HIPSTER RUNOFF

It is the 2 year anniversary special of HIPSTER RUNOFF Radio on Sirius XMU. It's been a long journey. Feel like I have a 'core group of fans' who enjoy the radio show and don't even know that HIPSTER RUNOFF is also a blog worth blggng abt.

Anyways, it has been a great 2 years. Really thankful that I got 2 know u. Rlly thnkfl 4 all of my bros in the Sirius HQ.

Here is an [EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE] sample from 2day's show. (Some1 will probs leak the show in the comments later.)

[MP3 Sample]
HIPSTER RUNOFF Radio Final Voicebreak via 2 year anniversary special

Listen to HIPSTERRUNOFF RADIO on Sirius XMU on Mondays at noon and midnight EST.

Do u <3 HIPSTER RUNOFF Radio?
Do u want Carles to 'bring back the podcast' 4 non-Sirius subcribers?
Will HRO podcasts in 2k11 become the most bloggable mp3s of the year?
Have u been there since the very beginning?
How old is HRO?
Is HRO abt 2 die?
What does it feel like 2 orgasm/do drugs/own a Macbook?

Sirius XMU on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/siriusxmu

Plz feel free to share ur fave memories of HIPSTER RUNOFF and/or BLOG RADIO on Sirius XMU.

Sirius XMU HRO Summer 2k10 mix tape, playing all during Labor Day weekend.

Shout out to all my bros with Sirius
vibing out in ur car
on ur portable radio
listening 2 indie tunes
(and Howard Stern)

Just made some 'mix tape' of authentic 'summer tunes'
that capture the vibe of summer
via fuzzy buzzy at the beach
and relevant new releases of the summer
[via deadbeat summers]

Miss u summer
growing older
not sure if u exist any more
now that I have a 9-5 job
and only get 2 weeks off per year

but I know summer will live on forever
in the spirit of indie buzzworthy mp3s

Do u ever drive around suburbia and listen 2 Carles in ur car?

Do u <3/h8 Carles?

Shout out 2 all my Sirius bros.
Sorry for neglecting yall.
do yall <3 HIPSTER RUNOFF on Sirius XMU blog radio? Or is it mad annoying?
If u made a summer mix tape, what song would u put on it?
Was summer 2k10 a 'let down' for chill indie summery songs?

'U can travel the world...
but nothing comes close 2 the golden coast'
-the greatest lyrics that Best Coast never wrote

Hey yall. I still have a weekly show on Sirius XMU. Do yall listen 2 it? Do u give a shit or just want 2 read blog memes?

I did a special on 'the emerging genre of chillwave' for them. I think it is basically meant to explain 'why chillwave is so buzzworthy' to rich people who can afford satellite radio, but just casually listen to 'indie rock' instead of following it intensely on the internet.

Here is the Generic Info:

SIRIUS XMU to Broadcast Special on “Chillwave” Music Genre
Carles, SIRIUS XM Blog Radio host and creator of the popular indie culture blog Hipster Runoff, will present “An Entry Level Guide to Chillwave” on SIRIUS XMU. Carles has been credited with coining the term “Chillwave” to describe bands like Washed Out, Toro Y Moi, Neon Indian, Small Black and Memory Tapes. For this SIRIUS XMU special, Carles will select the music and detail the brief, but influential, history of this emerging sub genre of indie music.

The “Chillwave” special will premiere on Friday, April 23 at 6:00 pm ET and will be rebroadcast on Saturday, April 24 at 9:00 am and 3:00 pm and Sunday, April 25 at 12:00 am, 12:00 pm and 6:00 pm (all times Eastern). Carles can be heard every Monday on SIRIUS XMU’s Blog Radio, the music show hosted by a different influential music blogger every weekday at 12:00 pm ET on SIRIUS XMU, SIRIUS channel 26 and XM channel 43.

Show times:
Friday 6 pm ET
Saturday 9 am + 3 pm ET
Sunday 12 am, 12 pm, 6 pm ET

In this audio content, I confront various chillwave issues:
How did chillwave start?
How do u determine whether or not an artist is chillwave?
Do rock n roll critics hate chillwave?
Will chillwave go mainstream, kinda like indie?
Is chillwave a 'ghey ass' / stupid genre name?
Do music journalists h8 chillwave?
What happened 2 'indie' music?

Don't even feel like anything I blog about even matters. When u hear about a story so serious, it's like all of this 'alt music and culture' stuff doesn't even matter, cuz in the end, we're all humans. In case yall haven't heard, there is a strand of the flu going around called SWINE FLU.

