Meme Content by PASTE MAGAZINE
As yall know, magazines enjoy covering ‘hipster’-related content. Was reading Paste Magazine and saw some sort of scientific/sociological/cultural timeline that represents the ‘evolution’ of ‘hipsters.’ Sorta makes me wonder what alternative ppl are searching for. Humanity has a goal (trying to figure out how 2 live forever, and escape from the Earth before the sun explodes), so it seems natural that cultural subgroups have goals, as well. Maybe we just want to create the perfect playlist, and do other stuff that helps to express the real U.
It seems like mainstreamers who don’t consume the internet and fringe alts who ‘would like to be more culturally relevant’ use exposes like this to plan their future adventures into the heartland of Altmerica. Wonder if the world ‘hipster’ is even still relevant.
Seems like if I had a magazine, I would make sure to have at least one issue each year that had one of the following gimmicks:
- Something about twitter
- Something about ‘hipsters’
- ‘100 bands/people that u need 2 know about’
- ‘list of young ppl who are good at business/technology’ (make sure that you pick an age, and use it in the gimmick, like ‘25 ppl under 25′, or ‘100 entrepreneurs under 100 years old.’
- Something about ‘culture being dead’ because of a demographic/generation whose influence is abt 2 get stronger.
- something political/about a new, young politician who is ‘different’
- Some sort of list that reflects on the year
Carles will break down what each of the stages of alt in the ‘hipster timeline’ are attempting to represent.
2000: The Emo
Magazine Provided Blurb: The proto-hipster’s white belt and guyliner make for a soulful combination.
Carles Blurb: Damn. Can barely even remember this era. Sorta glad that the internet wasn’t very developed during this era so that it wasn’t a strong foundation to build upon for the future of alt. I feel like this sort of provided the 20 year plan for the popular goth/emo/punk tween retailer “Hot Topic.” Back then, I think most alts were true failures at ‘being a functional member of society.’ Definitely closer to juggalos than ‘relevant members of societ.’ Most alts were probably mistaken for homosexuals. Even though modern authentic alts frown down upon this era, it was probably rlly important in forming how we are 2day.
2001: The Emo Redux
Magazine Provided Blurb: The skulls on her tour-only Death Cab tee don’t match the skulls on her Vans, so it’s not like she’s trying too hard.
Carles Blurb: Back then, I don’t think entry-level alts existed. I am not sure if attractive females even considered being alt back then, so the pickings were thin. Like portly girls wearing hoodies and van slip-ons. I think the Starbucks cup is supposed to represent the consumerification of America/’the scene’/personal brands. 2001 was probably right on the threshold before the proliferation of Am Appy. This is probs the last time is was ‘kewl’ 2 wear a band t-shirt. I sorta miss the early day, back when it was more difficult for people to find ‘good music.’ These days, inauthentic ppl can find buzzworthy music too easily.
2002: The Ashton
Magazine Provided Blurb: His PBR trucker hat and faux vintage t-shirt reveal an obsession with “irony.”
Carles Blurb: A bro in transition. A bro growing up. A bro becoming a bro. A bro with a forgettable humble alt aesthetic. Nothing about his wardrobe really tells u that he is worth getting 2 know. Maybe we weren’t worth getting 2 know back then. Feel glad the the electro era happened to kill off this aesthetic/ship off this aesthetic to represent a more traditional bro.’ Not sure if iPods existed back then.
2003: The Scenester
Magazine Provided Blurb: A gaudy tattoo appears on her chest, and she is never spotted without her iPod.
Carles Blurb: This is when music began 2 ‘really define’ alt. We were finally getting our content aggregations systems ready 4 hi-usage, and we could fill up our iPods with hundreds of songs, instead of carrying around Sony discmen. Not sure if tattoos were happening yet. Not sure when hi-life/pbr became ‘the official beer of alt.’ Sorta weird how they used the term ’scenester’, but now u would think a ’scenester’ is a mexican pokemon alt tween with an asymetrical haircut and intense myspace photos.
2004: The Twee
Magazine Provided Blurb: He adores his rare-vinyl collection and tobacco pipe. Despite 20/20 vision, he wears Buddy Holly glasses.
Carles Blurb: Feel like this was the first wave of ‘alts who thought they were genuinely authentic.’ Think this was the last year that ‘bros who took themselves seriously’ got respect in their local alternative scene. Wondering if vinyl sales were even that significant back then.
2005: The Fauxhemian
Magazine Provided Blurb: She suffers for fashion, wearing a furry hat, boots and keffiyah even during the warmest months. Her new wrist tattoo is the Japanese symbol for beauty—or at least that’s what the guy at the tat shop told her.
Carles Blurb: This broad is indicative of ‘rich lil cunts’ deciding to convert from seeking out mainstream rewards and acceptance towards the altopshere. It is important to note that her wardrobe + accessories + vehicle all still ‘cost a lot of money’, bc it is still important for her to seem like a rich bitch. This was when the alternative lifestyle started to become easier for every1 to implement. <3/h8 consumerism. Should have invested in Palestinian scarves in 2k0.
2006: The Mountain Man
Magazine Provided Blurb: He seeks working-class authenticity, taking pride in his full beard and the fact that he’s often mistaken for a homeless person.
Carles Blurb: “Rage, Rage Against the Consumerification of Alt” is a poem by the alt beard bro. Sorta miss the organic route that some bros went down, instead of the electro-road. Feel relieved that all roads eventually led to AnCo. Feel like the beard was more of a tool by alts to hide from their past. Whether they were rich kids choosing to ’seem rugged’, or bros with poor parents choosing to ’seem like they didn’t care’, feels like a beard is generally too uncomfortable to ‘let happen’–u have 2 want it 2 happen. Wondering about plaid/flannel.
2007: The Vintage Queen
Magazine Provided Blurb: She shops at retro boutiques and posts Holga photos on her blog. She has said that the koi fish cover-up tattoo on her arm symbolizes “nature and love and peace and stuff.”
Carles Blurb: Alt broads eventually figured out that they don’t still have to ‘buy expensive shit’ to turn their personal brands alt. Thrift stores began to thrive as alts sought out interesting looking clothes that didn’t require tons of $$$$. Also a drive 2 be unique. If u buy a cute dress at a thrift store, u r basically buying the only version of that dress in a 1000 mile radius. Feel good about the proliferation of individuality. Feel like this picture might have happened 1-2 years earlier, since this may or may not have been the golden age of Am Appy.
2008: The Williamsburg
Magazine Provided Blurb: He thoughtfully hangs shutter shades in the deep-V of his white tee, and he’s often seen walking his fixed-gear bike around town while texting with his iPhone.
