It seems like these days, all bands must do whatever it takes to 'generate buzz', even when it means negative coverage that doesn't always strengthen ur brand in a traditional way. I remember when Wavves got popular for being 'the bad boy of indie rock' in 2k9. Sorta weird how even negative memes can help your band stay in the limelite.

Have yall heard the latest mp3 by Justice? Apparently it was a 'hoax' by some1 pretending 2 be Jousteece, but all mp3 bloggers 'jumped on the opportunity' to 'cover' this exclusive track.

[MP3]
fake Justice Beginning is the End

Do yall think this sounds like Justice? Is it good/bad for the Justice brand if their music is easy to replicate? Is 'mockery' of their 'unique sound' the 'greatest form of flattery'/sign of brand strength? Can n e 1 with a copy of GarageBand make the same songs that Justice makes? After hearing this song, do u think Justice will produce one of the most memorable albums of 2k10 AND the 2k10 decade?

h8 the internet. So hard 2 believe what is real. Kinda like Balloon Boy. U don't know who to trust. So many secrets. Wish consumers were 'in the know' instead of being subjected to deceptive marketing campaigns.

I feel 'blessed' to be on a mailing list with tons of other relevant MP3 bloggers. Seemed so easy 2 believe that this was a record label emailing me, encouraging me to discuss this mp3. Encouraging me to share the mp3 with the alts of the world.

Can't believe fake Justice 'got all the way to #1 on hypemachine'. So many bands would 'kill' to be the #1 hype machine band in the world, but one zany parody track rode all the way to the top, sort of like an Andy Samberg song.

Sometimes I wonder if mp3 blogs are slaves, and they aren't really in control of their content stream. From what I understand, most of the electroblogs from 2k6-2k8 have given up/focused on dubstep. Not sure which mp3 blogs would even still cover Justice. Wondering if mp3 blogs are still 'good ways to find music', or if they just create a worthless long tail of content.

Do yall know who is behind this 'hoax'?
Will Justice/bangers/bloghouse ever be relevant again?
Should mp3 blogs be held accountable for posting content without proper fact checking?
Did this phantom mp3 sound better than Justice?
Should more bands + PR managers release 'fake tracks' just to get coverage and gauge the consumer reaction to the new product?
Will AnCo/Grizzly Bear/Diplo/M.I.A./the Arcade Fire/MGMT release fake content any time soon?

<3/h8/miss yall...

////WAG THE DOG
///WAG THE BLOG

Previous Music Memesphere Theory
http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/2009/03/the-memefication-of-your-band.html

Justice

DJ, Buzzband

Justice is a popular banger house electro group from France on Ed Banger Records.

Lists: Members of Justice, French, electro, bloghouse era, bangers

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Photo by J Caldwell

As yall know, the goal of a brand is to create lots of synergies. Bands are brands which can evolve, or they can 'tank' and isolate their consumer base. As yall know, the relevant buzzband The xx has transitioned from 'kewl new buzzband with bloggable mp3s' to buzzband who 'delivered' on their debut album. Now they must go on tour, interacting with tons of fans/consumers/alts across the world, convincing them that they are worth supporting as a brand for the next 2-10 years.

As yall can see, the XX utilized on-stage illumination technology which highlights the name of their band on the stage. This helps to inform unaware consumers and pedestrian traffic in and around clubs that a band called 'the XX' is playing. In addition, the stage is a bloggable internet meme, letting party+concert+flickrBro photographers get an 'interesting photograph.' It is important to note that the XX stage logo is not completely superfluous--it integrates into the drum pad bro's setup.

The XX are in a position to expand quickly with this base technology. For example, the could insert multi-coloured lights into their console. In addition, if they were to start a fastfood franchise, they would already have a logo that they could use to extend their brand. It is important to remember that successful buzzbands aren't just good at making music, they also implement marketing strategies to become 'more than just a band' to a core base of consumers.

Wonder if The XX utilized the same technology that Justice used to create a glowing stage cross.

Do yall appreciate bands that have a sweet stage presence?
Should Animal Collective get a huge sign that says 'ANCO' in the popular font comic sans to play in front of?
Should Grizzly Bear have a real grizz bear on stage?
Should the Neon Indian band hire Native Americans, and make them use neon body paint?
Should Phoenix utilize the logo of the popular NBA team 'The Phoenix Suns'?
Should horrorcore bands murder ppl on stage?
Should Ricky Martin have a taco truck on stage, called 'Livin La Vida Taco'?
What are some good stage gimmicks that bands could use to enhance their brands?

Previous XX Coverage
http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/2009/11/following-up-on-the-xx-broad-from-halloween.html

XX BONUS XX QUESTION XX
Which XX fan art doodle is the most authentic?

"xx chillin bein Carles" by BebeZeva?

or "chillin, drinkin dos Equis, shooting lasers out of our eyes" by BuzzBandFan6969?

Do yall know if deep indie gazes mean that alt celebs can shoot lasers out of their eyes? Worried to look at one of them in the eyes, since they have such emotive/distant/dreamy/emotionally-scarred faces. Feel like making eye contact with them might be the alt equivalent of looking into the popular Greek mythological broad 'Medusa', known for turning onlookers into stone at the expense of 1 glance.

The xx

Buzzband

The xx is a band from the UK that went kinda mainstream in 2k9

Lists: Members of the XX, 2k9 buzzbands

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Justice

DJ, Buzzband

Justice is a popular banger house electro group from France on Ed Banger Records.

Lists: Members of Justice, French, electro, bloghouse era, bangers

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I was recently on the internet, and I happened to see that former bloghaus 'it girl' Uffie had some sort of 'new music video.' I am not sure if I ever liked her, or if I was just 'really into being into bloghouse bangers'/pretending that I was 'into electro culture' as I tried 2 distance myself from the mainstreamification of meaningfulcore indie rock.

I am not sure how to feel about this video. Sorta is like some sort of time machine, or a vessel to the past. You watch it and remember 'how the electro blog scene used to be.' U sorta want to move to L.A. and try to become internet friends with altCelebs. I think this song is like from 4 years ago. From what I understand, Uffie's appeal was to be some sort of 'lolita' type of figure since she was a [BARELY LEGAL] teen when she 'first came on the scene.' Now it seems like her brand is 'cougar.' Not sure if her product/brand will be able to 'penetrate' as deep as it once could have now that electro sorta died and ppl want 'conceptual shit.' Miss when Uffie used to 'chill out' with her nipples hanging out all the time.

