man its so crazy that this came out in 2001–definately one of the best years of my life (except for the crazy gf–don’t ask…long story.). Julian and the Boys came out with a strong debut, but everything after that kinda sucked to be honest. Hope those guys get back on track, because one day we will talk about them on the same level as The Stones, the Beatles, and all the other rock Gods. Lets go guys! Get back in the studio! (haha like they even read this blog). These guys don’t just look like a band; they are actually a very good one.
#5
Lady Gaga – The Fame
This girl is for real. I know what you guys are saying: she’s all smoke and mirrors. But you dont realize a pop icon when you see one even if you were looking in the mirror. Really catchy stuff, and she’s driven. She writes all of her own stuff, which you have to give her props for.
#4
Daft Punk – Discovery
I sure bumped the fuck out of this shit HARD! I remember turning this up and jamming out with the windows down in my Toyota (no–not a Prius. Just a 1989 Camry). This is really some good techno–not just the usual rave bullshit. Like there’s a lot of subtle pop elements that some people don’t even know that are they are there. It’s weird how so many people hear different stuff when they jam out to music, but some people listen to have fun and other people listen to appreciate it. I’m a little bit of both. Let’s show these robots a little bit of myspace love and send them a friend request…
cool
#3 Sufjan Stevens – Illinois
This is some good stuff, man. It’s a no brainer–’Chicago’ was the #1 song on my computer (yes… i have had the same laptop for the past 9 years… lol. and NO I won’t be switching to a Mac any time soon you effing hipsters). This stuff is really chill and beautiful at the same time. Like orchestra music mixed with indie–that’s what I respect. When different genres collide to make something beautiful.
Here’s a pic of Sufjan looking like a pimp baller.
#2
Arcade Fire – Funeral
Definitely doesn’t get much better than this one… Indie rock definitely peaked around here…but let’s get serious… albums like this only come around once a decade. Fortunately, I was around for this one. We’ll see if I’m around for another great album next decade (Let’s just say I need to make a few diet modifications…) Anyways, these Canadian indie rockers shown us all how it needs to be done for decades to come…
drumroll please…
and now the number one album of the decade acording to Rob
#1
Jack Johnson – Brushfire Fairy Tales
Honestly, this is the best album of the decade. You can’t tell me that shit gets more chill than this. Just an average joe and his guitar, singing songs about life. Sure, some stuff is cooler or has trippier noises, but that’s not what I’m all about. Honest to goodness music at its finest. I know you guys can hate on me–but as long as I’m me, none of that matters. I’m an open guy who is down for anything and just likes a cold beer–so what–me and millions of other people. Let’s stop letting music divide us, and start celebrating with music for once. If every one who made this blog made a top 10 list, no ones would match with any one elses. That’s just the way it is, but I consider it a good thing that we can all be individuals.
Well guys. that’s it for me. I hope you guys enjoyed this blog and read more of my blogs in the future. Go ahead and give me some feedback about my list. I’ll be replying to comments of this blog to try to strengthen my points, or fill in some of the holes in my arguments. Ask me questions and I’ll do my best to reply.
Go ahead and follow me on twitter @hipsterrunoff and we can discuss more in other exciting social formats.
peace out, Mike
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219 Comments
you called Daft Punk techno.
that is all.
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//////////Reply by remixes are better
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
@A reader, Mike, I’m really happy for you and Imma let you finish, but Carles had one of the best blogs of all time.
Shoulda retired after Kanyegate post. But instead of recycling the blog you should kill it.
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//////////Reply by Jessica
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
@remixes are better,
My thoughts exactly
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//////////Reply by grant golland
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
@Jessica, remixes are better
Remixes are better. THE HIPSTER RUNOFF CONTINUES!!!!ONE
//////////Reply by chong
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
@A reader,
“If I told you, I’d have to kill you”
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//////////Reply by EGG
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
I miss Carles.
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//////////Reply by anyomos
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 5:27 pm
miss carles h8 mikebro
mikebro can try to redeem himself but he is no carles
//////////Reply by andrew
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
@A reader,
carles probs did it to avoid actually making a best of the decade list
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//////////Reply by niggaWhoKnows
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 7:14 pm
@A reader,
THANK YOU.
DAFT PUNK IS HOUSE, THIS MIKE GUY IS FUCKIN UP.
Especially putting JJ at #1, foolish.
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//////////Reply by qeikprtfhyq r0e
//////////Posted January 6th, 2010 at 8:10 am
this must be one the worst lists of one of the worst decades of music…i mean, c´mon. MIA? JJ? JT? I mean there hasn´t been much quality in music since the mid-late 70´s and there´s not much to choose from but at least you could have put Cody Chesnutt´s The Headphone Masterpiece in there….
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wat
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//////////Reply by doororps
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 2:45 pm
@Jloke, carles did this already a few months ago.
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//////////Reply by doororps
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 2:45 pm
@doororps, or should i say, tao lin did this a few months ago.
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//////////Reply by anonymous
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 4:57 pm
@doororps, or should i say doororps did this a few months ago.
You’re so right, sometimes, i just want to “chill with my bros” and watch some sports. I do enjoy listening to some Jack, maybe Dave, during the breaks, getting in touch with my inner bro.
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You suck.
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//////////Reply by u go mikebro!
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 6:00 pm
@carlesforever, don’t worry bout peeps like this mikebro! jack paar had the same spiteful resistance when he took over for steve allen on the tonight show!
you rooooolllllll w/ ur bad self mikebro!!!
:)
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U R Not Carles. Therefore I do not read u.
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//////////Reply by u go mikebro!
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 5:58 pm
@Andy, what EVAH!! finally a blogger i can relate to! you go mikebro :)
Carlsy was cool, but waaay 2 meta 4 me :(
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weak
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//////////Reply by chong
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 1:00 pm
@dr.,
this is crls funniest post in a while
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i dont read this website for posts written in fucking english
get the fuck out of here
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//////////Reply by b4hc
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
@blah, SRRRSLy
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//////////Reply by brodes
//////////Posted December 2nd, 2009 at 12:35 am
@blah,
werd
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what the fuck is this garbage? haha
1- 15 are ftl. :P
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This is a plot twist.
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:’(
does this mean commenters should start using proper syntax and grammar too?
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//////////Reply by anonymous
//////////Posted December 1st, 2009 at 4:01 pm
@boo,
haha
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i h8 u so much right now
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//////////Reply by hey anony anony
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 12:49 pm
@eff, via kelis
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a very disappointing turn of events…
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Finally a bro who has awesome writing skee-ohs. Keep up la good work, Mikebro
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//////////Reply by u go mikebro!