Carles Blurb: This aesthetic is about comfort and lifestyle. Eventually, alts realize that ‘if we’re going to make zany lifestyle choices, we might as well be comfortable.’ This is why sweatpants and athletic shorts will be big in the next decade, particularly as alts enter middle age. Seems like this bro is ‘aware of trends’ and ironically implementing them. He might need 2 get a real job so that he can convert into biz casual. There is something disorienting about some1 who seems to be ‘trying hard’ to be comfortable. Not sure about moustaches. Feel like the opportunity to grow a moustache is more of a genetic gift, moreso than a choice.
2009: The Meta-Nerd
Magazine Provided Blurb: By wearing the popular Three Wolf Moon T-shirt, today’s hipster makes a mockery of herself. She has finally completed the full-sleeve tattoo.
Carles Blurb: Feel like this represents a human who ‘lives on the internet.’ Consumes memes, viral vids, and even shops at exclusive online boutiques, or possibly large scale retailers that sell zany tshirts with memes on them designed by common ppl. Feel like I prefer the consumer female alts the most, instead of these ‘comfy, free-spirited’ bitches. I feel like a lot of uggos hide behind their tshirts+comfortably underwhelming outlet. Wish they integrated a Macbook into this picture.
What is yalls analysis on the ‘Evolution of the Hipster’?
Did they get everything ‘right’?
Are they missing vital aspects of alt over the past decade?
Were u ever emo?
What do u miss the most about the pre-electro/pre-internetcentric era of alt?
Is the internet/technology more important than they have demonstrated?
Is the word ‘hipster’ still relevant?
Should I start a magazine?
What’s gonna happen next?
Will the US Government ever decide to eliminate us?
////worried
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//////////Reply by New Bros Four Ever
//////////Posted December 8th, 2009 at 6:55 pm
@smith,
Here is the future of alt.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebnk4ShtV4E&feature=related
No need to thank me<3
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//////////Reply by jjj
//////////Posted December 8th, 2009 at 7:19 pm
@New Bros Four Ever, thank god for auto-tune, how did we survive w/o it?
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//////////Reply by a bro
//////////Posted December 8th, 2009 at 10:53 pm
@New Bros Four Ever, tagging onto the ‘first’ comment isn’t cool man. respect your fellow HROers
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//////////Reply by Kenny G
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 12:49 am
@New Bros Four Ever
the actual future of alt:
http://www.vimeo.com/7833550
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//////////Reply by ho
//////////Posted December 12th, 2009 at 9:54 am
@Kenny G,
that video is retarded. the rap one actually makes sense.
//////////Reply by Lord B
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 11:59 am
@New Bros Four Ever, Ummm I thought booty rap music was pretty “mainstream”.
Are these guys trying to be 2 Live Crew?
Sooooo weak/lame.
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//////////Reply by Y
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 12:05 am
Um,was this before the Blipster’s got jackkd from Afrika?
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//////////Reply by THEMIDWASTELAND
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 2:34 am
i think its off. Sparks consumption was at its peak in 06 and wolf t-shirts were on their way out 09.
http://www.themidwasteland.com/style-pile/gloss-ary-paste-magazines-hipster-evolution
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//////////Reply by bogusbourgeoisbogan
//////////Posted December 12th, 2009 at 6:44 pm
@THEMIDWASTELAND, HAHAHAh
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//////////Reply by lyse
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 9:50 pm
i know these kids.
i met 2006 today.
helped him find his 1970’s lee wrangler bootcut jeans.
he asked for a “deal”, to which i said,’no, 34″ inch length is rare for vintage wrangler”.
he then handed me a $100 bill.
the future of alt is not to think about it all.
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//////////Reply by matt
//////////Posted December 14th, 2009 at 12:31 am
The meta-nerd doesn’t follow logically from this other shit, or maybe the jumping bitch in the picture just doesn’t make sense.
I think it’s the start of some other thing, not a continuation. The whole timeline is moving towards a more carefree attitude, buying less Starbucks and more terrible beer, and the last one is a step backwards, emphasizing consumption of stuff on the internet that they heard about on Alexa Chung and wearing clothes from Urban Outfitters, kind of like how all of those emo kids did nothing but shop at Hot Topic and listen to bands like Dashboard Confessional that they heard about on some other MTV show.
Also, the scenester chick just seems like white trash, and they completely left out blipsters and white dudes who wish they were blipsters.
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//////////Reply by shapes
//////////Posted December 8th, 2009 at 7:18 pm
@jamie, think im still a 2008 bro
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//////////Reply by ahh
//////////Posted December 8th, 2009 at 7:29 pm
@shapes, i know a 2006 bro.
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//////////Reply by hiyabye-a
//////////Posted December 10th, 2009 at 12:39 am
@shapes, I was one til my fixie got stolen 2 wks ago… sigh
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//////////Reply by Scott Curtis
//////////Posted December 11th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
@shapes, ur so 2000 L8
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is it more authentic to come from a mainstream background? feel like that means i ’saw the alt light’
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//////////Reply by cobones
//////////Posted December 8th, 2009 at 8:10 pm
@Bradford Cox, don’t worry bro ur alt enough, sleep tight.
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//////////Reply by Faisal
//////////Posted December 8th, 2009 at 10:01 pm
@Bradford Cox, hmm, never thought of it that way.
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//////////Reply by cobones
//////////Posted December 8th, 2009 at 8:11 pm
@cha bro, 3rd
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Carles, I know relevant hits are down. H8 the nu you miss the old HRO, goodbye forevs
{old u Circe. ~2007}
via mobile device
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//////////Reply by Cambridge
//////////Posted December 8th, 2009 at 6:43 pm
@Dvdi,
Kill urself, ppl like u are what made crls leave in the first place.
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feeling old, feeling sad, because i definitely remember all of these.
was a good lil proto-alt in ‘00 (but was more like ‘04 alt really), been scientifically observing all the rest of these ever since
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//////////Reply by deadbro
//////////Posted December 8th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
the hipster is dead.
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//////////Reply by Carles
//////////Posted December 8th, 2009 at 6:24 pm
@deadbro, now wat? wat am i? wat should i do? wat should i change?
