• Profile logout login

#hipsters#all

Gawker

Share Cancel
   
Upload an image | Add an image URL
×

logging in
  • FAQ. Include # before tag:
  • #tips,
  • #stalker,
  • #opencaption,
  • #internalmemos,
  • etc.

New York, 10:04 PM
Mon Dec 7
48 posts in the last 24 hours

Team

Tip Your Editors:

Tipline: 646-214-8138

Editor-in-Chief:
Gabriel Snyder |

West Coast Editor:
Richard Rushfield |

Contributing Editors:

Valleywag:
Ryan Tate |

Media:
Hamilton Nolan |

Politics:
Alex Pareene |

Investigations:
John Cook |

Entertainment:
Brian Moylan |

Nights:
Adrian Chen |
Azaria Jagger |
Ravi Somaiya |

Weekends:
Foster Kamer |

Video Editor:
Richard Blakeley |

SUBSCRIBE TO Gawker RSS

New: Breaking news and daily top stories via email
4260 Subscribers
Gawker
  • Your version of Internet Explorer is not supported. Please upgrade to the most recent version in order to view comments.
    Dsmvwl  Admin  Promote to frontpage Approve user Ban user ×
    Image of drunkexpatwriter drunkexpatwriter
    12/06/09

    In reply to Prohibition for Pansies: Bathtub Bootlegging Hipster Juice
    Is there some reason people can't just drink rum and coke?

    Also, has it not occurred to the authorities in San Fran that enough rum and cokes will give people exactly the same reaction as Sparks?
     Reply
    drunkexpatwriter was starred drunkexpatwriter was unstarred
    Image of unfuckwithable unfuckwithable
    12/05/09

    In reply to Prohibition for Pansies: Bathtub Bootlegging Hipster Juice
    Prohibition for Pansies would be the perfect Death Cab for Cutie tribute band name.
     Reply
    unfuckwithable was starred unfuckwithable was unstarred
    Image of Matt Cherette Matt Cherette
    12/05/09

    In reply to Prohibition for Pansies: Bathtub Bootlegging Hipster Juice
    Wait, when did Sparks get banned!?
     Reply
    Matt Cherette was starred Matt Cherette was unstarred
    Image of Papapishu Papapishu
    12/06/09

    @Matt Cherette: It didn't get banned, it just got forced to undergo chemical castration.

    Essentially, (like a year ago?) there was some big fuss from a lawsuit alleging that the drink was a dangerous alcopop cocktail that encouraged excessive drinking in minors and forced them to take out all the redbullish stuff. Granted it was, but I think I remember the complaint itself sounding like something out of the Victorian era.

    I just started homebrewing beer in NYC and I thought about doing this a while back. The way they did it strikes me as a tad lazy. I'd be willing to take a stab at making some fancy high-brow, fancy-pants sparks.
     Reply
    Matt Cherette promoted this comment Papapishu was starred Papapishu was unstarred
    Image of RaptorAvatar RaptorAvatar
    12/05/09

    In reply to Prohibition for Pansies: Bathtub Bootlegging Hipster Juice
    Four Loko is far too sketchy to ever be successfully banned.
     Reply
    RaptorAvatar was starred RaptorAvatar was unstarred
    Image of fatmonalisa fatmonalisa
    12/05/09

    In reply to Prohibition for Pansies: Bathtub Bootlegging Hipster Juice
    Can't the hipsters just add vodka to Jolt soda?
     Reply
    fatmonalisa was starred fatmonalisa was unstarred
    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    12/05/09

    @fatmonalisa: I just add vodka to the coffee when I want to be awake and drunk
     Reply
    If_I_Had_a_Poodle was starred If_I_Had_a_Poodle was unstarred
    Image of fatmonalisa fatmonalisa
    12/05/09

    @If_I_Had_a_Poodle: I've chased jack daniels with coffee. Works WONDERS
     Reply
    fatmonalisa was starred fatmonalisa was unstarred
    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    12/05/09