I feel like even the market for female raunchy slutty crappy myspacey rap acts bubble 'burst' a while ago. I'm not sure if alternative girls still want to 'be like that.' I think they have new aspirations, and don't want to hear skanky girls rapping about getting drunk and letting men put their erect peepees into them.

(This music might still be popular with Californian females.)

I am not sure how long the 'shelf life' of an aesthetic/genre/band is supposed to last. Once you have a 'fan', will that fan buy something from you for the rest of his or her life? I wonder if a chillwave band will 'release' a video/single for one of their 2k9 songs in 2k13. Really 'baffled' that Ed Banger is 'back on the scene.' I think it is generally a 'good thing' for music websites to have a 6 month turnover on a genre, so that 'we' can appear to always be on the lookout for something totally new and different. I just wish more blogs and music site zines would be willing to 'throw artists under the bus' and 'act like certain artists never existed.' It's okay to be ashamed of who u used to be. Distancing urself from bands that u used to like is 'just part of growing up' in the modern world.

Just because u were 'relevant' once doesn't mean u earn the right to be relevant 4evr. I wonder if modern indie bands 'want to last forever.' It seems difficult, like the forces that helped u become a buzzworthy band would be the same forces that tore u apart/made the world 4get abt u.

Speaking of Ed Banger products, I also feel 'very confused' by this video for Justice's remix of Lenny Kravitz. Sorta just 'skimmed' through it and saw a lot of confusing parts and heard a lot of Justicey sounding music. Seems like a gimmicky conceptual music video that I 'don't really have time' to try to watch in order to 'get' the concept. S0 many memes, not enough time.

Wonder if an older version of me would have thought this was 'kewl' and 'blggbl.' Or if I would have been proud that 'bloghouse had finally made it.'

I wonder if 'bloghouse' and 'bangers' will come back after the chillwave era. Seems like we are still searching for 'what is next' for the winter months.

If there was some sort of alternative stock market, would u invest in bloghouse? Would u buy shares in Uffie/Ed Banger?
How much would AnCo stock be worth?
What would the 'google' of alternative stocks?
Would Am Appy stock be worth more in 'the real stock market' or 'the alt stock market'?
Is now the time to buy stock in Horchata Core?

'WTF is horchata?'

Uffie

Alternative Celebrity, Buzzband

Uffie is a French bloghouse rapper who is known for hanging out with her titties out.

Lists: it girls, slutwave, QTs, indie songstresses

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Photo via the cobrasnake

I remember back in 2k7, I was passionate about very different things than I am now. Electro blogs with neon layouts. 'Bangers.' Electro duos. I used to be a bloghousebro. Now it seems like 'the world has turned and left me here' since I got a tattoo of 'the Justice logo.' I'm not even sure if Justice are 'still together.' They are probably playing the 'theme park' and 'state fair' circuit with bands like Jessica Simpson/Bowling for Soup/Everclear/other bands that have 'gone out to pasture' 2 die.

These days, I only listen to Grizzly Bears and the Animal Collecting. It's just kinda weird how much things have changed. Considering getting 'Veckatimest' tattooed on the shaft of my cock. I remember when I got my Jousteeece tatty, I told my parents that it was 'biblical.' Can't believe I am 'just another bro with a cross tattoo' even though I don't even really 'get' God.

Back then, I assumed electro would 'be forever.' I assumed that bloghouse would eventually become 'mainstream' and get played on the radio, side-by-side with top40 radio. Now I feel like if I brought 'bloghouse' up in a conversation with a circle of entrylevelers, they would say 'what is that?' I feel like I am possibly a music purist for being so connected to the bloghaus era.

Are my glory days behind me?
Should I have my tattoo 'electronically removed'?
R u ashamed of the person who u used 2 b?

Justice

DJ, Buzzband

Justice is a popular banger house electro group from France on Ed Banger Records.

Lists: Members of Justice, French, electro, bloghouse era, bangers

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Yall. It's just the weekend. Just hangin out. Listening to music. 'Having a cold 1.' Trying to appreciate life now that the work week is over.

Just listened to three bullshit remixes of mainstream rock artists done by 'authentic-ish' bloghouse/electro artists.

See post to stream audio
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Remix #1: Lenny Kravitz - Let Love Rule (Justice Remix)

Yall probably know Lenny Kravitz as some rock bro who is black, and had the big hit about 'wanting to get away--wanting 2 fly away' or something like that. Think it used to be played on the radio/vh1 before the internet/blogs existed. Didn't even listen to this song really. Just feel kind of 'outraged' after Justice remixed U2 one time. Feeling sad. Don't even know 'why' I like/listen 2 bloghouse. Ashamed.

Sort of just want to listen to this song and eat seven 100 calorie snack packs. I think it is about 'escapism.'

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Remix #2: Chris Cornell - Part Of Me (Kleerup remix)

Not sure what bands Chris Cornell has been in. I think he was in that 'really ghey and inauthentic band' that was formed after Zach De La Brocha left Rage Against the Machine. I think 'Rage' h8ed the 'rap bullshit' that Zach De La Rocha wanted to make, but then realized that they 'let some fruity rock diva bro' into their band, and 'wrote some ghey songs', and then 'got back together' to 'make money' by playing at big festivals. Think Kleerup is branding himself beyond 'some bro who made electro songs for Swedish broads 2 sing on.'

Might start a band called 'The Audioslaves' because it is a metaphor about the modern music industry / signing a record contract / meeting expectations of fans and how that clashes with ur artistic existence.

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Remix #3: U2 - Magnificent (Fred Falke Remix)

Think that Fred Falke has evolved into a guy who 'makes authentic remixes' by 'high level artists.' I wish that some1 could make me a spreadsheet that listed the price of remixes by every electro artist in the world. Think Daft Punk would probably be #1. The song is 'okay' but 'kind of fruity', but I think that's mainly because it is U2.

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Sometimes I wonder if there is a 'point of diminishing returns' when it comes to remixing a 'huge artist.' Sometimes I feel underwhelmed by the product, so it makes me think less of an 'artist who I liked.' Not really sure if there is a way to measure the overall 'impact' that a remix makes when it comes to 'mainstreamers downloading it and looking for the remixer's music.' When do people even hear these 'mainstream remixes'? When they buy an album on iTunes?

confused and lost.
Mainstream = alt?