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//////////Reply by ohnosphaghetticat
//////////Posted December 8th, 2009 at 6:34 pm
@Carles, mmmmmmiisssssssss uuu
//////////Reply by deadbro
//////////Posted December 8th, 2009 at 11:41 pm
@Carles, I think a new chillwave relax post hipster scene will become big in 2k10 with more relaxed fashion and chillwave music via The XX, AnCo (of course) Beach House, and M83core music. the hipster will never ‘die’i just feel that the scene is tired and that 2k10s chillwave era will chill out the Alts so they are ready to start all over again in 2k11 via JUSTICE, Aoki, etc just like we used to. 2k10 will be a break year, y’all
//////////Reply by antithesis
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 10:54 am
@deadbro, i disagree. hipster culture has assimilated into mainstream culture. As America became more familiar with these popularized trends, the hipster has become, more and more, a recognized image in mainstream society. The hipster is no longer subculture, and therefore will be abandoned by any altbro who is truly an altBro. The true altBro must go back to the shadows.
“Life runs in cycles. Every cycle both a microcosm AND a macrcosm of infinite cycles.” ~this altBro
//////////Reply by Caitlin
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 5:52 pm
@antithesis, I think that if you pay attention, it’s relatively easy to differentiate between an authentic alt/hipster and someone more mainstream who is temporarily latching on to popular trends. Maybe in 2010, true alts should focus on heightening their powers of perception, rather than relying on simplistic and easily adoptable signifiers.
Also, psychedelic drugs are a good litmus test, I think.
//////////Reply by deadbro
//////////Posted December 10th, 2009 at 12:10 am
@antithesis, very true, so if tru altbros will be abandoning hipster culture, where are they going?
These magazines are just jocking my gimmick.
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They missed Pre-/Post-Bloghouse and Chillwave eras.
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//////////Reply by chilisfan
//////////Posted December 8th, 2009 at 8:39 pm
@lsd soundsystem, what does a chillwavebro look like?
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//////////Reply by mr. jeffers
//////////Posted December 8th, 2009 at 10:39 pm
@chilisfan, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1f1rQ2fNos
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//////////Reply by SilverTell
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 3:28 am
@mr. jeffers, LOL LOL LOL LOL perfect reply. LOL LOL LOL
//////////Reply by lsd soundsystem
//////////Posted December 10th, 2009 at 2:02 pm
@mr. jeffers, you are spot on
oh, paste magazine.
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Feel bad 4 my parents since the ‘hippies’ didnt have the internet to track their evolution into ‘comfysters’ (via Depends/La-z-boys)
feel like the Jew media (via Hebros) has invented ‘hipsters’ and has made it more relevant than evr
totally miss converses, vans hurt my heels (maybe that’s how the govvy is destroying us yall)
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//////////Reply by hey anony anony
//////////Posted December 8th, 2009 at 10:17 pm
@Fyobro Brostoevsky, but ‘the hippies’ did have the ‘official’ preppie hb to track their devolution into ‘fucking yuppie scum’ (via yayo/NRG crisis/deregulaish/choose.ur.own.response). miss late 70s post-lampooncore assistant eddies.
white.anglo.saxon.protestalt: big in 2k10????
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//////////Reply by Blackface Killah
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 4:54 am
@hey anony anony, nah bro, it’s OK when Obama escalates and fucks up mad shit with drones, he’s on my Obey sticker (oh yes we did!). miss you 2k2 protest era…shit , you meant protestalt as in protestant or like protesters?
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//////////Reply by hey anony anony
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 10:16 am
@Blackface Killah, both? remember there being mad liberaltarian ‘counterprotests’ during the 2k2 protest era. think they just liked to smoke weed/listen 2 ‘angular’ postpunk (via interpol).
//////////Reply by Fyobro Brostoevsky
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 11:20 am
@Blackface Killah, yeah those were the days. didnt they make a movie ‘battle in seattle’ abt that. totes nvr going to see it. miss listening to rage/dead kennybros/antiflag/public enemy authentically, that obama blackeyed peas vid ruined music/politics v4eva yall.
want 2k10 to be like that again but feel like yallr too lazy and ‘tied down’
they missed the 2002-6 era bros who dressed like bob dylan used to
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//////////Reply by :/
//////////Posted December 8th, 2009 at 1:38 pm
also, where is the “Ashton district”? it sounds like a line of furniture @ Restoration Hardware
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is it because this issue had a HRO article ??
been all these ‘done’ all these
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good post crls
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paste mag is less relevant than _______.
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//////////Reply by Moargan Friedman
//////////Posted December 8th, 2009 at 6:59 pm
@jig, rolling stone
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//////////Reply by XavierDeRosnay
//////////Posted December 8th, 2009 at 7:06 pm
@Moargan Friedman,
LOL
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//////////Reply by cobones
//////////Posted December 8th, 2009 at 8:11 pm
@Moargan Friedman, haha
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//////////Reply by shapes
//////////Posted December 8th, 2009 at 7:19 pm
@jig, HRO
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//////////Reply by Malt
//////////Posted December 8th, 2009 at 8:49 pm
@jig, NME.
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i’ve definitely (and sadly) been almost all of these; they missed the hip-hopster. the ninjasonik-lovng, fitted-wearing bros and doorknocker-wearing broads who listen to lil wayne (un)ironically…i was and deep down inside am still a hip-hopster and they live among us. they are the MOST AUTHENTIC, and fuck the meta-nerd, that’s retarded. also i’ve NEVER seen anyone except for middle schoolers wear shutter shades
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//////////Reply by Cambridge
//////////Posted December 8th, 2009 at 6:45 pm
@lolz,
Moot.
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//////////Reply by chilisfan
//////////Posted December 8th, 2009 at 8:16 pm
@lolz, think i might be sort of a hip-hopster. scared that you have described my core group of best friends so well. going to drown my sorrows in 211 steel reserve, light up a fat blunt and put on ‘the state vs radric davis.’
peace out.
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hmm, feel like seeing a shiny gloss spreadsheet with models dressed up in order to define ’style’ makes me sad/think 2 much about the cute alt girls and what their motives are. Are they just trying to trick us into thinking they listen to sweet music with what they wear. Style maybe is just a way to communicate with others about your intersts without actually having to open your mouth. Know i generally don’t strike up conversations with broads on the bus wearing northfaces about what is playing on their ipods.
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//////////Reply by Faisal
//////////Posted December 8th, 2009 at 10:05 pm
@sad, that northface fleece “drives me wild”
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//////////Reply by Lauren
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 8:50 am
@Faisal, lol’d so hard i choked on my (organic + fair trade) coffee. thank you.
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If Darwin still alive……….
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//////////Reply by brobot
//////////Posted December 8th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
@Lexi, he would be rejecting his previous theories and living like a good Christian
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//////////Reply by Sociolog
//////////Posted December 8th, 2009 at 8:17 pm
bc he would have read kirk cameron’s new intro to the origin of the species.
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Wait, are they saying the highest evolution of the hipster is currently the WOLF tshirt worn double-ironically?
