HIPSTER RUNOFF

Meme via ps4k

I remember during the Barry Obama campaign, I really got behind this meme of Obama representing 'hope.' Artist Shephard Fairey really found a way to take memes to the mainstream and have them be 'more than just an image that is freely traded on the internet.' His viral art created a timeless hit that will hang in the Obama Presidential Museum on the campus of Art Institute Chicago.

Can't believe Lance Armstrong hired the same meme designer to make his own propaganda/brand+identity. I think that Lance Armstrong created 'hope' after he beat cancer and conquered Europe, so it makes me kinda sad that he had 2 piggyback on the Obama meme. Feel like his brand is strong enough already, and he created something that has already transcended mainstream global culture with the LIVESTRONG BRACELET. [via Nike branding]

I just hope that mainstreamers are able to actually appreciate/notice that these 2 iconic memes are by the same designer bro. H8 when the world doesn't appreciate cobranding, but also kinda h8 when things 'aren't original' since I want everything to come from an authentic life force.

[via lookbook]
I always get a lil bit sad whenever I see a picture of a contortedalt. While I don't know if their physical structure is permanently damaged (or if it is just a snap shot of a temporarily tragic pose), I always get a little bit sad inside, because I imagine a person with so much potential not getting a 'fair alternative life.'

Yall are probably familiar with a lot of the standard contorted alt types. I can't imagine how my life would be different if my feet both pointed inward, or if I had a permanent slouch/alt hunchback, or if I had to 'scoot around' on my back/crab walk in order 2 travel. We must be sensitive to Contorted Alts. We must embrace them, talk with them about their special needs, and do more to integrate them into our alternative society.

I'm just saying, yall--don't judge ppl only based on how they look in pictures. 'get to know them' and what's inside, because sometimes when u actually talk 2 some1, u realize that 'they listen 2 the same music as u' and that there is plenty 2 connect about. If u really want 2 'open up a meaningful conversation' it is always important 2 ask some1 what music they like.

I just wish that contorted alts could run free with the rest of us. Wish movies like Forrest Hanks were real so that no1 had 2 'suffer.' I guess 'suffering' is what makes us human after all, though. Glad I'm not a robot.

"This is not a disco, nor a country club. This is Los Angeles."
-Sheryl "Livestrong" Crow

In 2009, all we will want 2 do is have a lil fun. Authentic fun. The kind of fun that can only be embodied by a song that is accessible to females from age 7 to 72. Hot women will be kind of fair, but kind of 'saucy' in a 'mystic drifter' kind of way. In 2k9, the synthesizer market will crash, and we will see the acoustic guitar market explode.

<3 free spirited moms + cool dads

XX BONUS CRUNKCORE COVERAGE XX

Gonna miss u when u r just a meme from 2k8, Brokencyde. At least they made the Mexican peoples of the world proud.
Worried that music will sound Crunkcore in 2k9 :-(
// help

I was thinking of getting a tat that proves I am willing & ready 2 partie. Do u think if I get this tat and shave my pubey hair once every 2 weeks, girls will find me authentic & quirky enough to 'be in a medium term relaish with'/tug? I think this tat shows a little bit more progressive thinking than the standard symmetrical hip tattooz.

Or do u think the secret 2 his success is wearing a LIVESTRONG bracelet? Do u find people who Livestrong 2 b rlly sexie/compassionate?

N e ways, I was thinking of getting involved in my local community. In order to prove that I care about the world, I was thinking of buying miscellaneously coloured plastic bracelets with zany and/or meaningful words on them. Most people get involved by volunteering their time, or sitting at folding tables in folding chairs at community events, asking people to sign a piece of paper--but I will dedicate 24 hours of my day to a miscellaneous cause by wearing a coloured plastic bracelet. Wearing a meaningful plastic bracelet is a philanthropic personal branding decision. (If you had to pay taxes on your personal brand, wearing a plastic bracelet would probably earn you a write-off.) By wearing this minimal-yet-meaningful accessory, I will prove to people who I interact with that I am aware of global issues and that I can empathize with the struggles of people with real problems.

RUNOFFSTRONG
HIPSTERSTRONG
TUGSTRONG
ALTSTRONG
DJSTRONG
BLOGSTRONG
YALLSTRONG

If ur personal brand had a customized plastic bracelet, what colour would it be and what would it say?
If ur fave alternative celebrity had a ____STRONG bracelet, what colour would it be and what would it sai?