XX BONUS picture of all three artists with 'long hair' like rocker bros used to have XX
'hey'

'rock n roll'

'in the name of love--it was a beautiful day'

Meme hijack via pedestrian.tv

Feel like u've proven that ur a meme worth blogging about if some1 makes an 8bit video game about you, possibly for their final exam grade at the community technical college that they are attending. In the game, u r a Daft Punk robot who has 2 steal back samples/records from Justice. Feel like if I were a blogger from the year 2k7 (the golden era of electro/bloghouse), my head would have 'exploded' from this meme. Think that this game is more fun/worth ur time than Electroma.

Here is my feedback/'constructive criticism' for the game:

• Enable weapons, including electro lightning bolts
• Utilization of the Daft Punk sound pyramid as a 'home base'
• Show France experiencing some sort of Earth quake
• Have manager of both bands "Busy P" get 'held hostage' or use him as a gimmick in the story line
• Make both forces come together to fight against Australia in the electro war
• Have the band 'assassinate' another non-electro band, or something
• involve Obama/ Osama Bin Laden
• Have a level where u have 2 'take down electrosnark bloggers'/have 2 navigate through

After u play the game, feel free 2 leave ur suggestions.

Damn. Sort of would be 'pissed' if some1 stole all my samples.

Kinda hope this game 'gets green lit' for a Wii/Playstation/Xbox version so that I can sue them [via usage of the original HRO term 'electro war']

Play game at website.

WHAT DO YALL THINK OF THIS GAME?
THINK IT WILL BE BIGGER THAN GUITAR HERO/GTA/NBA JAM/ THE SIMPSONS ARCADE GAME?

In the future, will all bands have video games instead of 'albums'/'EPs'/'myspace pages'?
do u think 1 day a band will make music from 8bit video game chips?

Daft Punk

DJ, Buzzband

Daft Punk is a French House band that 'peaked' with discovery.

Lists: past their prime, French, electro, critical darlings, alternative tenure

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Photo and mp3 meme via stereogum

[MP3]
U2 - Get On Your Boots (Justice Remix)
See post for stream

Grade: 5.639 out of 10 runoffs

Review: I remember when I used to be an altbro in 2k7, I wondered if 'blog house'/'alt electro' would ever become 'good enough' to morph into 'modern pop music.' Feel like I wanted to be a proud father of relevant electro acts, but still feel hostile about these acts 'going mainstream.' Not sure if people even really LIKE Justice, or if new markets just have a demand for an 'electro act that we are supposed 2 kinda deify kinda like the Daft Punks.'

Justice

DJ, Buzzband

Justice is a popular banger house electro group from France on Ed Banger Records.

Lists: Members of Justice, French, electro, bloghouse era, bangers

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I am just a music blog trying to pave the way 4 the future.

It's kinda weird how we're all just 'one man' but we all have the power to do a lot--at least since the internet took over the world. For example, I can start a dot-com with one of my best bros, and we can have interviews with our fave altCelebs.

One day, u can start a blog, and u can talk with one of your idols about his music.

Interview tips:

• Be a chill bro.
• Wear a zany hat.
• Be professional.
• Let the artist know that they meet your high standards
• Don't be afraid to be critical to their face.
• Ask them for permission to post this video on ur website
• Encourage them to visit your website cuz they'd find it rlly kewl.

Do yall think ur gonna start an mp3 blog and get on hypemachine? Will that make u feel like 'more than just a fan.' Will u email PR companies/clubs and tell them 'I have a blog that is relevant' so that u can cover events? Will u send them a PDF file that functions as ur blog's 'press kit'?

The future of music journalism is a fight that we all must fight. We all must prove that we are more than 'just another fan.' We accept the fact that we are 'just one bro, with an opinion', but we will use a pen/keyboard/video camera to make sure that ppl know that we are CLOSER to the music than they are, and that our concert experience was the most authentic, because we understand 'the big picture' when it comes to an artist's history.

Gaspard Augé

Alternative Celebrity

Gaspard Augé is a DJ/producer in the popular French electro house duo Justice.

Lists: indie hunks, Members of Justice, French, electro, curly hair, beards

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Justice

DJ, Buzzband

Justice is a popular banger house electro group from France on Ed Banger Records.

Lists: Members of Justice, French, electro, bloghouse era, bangers

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Yall.. I didn't watch the Grammys cuz I'd rather just read reactions to it on the internet, then pretend that I watched it/was there/I am connected to the modern world. Seemed like a real celebration of things that are kinda mainstream but letting more alt artists in2 the show. Some of my favourite bands like MIA, Radiohead, and the Jonas Bros were on display. Maybe next year I'll be invited?

Question 1) When an alt artist wins a grammy, I feel
a) validated
b) like I accomplished something
c) a lil bit sad that I am losing a part of me
d) pissed off about my fave band selling out
e) just wanna 'get buzzed' and dance to bloghaus + ironic pop

Question 2) M.I.A. is

a) just a meme
b) pregant
c) should have stayed home
d) trying too hard 2 reach out 2 mainstream audiences
e) just taking care of herself/her career

Question 3: Deadmau5 will be remembered as

a) a zany masked DJ
b) just some weirdo at the Grammys
c) "what is that bro doing at our show?" -Taylor Swift
d) being responsible for bringing 'masked djs' to the mainstream
e) just a meme on the day after award shows

Question 4: This is a picture of

a) the coldplays
b) a band that steals songs
c) the writers of the rock album + song of the year
d) bros who need to retire their gimmick
e) Cool dads searching for meaning

Question 5: These bros are chilling at

a) the Grammys
b) A Cool Dad convention
c) A Kidz Health convention
d) A McDonalds playgrond
e) A liberal arts professor conference

Question 6: When I see this single, I think it is

a) Just another bloghouse mp3
b) just another crappy mp3 posted by a lame entrylevel blog on the hypemachine looking to get hits
c) worth a Grammy
d) the best Remix of all time
e) other

Question 7: Kanye West won a grammy for

a) Best frollet
b) Best blogger of the year
c) Worst black person of the year in America
d) JackOfAllTrades/Renaissance Man of the year
e) Best guy who sounds like a robot on his albums