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 6:02 pm
@Stephe, lovin U Stephe!!! hey, I’m u go mikebro! can i get your number???
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//////////Reply by Stephe
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 9:46 pm
@u go mikebro!,
Yupz, my number is number 1. boo-fucking-ya! go mikebro and go u go mikebro!
wrdddddddddddddddddd
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finally, a bro I can relate to
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//////////Reply by u go mikebro!
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 6:03 pm
@eggs, AMEN EGG DUDE!!!
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ugh. carles. this shit is tired man.
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//////////Reply by Tatty
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 11:30 am
@andrew, second. This game is old. Either blog or don’t. This isn’t even clever and there’s no point being made. This is just straight up annoying/boring/trite.
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//////////Reply by XavierDeRosnay
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
@Tatty,
bout sick of Carles’ “retirement meme”
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//////////Reply by ahh
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
@XavierDeRosnay,
i second that.
//////////Reply by b4hc
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 4:12 pm
@XavierDeRosnay, yall bitches are impossible 2 please
//////////Reply by flowers4alger-anon
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 10:16 pm
@XavierDeRosnay, feel like i haven’t ‘been on the internet’ in 4 ever…
s000 sad carles is dead. just want 2 buy him a milly lite.
Finally! Jack Johnson is alt… I can FINALLY listen to him again w/out having to hide from my shame *sigh of relief*.
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//////////Reply by Viva Hate
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 11:39 am
@BRMmm,
me too! thought i waz the only real bro out there
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I am MikeBro. would make a shitty tshirt/meme.
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(ignore the hipsters in the video if you can)
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oh god it’s been hacked again
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this is like lolcats with proper english. mikebro ≠ carles
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I don’t what the problem is with this. I doubt it’ll last that long, and it was kind of funny.
plus it’s only a fucking blog, don’t be so critical.
Even at Carles’ peak there were some weak posts, but I’m always confident there will be a good or great one in the near future.
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I hope this is a joke.
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Oh my god. You’re so insecure it literally made me cringe. If you have to point out that you’re just kidding with a “Haha” after everything, you have no business writing in a blog with this big of a following.
This is not alt at all. I’m really disappointed in Carles. He should have killed this site a year ago before he lost his touch. Disappearing off the face of the Internet, especially in your alt-celebrity prime, is so alt! Beating the life out of the same memes for years and then passing them on to some insecure douche bag is not alt.
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//////////Reply by avid_ajaxx
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 11:52 am
@IMO,
i beleev its satire. u r stoopid.
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//////////Reply by IMO
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
@avid_ajaxx, Satire or not, it still blows.
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//////////Reply by avid_ajaxx
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 5:28 pm
@IMO,
u just dnt “get it”
it is greater than you
it is above you
ur ghey.
//////////Reply by XavierDeRosnay
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
@IMO,
it’s pretty obvious you have no idea what “alt” is… are you 15 or 16?
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//////////Reply by IMO
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 12:54 pm
@XavierDeRosnay, I guess I should have said “hip” instead, or “alt-bag” as opposed to “alt-bro.” Whatever. It’s dumb anyway.
I get my hipster humor at latfh.com, where they don’t seem to run dry.
I just come here every now and then with my fingers crossed that Carles will suddenly start writing clever, new shit, the way he did early 2008.
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//////////Reply by b4hc
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 4:14 pm
@IMO, in early 2008
in early 2008
in early 2008
in early 2008
in early 2008
w/e bro
//////////Reply by damianmarleyrasta69
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
@IMO,
maxwell’s right bro, i have a lot of narrative theory that might help you understand how blogs/novels/myths/paste magazine articles all ‘tell a story’ by means both complicated & subtle
//////////Reply by chysler5thavenue
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 9:13 pm
@IMO, Just bookmarked latfh.com. Can anyone else recommend some hipster humor sites I can check out?
//////////Reply by chilisfan
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
@IMO, lol at ‘hipster humor’. lol lol lol lol.
//////////Reply by Maxwell
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 3:28 pm
@IMO, you must not have taken AP lit from your local hghschl, in this coursem you learn that the aspirations between a character narrating and the overall purpose of the author sometimes differ :/
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//////////Reply by ham
//////////Posted December 1st, 2009 at 12:14 pm
@IMO, troll
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//////////Reply by slow doris
//////////Posted December 3rd, 2009 at 3:51 am
@IMO,
i think you might be the exact person carles is satirising.
complaining that something isn’t ‘alt’ without a shred of irony is weak
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Dull and uninteresting
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omg ppl pls get it
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//////////Reply by antónio
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
@possum, “fer reals”
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what the fuck is this, seriously i hope hro was hacked, why would carles give over hro to such a boring unintelligent writer. fuck. the hro brand is ruined forever now, please stop posting on hro it’s breaking my heart.
your list was WEAK bro, not even funnie/ironic/post-ironic to have jack johnson at number 1, just lame.
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Wow ….. The only way to save this is gonna b twenty dayz of alt breasts and kewt azns
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//////////Reply by autista
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 7:18 pm
@stereo bro, I SECOND A KEUT AZN POST
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i think this was an extremely funny parody of the typical indie boi. you must have read a lot of amateur music criticism judging by your immaculate precision. probably your best blog (wraha) this year. thank you carles :)
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//////////Reply by antónio
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
@mad_dawg-o3, u think do u
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this is now the shittiest blog on the internet
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best plot twist evr
so unfortunate its the best
carles has conditioned us s000 well
cant wait for hro 2k11
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Don’t Listen to the Haters, I really enjoy what you are doing here Mike. I know blogging is hard when you have a bunch of unapreciative assholes critiquing you every day. Just know whether we comment or not, we really do care about what you have to say,..otherwise we wouldn’t be reading it.
You are extremely personable and earnest too.
Keep Blogging, Be better than Carles.
You can do it.
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//////////Reply by Tatty
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 1:59 pm
@Cambridge, troll
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What happened to Jeff?
http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/2009/04/hey-guys-im-jeff-the-new-blogger-for-hipsterrunoffcom.html
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//////////Reply by chilisfan
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 12:28 pm
@achillbro, proof that crls is alive. jeff said “smell ya later” and funny that crls is using that line again. think crls is alive. think he will comeback after 2k10 drops and the chillwave era ends. crls probably chilled a lil too hard and maybe needs to detox like wavvesbro
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//////////Reply by chong
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
@achillbro, jeff>mikebro
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stop fucking with us, carles
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obviously a joke
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mikebro,
i like you better than carles.