    @fatmonalisa: JD is a bit sweet for me. But whisky in coffee, with a lot of cream, is always good.
     Reply
    If_I_Had_a_Poodle was starred If_I_Had_a_Poodle was unstarred
    Image of Helio Helio
    12/05/09

    @If_I_Had_a_Poodle: JD and coffee sounds atrocious. but espresso vodka is freaking delicious!
     Reply
    Helio was starred Helio was unstarred
    Image of oudemia oudemia
    12/05/09

    @Helio: Grappa in espresso is more echt, I think. That + brioche + ice cream = Breakfast of Champions (in Sicily).
     Reply
    Helio promoted this comment oudemia was starred oudemia was unstarred
    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    12/05/09

    @Helio: Espresso vodka -- exactly.
     Reply
    If_I_Had_a_Poodle was starred If_I_Had_a_Poodle was unstarred
    Image of Helio Helio
    12/05/09

    @oudemia: ok, i had to google grappa but not only does it sound tasty, but it goes up to 120 proof! I gots to find me some.
     Reply
    Helio was starred Helio was unstarred
    Image of oudemia oudemia
    12/05/09

    @Helio: The scene with Angelica Huston in Prizzi's Honor? When her dad asks for water, but she hands him something else? That was grappa. It doesn't fool around.
     Reply
    oudemia was starred oudemia was unstarred
    Image of ParahSalin ParahSalin
    12/05/09

    @fatmonalisa: There is a tea plantation in my town that struggled for years under multiple owners. The latest owners got the bright idea of mixing vodka in with the tea. It's called Firefly vodka, and it got so popular they couldn't keep up with the demand. They had to sell part of the company to a bottler when it blew up nationwide. I'd recommend it since it's a tasty beverage that is both refreshing and intoxicating. It's good to know that small business ownin' Americans can still pull themselves up by their liquor soaked bootstraps.
     Reply
    fatmonalisa promoted this comment ParahSalin was starred ParahSalin was unstarred
    Image of fatmonalisa fatmonalisa
    12/05/09

    @ParahSalin: This just shows how much of an alcoholic I am. I've actually had Firefly and I love it. Never seen it in liquor stores in NYC, you know any that carry it?
     Reply
    fatmonalisa was starred fatmonalisa was unstarred
    Image of ParahSalin ParahSalin
    12/05/09

    @fatmonalisa: I never thought I'd find a taste that was better than chocolate and peanut butter, until I met tea and vodka. There are probably some stores in NYC who sell it, they just sell out of it so quickly that you miss your chance. Check your message box in a few minutes.
     Reply
    ParahSalin was starred ParahSalin was unstarred
    Image of Papapishu Papapishu
    12/06/09

    @fatmonalisa: Just to show of how much an alcoholic I am, I know that off the top of my head: Astor Wine and Spirits has it.
     Reply
    fatmonalisa promoted this comment Papapishu was starred Papapishu was unstarred
    Image of fatmonalisa fatmonalisa
    12/06/09

    @Papapishu: Thanks! Will be there after work tomorrow.
     Reply
    fatmonalisa was starred fatmonalisa was unstarred
    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    11/16/09

    In reply to Peel Your Ears While I Vomit on the Table: Learn to Speak Hipster
    It does make the title of "Buckets of Blood," the old Roger Corman movie, a little more understandable. #hipsters
     Reply
    raincoaster was starred raincoaster was unstarred
    Image of A Message To Rudy A Message To Rudy
    11/16/09

    In reply to Peel Your Ears While I Vomit on the Table: Learn to Speak Hipster
    I'm going to get to work on a book of '70s slang. All I've got so far is "jive turkey", though. #hipsters
     Reply
    A Message To Rudy was starred A Message To Rudy was unstarred
    Image of britneyspearstears britneyspearstears
    11/16/09

    In reply to Peel Your Ears While I Vomit on the Table: Learn to Speak Hipster
    [www.youtube.com] #hipsters
     Reply
    britneyspearstears was starred britneyspearstears was unstarred
    Image of flugennock flugennock
    11/16/09

    In reply to Peel Your Ears While I Vomit on the Table: Learn to Speak Hipster
    Damn, I've never heard of any of these -- but then, I grew up in the '60s and '70s. The only one I ever used was "dead soldier".