Question 8: Who wore it better?

a) the broad on the left
b) the broad on the right
(this is a test 2 see if ur a racist)

Question 9: The Lonely Island Bros are

a) going to win a Grammy in 2k10
b) a gimmick for bros
c) comedy for bros
d) glorified bro Weird Al bullshit
e) really funnie
f) really progressive
g) going to make the Flight of the Conchords obsolete for bros
h) something for people who smoke weed and watch dvds/ funnie youtube vids

Question 10: This bro won a Grammy for

a) best assault of a broad
b) best knuckle sandwich 2 a broad's face
c) Best job of 'putting a woman in her place'
d) Most likely 2 be the next OJ Simpson
e) Future Ike TurnerBro
f) Strongest Pimp Hand
g) Artist of the Millennium who Hits Women
h) Bro Who is above the law
i) bro who is above society's norms

Question 11: Daft Punk won some Grammy because

a) they deserve it for this live album thingy
b) there are too many Awards categories
c) people only heard of them after Kanye West cobranded with them for that meaningful duet about becoming stronger on the inside

Question 12: Christian Bale won a grammy for

a) being Heath Ledger's BFF
b) being in Batman
c) becoming a viral meme on audio
d) pretending 'to get angry' as a marketing gimmick for the new Terminator film so that Entertainment Magazines will profile him as being 'complex' and 'deep' and 'really into his craft'
e) he sang a lot in Newsies

Question 13: The name of this band is

a) 3 Tweens and a Blind Black Man
b) Blind, Black, and Musical: The Band
c) Searching for Our Sexuality thru the blindness
d) Bro Circle Jerk in a room with a blindman
e) Guy Who Should be able to see + need Talent Managers who protect their brands a lil bit better
f) The Grammys: Where Legends go to Make Bad Decisions
g) Steve WonderBro
h) Tweens Who Might be GheyBros

Question 14: This band in this picture is

a) the Spice Girls
b) Paramore
c) Blink 182
d) Girls Aloud
e) The Pussy Cat Dolls
f) Aqua
g) Jen Aniston and the Skanky McSkankBroads
h) Chris Brown's "Pimp Hand"

Can't believe I missed the Grammys. Feel really 'out of the loop.' Just want to connect 2 'pop culture' since it is kind of the fabric of society that relates us all.

Kinda feel like this picture represents the state of modern music.
In this picture is everything that we want.
We want bloggable content with stars who attract viewers by saying zany things and being progressive enough to blurb about.

Did yall hear M.I.A. is pregnant?
Are yall excited about how twitter gives u such direct and instant access 2 ur fave celebs while they are at a meaningful event like the Grammys?

[via diplo's drunken memes during the Grammys blogspottwitter]

Authentic Entry Level Alts of the Nite.
Mainstreamer American Appy Implementation of the Nite.
Authentic Justice fans of the Nite.
Authentic Meaningful College Experiment of the Nite.
Authentic Arts & Crafts project of the Nite.
Authentic _______ of the ___________.

Should I dress up as a Joustice song for Halloween 2k6/2k11?
If these 4 girls were going 2 a Girl Talk concert, what themed costume do u think they would wear?

(miss u)

I would like a meaningful, buzzed tugjob from
a) D
b) V
c) N
d) O
e) D.V.N.O.
f) choose.your.own.combo

Yall. I was watching my favourite television channel, pitchfork.tv, and I saw a gimmick called 'Faces in the Crowd' which was sponsored by an alcohol company called Southern Comfort. The video was intended to be an authentic portrayal of the 'hype' and 'anticipation' which alternative concert-goers experience when they attend a music festival 2 see their favourite band. The video features the opinions of meaningless/random Alts who are attending a music festival, and the climax of the video comes when 3 meaningful post-entrylevel alts get to interview their favourite band, Justice.

I am still kinda convinced that this is a 'think piece'/'metaphor.'

It is the intent of marketers to let younger generations know that the brand 'gets' them and 'welcomes them.' Southern Comfort is into things like headbands, sunglasses, going to festivals, reading blogs, and downloading super hip remixes.

[video may not be viewable in ur rss reader]
Fatal flaws of 'sponsoring' the production of media which ties a brand to an alternative lifestyle

• Giving altbros who majored in film/communications the opportunity to 'roam around a music festival', looking for the opinion of 'people who look/sound interesting+outgoing.' Is this really ur brand?
• Interviewing people who 'look+sound interesting and/or outgoing' usually leads to douchey commentary which alienates the 'common man'/'common alt.' Are alts RLLY ur brand?
• Product placement shots which fail to 'look natural' to self-aware audiences.
• Outsourcing your brand's image to 'some unoriginal altBro/altBroad' who have 'an inflated sense of ___________.' This fails to appeal to the self-proclaimed+self-aware authentic alt audience.
• moments that are kinda zany that make u feel empty/like u never want to leave the internet again bc real life is a 'let down' of people who don't understand the meme economy.
• Altbros who drew a Justice Cross on their chest with a permanent marker, then got to meet Jousteece.
• Getting to hear about what inauthentic alts value, making u feel kind ashamed about how u saw the world when indie+meaningfulcore were 'in', and now u r seeing the same trends/sentiments towards music with trivial electro. This makes u feel empty + meaningless.

Overall, Southern Comfort made us realize that it is important to keep the fans away from the product. If fans interact with the product, they make it seem a lil bit less special. Justice is a band from France. Kids are from America/suburbia. Sometimes when u let these two incredibly different elements interact, it makes u realize how little u have in common with n e thing that u thought u enjoyed. Life is kinda absurd. It's just better 2 not remind ppl abt how 'hollow' everything is, and how ______ people who 'actually like something' seem.

//What are we searching 4? (think I'm just gonna start going 2 more music festivals).

n e ways... are yall gonna start drinking Southern Comfort bc they understand ur alternative lifestyle, and enjoy Justice, just like u do?
Is Southern Comfort the new Sparks?
I wonder who got paid more? P4k, Jousteece, or the videograbros? (Plz let me know if u need me 2 do n e progressive media for yall if u own a mainstream company who wants to attract the attention of GenY).

Remember that tyme that there was a picture of Jousteece playing guitar with their guitar unplugged from the soundsystem and ppl said they were 'the electro Milli Vanilli'?