My mind is spinning in circles. I still don’t know what meta means. Somebody explain it to me.
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//////////Reply by rolf
//////////Posted December 8th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
@Laure, i believe it’s an old civil war era ship
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//////////Reply by grant golland
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 5:37 pm
@rolf, meta means something that is about its own form or is in some way a comment about its own form.
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//////////Reply by meta
//////////Posted December 8th, 2009 at 6:37 pm
@Laure, if i explained it to you that would be meta. thinking about being meta is meta.
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//////////Reply by Cambridge
//////////Posted December 8th, 2009 at 6:48 pm
@meta,
Talking about the definition of meta while subtly, vaguely and ironically hinting that the true instance of meta is prevalent in those who seek it out is meta.
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//////////Reply by Moargan Friedman
//////////Posted December 8th, 2009 at 7:01 pm
@Cambridge, mind. just. ‘meta-melted’ [via breaking the ~10th wall]
//////////Reply by remixes are better
//////////Posted December 8th, 2009 at 8:13 pm
@Cambridge, the meta aesthetics of this conversation transformed me into ’sir mountain man bro’ and now i’m stuck in 2006. and i’m going to hit up uffie while she’s still relevant and unpreggers.
saw that wolf shirt at wally for $10
ha
way to pay more for nothing/everything
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feel like crls’ identity crisis gimmick scared away some of my fav commenters. miss you flours4algae and awe fffuuu!
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lolz.
I assure Paste Magazine that all of these types of hipsters still exist and reproduce.
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This is amazing. Would you be up for an interview? I’m thinking about making a video about this.
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they didn’t get it ‘right’.
All those types of people still exist.
Besides I’m pretty sure I’ve seen wolf shirts in 2k8. At least late 2k8.
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//////////Reply by broseph stalin
//////////Posted December 8th, 2009 at 7:26 pm
@So Not Relevant, pretty sure gorillaz still exist 2.
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//////////Reply by anonymous
//////////Posted December 8th, 2009 at 10:25 pm
@broseph stalin, this
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oh my…the ’scenester’ reminds me of riding the bus home from school in the 8th grade… trapped in suburbia and listening to Sleepwalkin by the Modest Mice.
+thanks for the nostalgia
The Mountain Man is probably the most relevant of all of these.
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thank you again for my daily dose of culturally relevant funnie
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The way you type. Is it on purpose, to make your blog seem edgy? Or is it just the way you type? Because you have some interesting features in your speech that aren’t found in common American English. Pro-drop influence and the inclusion of a second person plural adjective (“Feel glad the the electro era…” and “What is yalls analysis…”) If you talk like this in everyday life then that is amazing.
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//////////Reply by :/
//////////Posted December 8th, 2009 at 2:53 pm
@Bryan,
die
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//////////Reply by broseph stalin
//////////Posted December 8th, 2009 at 7:29 pm
@Bryan, feel like you should ‘post-metaphorically’ off urself
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//////////Reply by cobones
//////////Posted December 8th, 2009 at 8:14 pm
@Bryan, “If you talk like this in everyday life then that is amazing.” lo sorry to pile on an easy target but this kid ending his “proto-educated” lecture on hro with this has got to be ironic.
lol at “lack of self-awareness”.
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//////////Reply by xsuicideurselfx
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 8:14 pm
@cobones, think the jokes on u, yall
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//////////Reply by cobones
//////////Posted December 10th, 2009 at 12:23 am
@xsuicideurselfx, haha the joke is rly funny and not annoying at all!
//////////Reply by chilisfan
//////////Posted December 8th, 2009 at 8:30 pm
@Bryan, nobody talks like this in real life. if they do, they are a fggt who spends too much time online.
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//////////Reply by \\\\\\\\\\
//////////Posted December 8th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
@Bryan, plus we are all typing not talking i have a british accent irl
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Paste mag gimmick – use employees in your ads (just like Wal-Mart). Ironically lame and funny.
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The way you type. Is it on purpose, to make your blog seem edgy? Or is it just the way you type? Because you have some interesting features in your speech that aren’t found in common American English. Pro-drop influence and the inclusion of a second person plural adjective (“Feel glad the the electro era…” and “What is yalls analysis…”) If you talk like this in everyday life then that is rather interesting. In a good way, I mean.
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//////////Reply by HJ
//////////Posted December 8th, 2009 at 8:04 pm
@Bryan, whoso binds to himself a joy doth it’s wingéd life destroy
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//////////Reply by na-thing rlly mattrs
//////////Posted December 8th, 2009 at 8:20 pm
@Bryan, cool story bro
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Feel like Paste Magazine forgot about the Electrowar. Prhps it is like the Korean War, America’s forgotten conflict?
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where’s electrobro?
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//////////Reply by iampaco
//////////Posted December 8th, 2009 at 6:31 pm
@broseph stalin, yeah wondering that a bit too! come out come out where ever you are electrobro rockin his fake daft punk helmet!!
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funny watching mnstrmrs trying to “get” alt
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//////////Reply by cobones
//////////Posted December 8th, 2009 at 8:15 pm
@xxwhbxx, freal okay i’m done now
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haha got a few of all of these in my life. LOVE YOU MY MOUNTAIN MAN AND EMO REDUX MASH UP WITH META NERD!
love how these kiddies posing still dont look the part of the ppl they are trying to pose as.
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the gov would never try to eliminate us because they make a shit ton of money off of us because we <3 product placement
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//////////Reply by Faisal
//////////Posted December 8th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
@ptitsa, /facepalm
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following “paste mags” via the twitter now b/c of the inclusion of the three wolfies t-shirt in the evol of hipsterdom.
good post carles. <3 u.
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also, agree w/ other commenter up above. these two “models” do not look authentic. at all.
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not sure if that magazine actually ‘gets it’
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//////////Reply by Malt
//////////Posted December 8th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
@dayum, dayum.
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//////////Reply by went
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 1:01 am
@dayum, feel the same. dnt think they’ve got this evolution down at all. nevr seen a ‘fauxhemian’
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missed italics in fauxhemian
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I am absolutely a meta-nerd [goes to do a crossfit workout wearing a head band and listening to the rocky 4 soundtrack].
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who feels that it was wayyyy more alt 2 come from a punk rock background than the emo 1?????
-<3 cyrus via warriorbro movie
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//////////Reply by vlad
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 12:33 am
@gramercy riffs, punk circa 1.9k82.6? Do you mean a grunge? or a candlebox/bush background? Offspring bros?
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//////////Reply by some fggt
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 7:40 am
@vlad, i think more like ‘i had a pink trihawk and listened to crass and dumpster dived,’ or possibly had a studded leather jacket and listened to cro mags.