Always thought I would get to die of natural causes. Worried about some sort of disease that my body can't 'overcome' ending my life. Hope that I don't have to wear some protective suit for the rest of my life.

Hope that Hollywood makes some movies that capitalize on our 'fear of the unknown' kinda like when they made all of those movies about a meteor hitting Earth.

Feeling pretty human, yall.
I think that within the next year, the tone of my blog will focus on encouraging the human race to start planning a way to get off the Planet Earth before we all die [via global warming]/natural disaster.

Kinda weird when something that is 'viral' actually 'goes viral.'

From what I understand, swine flu came from Mexico because their farms are dirty.
Hope I didn't get swine flu at Coachella. I think that California is close 2 Mexico.
Please use this post to share tips on how 2 avoid 'catching' the swine flu.'

Gonna go do some research. Sorry if this post is underdeveloped. Just learned how 2 use 'google news.' Freaking out.

nvr eating 'bacon' again.

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ANOTHER SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO SHOW 4-27-2009

The HIPSTER RUNOFF radio show airs Mondays at noon and again at midnight EST on Sirius XMU. Iff you’re an XM subscriber, you can listen to Blog Radio on channel 43, and Sirius subscribers can still find us on channel 26. If u really want 2 hear Carles Show, u can get a 3 day trial membership.

U can always listen 2 my podcasts if ur poor.

playlist 'after the jump'

Photo by Cobrasnake

I remember in the book Lord of the Flies, there is a group of bros who get "LOST" on an island. They have no 'societal norms' and break down into tribes who go to war against one another. One tribe is 'violent' and the other one is 'all about peace.' I think it's supposed to be about how we handle being human after all with a 'lil bit of animal' inside of us.

Kinda feel like that's what's happening with altbros. Now that electro is 'kinda dead' and altbro fashion is no longer 'hip', altbros have broken down into tribes who are either peaceful (listen to conceptual core), or they have turned into violent bros, like the one above. They are hungry for blood, and they will use it as war paint / an interesting accessory for personal branding.

Kinda worried that we're gonna see more murders in 2k9 just for the sake of 'using the blood as face paint.' Just think that people get kinda messed up in the quest for authenticity to the point that they are 'murdering their bros' just because they are too insecure to wear their lens-less glasses without a hand print.

miss u altbros.

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ANOTHER SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO SHOW

The HIPSTER RUNOFF radio show airs Mondays at noon and again at midnight EST on Sirius XMU. Iff you’re an XM subscriber, you can listen to Blog Radio on channel 43, and Sirius subscribers can still find us on channel 26. If u really want 2 hear Carles Show, u can get a 3 day trial membership.

U can always listen 2 my podcasts if ur poor.

Playlist after the jump.

I know we've gone through a Sparks era and a PBR era. However, I saw a picture that represented the alternative communities huge demand for a new alternative beverage of choice. Think this picture is a 'metaphor' for a 'thirst 4 something new.'

[Image via thecobrasnake]
Things are changing soo fast around us. Life is a never ending quest for the best brands 2 align urself with. For example, this broad is 2x 'kewl' cuz she is double nursing these bottles of Bud Light. It is her desire to 'get f*ckt up!' and 'get her partie on.' Have yall ever 'had 2 much 2 drink' just because u were 'desperate 2 have a good time/make a nite meaningful'?

Is ne 1 else unsure of how authentic a beer like BUD LIGHT can be since it was already branded by ______ people?

Should I invest in Miller Light? Is this picture supposed to 'look like that 1 portrait of the Virgin Mary', in order 2 appeal 2 Mexis.

Does n e 1 know any good 'microbreweries'/authentic moonshine makers that are located in the conceptual forest?

Has any1 tried mescaline? Should I just make a gallon of mescaline serum and 'go 2 the desert for 1 week'?

is it still authentic to 'get fuckt up'?
<3 'double fisting'

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ANOTHER SATTY RADIO PLAYLIST

The HIPSTER RUNOFF radio show airs Mondays at noon and again at midnight EST on Sirius XMU. Iff you’re an XM subscriber, you can listen to Blog Radio on channel 43, and Sirius subscribers can still find us on channel 26. If u really want 2 hear Carles Show, u can get a 3 day trial membership.

Playlist 'after the jump.'