Even though 'it was an accident' or whatever, what do yall think about this situation?
a) I am burning my Jousteece CDs
b) Justice is the anonymous side project of a famous French electro band, and the 2 Justice guys were picked kinda like how they made boy bands in the 90s cuz they were 'marketable'
c) Jousteece = Milli Vanilli
d) Justise = Ashlee Simpson
e) Justice uses iTunes 2 play their music
f) Joustice makes their songs in GarageBand
g) this will be the last post about Justice in the history of HRO
h) h8 blogs that blog about 'memes' that aren't really news and don't really have an identity between a 'news blog', 'meme blog', 'taste making blog', or 'music criticism blog.'
i) h8 blogs
j) h8 music
k) h8 life
l) if I make a myspace music page, can I get signed?
m) Busy P = Karl Rove
n) Justice's next album will not resonate with n e 1 authentic
o) the cord just slipped out of the hole kinda like when some1 pulls out 2 'cum' on some1. no big deal.
p) Choose. Your. Own. Response

"Sum ppl nvr g0 krayzee. What truly hrrible lives they must live."
-Charles "Searching for Meaning" Bukowski (duet with Xtina Aguilera)

I have a unique lifestyle that most people can't understand. I live in a world of people who don't 'get' me. Throughout the years, I have identified a few ways to let people know who I am with a lil bit of an 'eff U!' tone.

This tattoo is an open letter to those people who aren't in constant pursuit of a more meaningful life. This is a tattoo for old people to read, making them wish they still had their whole lives' ahead of them. This is a tattoo to my mom, my dad, my uncle who served in Vietnam, and every one else who doesn't understand the essence of my generation. They do not understand what I am a part of, and that this tattoo is about something bigger than myself.

Sometimes, an act of expression is bigger than just 'self-expression.' It's a random act of kindness for all of humanity. Don't get a tattoo to look cool and start convo. Get a tattoo because it means something.

///Last Night a Tattoo Explained My Life ////

Should I get a tatty of my fave band?

[Photo via Flickr]

Should I get Barry Obama's [LEAKED] inauguration speach tattooed on my chest?

Previous Chest Tatty coverage
http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/t/chest-tattoo

s000 tired of Halloween. It's like I've been blggng abt it 4 the past blog-decade. Just wanted 2 find authentic costumes.

not even sure if i'll dress up nxt year. this year took a lot out of me. Not evn sure who I am n e m0re. sux. kinda let down. nite didn't go as I had planned/envision. h8 it when things fall thru.

HIPSTER RUNOFF's BEST ALTERNATIVE COSTUMES of 2008.

PRESENTED BY CARLES OF THE HIPSTER RANOFFS

The Justices

Girl With a 3rd Nipple on her back

FGGT Indian from the Village People

S0 FUCKING DISC0 BR0

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Yall. I read at the Daily Swarm that some magazine called "DJ Magazine" came out with their top 100 DJs of 2k8. While I am not a big electroHouseDisco Music buff, I feel like I should know more people on this list.

SNUBBED//WRONGED//FUCKT OVR//

I just don't understand why my BlogCentric view of electro music didn't make a bigger splash on this list. Does most of the world listen to guido+eurotrashCore 'techno' music? Am I an unEducated electroFan? Does the music that I listen to 'not matter' in the context of 'authentic electronic' music?

I have made the bloghouse/mainstreamLectro bands that appeal to me GREEN.
Everything is that is guidoCore/electronica/technoh0use/authentic techno is RED.

DJ Mag Top 100 DJs 2008
01. Armin van Buuren
02. Tiësto
03. Paul van Dyk
04. Above & Beyond
05. David Guetta
06. Ferry Corsten
07. Sasha
08. Markus Schulz
09. John Digweed
10. Infected Mushroom
11. Deadmau5
12. Carl Cox
13. Sander van Doorn
14. Paul Oakenfold
15. Richie Hawtin
16. Hernan Cattaneo
17. James Zabiela
18. Andy Moor
19. Eddie Halliwell
20. Axwell
21. Eric Prydz
22. Kyau & Albert
23. Gareth Emery
24. Sven Väth
25. ATB
26. Anderson Noise
27. Joachim Garraud
28. Bobina
29. Fedde le Grand
30. Dubfire
31. Aly & Fila
32. Judge Jules
33. Umek
34. Matt Darey
35. Ricky Stone
36. Ricardo Villalobos
37. Lange
38. Daft Punk
39. Benny Benassi
40. Bob Sinclair
41. Deep Dish
42. Mark Knight
43. Astrix
44. Marco V
45. The Thrillseekers
46. Laidback Luke
47. Danny Tenaglia
48. Menno de Jong
49. Marco Lenzi
50. Andy C
51. Offer Nissim
52. Martin Solveig
53. Adam Sheridan
54. Sean Tyas
55. DJ Feel
56. Yahel
57. Roger Sanchez
58. DJ Shah
59. Sander Kleinenberg
60. John O’Callaghan
61. Blank & Jones
62. Cosmic Gate
63. Steve Angello
64. Simon Patterson
65. Gabriel & Dresden
66. Richard Durand
67. Laurent Wolf
68. Matt Hardwick
69. Chris Liebing
70. Erick Morillo
71. DJ Hype
72. Signum
73. Justice
74. Dirty South
75. Wally Lopez
76. Magda
77. Lisa Lashes
78. Pete Tong
79. DJ Vibe
80. Bad Boy Bill
81. Tiddey
82. Greg Downey
83. Marcel Woods
84. Nick Warren
85. Solar System
86. Skazi
87. Mike Koglin
88. Mauro Picotto
89. Sébastien Léger
90. The Chemical Brothers
91. Steve Lawler
92. Fatboy Slim
93. Solarstone
94. Astral Projection
95. Leon Bolier
96. Nic Fanciulli
97. Ronski Speed
98. Tocadisco
99. Booka Shade
100. Alex M.O.R.P.H. & Woody van Eyden

Doesn't the amount of red scare yall? I'm just tired of the guidoTechno house DJs getting all of the attention. They play music like this:

I feel like it's my responsibility as one of the world's leading sources for Trivial Electro and Blog House music to make a list that does a better job of representing the world's most Bloggable Electro DJs who appeal to People Who Read 2 Many Blogs and have an Alternative Perspective on the World.