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‘fucking ‘LOL’d’ @”Feel relieved that all roads eventually led to AnCo.”
miss ‘giving ‘relevant ppl’ ‘relevant mixes” in ‘middle school’ via ‘compact discs.’
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//////////Reply by broseph stalin
//////////Posted December 8th, 2009 at 9:06 pm
@Moargan Friedman, …is that not cool nemore? can’t afford to give ppl usb stix/iBuddyz…
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//////////Reply by Moargan Friedman
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 2:51 am
@broseph stalin, yah, realized i ‘misspoke’ ‘ex-post-facto-post’. mixes r def still relevant. I thought I ‘missed general music distribution by compact discs’, and ‘bestowing’ ‘epic albums’ upon ‘my peeps’ ‘one at a time’. Now I just let every1 ‘rape my external HD’.
//feel like i’m ‘less moral’ or ‘honest with myself’ or something.
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//////////Reply by broseph stalin
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 3:00 am
@Moargan Friedman, totes get where ‘ur cuming from’ my bros ‘rape my shit’ so they can look ‘relevant’ infront of ‘keut indie girls’
//////////Reply by Moargan Friedman
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 4:03 am
@broseph stalin, ‘u g2 hear ‘this’, ”wolfgang amadeus’ phoenix’, s0 ‘fresh”.
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//////////Reply by chilisfan
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 12:35 pm
@broseph stalin, still make ‘burnt cd mixes’ for all my maltstreamer friends so they can compliment me on my “SOOOOO AWESOME” music tastes
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//////////Reply by dax jax
//////////Posted December 8th, 2009 at 9:29 pm
@Moargan Friedman, I fucking LOLd at “100 entrepreneurs under 100″.
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//////////Reply by Aber
//////////Posted December 14th, 2009 at 10:25 pm
@Moargan Friedman, that shit is the funniest thing Carles has written since MPP came out
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the 2kXXs have ended… so has hipness as u no it…………
2 many entry lvls, its over via mnstrm exposure
go beyond human- evolve via moon stone or w/e YALL
ps
bet the author of this article had a rlly relevant head buzz/sparks buzz goin on when he was writing this like omg im so culturally perceptive prbly like a lot of ppl who read this blog KILLURSELVS
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sad that people in my country (mex) are 3-4 years behind these hip styles…
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//////////Reply by Lauren
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 8:58 am
@jc, this is how it is in rural amerika too. @ least in my ‘neck of da woods’.
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thinks some of these hipsters were generated in my reality at a different time. feels like she’s missed out on some of the most important eras in our culture
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ur my fave b/c you used the phrase “suffer for fashion” [via the of montreals]
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//////////Reply by brobro
//////////Posted December 8th, 2009 at 8:06 pm
@a_nonnie_muss, ‘noticed’ that too, yall.
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i think they missed out the long/curly/messy hair altbro
always hated that look. glad it went mainstream.
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dos’nt seem very accurite. All of the aesthetics represented here have existed together for the last 10 years. With the exception of the wolf shirt maybe.
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FIRST lul
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I really like this post crls. Glad that u r back 4 good.
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Is it double-ironic to wear plaid yet? Miss it.
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//////////Reply by broseph stalin
//////////Posted December 8th, 2009 at 7:32 pm
@jjj, post-post-ironic*
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//////////Reply by jjj
//////////Posted December 8th, 2009 at 7:39 pm
@broseph stalin, post-post-ironic follows double-ironic just before meta-ironic
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//////////Reply by broseph stalin
//////////Posted December 8th, 2009 at 7:47 pm
@jjj, so with all this information it would be safe to assume that ‘top tier’ irony ==> optius-ironicprime?
//////////Reply by Surfster
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 5:00 am
@jjj, went on a date with this girl who wore plaid on plaid in 2k7 and wanted to marry her for it. Only Eddie Vedder and other chill surfers can successfully wear plaid now. iconic trumps ironic
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This seems about right.
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this article is racist and totally ignores the hypebeast/kanyebro phenomenon
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//////////Reply by Faisal
//////////Posted December 8th, 2009 at 10:14 pm
@Carlesfan420, i was also thinking where is the “blipster”
isn’t “politically correct” for a magazine.
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// all these bros are still around…
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crls, i KNEW you’d post something abt this. saw this spread while killing time in a bookstore today and had to take a seat. felt like i was called out when reading this. also, the wolf shirt’s modern day roots trace back to a Philly bro who rocked it a few yrs ago…just sayin.
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best post ever
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the next altwavve iz vegn bdybldng. its only a matter of time btween comfrt alt n fitness alt.
…2kX alt gets meta on mnstrm lifestyles
wuts moar mnstrm than bein jackd n tan?????
soc. conscience + health + meta mnstrm bro image = fitness alt
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//////////Reply by \\\\\\\\\\
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 11:11 am
@feelings mcfeelerson,
def feel Paste missed this one.
feel like if they ‘get it’ they would have done 2k10/11. 2k10 will be the year of the ironic bodybuider, too (via mnstrm/alt role reversal).
HRO headline in 2k11: “Staten Island the New Willyburg?”
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@Bradford Cox, wait, it’s not ‘THE’ Bradford Cox right?
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//////////Reply by Panda Bear
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 12:26 am
@junedecember, ya the very same.
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//////////Reply by junedecember
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 12:47 am
@Panda Bear, whoa, and ‘Panda Bear’ Panda Bear? You guys were always, alllllways way ahead of your time.
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//////////Reply by junedecember
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 12:49 am
@Panda Bear, whoa, and ‘Panda Bear’ Panda Bear? You guys were always, always, waaaaay ahead of yo time.
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//////////Reply by junedecember
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 12:50 am
@Panda Bear, whoa, and ‘Panda Bear’ Panda Bear?
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//////////Reply by junedecember
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 1:01 am
@junedecember, whoa, sorry, i posted the same things :/
That time line is fucked. They put everything like two years ahead of its time, then fucked up the last bit… trying to get it right.
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yes, you should start a magazine
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I’m pretty sure there’s a shot of Noah Lennox somewhere with that exact wolf shirt on.
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Forgot ‘blipsters.’
Forgot Wavvescore neon sunglasses/mullets.
Forgot the ‘post-Teen Dream’ alt from 2,010.
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//////////Reply by Andrew.
//////////Posted December 8th, 2009 at 8:21 pm
@brobro, Feel like they didn’t get this right at all.