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//////////Reply by grant golland
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
@Tao Lin, read yr book a few days ago.
It “inspired controversy” in my thoughts. Recommended it to a friend that works at aa.
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//////////Reply by Tao Lin
//////////Posted December 1st, 2009 at 5:39 am
@grant golland, that was a ‘mistake’
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FUCK YOU MIKE!
I WANT CARLES BACK!
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“If I told you, I’d have to kill you” is the gheyist phrase. prob something Jack Johnson and his ghey manager say to each other as an “inside joke.”
bye carles.
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oh carles…
almost thought you pulled an ‘edward droste’ but ur jus making more ‘weak’ posts
so confused whether or not this is a good thing…
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I’m going back to 4chan…… Wah wow
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//////////Reply by Jessica
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 1:47 pm
@Mario Kart 64,
Perfect.
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im never reading this blog again carles.
u can’t pretend to be boring after writing boring posts for weeks.
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This shit is stupid. haha [Couldnt find a picture]
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gunther says thts ghey. iamcarles.
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this is so 2k9.4 carles… i miss jeffbro
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i guess i’ll keep reading just because crls might be ‘yanking my chain.’
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ur not alt enough mike gtfo
CARLES 4 LIF
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I honestly don’t care. I have so much porn i need to watch, it isnt even funny. Plus today is a monday, so i have lin algebra and diff eq, and neither of those are conducive to me watching bros pop all over lil sluts.
Lets all just break character for a little bit. Its time to face the facts. http://www.carlesisdead.com/
Okay, I’m gonna go hit up the cafeteria. So fucking hungry. See you guys down there? I’ll be the bro in the vneck+black levis+supras sitting alone and blasting some kid sister on my koss headphones.
I need some iced coffee like a motherfucker.
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//////////Reply by jjj
//////////Posted December 1st, 2009 at 12:14 am
@aw, fukk, someone bought a domain name for that. It reads like a conspiracy theorist website. alarmed and unsettled.
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i ‘get’ it. mikebro idolizes john tesh… what do i win?
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worst fking post ever.
nice try, carles
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what i’ll miss the most is u guys, the hro commentors. u guys ‘fuckin get’ my lifestyle better than my maltstream friends who still wear palestinny scarfs. let’s start a (animal) collective blog and/or message bored to talk about chilling in the alt community.
<3 yall
chilisfan
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//////////Reply by sarah
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
@chilisfan, maybe googlechillwave is the place for our people
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This is so stupid. Carles is totally jocking Blognigger’s steaze.
http://streetbonersandtvcarnage.com/blog/blognigger-is-dead/
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//////////Reply by lolz
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 1:10 pm
@lolz, this is in of course response to http://www.carlesisdead.com
like i said….
….dumb
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mikebro is a fggt
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take your fucking clothes off so we can see you naked
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//////////Reply by aw, fukk
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
@†®åπP, thx for the pick-up line bro, already got me 2.5 blowjays!!!!!!
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Not ready for the torch to be passed.
Bring back Carles.
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//////////Reply by CarlesLover
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
@Who Cares., he is back CarlesIsDead.com
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//////////Reply by Who Cares.
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 7:00 pm
@CarlesLover, God bless Ya’ll.
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Me thinks Carles be a rootin’ out da bad eggs from dis ‘ere inta-net blog ‘ere.
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//////////Reply by a_nonnie_muss
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
@Voodoo Momma JooJoo, best username evarr [via the office space]
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My mouth = full of puke
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First Idolator, now this. Hilarious. I expect daily posts about Gaga and Justin Beiber.
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//////////Reply by Scott Curtis
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 7:12 pm
@E, yeah, I think ur the only one who gets that this is poking fun @ idolator.
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hey yalls i rlly hope tht this iz jst carles ‘b-ing’ ‘himself’ and this iz a ‘practical joke’ but srsly mike, carles will always be my altluv, my altbro and the 1 who showed me how to ‘b myself’, ‘unique’, and ‘authentic’. crles if u do not come back, i will dearly miss u. come back carles. plz b a joke mikebro.
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this is joke right?
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//////////Reply by HJ
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
@porkchop, no this is srs
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Woah, is this guy serious!?
Jack Johnson #1 of the DECADE!?
Carles wasn’t joking about ending this site – I think that was it’s death certificate.
http://www.theawesometrain.blogspot.com/
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ughz @ yew crls
come on back, we’re ready now
<3
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lol carles only does this when he feels his alt brethren aren’t appreciating him enough.
Cut the shit carles, you know you’re gonna blog again. We understand that mediocre mainstream blogs are bullshite. Keep blogging and stop being an asshole.
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Ew.
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i literally cant even parse this faggot shit bc it is writtne like a re-ironic internet-only ‘here is some content, readership’ shitass copout
i hld no pretensions abt carles’ return; i unnerstan that the ‘real wrld’ holds vaster/more ‘legit’ appeal tahn the internet
however fuck this fuck you fucking stopit faggot[miki, that is]
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So this is what crls sounds like when he doesn’t sound like a ‘fucking moron?’
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thanks for making the abstract concrete
i feel like i get it and i think its beautiful
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Ok you idiots who don’t get this joke here are the idiots this website is poking fun at. Do you not understand satire? This was one of the best posts of the year in my opinion. Obviously they are portraying a frat bro. Duh. But obviously this website attracts actual hipsters who think this site is ‘for them’.