HRO's Top DJs of 2k8.
These are the World's Best DJs

1. Justice
2. Acid Girls
3. James Murphy
4. Xavier De Rosnay Solo
5. Fred Falke
6. Guns N Bombs
7. 2ManyDJs
8. Paparazzi
9. Harvard Bass
10. HRO DJ set
11. Girl Talk
12. Erlend Oye
13. Royal Rumble
14. Red Foxxworth
15. Local Hero
16. Diplo
17. DJ AM (post-escaping death)
18. DJ AM (pre-escaping death)
19. Alice Glass Solo DJ Set
20. Passions
21. Drop the Lime
22. Simian Mobile Disco DJ set
23. Johnny Jewel (Glass Candy)
24. Them Jeans
25. Mark Hunter DJ Set
26. Busy P
27. brodinski
28. yuksek
29. Crookers
30. Bloody Beetroots
31. Holy Ghost!
32. Surkin
33. Para
34. Digitalism
35. Jokers of the Scene
36. Treasure Fingers
37. The Daft Punk
38. The Juan Maclean
39. Pharrell (Fluo Kids)
40. SoMe
41. Cut Copy DJ set
42. Steve Aoki
43. Sebastian
44. The Twelves
45. DJ Skeet Skeet
46. Perez Hilton DJ set
47. Matt Lauer
48. Katie Couric
49. Al Roker
50. Anne Curry DJ Set
51. Samantha Ronson DJ Set
52. DJ Mom Jeans
53. The Teenagers DJ Set
54. HeartsRevolution DJ Set
55. McDonalds employee DJ set
56. Animal Collective conceptual DJ set
57. Miss Toats
58. Chromeo Interracial DJ Set
59. Radio Disc Jockeys with morning shows
60. GorillaVsBear DJs
61. Stereogum DJs
62. PitchforkTV DJs
63. Franki Chan
64. dudes who take 'being a DJ' seriously because the 'emocore' bubble burst and their band no longer tours.
65. female DJs who think they are awesome but kinda suck
66. DJs who talk about music too much
67. DJs who play too many obvious hits from 2k7
68. FEADZ
69. Uffie DJ Set
70. Ed Banger Belligerent PuPuPlatter DJ Set
71. Danny Mastersons brothers' DJ set
72. MSTRKRFT
73. DJ Set by a Chili's bartender
74. Ben Gibbard solo DJ set in his Toyota Prius
75. James Tambarello
76. Postal Service UPS commercial DJ Set
77. Ratatat DJ set
78. Prince
79. impromptu DJ set at a house party by an altBro with an iPod touch filled with bloghouse songs
80. J.D. Salinger DJ Set
81. Kurt Vonnegut's corpse DJ set
82. TRV$ DJ AM
83. local altBag DJ set
84. Miami Horror
85. miscellaneous guidoDJ who plays cheesy techno songs from your youth
86. DJ who plays Killers/Coldplay mashups
87. Wilmer Valderramma 'Yo Mama' DJ Set
88. The Cast of The Office DJ Set
89. Fan Death
90. Ryan Adams (DJ set)
91. A-TRAK
92. Erol Akan
93. John Mayer
94. Jerry Seinfeld authentic disco DJ set
95. Madonna
96. Alex Rodriguez/JoseCanseco (2Many Steroids)
97. Michael Phelps DJ Set after extending his brand too far outside of his core competencies
98. Smarter Child (DJ set)
99. Joe the Plummer (DJ Set)
100. Panda Bear (Noah Lennox)

Please feel free to let me know how you feel about this list. I just want yalls input.
Who are blogville's most relevant DJs? Which DJs probably cost the most?
Are u tired of all of the guidoHouseTechno DJs getting all of the attention? (Are they more authentic than bloggy electro DJs who have capitalized on the entrylevel alt population growth spurt?)

But SRSLY, doesn't it piss u off when ur local DJ seems like he'd rather be any where else than playing at your local ElectroParty?

[Photo by Every1isfames]

If u could have a DJ set by n e 1 in the w0rld, who would it be?

Steve Aoki

Alternative Celebrity, DJ

Steve Aoki is an AZN DJ.

Lists: indie minorities, bros who love 2 party, beards, indie hunks, Record Label Owners, AZNs

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Justice

DJ, Buzzband

Justice is a popular banger house electro group from France on Ed Banger Records.

Lists: Members of Justice, French, electro, bloghouse era, bangers

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Panda Bear

Buzzband, Alternative Celebrity

Panda Bear is a member of Animal Collective. He wrote the hit album "Person Pitch" but failed to deliver in 2k10 with TOMBOY.

Lists: Members of Animal Collective, indie hunks, cool dads

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Girl Talk

Alternative Celebrity, DJ

Girl Talk is a laptop DJ who got big in the bloghouse era but really just produces generic, well-branded mix tapes.

Lists: indie hunks, 2k10 buzzbands, beards, bloghouse era, Producers

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Daft Punk

DJ, Buzzband

Daft Punk is a French House band that 'peaked' with discovery.

Lists: past their prime, French, electro, critical darlings, alternative tenure

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Uffie

Alternative Celebrity, Buzzband

Uffie is a French bloghouse rapper who is known for hanging out with her titties out.

Lists: it girls, slutwave, QTs, indie songstresses

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Diplo

DJ, Alternative Celebrity

Diplo is a relevant alt DJ and producer.

Lists: Producers, indie hunks

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still blggng from my phone.
Kinda fcking pissed off. accidentally threw my iPhone against a wall [via an enraged state of mind].

went to a preParty to get ready for 2nite, it turns out some GDDMN AZN already has my Xavier DeRosnay Costume.... Gonna have to go to Hot Topic to buy a new costume. ugh h8 malls.

help. should I be Gaspard? need help.
what 2 b? the sun is almost about 2set. already turned my clock back. sux. help.
need u so much closer.

[Photo via Your.boyhood]

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sent from my Nokia RAZR

[Click//Clash]

blggng live from a costume shop. abt 2 go 2 a thrift store.
Should I be Justice 4 Halloween?
need 2 know. 2nite's the night.

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sent from my AT&T Wireless Blackberry

Just want 2 know what I'm supposed 2 b.
Hard 2 b some1 else other than me.
Trying to be some1 who I actually wouldn't mind being.

Should I be 'nip slip' M.I.A.?

Should I be a zany electroJungle JokerAlt Zebra?

Maybe I'll be a freshman student at the University of Texas who just moved to Austin and is learning to experiment with 'being alternative'.

[Photo by Tokyo Bopper]

Wonder if I'll have time to make my 'entity from an alternative underworld' costume :-(

[Photo by Glam Canyon]

Guess I'm just gonna be 'oops I crapped my pants' Justice

[Photo by Gade Mode]

HLP M3 YALL//////////

Yall. I know yall are FCKNG TIRED of my quest to represent my temporary brand on Hallsoween, but it's just important to me. I'm sure yall have stuff that's important to yall, too. Put 'urself' in 'my shoes' and just stop being s000 alt 4 once, and just help out another human [after yall].

Should I be a creature from the electro jungle?

Should I be a sexie skeleton that bears mid-drift ?

Maybe a boyscout who has the body language of a 'snarky blogger.'

Should I be female sexie Gandhi Alt? Should I bring some Barry O-Bay-May/Communist Pamphlets?

Can I find a way 2 be an 'AltBro Witch'? Do I have to buy a broom + a cauldron of P.B.R.?

Maybe I can start  only drinking Grey Goose and get the Steve Aoki body type.

Should I be a self-aware post-entry-level alt?

If yall don't speak up, I'm just gonna be BLIPSTER JUSTICE.

[Photos by TheCobrasnake]

PLZ FCKNG HLP ME.  

Think I might hire a famous designer like Marcus "Germs Scott" Jacobs 2 design my costume. Does n e 1 have their email addy, or can I just use designerbro69@aol.com ? Or should I try projrunway@compuserve.org ?

Halloween is coming up in just a lil bit.
Kinda getting anxious about 'what I'm gonna be.' I might have to go to the doctor to tell him I need some more of my anti-anxiety pills cuz I srsly can't handle this kind of pressure. H8 dealing with real life + issues that no1 else understand.

N e ways... what should I be for Halloween?

Think I might end up just being DarkHearted Mickey Mouse.

[Photo by GlamCanyon]

I might just settle for being a Hotdog/ popular DJ with dancing edible items. I heard having dancing objects is the new MASKED DJs. PNAU implemented this gimmick a while ago.

Should I be a 'think piece' costume that represents Crimes Against Animals?

Should I just make a costume of an animal utilizing real animal fur? If I end up doing that, I might be a panda/polar bear/manatee.

should I be Girl Talk on a bicycle going to pick up some xtreme MTN DEW at his local grocery store?

Or maybe just a Black Eyed Pea Alt. (blipster)

[Photo by GadeMode]

Maybe I'll just be Alice Glass in 20 years.

Unless yall speak up, I'm just gonna be Juicetise.

[Photo by Style Clicker]

Do yall have a costume yet?

Should I buy these Daft Punk loafers?

Or these Daft Punk Dolls?

Or the Busy P + SoMe sneaker?

Don't u h8 FRENCH PEOPLE BANTER in English?

Should I buy the Ed Banger ED PHONES?

Should I buy this FEADZ Mighty Kids Meal // Happy Meal?

Or should I get the Uffie McFlurry maker?

Or should I just 'cum' with an an androgynous McDonalds character? <3 Grimace <3

[Photo by GVB at Grimace's DJ Set @ Pitchfork Music Festival (2015)]

Or should I be Justice in a Palestinian scarf for Halloween?

[Shoes via Sean Ahern Tumblr]
[FGGT Dolls by Daily Swarm]

Or should I just buy a pack of Sharpies and huff them until my brain starts leaking out of my nose?

What are yall gonna buy?

Daft Punk

DJ, Buzzband

Daft Punk is a French House band that 'peaked' with discovery.

Lists: past their prime, French, electro, critical darlings, alternative tenure

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Uffie

Alternative Celebrity, Buzzband

Uffie is a French bloghouse rapper who is known for hanging out with her titties out.

Lists: it girls, slutwave, QTs, indie songstresses

Read more>>>>

Justice

DJ, Buzzband

Justice is a popular banger house electro group from France on Ed Banger Records.

Lists: Members of Justice, French, electro, bloghouse era, bangers

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Should I be an ice cream head? Might be an ice cream sandwich to represent racial unity.

Should I be 'Spooky' Justice

Should I be 'the whistling song' about Young Folks? (this is a boy+girl costume if ur in an altCouple)

I guess I should trade in my WII/Super Nintendo/Sega Saturn/GameBoy for an XBOXZune360 thingy. Hopefully it comes preloaded with my favourite bloghaus bands.

"I'd give any thing 2 go back in time to when the world was simultaneously meaningfully listening 2 'Young Folks.' Things back then made a lot of sense. It was alright 2 just be urself."
-some1 who frowns down upon the Electro Era

Just learned how to make this costume. Arts & crafts help me 2 express myself. I've always wanted 2 b 'black'/a sneaker for Halloween. Are Nike sneakers still authentic? I remember I blogged about 'tennis shoes' like 100 blg years ago.

[Sneaker shoe Via Craftzine]

Maybe I'll just be a zany maze guy. It will represent how I am 'lost' and 'trying 2 find my way in the universe.'

Or I guess I can just grow a stache and wear a 'Beatles wig' and be a MSTRKRFT (masktercrafts).

Guess I'll just have to stick with Jeffrey Dahmer dressed as Justice unless yall can think of some1 better.

[via the google images database of funnie pix]

Should I be a pack of teens waiting to be picked up by our parents at the movie theatre?

Should I be a member of Deathcab for Cutie who is pumped to support Barry Obama? He has the spirit of a college student who is experiencing 'his first election with a free-spirited, conscious mind'.

Should I be the chunky guy from 'The Cures'?

[Photo via Jezzibelle]

Should I be an Alternative Wolverine from the hit cartoon show 'X-Men'?

[Photo by facehunter]

Should I be 'lil cunt' from the movie Lil Miss Sunshine?

(or maybe I'll be the Guy from The Office/the guy from Talk Soup/the guy from There Is Blood)

Or Should I just stick with the original plan of being JOUSTEECE 4 Halloween?

[Image by thecobrasnake]

Should I be Justicing for Halloween, or should I be the AZN in the background who is depressed about the economy?

Or should I find some1 to be an Alternative Interracial Couple? [AltBro+AZN edition]

[Photo by Red Slurpeee]

PPL keep telling me that I need 2 b 'the zany guy from Empire of the Sun.' The trouble with that is that I don't even know which 1 is the zany 1 !!!!

Or should I go as "FGGT" from the movie Tokio Hotel: Dunston Checks In?

Halloween is basically 5 blog minutes away...
GIVE ME SOME GOOD IDEAS. (Doesn't help that I did blow off my white MacBook lappy earlier.)

Yall. I was just wondering if I should 'cross dress' for Halloween. It might be a good way for me to 'get in touch with my sexualitie.' I'm just trying to search for a costume that let's people know about my true personal brand by conveying a temporary personal brand that sort of tells people that my true personal brand is 'smart, connected, & self-aware.'

Or should I be Chewbacca/a yeti for Halloween?

[photo via Style Blog]

Or should I stick 2 my original idea of being Justice for Halloween?

[Photo by Glam Canyon]

I'm so confused, yall.

Choosing a Halloween Costume is more difficult than choosing the person that I want 2 b every other day of the year.   Halloween is just a few blog-hours away. Help. Plz.

A lot of entry level producers spend most of their time wondering what type of equipment/setup that their favourite electroProducers use.  For example, if Daft Punk uses a MicroKorg and AbletonLite, purchasing these products will enable u 2 take ur electro career to the next level.

I was reading Created Digital music, and I saw the setup that Jousteece uses.  Should I buy all of this stuff, yall?  Is it expensive?

//WHAT TYPE OF EQUIPMENT DOES JUSTICE USE ?? ///

• 3 x Jazzmutant Lemur 
• 2 x MacBook Pro 
• 1 x Korg MicroKorg 
• 1 x Korg ZERO8 Live Control 
• 1 x Pioneer DJM800 
• Software: Ableton Live

Should I spend my Tax Return money on some of this stuff?  Will it automatically transform me into an amazing producer?  Do I have to 'come up with a gimmick' because my skills+technology won't put me over the top by myself?  Do I have to make a myspace profile or will it be authentic if I am just some type of 'Mysterious Producer'?

Do yall really believe that Justice uses GarageBand?

I remember when the altWorld followed the Britney-like meltdown of Uffie. We were there when she showed off her beautiful breasts, and even when she gave a live performance wearing only a t-shirt. (And also that time that she showed off her AZN-covered breasts.)

All we ever wanted was 4 her to re-capture the magic of when bloghaus was still young, and a larger percentage of people considered Ed Banger 2 be an authentic lifestyle brand (b4 the entry-level alts 'discovered' bangers).

Is Uffie back, yall?  If you were a personal branding consultant, what sort of strategy session/intervention would u have with Uffie?  Is Uffie another example of a child star going through a rough time as she 'becomes a woman' bc she didn't have an 'ordinary childhood' and 'is in the public eye' even though she 'does the same stuff other girls her age are doing'?

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BUT SRSLY. Should I dress up as Justice for Halloween and carry around an Uffie blowup doll by her neck? (Realistic props make costumes more authentic.)

[Photos by the cobrasnake]

Does this trailer for "A Cross the Universe" make u want 2 b Justice more or less?
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctKsWGcGedY&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&fs=1]
Hopefully this DVD comes with the altTitties featured in the trailer/has atleast 30-to-1 ratio of TIT SCENES to 'meaningful driving scenes.'

<3 sleepie azns <3

[via OrangeULucky//PilloWig]
I'm a pretty sleepie kind of guy. I fall asleep in the middle of blogging sometimes, or when I am waiting for my food at Chili's. Sometimes even when I am at my local scene's weekly electro night. I'm just glad that I bought this pillowHat so that I can fall sleep n e where & every where. Yay yall! (I just get s0 bored with the scene sometimes. Same drama over and over.)

It just sux cuz I've had to work a lot since my Macbook crashed. I h8 making excuses to my bosses who 'don't get me' and can't appreciate how unique/cultured I am. To make money to finance my new iMac, I got a job in the electroConstruction industry. Usually I'd be embarrassed 2 wear a 'poor person uniform', but I think this neon construction vest really aligns with my personal brand.

[by Colette/GAP: a mainstream+alt collab]

Yall need to go to college so u don't end up working menial jobs like me. If you attend college for at least 1 year, you will be guaranteed any job u want in the restaurant/coffee shop industry. It might even open doors to be 'the guy who takes money' at the door of a club.
DON'T END UP LIKE CARLES. GO 2 ART COLLEGE (for 1+ semester).
FOLLOW YALLS DREAMS. (don't have 2 actually graduate, but being around an economy of young people will help u feel better abt urself + enable u to set alternativeGoals.)

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BUT SRSLY
Should I be Justice DeRosnay for Halloween?


[HelLooksImages]

[Photo by garancedore]
Srsly yall... IS IT AUTHENTIC TO BE JUSTICE 4 HALLOWEEN? Should I be Gaspy or Xavi? Should I carry a cross with me, kinda like Jesus b4 he died and rose again? Is it more alt to be Justice for EASTER and not for Halloween?

I need to know before I spend $500-$1000 on a black leather jacket. Thought about getting a cheap 1, but that's probably not the best way 2 answer the question "WWJD?" (What would Jewstachè do?) I'm SRSLY starting 2 'stress the fuck out', kind of like that time I never went to my Psychology class all semester, and then had 2 cram all nite for the final on adderall with a group of my closest friends. Even though I got a B- when I 'should have gotten an A', I was still able to connect with a group of friends that I will have for the rest of my life.

(Just wonderin....do yall cry when ur adderall starts to wear off? I come down so hard sometimes... :-( )

n e ways... back '2 business...'
SHOULD I BE A MEMBER OF JUSTICE DRESSED LIKE A KING OF LEON?

Kinda excited about seeing yalls Halloween costumes, tho. Should I be 'some1 from the 70s/80s' and buy my first product from American Appy?

Or should I just be a member of the Alternative Peace Corp?

[Photo via Pedestrian]
Are yall glad that M.I.A. retired so that she could teach at an upperclass elementary school in Houston, TX where they don't judge kids based on standardized tests?
<3 schools that teach kids how to 'think outside of the box' <3
<3 parents who want their kids to 'think outside of the box' <3