Yall. did yall hear anything about Sirius XM going bankrupt? Do yall know what bankruptcy even means? Am I gonna lose my job cuz of the economie? h8 life. Just want 2 be a blog. Maybe I should do more podcasts or something.

Have yall read on any tech blogs that podcasts are going to replace the radio ? Did yall read that mp3 blogs are going 2 replace bands?

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n e ways, I have a show on Sirius and this is a post about the playlist I played today.

HIPSTER RUNOFF RADIO is a meaningful radio show. The HIPSTER RUNOFF radio show airs Mondays at noon and again at midnight EST on Sirius XMU. Iff you’re an XM subscriber, you can listen to Blog Radio on channel 43, and Sirius subscribers can still find us on channel 26. If u really want 2 hear Carles Show, u can get a 3 day trial membership.

COMPLETE PLAYLIST AFTER THE JUMP

I have been having the same dream over and over again. I am at a music festival, jammin out to my fave bands, and then there is this boom, and then this cloud, and then I can't breathe.
Are yall having any recurring dreams?

Tired of having nightmares about terrorists attacking music festivals. Don't want 2 die [via dirty bomb]. h8 terrorists. H8 how they just want me 2 fear places where I am totes comfortable. Wish they could just 'chill' and see how it's kinda fun 2 be a WesternWorldBro/consume a lot of crap that makes you more interesting.

Afraid of the world ending, yall. Afraid of dying. Afraid of being alone. Think these fears are all kinda related.

[Photo by The friend attack]
I know a lot of times, I joke about 'offing myself', but I'm kinda scared-er than ever. Just heard Barrack Obama tell the country that we're in a Great Depression. Kinda feelin' depressed already. Heard there is gonna be a stimulus package that will help me pay rent for a month / buy blow / rent an AZN for a year.

Not sure if we're gonna make it out of this 1. There's so much bullshit in the world right now. Gossip blogs. Terrorism. Snark. These are all a product of the devil. Yall need 2 be prepared for The Rapture (not the band). I'm kinda afraid of dying. Not sure if n e 1 else is. Sometimes I think about what I want 2 do when the world ends. Will I kill myself right before it ends, or will I die doing something meaningful, like hanging out in a club, or 'cumming with some1'... what do yall think yall are gonna do when the world ends.

Are yall stocking up on anything for the Depression/Rapture of 2k9? Kinda regret electing that ObamaBro. Seems like he's already messing a lot of stuff up for all of us. Everything was okay 1 month ago--don't see how it got so bad. Pissed off right now. My dad lost his job so they had to sell my Prius.

I'm just sayin, yall. Get ready. Yall though the electro wars were bad. They were nothing. Think God wants to cleanse the mainstreamers off our earth. Might be a good thing--but maybe GodBro wants 2 get rid of every1.

CAN SOME1 PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT THAT MAKES ME FEEL BETTER ABOUT OUR WORLD? MIGHT NEED MORE ANTIDEPRESSIES/ANTI-ANXIETY MEDS 2 make it thru the month.

This post is a cry for help.

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THIS SECTION OF THE POST IS DEDICATED TO MY BLOG RADIO SHOW.

The HIPSTER RUNOFF radio show airs Mondays at noon and again at midnight EST on Sirius XMU. Iff you’re an XM subscriber, you can listen to Blog Radio on channel 43, and Sirius subscribers can still find us on channel 26. If u really want 2 hear Carles Show, u can get a 3 day trial membership.

Playlist and mp3s after the jump

[Photo by cobrasnake]
I feel like I'm gonna spend 2k9 spending a lot more time trying to understand form/function so that I know how to better compartmentalize/stereotype/label different genres of products/people/ideas/nouns. Not sure if I'll ever 'get' the diff btwn leggings/panty hose/tights... I know that some are solid. & some are see-thru (but sometimes that happens when ur fat and u wear leggings). and some are '2 keep u warm.'

Can some of yall 'single ladies' help me out? [via that Beyonce song]

trying
2
'get'
the world
'around me.'

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OH ya I had a radioshow. SHOULD I DO ANOTHER PODCAST?

The HIPSTER RUNOFF radio show airs Mondays at noon and again at midnight EST on Sirius XMU. Iff you’re an XM subscriber, you can listen to Blog Radio on channel 43, and Sirius subscribers can still find us on channel 26. If u really want 2 hear Carles Show, u can get a 3 day trial membership.