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//////////Reply by chilisfan
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 2:02 pm
@Christian, i wouldn’t say it’s necessarily a fratbro. know some real life fratbros and they mostly don’t really even care about music and listen to bruce springsteen and other “fuckin classic shit” and maybe kings of leons or white stripe when they wanna listen to “something modern.” put on tpains at parties to get sorority girls “wet”.
this is clearly a parody of the average entry-lvl altbro who listens to decembrists and of montreal and thinks that he is s000 indie and feels the need to express ‘his opinions’ on music because he has slightly better taste than ‘mainstreamers’ who listen to top 40 radio. it is a representation of the mediocre indie music blogs that have infested hypem. it is the reason why i went back 2 reading p4k because at least those assholes probably got a “degree” in english or something.
anyway, it’s funny but i miss crls
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//////////Reply by me-person
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 2:43 pm
@chilisfan,
i think ur right. i know somebody who thinks he is s0000 artistic b/c he used 2 be in 2 the jayhawks and now he is in 2 lady gaga … and he gets rly righteous about it … he said the old 97s were better than the beatles
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//////////Reply by kafkaBro
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
@chilisfan, Yea I agree, he’s way too earnest to be a frat bro. A Frat bro would either be overly pumped about his song selection or would be uncomfortably candid because he’s “fucking bombed” and the prose would reveal that. MikeBro is honest, straight forward, he’s trying to communicate reliably to his audience. I see Mike as a “mediocre bro” a bro who doesn’t mind being trapped in suburbia. He sees a lot of pretension from the hipsters, lack of taste from the mainstreamers, and big egos on both sides. So he’s decided to share his own modest voice. He’s not going to brag, he’s not going to create a front, he’s just going to be himself. He normally wouldn’t do this except for the fact that there are so many hipsters and frat bros causing trouble. Turns out, MikeBro is very dull. In eschewing the temptation to be an alt or to be a frat star he’s not left with much. He tries to insert light humor to keep things fun, it goes nowhere. Mike’s gotta get outside of suburbia and see the world.
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//////////Reply by chilisfan
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
@kafkaBro, think dudes like mikebro missed out on the bloghouse era and probably spent 2k6.5-2k8.5 listening to Narrow Stairs and playing scrabble with their gfs who love Regina Spekky. Dudes like mikebro pretend to like AnCo, but don’t really because they don’t do enough drugs to ‘get’ it. They are boring. Feel like wavvesbro; soo bored. He probably doesn’t ‘get’ chillwave either.
should’ve taken acid, mikebro
//////////Reply by john anybro
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 4:36 pm
@kafkaBro, Your use of the term ‘frat star’ leads me to believe that you may actually be in a fraternity.
//////////Reply by a_nonnie_muss
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
@chilisfan, heyyyy. of montreal is cool. [via the booty patrol]
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//////////Reply by chilisfan
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 3:55 pm
@a_nonnie_muss, “the past is a grotesque animal” is sweet. i think some of their tunes a pretty authentic. still, lots of entry lvl fggts listen to of montreal because it they a) are easy to listen to and b) were popular in 2k6. the electro era alienated a lot of maltstream college kids who just wanted to listen to pretty well-written indie rock, and didn’t really ‘get’ why ed banger & crew were so relevant because they’re more interested in staying home and playing scrabble while listening to this american life than doing coke off iphones and wearing neon am appy.
these people have since briefly returned to the alt world in late 2k8 (via Veckatimey/Bon Iver/Fleet Foxes), but clearly do not truly ‘get’ chillwave or the whole post-mpp universe.
//////////Reply by autista
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 7:21 pm
@chilisfan you made me wet, bro
//////////Reply by chilisfan
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 7:57 pm
@autista sry bb, i’m an altchick. kinda think ur a “lezzing out” a lil but it’s ok. college is a time 4 experimentation.
//////////Reply by seriously burlesky
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
@Christian,
first of all the word hipster defines a youth beatnik culture in the 50s..
today it goes much deeper than that, seeing as there are longer roots and more culture to understand
youre right in the sense that this site is satirical because [i believe] carles is writing about a culture in which satire is a crucial part of understanding HOW people commonly known as hipsters express their complicated view of society
but to understand WHY you really just need to be in the perpetual mindset..
i feel like in a way its a philosophical artform and art is always meant for individual interpretation
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//////////Reply by seriously burlesky
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
@seriously burlesky, and soooo
is this website really poking fun at ‘hipsters’? i mean, whether carles means to or not
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//////////Reply by multicomment
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 2:43 pm
@seriously burlesky,
i think all this ‘analysis’ makes it less fun
//////////Reply by seriously burlesky
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 6:06 pm
@seriously burlesky, my bad, i had fun
//////////Reply by taylor
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 9:44 pm
@Christian, deep
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i cant wait to see what happens next…………………………………… ……………….. ………. ….. …. . . .
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dear crls,
not funny. plz stop yanking our ‘collective’ chain.
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I get it and laughed very hard. Nice work.
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i can’t help but feel mikebro represents carles inner pedo.
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lets be friends and goto a Lady gaga show together. im glad i can support him/her now that someone relevant enough told me to
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So Carles they finally hired you at American Apperal, awesome…
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best psot in a while
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I liked this better the first time carles pretended to ’sell’ his ‘blog’ to some other ‘dumb bro’
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whoa, mikebro is sorta kewl…. think i like mikebro a lot !!!
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what the fuck is this shit?
capital letters?
fuck you.
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So wait… MikeBro/Carles/HRO/Etc. has done this before? WTF?
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Carles you inspired me every single day to go out into the work and explore the new and unknown. This mikebro dude and his shit just makes
me want to go chug a beer and listen to the bad lady gaga parody “rad bromance” and play some lax …. And I am a fucking girl!!!
Carles please let this be a joke because I want your and all of your intellectually indie alt god self to speak the words of truth and harmony lol
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this post did not make me _____/_____.
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//////////Reply by Jamby
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 9:03 pm
@Anna, maybe it will be _____/_____ in 2k_?
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//////////Reply by brobro
//////////Posted December 1st, 2009 at 2:43 am
@Anna, <3/h8 this comment. would give it __ out of 10 runoffs.
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joy division > new order.
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//////////Reply by daffy
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 6:15 pm
@generk witty cmmnt, how dare you.
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Not funny, and poorly written. KYS, Mike.
“Blog is dead” – Nietzsche
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//////////Reply by generk witty cmmnt
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 8:23 pm
@CJT,
“Nietzsche is dead” – Blog.
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//////////Reply by kafkaBro
//////////Posted December 1st, 2009 at 2:31 am
@generk witty cmmnt, agreed, if hippy ranoffs is dead than so its alt pomo. No more nietzsche, no more baudrillardBro, no more derrida, no more michel foucault, no more david byrne, no more irony. Things only reference what they appear to be, logical positivism reigns supreme (I’m sure mikeBro wouldn’t mind). Instead of an endless stream of scare quotes and simulacra, be prepared to see me wield occam’s razor.
this is the death of alt pomo (post modernism), the death of irony. kinda think its the ‘death of the sign’ y’all.
I’m excited about this new era of reliable communication, of fixed symbol mappings, and shannon capacity.
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this guy is a complete tool job who is total mainstream and not an AltBro, more like some stupid FratBro. Totally could see him at a sport bar.