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shouldn’t this have been funnier? carles what happened to u in hven
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Feel I’m more of a late 90s ‘pop grunger’
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feel like this article was good, i was totes an ‘indie kid/emo’ in 2k1, but that’s because i was in 8th grade and being ‘emo’ was kewl then. had a white belt. listened to buzzbands like the deathcabs and the dashboards and the jimmy eat worlds. took myspace pictures of my ‘cuts’.
NEWAY YALL, think this article represents the fundamental struggle between two sides of the alt world. on one side yall have irony, sparks, wolf-shirts, electro, vespas, xpensive designer clothes, blow, neon amm appy, cheap cigarettes, annie, italodisco, etc etc. on the other side is meaningfulcore, beards, weed, pbr, flannel, regular amm appy, modest mouse, veganism, and fixed gear bikes. feel the tension among my alt community. feel the tension in my heart.
can we as alts ever come together?
or are we doomed to choose sides?
is the alt civil war gearing up to start?
were the electro warz just a preamble to a greater hell?
there.will.be.blood
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//////////Reply by generk witty cmmnt
//////////Posted December 8th, 2009 at 9:04 pm
@chilisfan,
we’re all
human/consumers after yall
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//////////Reply by some fggt
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 7:42 am
@chilisfan, feel more italodisco, cheap cigs and blow but also like beards, weed and pbr. feel like being ‘well rounded’ is key
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//////////Reply by chilisfan
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
@some fggt, it’s an internal struggle for many alts. feel confused by my personal brand too.
feel like crls got it right when he said ‘all roads lead to anco.’ anco is currently holding the party/electrobros and the meaningfulcorebros together. kind of like how abraham lincoln held the north and the south together. hope no one assasinates p-bear yall. an alt tragedy.
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//////////Reply by Caitlin
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 6:02 pm
@chilisfan, I think the key is for people to recognize that there is no inherent conflict between irony and authenticity. A better understanding of these concepts will lead to peace and happiness among alts, and less irrational backlash from the mainstream.
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can’t wait till the grunge style is alt again. predict it will sometime b4 2k15. miss u t-shirt-2-short-showboxersbro. miss u post-sxe alcys/dopers. miss u gym shorts moshbro. miss u beat-with-a-2×4-by-fsu-bro.
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//////////Reply by neo grunge alt bro
//////////Posted December 8th, 2009 at 11:49 pm
@na-thing rlly mattrs,
Think grunge alt might start developing as early as 2k10. Maybe it has already begun…
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//////////Reply by vlad
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 12:40 am
@neo grunge alt bro, srsly… wake up and smell the flannels
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//////////Reply by chilisfan
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
@vlad, true that. grunge is back for alts in a big way. just tied a flannel around my waist. lollllll.
//////////Reply by generk witty cmmnt
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
@neo grunge alt bro,
can jeans that are ’skinny’
coexist with the grunge aesthetic?
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//////////Reply by bro-d stewart
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 4:37 pm
@neo grunge alt bro,
i’ve been grunge-alt since late 2k8. yall just fucked it over for me
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//////////Reply by na-thing rlly mattrs
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 2:46 am
@na-thing rlly mattrs, miss u kurt
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wow paste magazine blows. that wasn’t funny in the least bit. shows that magazine is just ran by a bunch of 30 year olds that don’t get it.
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“These days, inauthentic ppl can find buzzworthy music too easily.”
FUCKING THIS.
SURPRISED AT HOW ACCURATE THIS TIMELINE IS. SURPRISED AT HOW MUCH I WANNA BANG ALL THOSE CHICKS AND THEIR ESPECTIVE BRANDS.
WISH THEY WERE SHOWING SUM TIT.
BTW WAY TO STAY RELEVANT CARLES THAT PIC IS LIKE 3-5 BLOG WEEKS OLD. YOURE NOT SLOWING DOWN ARE YOU?
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i remember I got into Am Appy via Band T-shirts/Threadlessness.
It’s was a logical next step.
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kinda sad that lil wolf tees are ‘dead’.
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the world of warcraft movie is coming out in 2k11
not sure if that’s the future of alt, but i know that wow’s population is the size of most countries.
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Gunther misses the times going to see bands and thats how Gunther gets new bands then. Now today Gunther has ipod full of what wont be seen until they get record deal and become mainstream.
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//////////Reply by went
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 1:12 am
@Gunther,
“Gunther misses the times going to see bands and thats how Gunther gets new bands then”
“Gunther misses the times going to see bands and thats how Gunther gets new bands then”
“Gunther misses the times going to see bands and thats how Gunther gets new bands then”
>>>this<<<
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Apple does seem to be vastly underrepresented here. And I think I’ve dated everyone of these stereotypes.
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I hate you all so much. Southwestern gas stations have been selling wolf shirts since at least the 60s.
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//////////Reply by their ironic
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 12:05 am
@Elle,
duh their ironic (plus they were being that way in like 2k5 where i was NOT JOKING EITHER they really were)
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i don’t know who this meta-nerd character is, but i for one am completely appalled that she parades around looking Cool and Hip in wolf t-shirts when she probably doesn’t know anything about them! Some of us wear wolf t-shirts because we have conducted extensive research on them. hell, SOME OF US have lived with wolf t-shirts for over five years now, soon to be happily married. meta-nerd is not worthy. NOT WORTHY DAMN IT
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don’t know if anyone noticed, but this is the same two people over and over again.
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//////////Reply by Faisal
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 10:26 am
@bros on repeat, yeah i saw that. instead of using models they should have took photos of actual “hipsters” sorta like natgeo. Perhaps it could have been slightly authentic?
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@Carles you didnt go to l’keg
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//////////Reply by chilisfan
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
@OhNoOhMy, did yall srsly wait for him? did bebe and tao lin come instead? does crls even live in la?
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//////////Reply by OhNoOhMy
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 6:04 pm
@chilisfan, do I even ‘live’ in LA?
did I even ‘go’?
what is our ‘purpose’?
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Do yall know if the different species of ‘hipster’ can ‘interbreed’? Does n e 1 know what happens when they do? Can someone plz explain ‘hipster biology 101′ to me?
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//////////Reply by generk witty cmmnt
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 12:11 am
@brobro,
think carles should steal this gimmick from you.
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//////////Reply by na-thing rlly mattrs
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 2:49 am
@generk witty cmmnt, feel like he prolly will
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highschool = emo hipster for me.
university = meme nerd/hipster. >_>;;;
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Hi Carles,
Really thought you could take it to the next level.
Don’t get me wrong brah,
this is mosdef a step in the right direction but
ultimately kinda like a
‘weak post crls’.