PLAYLIST + MP3s AFTER THE JUMP

This is another post about my meaningful radio show on Sirius XMU. If u do not have expendable income, u do not have Satellite Radio. Please disregard this post if that bro is u. If that bro is u, u should probably work hard to 'get 2 a better place' in ur life where ur parents are 'no longer supporting u. Or maybe u should convince ur parents 2 support u again.

Just wanted 2 post this old meme & talk about parent hood.

Always value the era when ur parents supported, yall.
It'll be gone b4 u know it and then u'll be in 'the real world.'

HIPSTER RUNOFF RADIO is a meaningful radio show. The HIPSTER RUNOFF radio show airs Mondays at noon and again at midnight EST on Sirius XMU. Iff you’re an XM subscriber, you can listen to Blog Radio on channel 43, and Sirius subscribers can still find us on channel 26. If u really want 2 hear Carles Show, u can get a 3 day trial membership.

Playlist after the jump

Last year, my first mp3 post of the year was Ladyhawke. Kinda makes u wonder why HRO keeps 'mp3 blogging.' I am just searching for 'the next relevant sound' to align my personal brand with for the next _ months.

HERE WE GO MAGIC is a band from Brooklyn, the home of most successful/authentic bands. The song is kinda 'lofi' and 'earthy.' Here is the band's ABOUT ME description, and I think they sound 'earnest about their conceptual existence/experimental sound project which unfortunately is classified as mainstream 'music'' to emerge as the world's next Grizzly Bear / Animal Collective:

here we go magic's first record was recorded by Luke Temple, it is a project based on non editing linear movement. He made it quick and with a very limited palate of equipment. It has many layers and is best experienced with head phones or in a car.It is also important to note that there was no electronic looping of any kind involved in the more "song" oriented numbers on the record, it is important to say this because there is an in-perfect breath that might otherwise go unnoticed. He feels it has good energy and emotion and hopes you do too. Now, the seed of this recording has sprouted a band consisting of Luke: guitar, synth,vox Baptiste Ibar:bass,sounds Peter Hale:drums, sounds. The band is becoming it's own thing. We feel that the name"here we go magic" implies freedom to re-create and that is the main purpose of this project. we hope you enjoy. Luke,Peter,Baptiste

(The parts in red make their band organically authentic/gimmickable for 2k9 and beyond.)

/// We are living in a Post Merriweather Post Pavilion World
/// and I am a conceptual bro.

[MP3]
Here We Go Magic Tunnelvision

Myspace
http://www.myspace.com/herewegomagic

This mp3 was taste-made 4 me at
http://gorillavsbear.blogspot.com/2008/12/here-we-go-magic.html

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I ALSO HAD MY SIRIUS SHOW TODAY (I PLAYED THIS MP3 ON MY SHOW).

MORE INFO + PLAYLIST AFTER THE JUMP.

HIPSTER RUNOFF RADIO is a meaningful radio show. The HIPSTER RUNOFF radio show airs Mondays at noon and again at midnight EST on Sirius XMU. Iff you’re an XM subscriber, you can listen to Blog Radio on channel 43, and Sirius subscribers can still find us on channel 26. If u really want 2 hear Carles Show, u can get a 3 day trial membership.

SHOULD I PODCAST, YALL?

This week's playlist after the jump

My playlist is kinda meaningful. Hope yall like 'indie' and 'lectro.' I will colour code it. Red = Mainstream. Blue = 'alt-ish.'

• The Whitest Boy Alive - Golden Cage (Fred Falke Remix)
• Cut Copy - Visions --> Nobody Lost, Nobody Found
• Holy Ghost! - Hold On [MP3]
• Health - Triceratops (CFCF Remix)
• M83 - Kim & Jessie [MP3]
• Grizzly Bear - While You Wait for the Others
• Mobius Band - The Loving Sounds of Static (Junior boys Remix)
• Interpol - PDA
• Metronomy - Heartbreaker (Anoraak Remix)
• Friendly Fires - Paris
• Sebstien Tellier - Roche (Breakbot Remix)
• Feist - My Moon My Man (Boys Noize Remix)
• Electrelane - To the East
• Chikita Violenta - Laydown
• Broken Social Scene - Pacific theme
• Blonde Redhead - 23
• Maroon 5 - This Love (Cut Copy Remix)
• Panthers - Goblin ity (Holy Ghost! Disco Dub)
• Bag Raiders - Shooting Stars [MP3]
• Bloc Party - This Modern Love
• The Avalanches - Electricity
• Annie - Greatest Hit
• Animal Collective - Fireworks

Do I have 'good taste in music, yall?
Or do yall want my boss's email addy 2 tell him 2 'fire me'?
Should I podcast?

//Just trying 2 appeal to the emerging malstream demographic.

Are yall excited that I get 2 half-ass a post every Monday morning about what I play on my Satellite Radio Show?

HIPSTER RUNOFF RADIO is a meaningful radio show. The HIPSTER RUNOFF radio show airs Mondays at noon and again at midnight EST on Sirius XMU. Iff you're an XM subscriber, you can listen to Blog Radio on channel 43, and Sirius subscribers can still find us on channel 26. If u really want 2 hear Carles Show, u can get a 3 day trial membership.

This week's playlist (songs in red are extra meaningful):

1. The Twelves - I Feel Fine [MP3]
2. Sexton Blake - Bette Davis Eyes
3. Kings of Convenience - I'd Rather Dance With You
4. Gil Mantera's Party Dream - Elmo's Wish
5. Frankmusik - In Step
6. Lo-Fi-Fnk - City
7. Weird Tapes - The Heavens [MP3]
8. M83 - Graveyard Girl
9. Kings of Leon - Knocked Up (Lykke Li vs. Rodeo Remix)
10. Phoenix - One Time Too Many
11. Junior Boys - In The Morning
12. Justin Timberlake - My Love (DFA Remix)
13. Junior Senior - Headphone Song
14. Chromatics - LADY [MP3]
15. The Embassy - Some Indulgence
16. Metronomy - A Thing For Me (Breakbot remix)
17. The Presets - This Boy's In Love (Lifelike Remix)
18. Digitalism - Pogo (Shinichi Osawa Remix)
19. Klaxons - As Above, So Below (Justice Remix)
    
20. The Strokes - Someday
    
21. The Postal Service - The District Sleeps Alone Tonight
    
22. The Notwist - Consequence
23. Metronomy - Heartbreaker
24. TV On The Radio - Staring at the Sun
25. Starfucker - Florida
26. The Cardinals - If I am a Stranger

On a scale from 1-10, how maltstream was my playlist?
On a scale from 1-10, how authentic was my playlist?
What would u do if u had a radio show?
Would u play Tom Green songs//buzzbands that have only existed for less than 1 months?

Hey yall. I got a Satellite Radio show. If yall drive cars with leather interiors, yall can listen 2 me. It's a great opportunity 4 me 2 take my 'blog brand' 2 the next level, and get a lot of people to read my blog who don't even know what 'weblog' means. Yall get 2 hear me talk. Most of yall won't.

The HIPSTER RUNOFF radio show airs Mondays at noon and again at midnight EST on Sirius XMU. Iff you're an XM subscriber, you can listen to Blog Radio on channel 43, and Sirius subscribers can still find us on channel 26. If u really want 2 hear Carles Show, u can get a 3 day trial membership.

THIS WEEK'S PLAYLIST

• Tough Alliance Neo Violence (Shazam Remix)
• Vampire Weekend - The Kids Don't Stand a Chance (Chromeo Remix)
• Friendly Fires - Paris
• Animal Collective - People
• Broken Social Scene - Cause = Time
• Empire of the Sun - Walking on a Dream
• Felix Da Housecat - Ready 2 Wear
• Miami Horror - Make You Mine
• Panda Bear - Comfy in Nautica
• Phoenix -Too Young
• Friendly Fires - Paris (Aeroplane Remix Feat Au Revoir Simone)
• Sebastian Tellier - La Ritournelle (Metronomy Remix) [MP3]
• Thieves Like Us - Drugs in my Body
• The Walkmen - Thinking of a Dream I had
• We Have Band - Oh!
• Pnau - Embrace (featuring Ladyhawke)
• MGMT - Of Moons Birds and Monsters (Holy Ghost! Remix)
• Elliott Smith - Needle in the Hay
• Holy Ghost! - Hold On [MP3]
• M83 - Kim & Jessie [MP3]
• Feist - 1234 (Van She Remix)
• Interpol - Untitled
• Sneaky Soundsystem - When We Were Young (Breakbot Remix)
• Digitalism - Apollo-Gize (Breakbot Remix)

Is my playlist kinda weak/too mnstrm?
Are yall excited?
Does this mean that I have 'made it' as an MP3 blog?
Does this mean I have better taste in music than u?
Is my radio show just a meme?
Should I start podcasting?
Are yall 'excited 4 Carles' or 'kinda disappointed' or 'a lil jeal' or 'h8 u'?