Please Carles this better be a joke, your indie knowledge is make the world go round!
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it says “rob’s top albums” but the new guy’s name is mike, two names yall
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//////////Reply by SilverTell
//////////Posted December 1st, 2009 at 1:17 am
@rob, I wondered if anyone else noticed that.
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Mike, you should check out this band Passion Pit. They really took the indie-scene by surprise when their new c.d. Manners hits shelves everywhere in May. I think you can get the c.d. at Wal-Mart, and the actual record is available at Barnes and Nobles (which is totally sick). I tried to find it on Kazaa, but I’ve been having trouble finding much of anything on that webpage lately. Seriously, though, it’s only $8.99, and you’re better off paying your musicians anyway. Lars Ulrich was right, man.
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//////////Reply by chilisfan
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 8:25 pm
@hipsterrunon, <3 u. u may b one of the only ones who understands mikebro.
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//////////Reply by kafkaBro
//////////Posted December 1st, 2009 at 2:44 am
@chilisfan, agreed, hipsterrunon, you have showed me the beauty of mikeBro.
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how many layers of ironic is this?!!!!!?!?? I DONT KNOW HOW TO FEEL
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//////////Reply by rustbuckets
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 5:58 pm
@fuck, its like finding out your mother was born a man
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are even half of these commentators as dumb as they seem?
is this really a “snapshot” of the general readership, or just the bottom of the barrel?
am i trapped in an infinite hall of mirrors where nothing has meaning?
some of these responses could be “ironic”, but in such an unpostured, naive way that their “negation of the ironic” becomes “ironic in of itself”.
is this whats going on?
do yall think you are “hipsters”?
do yall think carles was a hipster? or a bro?
i thought this blog had “witty social commentary”, apparently very few get it.
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//////////Reply by rolf
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
@silverstar, give peace a chance yall!
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//////////Reply by Siik
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
@silverstar, agreed, very disappointed in the responses. I thought more people “got it”. Feel like most of these people can’t see past themselves.
However, the fact that so many people misinterpret posts like this is, in fact, social commentary in and of itself. It definitely frames society. It’s pretty brilliant to write a blog commenting on social behavior, and then elicit responses that do an equally thorough job of describing that behavior.
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//////////Reply by silverstar
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 5:36 pm
@Siik, too bad this social commentary is so depressing. no wonder carles wants/wanted to off himself. Here’s how I see it:
once people started referring to themselves as hipsters, the delicate postures of hipsterdom began to crumble. Too many people caught on to the appearances, failing to grasp the form of the hipster. Carles himself rarely directly commented on the “classical hipster” (art / philosophy major who “discovered” indie music before most their peers) instead talking about the runoff: those replicating classical hipster fashions, but without the understanding of where they came from (hence carles obsession with memes).
Now, I just started reading HRO, so I missed out on the bloghouse era of this blog, but I remember when fratboys suddenly began wearing neon. As carles has been pointing out, alts are getting younger and younger, and tweens are incorporating fashions that were hip even before I went to college and knew what a hipster was.
Carles started this blog to point this out to people and make them aware of the stupidity of all this garbage, not for them to relish in it. If I were carles I would hope that some commentators would be funny (flower4algeranon being one of the best) and others at least insightful. Carles writes some of the most creative, heavy hitting shit I’ve ever read regarding the state of youth culture, and i think he’s realized that he’s outgrown his audience.
I bet carles now works for an ad agency, or some alt version of the same idea. He has the power to control the masses and can’t survive on hornitos advertising alone.
Shame on everyone here for becoming complacent. WE let carles die.
To post-carles: don’t come back. let mikebro stay, he’s probably better suited for this audience.
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//////////Reply by possum
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 6:36 pm
i have learned something w/ this blog, ur reactions 2 posts depend heavily on ur emotional state. 4 example if ur happy when u read it u will think its funny. but if ur depressed u will think its sinical. u need 2 check urself, hro is kind of like tripping on LSD. u get what u bring in 2 it.
//////////Reply by brobro
//////////Posted December 1st, 2009 at 2:45 am
@silverstar, tl; dr.
//////////Reply by hmm,
//////////Posted December 1st, 2009 at 1:56 am
@silverstar, totally agree. wish everyone wasnt so uptight and stupid and would just see that this is yet another gimmick carles is using to inject some spice into his tired blog. HRO sirius xmu radio show is still funny though, even if the playlist is still stuck in the bloghaus era.
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think this is just another way to weed out the readers who dont get ‘it’. separating the authentic HRO readers from the entry levelers, so 2 speak
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//////////Reply by chysler5thavenue
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
@brian, how do i know if i get it?
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Hey MikeBRO gr8 first post, welcome to hro!!!
Hope you fill the indent left by CRLS but who is he n e way??
Please can u post some free mp3s from ur fav upcoming indie/electro bands. or mayb a justice remix.
feel like this would endear you 2 the readership
<3<3<3
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the fuck is this
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jack johnson?
:’(
HRO RIP
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what is this fuckery?
RIP HRO.
<3 u will b missed crls
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You crack me up. Nicely done.
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You know something Carlos, I hate you.
You mock the “mainstream” crappy blogs like Mikebro has, yet if somebody tries to be “alt” and do something different like you do, then you and your tribe h8 them for being “copycats”.
miss u though.
<3
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//////////Reply by Voodoo Momma JooJoo
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 8:14 pm
@uncle farkus
worst comment so far
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hornitos :<
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Jack Johnson? People that listen to this twat deserve to be taken out into the street and shot in the back of the head.
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//////////Reply by possum
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 6:30 pm
when i was @ thanxgvg this year my cousin came in & heard JJ playing at my sis-in-law’s house & he was like “yeah you know what’s up w/ tha underground quality shizzle” & she was like “it’s XM” & he kinda had 2 recover 4 a sec
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all i want is four walls and mikebro for my girls
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i just got a boner reading this dude. mikebro por presidente. good work bromandude.
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Your posting is chilling, Michael. Keepings up the good vibes. Bros and hoes. I love you.
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you suck, i miss carles. y’all
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Sorry to say but i think anybody with MTV knows these bands, and the fact that jack johnson and lady gaga are there make me want to puke.
terrible music.
i am sad this blog is over now but i think its time to let it die, mikebro.
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on second read, i know this is carles, and you’re fucking hilarious.