<3/H8 U
-cncrnd HRO reader/cmmntr
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//////////Reply by anon
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 10:23 am
@Fawk PdX, stfu
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I was emo (tear)
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sry but wolf shirts are a mnstrm internet meme.
drunk offa $2 bluemoon (is that an alt bevy?) w/ my altbros. just wana find a fem-alt to settle down with/listen to anco and fuck/4 walls and adobe slabs/seek magic ya’ll
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//////////Reply by brobro
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
@na-thing rlly mattrs, Feel like blue moon is mnstrm via the racist at Obammy’s beer summit ordering it.
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Ok I get that emo, real pre fall Out Boy emo, and not that watered down, mainstreamer shit listening to Jo Bros
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I spent most of my young life attached to the super mega bro prep scene [via going to a northeastern prep school]
h8 how i missed out on all of this because everybody i went to school with throughout my 2k00s youth wore the exact same lacoste polos. now that i think abt it i wonder if they/we wore pink polos ironically. would that make us hipsters if we did?
confused and working in the financial industry,
steve mcbroman
ps i srsly want a tattoo. think id get one that would represent how i felt misplaced in my mostly (totally) white upper-class testosterone-fueled youth. something that would tell everybody that my friends/bros call anco ‘emo’ music.
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//////////Reply by SoBroUdontEvenKnow
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 5:14 am
@Steve McBroMan, Vampire Weekend wears Polo’s ironically. HS/college prepsters wear it so ppl kno they have $. Pink polo’s were ironic for homophobes/SEC prepsters but not enlightened northeast bros more in favor of hateful jokes than lynch mobs. You should get a “Lehman Bro’s/Thug Lyfe” tattoo.
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the photoshopped beard and mustache on tha d00d rly bother me.
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none of those jeans are ’skinny’ enough.
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//////////Reply by Fawk PdX
//////////Posted December 10th, 2009 at 2:35 am
@jerryseinfelds, BINGO!
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ps. glad i am not the only bro who thinks horchata is ‘fucking ghey’
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how could they leave out electroclash?
most us wouldnt even be here if it wasnt for berliniamsburg, duct-taped nipplez, puerto rican cocaine and flawed perceptions of ‘euro-trash’
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was wondering/thinking if/that this will be the alt/wolf shirt of 2k10
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.animalshirts.net/fishshirts/greatwhiteshark.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.animalshirts.net/fishshirts/greatwhiteshark.htm&usg=__frvu2XIuI10Fgw6iRdhWbJLN0dY=&h=313&w=360&sz=83&hl=en&start=1&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=aZyTOApy6lUbgM:&tbnh=105&tbnw=121&prev=/images%3Fq%3DShark%2Bshirt%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26um%3D1
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//////////Reply by :/
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
@TheMySpaceWinz,
what about this?
http://www.coinscardsandcrafts.com/servlet/the-2979/Native-American-Cats,-T-dsh-Shirt,/Detail
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//////////Reply by generk witty cmmnt
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 1:00 pm
@:/,
fuck fuck fuck
might need to ‘buy’ this.
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//////////Reply by generk witty cmmnt
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
@TheMySpaceWinz,
there is no ’small’
or ‘extra small’
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http://www.veoh.com/collection/zocomorogeorgemichael/watch/v827780nx7JQNxe
THIS VIDEO REDEFINED MY LIFE IN TERMS OF EVERYTHING HERE ARE THE LYRICS SO YOU CAN READ THIS UP-AND-COMING ARTIST’S INSPIRING MESSAGE WHILE YOU WATCH/LISTEN TO THE VIDEO PEACE OUT YALL STAY SWEET I LUV YOU
Well I guess it would be nice
If I could touch your body
I know not everybody
Has got a body like you
But I’ve got to think twice
Before I give my heart away
And I know all the games you play
Because I play them too
Oh but I
Need some time off from that emotion
Time to pick my heart up off the floor
And when that love comes down
Without devotion
Well it takes a strong man baby
But I’m showing you the door
‘Cause I gotta have faith…
Baby
I know you’re asking me to stay
Say please, please, please, don’t go away
You say I’m giving you the blues
Maybe
You mean every word you say
Can’t help but think of yesterday
And another who tied me down to loverboy rules
Before this river
Becomes an ocean
Before you throw my heart back on the floor
Oh baby I reconsider
My foolish notion
Well I need someone to hold me
But I’ll wait for something more
Yes I’ve gotta have faith yall…
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//////////Reply by hey anony anony
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 3:05 pm
@aw, fukk, via Frederick durst nu-metal remix?
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Ha. This is great. Stereotypes are so much fun! Let’s keep conforming to them, people. Oh, God bless. I had no idea some tastemakers had isolated all the indie styles with such detailed attention.
Bro is a very very dirty word did anyone notice this? Carles, perhaps you should enlighten urbandictionary.com with yer definition.
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//////////Reply by generk witty cmmnt
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
@Preter,
the baffler already did this.
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//////////Reply by hey anony anony
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
@generk witty cmmnt, miss the baffler. HRO=baffler for ‘the naughties’? Is decade branding ‘fucking over’?
2k9=’the conquest of carles’
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Oh, and i had been missing all my old cassettes from as far back as ‘97 when i thot “Indie” meant “Indiana-based rock music” (what does it really mean?) So i dug them up, and bought some new cassettes at a yard sale 2 weeks ago. I hope mixtapes become wildly popular again after all the microchips are ritually incinerated.
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//////////Reply by animorph collector
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 8:23 pm
@Preter, indiana-based rock music- big in 2k10?
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first
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i think we’ve all been one of these bros, but really yall, it’s not a bad thing to poke fun at yourselves.
now…the word “hipster”:
i’m sure you’ve all noticed that this word has become more and more increasingly derogative. there seems to be no medium between hipster and fckng mnstrm, so you’re either a fckng hpstr or you live under a rock/ the southern united states.
“aint no shame, ladies, do yr thing”
-the missy eliots
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finally a worthwhile post <3
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2k6 and 2k8 hipsters seem more prominent than 2k9 hipsters (except for the wolf t-shirt).
Can’t believe emo and scenester ever qualified as hipsters.
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//////////Reply by Some t-shirt guy
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 9:55 pm
@funky_rutabaga, I miss emo / vagrant records / carabiner keys hanging from my belt loop / all stars / power bangs covering one eye / tight fitting band t shirts / livejournals / deadjournals / being sensitive while still inventing the most progressive mosh moves / emoxcore / straight edge tattoos / vegan tattoos (while eating hamburgers) / girl pants / ………..i’ll think of more
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I’m in the coffee shop of my mnstrm SoCal university and a Vampire Weekend song is playing! I’ll use the lyrics from the song if i get stuck during my Creative Writing final!
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//////////Reply by altbaby
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 8:22 pm
@Some t-shirt guy, that happened early today to me. i’d say we were at the same school, but mine isn’t ‘mnstrm’.
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//////////Reply by Some t-shirt guy
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 9:38 pm
@altbaby, OH do tell what school, and why wasn’t a VW song on the New Moon soundtrack? Team Edward may never sleep but he for sure does something on saturday night
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//////////Reply by altbaby
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 10:49 pm
@Some t-shirt guy, chappytown. you? the new moon soundtrack was pretty alt perfect anyway.
where da skinny jeans at?
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//////////Reply by um
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 8:24 pm
@rushinlimbo, whats skinny jeans?
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//////////Reply by rushinlimbo
//////////Posted December 11th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
@um, what’s a meme?
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the williamsburger is a hottie
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been wearing sweats a lot this year, feeling ahead of the curve, feeling tonights gonna be a good night
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I think I’ve finally figured out where to “go from here”. Alt as a “scene” has reached a dead end…this seems fairly apparent. Being alt in 2k4-2k9 was all about trying hard to be alt, and being seen (via internet or otherwise). The alt of 2010 will be a recluse- mysterious and contemplative. This new alt will know many people who will brag about knowing them, yet this alt will be seldom seen in public. This alt will give the appearance of “not caring” by not trying to wear things that are unique or fashionable. The alt of 2010 will wear simple, understated, crisp, mature clothes, because of course, this alt will not be an “attention seeker”. The alt will quit smoking cigarettes in 2010, because he or she will no longer value the outward expression of an inner desire of self destructiveness, though in private the alt of 2010 will do plenty of drugs, also sometimes with the 3 to 4 person exclusive group of alt friends with whom he or she spends their most authentic moments.
The new alt of 2010 will take pride in “not trying”. The new alt of 2010 will refuse to try to look like they didn’t try, instead, this alt will throw away their ironic and pessimistic demeanor, and will trade it for a collectivist attitude.
The new alt is of the people, for the people, and by the people.
The new alt has no problems “fitting in”.
You probably would not be able to pick one out from a crowd, which is exactly the alt’s intention.
The rest of the alts who do not transform into new alts will survive for a while and then the breed will die once these people are of an employable age.
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//////////Reply by Some t-shirt guy
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 9:39 pm
@Carleswenttocollege, fuck hippies
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//////////Reply by generk witty cmmnt
//////////Posted December 9th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
@Carleswenttocollege,
alt has died.
alt has risen.
alt will cum again.
and again.
via new marketing schemes.
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//////////Reply by Some t-shirt guy
//////////Posted December 10th, 2009 at 1:08 am
@generk witty cmmnt, our generation’s alt is quite mnstrm now, and HRO allows us to examine it, what fads survived all the way to mnstrm, and what didnt, what ever happened to Creeper shoes?
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//////////Reply by Carleswenttocollege
//////////Posted December 10th, 2009 at 1:06 pm
@Some t-shirt guy, Psychobilly never made the comeback that it should have. Interestingly, the surf aspect of it came back in a big way- (i.e. ducktails, canvas plimsole shoes, striped shirts, pompadeurs). I’m thinking that since people seem to be dressing 90’s these days, with doc martins and what not, post punk/horror rock will surely be a fashion influence for the alt masses. I’m not saying that every girl will be dressing like Betty Page and every guy will dress like some dude from the Nekromantix, but there is a definite possibility that creepers will creep back into style.
//////////Reply by Caitlin
//////////Posted December 10th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
@Carleswenttocollege, I hope you are right, because if you are then I am way ahead of the curve right now and feeling pretty good about it.
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I’m in a bit of a pickle, can’t figure this out, if i wear an I AM CARLES shirt while djing / hitting on other peoples girlfriends via my loud bangers am i alt or poser?
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man i am full of questions, why do bros get WAY too obsessed with like passion pit or something? where do they go from there? perpetual obsession and sharpie t shirt making for life?
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Innarresting post here. I wonder what the evolution of blipster bros would look like. When i think of authentic alt blacks I think of kids who got made fun of a lot for not being black enough as a child. I feel like for me, I went from 2000 to 2003 and then in the middle of college went thru a phaze where I thought I wasn’t black enough so I tried real hard to be extra black and exaggerated the niggarduousness of my family lineage/ neighborhood/ public school etc. Went thru a few eras of hip-hop, revolutionary, poet, brands. Then I stopped caring about what all the reguhlar, mainstream, “conscious” blacks/browns thought of me, but I was too poor (prolly cuz I am a black) to afford to be the 2004 2005 2008 alt (or at least the black alt… blalt?) Note the similarity between the 2006 bro and the 2003 chick. I think they got the 2009 wrong. That girl tries to hard and is on the innanets too much. what is authentic blipster? Who is more authentic blalt? TVOTR? Kid Cudi? Toro Y Moi (dat ni99a is black right?)? Ninjasonik? Sa-Ra? J*Davey? To each their own. cheers innernet bros.
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now that i look at the article again, what kind of dbag puts this into print? who would take this at face value, it is a hawtie catalog though, i wonder what tattoo she has on her chest? it prolly says “2 die fur” or “nevar 4get” or it’s a diagram of her boyfriends favorite mosh move?
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Hey Carles can you teach a class about hispterdom/hipstermania or indie/alt culture? I think that would be very relevant. I know you wrote a lil book called stealing from Am appy, but seriously there are so many aspects attached with hi[ps]ters and culture and internet age and maturity/immaturity and politics/philosophy and globalization and fashion and music and… damn a lot to analyze. Start in community college and then NYU because that’s where I’m applying. See you in class in 2k10 or maybe 2k11 ok.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ2t4jfVTiU
2001 altz
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//////////Reply by subculture identity
//////////Posted December 11th, 2009 at 1:38 am
@tonka, more post-numetal sk8rbros than legit alt
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I’m also glad all roads lead to AnCo. It’s a shining, golden road.
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feel like the pastebros totally ‘fucking missed’ the messenger bag scene. they need 2 differentiate btween the authentic [via limited edition chrome bags] n inauthentic [via 3 stripe timbuk2 bags]. got 2 hav a way 2 see which fixiebros r messengers 4 relevant messenger firms in which relevant cities.
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I blame the snowboarding industry for turning so many mainstreamers to pose as alt/hipster.
http://www.holdenouterwear.com/
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Any ideaz about next year :)
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Well, they missed the 200K Tech Alt, remember :William Gibson novels>>>>>>>
Anyway, sadly said, Alt is done just like beatniks, hippies, punks, hipters……
2K10 is time to reinvent the new scene!!!!
Hopefully Chillwave will be the influential start-up.
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