    One of my favorites -- not on this list -- is one I picked up from my father (born 1932), which was "drunker than seven hundred dollars". My mother absolutely hated that one, so, of course, I used it at every opportunity.

    Interesting, though, about "longhair". I guess it's a sign of how times change; by the time I reached high school in the early '70s, "longhair" had become a slangterm for "hippie".

    Most of the stuff on this list sounds like slang used by stereotyped beatnik characters from old movies and TV shows. I heard some of the worst stereotypical Beat-slang dialogue ever in an old Perry Mason episode, in an episode (of an otherwise brilliant old series) in which the murder suspect was a famous jazz musician, where Mason goes to this beatnik bar to quiz one of the musician's buddies. To this day, I'm unable to erase from my mind the image of Perry Mason asking this guy "So, what gives with the squares, Buzzy?" Aaauuugghhh.

    Btw -- even inasmuch as I damn' near worship the poets and authors of the Beat Era, and even inasmuch as I think Bob Denver did his best work on Dobie Gillis, I'd still like to borrow The Doctor's TARDIS so that I can travel back to the Beat Era, find the guy who started that fashion of putting "like" in front of everything, and beat the living shit out of him. #hipsters
     Reply
    A Message To Rudy promoted this comment flugennock was starred flugennock was unstarred
    Image of A Message To Rudy A Message To Rudy
    11/16/09

    @flugennock: I heard some of the worst stereotypical Beat-slang dialogue ever in an old Perry Mason episode,

    Even better was an episode of "Dragnet" where they bust an LSD ring. It was hilarously bad thank to the "hipster"/hippie lingo. and it was written by Jack Webb so you can imagine how clued-in it was. Can't find a clip, but here's a description of the episode.

    [www.badge714.com] #hipsters
     Reply
    A Message To Rudy was starred A Message To Rudy was unstarred
    Image of Miss Anita Manbadly Miss Anita Manbadly
    11/16/09

    In reply to Peel Your Ears While I Vomit on the Table: Learn to Speak Hipster
    Oh, this is sad. My parents said almost all of these things and they were part of family slang growing up. I thought everyone knew these phrases. Just me? OK, I'm going to go sit in the corner now. #hipsters
     Reply
    Miss Anita Manbadly was starred Miss Anita Manbadly was unstarred
    Image of Ally Link Ally Link
    11/16/09

    @Miss Anita Manbadly: Cosign. My parents were far from hipsters but have said a lot of the above and said it often. #hipsters
     Reply
    Miss Anita Manbadly promoted this comment Kaila Hale-Stern approved this comment Ally Link was starred Ally Link was unstarred
    Image of Sullygulliver Sullygulliver
    11/16/09

    @Ally Link: I'm jealous of you both. I swear I don't think my parents, much less my grandparents, knew any slang...certainly none of the above. Straight from the fridge.
     Reply
    Miss Anita Manbadly promoted this comment Edited by Sullygulliver at 11/16/09 9:35 PM Sullygulliver was starred Sullygulliver was unstarred
    Image of Thomas Lord Thomas Lord
    11/16/09

    @Miss Anita Manbadly: Likewise, I'm sure. It's even weirder to think about some of the one's I picked up from grandparents (WWII greatest generation types) - like the difference between a chippy (hot babe) and a chipper (functional addict). #hipsters
     Reply
    Thomas Lord was starred Thomas Lord was unstarred
    Image of TheologicalSong TheologicalSong
    11/16/09

    In reply to Peel Your Ears While I Vomit on the Table: Learn to Speak Hipster
    these are wonderful...(including Bookish's list)...vivid and ritualistically ornate.

    hipsters...let's see..."identity chasers"? #hipsters
     Reply
    TheologicalSong was starred TheologicalSong was unstarred
    Image of A Message To Rudy A Message To Rudy
    11/16/09

    In reply to Peel Your Ears While I Vomit on the Table: Learn to Speak Hipster
    The day I see two modern-day hipsters having a knife fight (as on the cover of the book) is the day I give them respect.