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Carles lives at CarlesIsDead.com
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//////////Reply by anonymous
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 5:35 pm
@CarlesLover, so uh, wat
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CARLES HAS COME…
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heard HRO, Inc. totes ‘went under.’
heard they had to ‘lay off’ some bros and crls took his ’sick ass’ severance pkg and ‘peaced out.’
sum1 tell obama to fix the recession. h8 mikebro.
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mikebro bring back arrested developement
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Mike you and your list fucking suck. I’m sure this is a joke though, you basically just rearranged p4ks list you dumb fuck. CarlesComeBack
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Oh lawdy.
Please be a troll.
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wtf is happening right now? carles and mike freak me out like MJ did when he died.
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MikeBro has AIDS
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btw, i dont follow you on twitter anymore and i h8 you so much.
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lulz @ u tube embed > content well fail — so perfect.
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MikeBro IS ‘Jesus Christ’: Carles has Risen.
The ‘2nd cumming’ is making me ‘HARD’ /
Blog falls apart; the intercentre cannot hold /
MikeBro is loosed upon the world.
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//////////Reply by SilverTell
//////////Posted December 1st, 2009 at 1:28 am
@PashyPitoftheChrist, wow
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//////////Reply by Chad_Smith
//////////Posted December 1st, 2009 at 9:15 pm
@SilverTell, ‘Whoa.’
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv343/dukebludevil17/NeoWhoa.jpg
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The blog world is already suffering from 2k12 with MikeBro
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i would have preferred if carles turned the blog over to some LOL-able juggalos.
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This is absolute genius. First of all the way to change the narrative voice in such a perfect way plus the usual sociological insight. Holy shit Carles you’ve won my heart again.
ps. the comments are pretty funny (though not so intelligent)
WELCOME MIKE!
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//////////Reply by altina
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 5:54 pm
@altina, you’re stoned
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i hope mike is crls… becuase if not, then we cannot be crls
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KILL URSELF
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To CRLS,
Why couldn’t Tao Lin have replaced you? Mike’s music tastes are abominable, with only four truly authentic bands/artists (via AnCo, Deerhunter, Fleet Foxes, and Sufjan) and one quasi-alt-but-not-really Iggy Pop/David Bowie (but a female incarnation) wannabe (via Lady GaGa). And Mike’s promulgation of Jackarse Johnson as his favorite artist makes his alt credibility nonexistent.
Feel like throwing Mike’s P.C. and music collection off a cliff.
Think the entirety of HRO’s readership should convene at Chili’s and plan a coup to oust Mike from HRO. Feel Mike is not an AltBro – feel Mike is as mnstrm as they come.
Please, CRLS, this better be a hoax.
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Fortunate Fool, y’all!
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mike sux
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I WANT CARLES BACK
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obviously this is a joke. carles wouldn’t let HRO die like this.
and if this is true,
then i’ll be damned.
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MikeBro’s list seems about right.
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hi. I like you.
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DEAR MNSTRMR,
U A NICKELBACK BITCH.
SINCERELY,
KEVBRO
p.s. u sux
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yea, there was already “jeffbro” who was the original “mike” earlier this year:
http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/2009/04/hey-guys-im-jeff-the-new-blogger-for-hipsterrunoffcom.html
meh feh beh peh
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//////////Reply by bradlee
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
@bradlee, somene already posted this u puto
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BRING BACK CARLES. This mike guy is no good, and these albums? Jack Johnson at number 1? on HRO???
not down..
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dear mike,
fuck you. please dont post anything else. hro suggz.
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I just took this blog off my bookmarks because this mike dude put Jack Johnson as #1 album of the decade. FAIL.
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//////////Reply by anonymous
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 7:02 pm
@RiZZ, i hope more people do this
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I sort of assume that everyone who reads HRO “gets it”; when this sort of thing happens I realise how fucking wrong I am
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//////////Reply by bro jackson
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 7:25 pm
@brobot, SRSLY
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//////////Reply by jklhkgl
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 7:34 pm
@brobot, You can “get” something and not find it amusing.
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//////////Reply by chysler5thavenue
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 9:42 pm
@jklhkgl,
i think you’re right, but i also think if you’re stridently unamused then you don’t get it.
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//////////Reply by 4545
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 7:38 pm
@brobot,
WORD
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//////////Reply by d00dz
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 8:26 pm
@brobot,
totes, kinda blown away by a lot of the responses…
can people REALLY not instantly see what is happening here! ’shit we still gotta go find that hackerbro that hacked HRO!!!11!!one’
although crls did accomplish greater reaction.. 200+ comments already
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//////////Reply by brobro
//////////Posted December 1st, 2009 at 2:53 am
@brobot, Feel ‘embarrassed’ for my fellow alts. Feel like they should have gone to a liberal arts university for 2+ years so they could ‘read critically.’
P.S. Jack Johnson ’seems chill.’ Thanks for turning me on to a new band, Mike, wasn’t on my radar at all. P.P.S. Is Jack Johnson the same band as jj?
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this is not authentic.
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this mike guy is the Sammy Hagar of blogging
HRO is officially over
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//////////Reply by -_-_-_
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 7:44 pm
@Rappin Rodney, well said
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lol also that u didn’t have fleetie foxes album art work. any alt would have that in .jpg form.
long live carles. mikebro, you had me at anco and lost me w/ the gaga
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mikebro is just a bro that doesn’t know how to embed
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lady gagme-the fame?!?
i h8 youu MiKEbro !
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h8 ‘mikebro’
h8 jack johnson on this list
h8 crls ‘retirement’
mis u. <3
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mikebro=entrylevel
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//////////Reply by pookie
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 7:19 pm
@sally d ., totally.
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//////////Reply by knitxcore
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 7:29 pm
@pookie, #trueshit
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sarcastic doesn’t mean cliche.
hate mikebro.
miss u carles.
my popsicle is depressed.
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Can’t believe how fucking retarded 65% of the commenters are on here.
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//////////Reply by kitty
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 8:46 pm
@A, ..fucking agreed..
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//////////Reply by anonymous
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 10:36 pm
@kitty, maybe all the commenters are 1 person
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//////////Reply by anonymous
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 10:36 pm
@anonymous, 1 person typing all these ‘fucking retarded’ comments under different names
//////////Reply by anonymous
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 10:38 pm
@anonymous, i.e. carles
//////////Reply by anonymous
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 10:40 pm
@anonymous, or maybe i’m just crazy
//////////Reply by SilverTell
//////////Posted December 1st, 2009 at 2:10 am
@anonymous, lol
//////////Reply by brobro
//////////Posted December 1st, 2009 at 2:54 am
@A, This comment is retarded.
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::ARE YOU ALSO FRIGHTENED::
(via AnCo)
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I still do not buy this as the truth. [Carles in disguise again?] Though I do appreciate some of those choices.
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Also… Couldnt find a photo for Fleet Foxes…? [aka can't use the internet...?]
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srsly the best post in awhile!! all u haterz need 2 stop hatin cuz ur just jelous!!!!! <3 u mike!!1!1111
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HRO BLOG IS FOR MAINSTREAMERS OFFICIALLY
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Ridiculous post for a ridiculous welcome.
That said,
I’ll still come back for moar.
xx
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Carles should ‘comeback’ in 2k10!!1!
JOIN THIS GROUP ON FACEBOOK TO “SUPPORT YR BROTHER” bit.ly/6PvkzK
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seems like MikeBro is ‘trying 2 hard’ 2 b alt. not authentic enough 4 my taste. seems like maybe he needs 2 ‘get his priorities in order’. maybe lay off the pot/jack johnny, lay on the boomers/anco. organize while u prioritize. leave the FratBro behind & step into the elite house of alt. welcome 2 hipster puberty. (u look like shit right now.)
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Not even good sarcasm
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mike, bro, i thought your name was rob? why did you change your name bro?
s0 confused
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Mikebro, you’re so not funny, HAHA.
Carles, nip this in the bud. Save your brand.
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Mikebro, you are worse than cancer.
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you can’t do it..
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English is not even my main language and it sounds pretty dull to me. Don’t “haha” us. Please.
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Y’all niggaz ova there, y’all niggaz ain’t shit
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hey, i love jack johnson!! subscribed to your blog bro, been looking for an on-trend music blog 4 a while… ill send out a few tweets, get the word out on fb and we’ll get the delta-phi vibe up in this bitch in no time. Yaoooow!! (its the sound of a howling wolf)
Dwayneski
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U SIR SUCK
BRING BACK CARLES
GO SUCK A DONKEY
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seems like carles ‘retired’ cos hro’s ‘demographic’ got way 2 mnstrm for his taste.
seems like hro ‘crossed over’ via juggalos catching wind of hipster culture [via his post abt 'syko sam'] [via the internet becoming 'more affordable' for them].
had something more meaningful to say but feeling ‘fucking inarticulate.’ miss crls.
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//////////Reply by chilisfan
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 8:46 pm
@young larry, feel like crls is kind of like dave chappelle. when he looked at his audience he just saw a bunch of ‘fucking crackers’ who didn’t ‘get’ that his sketches were meant to satire american racism. crls must have looked at his cmmnts and saw a bunch of maltstreamers who don’t ‘get’ that wearing keut clothes from ‘urban’ and listening to the arcade fires doesn’t make u a special snowflake that is superior to mnstrm society. dave chappy went 2 africa aka ‘the homeland’. wonder if crls went 2 williamsburg 2 try to understand what it means to be alt in a post-am appy world.
miss crls. need him 2 answer so many questions
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//////////Reply by young larry
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 9:05 pm
@chilisfan, Carles:Dave Chappy::MikeBro:Carlos Mencia
MikeBro is probs a ‘maltino’/'meximalt’.
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//////////Reply by brobro
//////////Posted December 1st, 2009 at 2:57 am
@young larry, Maybe the best comment of the MikeBro Meme Era.
//////////Reply by SilverTell
//////////Posted December 1st, 2009 at 2:15 am
@chilisfan, lol
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//////////Reply by John M
//////////Posted December 1st, 2009 at 11:42 am
@young larry,
That’s what I said on the post before this and everyone was like “I don’t care about your perspective!” ARGH!! >:-/
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lolz @ this post.
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@ MikeBro, you suck so bad…
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I’m almost certain Carles is coming back soon (remember Jeff?) The fuck will this Mike guy write about anyway? VITAMINWATR?
Bet he doesn’t even know what P.B.R. stands for.
I HATE THIS FGGT THAT CARLES CHOSE.
‘Let’s stop letting music divide us, and start celebrating with music for once.’ Fuck you. Things cannot be united and peaceful between raplovers and technobitches. Everything NEEDS to be shitty and broken.
Stupid fucking Mike. And I am not calling u Mikebro.
Come back Carles. Plz….
<3/Hate/Miss u.
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I miss CRLS> stop trying so hard & you might be a good replacement. have your own style. more misspellings..more irony..more n00ds
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Gross. for every good album you had on that list, you had a horrible one. and many of them were pretty stereotypical indie favorites. you’re like. Entry level alt. Go blog on xanga or something.
Kinda “miss” chillwave. kinda “miss” carles.
:(
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Mikebro seems so approachable. Like the fratbro that doesnt make you lick his balls during hazing, just chill out and listen to some Jack Johnson. Maybe HRO is going to more accessible image.
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So, what do you guyz think about Carles’ new bro gimmick “Mike.” How long does it last? Is it funny or is he just “punking” us as Aston Kutcher might say.
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mikebro you are carleses alter-ego, i know it. cant spell alter-ego w/o alt.
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I never thought i’d say this, but I even miss Hornitos.
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//////////Reply by M
//////////Posted November 30th, 2009 at 9:39 pm
@James, good god i do too.
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I never post on here, but you have the worst taste in music of all time
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This guy is a tool. I feel betrayed… come back Carles :(
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Ya’ll niggaz is commenting on a troll post.
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MISS U CRLS
:’(
#carlescomeback
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Don’t be hatin’ on Carlesbro. After __ years of blogging he’s become outdated and is grasping at straws to try to “re-invent” his image.
It’s like being a long-term couple and a simple blow-job no longer “does it” for you….so you’re GF/BF suggests you should try BDSM to “spice things up”. Sure, it’s fun for a while….but it’s not going to save the relationship.
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Too sad to really rant. Mike. Sucks.
Mike is a douche name.
Mike is a douche.
H8 Mike.
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is carles deliberately killing HRO with mikebro?
miss u HRO
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its obviously a joke
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duz mikebro post n00ds ever? can we see sum alt breasties?
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//////////Reply by graa
//////////Posted December 1st, 2009 at 2:27 am
@flowers4alger-anon, ihopeihopeihope but i dont rlly think jack johnson is into dat shit, just hippie titties and organix
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<3 u carlesbro
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so sad. hate this mikebro… he bad talked hipsters..
Carles, you will be missed
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U WILL NEVER B CARLES U DAMN IMPOSTOR VIA PRETENSION & LIES
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I WANT CARLES NOT MIKE, Mike’s a douche bag
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This is terrible.
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Fuck this blog, this is shit noa fuck off Mike,, and go die.
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this is carles’ sgt. pepper’s
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also i miss the alt report
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I bet Carles’ real name is the Mikenator at his white collar job.
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//////////Reply by caroline
//////////Posted December 1st, 2009 at 12:35 am
@Lovemidget, hahahahahhahaha love u
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Yo Mikey bro! U suck. Lamest post ever, brah. U r not even ‘kinda funny’ as a satire/parody. HRO is ‘totally f*cked’ if you do the web blogging not Carles.
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fuck i dont think ive ever seen a blog post this lame. im embarrased that i follow hipsterrunoff on twitter. better delete that shit real fast
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//////////Reply by pep pep
//////////Posted December 1st, 2009 at 3:45 am
@shapes, u go girL!
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crls this isn’t funny immagona cry
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:-0.
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@troll U B3 TROLLIN lol intarwebz
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this bro is all top surface. crlse dug deep. he humbled us, he made us laugh at ourselves.a nd others. others was more fun.
he’s not someone who will glorify and epitomise our thoughts and deeper core feelings.
…i miss u carles. plz make ur blog ur gf again.
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just had an epiphany [had to google spellcheck].
this is the ultimate satire.
this is so mediocre that we consider a tragic fail.
by considering it a tragic fail we naturally hate on it.
by hating on it hro laughs and gets buzzpoints [via not publicity is bad publicity-the lady gaga method]
maybe this is the ultimate sarcasm carles has ever posted.
what stage of grief is this….bargaining?
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//////////Reply by chilisfan
//////////Posted December 1st, 2009 at 3:15 am
@caroline,
the 7 stages of alt grief
1- denial. “crls is alive, y’all. mikebro is just crls yall!”
2- h8 yall. “h8 u crls. h8 mike and jack johnsons. crls is an asshole”
3- bargaining. “if i have intelligent realizations about crls, and post them as relevant cmmnts while also linking to my tmblr will crls come back?”
4- miss u. “sad that crls is dead. going to drown my sorrows (via franzia chillable red).”
5- ryan adams. “going to listen to lots of ryan adams now. when ur young u get sad u get high. :’(”
6- <3 u. "i <3 u carles. mikebro is funny. carlesisdead.com is funny. wanna drink some hornitos? i made all-organic vegan alternatives to sxsw eggrolls (soo aware now, no more chilis for this chilisfan)."
7- choose.your.own.response
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//////////Reply by altina
//////////Posted December 1st, 2009 at 9:31 am
@chilisfan, “like”
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//////////Reply by anon#487
//////////Posted December 1st, 2009 at 11:44 am
@chilisfan,
this is deep
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In regards to your #5.. it’s not a big deal when someone writes their own music. They SHOULD write their own music.
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//////////Reply by chilisfan
//////////Posted December 1st, 2009 at 2:03 am
@gina, O NO YALL SRS MUSIC FAN HERE
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My ‘I Am Carles’ shirt is now obsolete.
Mike, If indeed, you are taking over, the shirts must be red, with helvetica nue light.
Make them.
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please die
ur nor carles
seems fucked
we are fucked
this is fucked
this is really ‘ fucked ‘
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why man? if this is a hoax than this better be a hoax balloon boy because it works. More money, advertising, marketing gimmick. Carles you capitalist son of a bitch. You will never be able to hang in Portland or Brooklyn, maybe LA.
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Pitch perfect, Carles. You have gone from analyzing culture to creating it. This is like Jon Stewart dressing up to do a Fox News broadcast.
P.S. Rob is an anagram of bro.
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//////////Reply by kafkaBro
//////////Posted December 1st, 2009 at 9:32 pm
@brobro, now I’m not saying that rob is a bro, but isn’t it interesting that I’m the only one stating this fact? ~ Glenn Beck
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aww man this is like mystery science lab 3000 all over again. Don’t change people! We barely remember our own names let alone yrs!
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“Here’s a pic of Sufjan looking like a pimp baller.”
lolol, i h8 this so much
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//////////Reply by David
//////////Posted December 1st, 2009 at 3:50 am
@yayay, mee too
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Mike seems like a pretty chill dude. Who cares what all the hipsters say, bro. I’d rather chill w/ mike and go to a Dave show.
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I feel like Mike is a beautiful butterfly that has emerged from the chrysalis that was Carles.
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I HATE THIS. THIS SITE SHOULD JUST STOP ANYWAYS, TOO MANY SCENESTERS/MAINSTREAM ALTS/IDIOTS/ETC HAVE GOTTEN REACH OF IT AND ITS DISGUSTING. AND THIS NEW BLOGGER SEEMS LIKE ONE OF THEM.
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sorry bout the caps, thought maybe newblogger was forcing me via comment box to be caps
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hilare
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“So you wanna know more about me? If I told you, I’d have to kill you (note: if you do not like sarcasm and sarcastic writing, please go find another place to go read)”
I HATE YOU
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this is one of the best posts ever
lol mikebro likes in rainbows because it was free…..funny shit, crls
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The Strokes have been in the studio since the beginning of the year and already have a tour lined up for 2010. They’re headlining the Isle of Wight festival in the U.K. next year.
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mikebro seems like sum1 i would ‘chill’ with.
miss u crls.
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Mike you cool man. But i do not like that you put jay z or lady gaga on your list, they both suck so hard.
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was surprised u didn’t put LA ROUX in yr top 3
microbrobot
anyway DB,IC is next
werd^ppl
http://omg.ly/cLGQ
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This list is chill! Such good picks. Haha just not agreeing with Justin.
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FUCK THIS IS NOT THE SAME
IM OUT.
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//////////Reply by LAURALOKOTA
//////////Posted December 1st, 2009 at 10:58 pm
@LAURALOKOTA, AND BY THAT I MEANT THIS IS SHIT
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why’d you off yourself carles? please be gimmick…
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totes not the same. miss the alt report. kept me so up-to-date with the alt lifestyle. made me feel like i was relevant and part of something bigger. miss u carles. looks like i’m gonna have to find a new blog to follow. R.I.P. HRO
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what the fuck im gone for a couple days and this shit happens not cool not cool
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Mikebro,
Start your own fucking blog and gtfo
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please go away. you are neither funny nor interesting.
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for the first time i agree ….(L) jack johnson
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i am disappoint.
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