    Also, who comes up with this stuff? Some of it sounds cool, but a lot of it takes longer to say than the actuall thing they're describing. #hipsters
     Reply
    Edited by A Message To Rudy at 11/16/09 12:14 PM A Message To Rudy was starred A Message To Rudy was unstarred
    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    11/16/09

    In reply to Peel Your Ears While I Vomit on the Table: Learn to Speak Hipster
    Go back a bit further, hepcats:

    [www.cabcalloway.cc]
     Reply
    Edited by BookishLookish at 11/16/09 12:05 PM BookishLookish was starred BookishLookish was unstarred
    Image of Maya Twocents Maya Twocents
    11/16/09

    @BookishLookish: Thanks for that link - it was a blip, man!

    Love this article, though - the book makes me think of the thugs threatening Frankie & Annette in, "Beach Party."
     Reply
    tigolbitties promoted this comment Edited by Maya Twocents at 11/16/09 12:28 PM Maya Twocents was starred Maya Twocents was unstarred
    Image of Thomas Lord Thomas Lord
    11/16/09

    In reply to Peel Your Ears While I Vomit on the Table: Learn to Speak Hipster
    FWIW, I think "screwed, blued, and tatooed" is originally navy talk. As in "Why is Smitty in the hole?" "He went ashore last night and hung out at Jimmy's. By the time he was three sheets to the wind the working gals were all over him. He hit the town. Woke up this morning screwed, blued, and tatooed - literally: no uniform, no wallet, black eye, and nothing to wear but a pink robe with feathers around the collar and a new mermaid named Lacey on his chest." "Feathers, huh? Pink? Sorry I missed that. Must a cut quite a handsome figure." "Yup. Officer material. He couldn't get back on base so he hit the drink up by the fishing peer, swam over, and did the whole 'man overboard' routine." "Worth it?" "Yeah, they looked pretty hot to trot." #hipsters
     Reply
    Thomas Lord was starred Thomas Lord was unstarred
    Image of walnuts walnuts
    11/16/09

    In reply to Peel Your Ears While I Vomit on the Table: Learn to Speak Hipster
    My father, a jazz guy born in 34, would often say such things. "Skin me man" (to me, a his daughter), when he wanted to congratulate me with a shake or a high five (and I would be expected to respond- "Jive Brother"). Talking about my school work and wondering if i was getting what my teacher was saying: "are you hip to the jive?" Looking at an overly made up woman crossing the straight, he would invariably point and say "an accident going someplace to happen". He was older by twenty years than most of my friends parents- and he spoke a language no one really understood. His sayings go on and on- but you "catch my drift." #hipsters
     Reply
    BookishLookish promoted this comment walnuts was starred walnuts was unstarred
    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    11/16/09

    @walnuts: *snaps fingers in the air in lieu of applause* #hipsters
     Reply
    BookishLookish was starred BookishLookish was unstarred
    Earlier discussions Other discussions Show all discussions Show featured discussions only Start a new discussion

Login

Enter your username and password.

Please enter a username.
Please enter your password.
logging in
Login via Facebook | Sign Up | Forgot Password?

Reset Password

Please enter your email address to have your password reset.

Please enter your email address.
Please enter a valid email address.
requesting password reset

Register

Registering will give you a user profile and the ability to add other users as friends. To become a commenter, however, you need to audition.

Want to know more? Consult the Comment FAQ and legal terms.

Please enter a username.
Please enter a password.
Please confirm your password.
Passwords are not identical.
Please enter a valid email address.
registration sent, waiting for reply

Submit Your Comment

You don't need to login to comment. Just enter your email address below.

See how your address will be displayed in the Comment FAQ.

Please enter a valid email address.
Please enter a valid email address.
logging in

Login with your Facebook or Gawker account.

Sign up here.



  • Archives
  • About
  • Advertising
  • Legal
  • Help
  • Report a Bug
  • FAQ
Original material is licensed under a Creative Commons License permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution.