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more about #hipsters more comments → raincoaster: It does make the title of "Buckets of Blood," the old Roger Corman movie, a little more understandable. #hipsters more » A Message To Rudy: I'm going to get to work on a book of '70s slang. All I've got so far is "jive turkey", though. #hipsters more » britneyspearstears: [www.youtube.com] #hipsters more » Miss Anita Manbadly: 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. J... more » TheologicalSong: these are wonderful...(including Bookish's list)...vivid and ritualistically ornate. hipsters...let's see..."identity chasers"? #hipsters more » A Message To Rudy: 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... more » BookishLookish: Go back a bit further, hepcats: [www.cabcalloway.cc] more » Thomas Lord: 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 J... more » City_Dater: I've always called the Young and Entitled who think they invented Art and Music over the bridge simply "assholes." I know it isn't very clever, but ... more » skahammer: The Coens' Miller's Crossing is the ur-text of earlier American slang -- Prohibition Era. So "Take your flunky and dangle." #hipsters more » jbwan: Weird. I don't see 'nilla on the list. #hipsters more » BadUncle: These totally vibrate me. Let me misuse in a new sentence - I enjoy these vibrators. BTW, I usually refer to the Williamsburg doucheoisie as trend ... more » Senor_Wences: Hipster hatred always kinda drove me batty, because there ain't nothing hip about those W'burg yokels. Am suggesting calling 'em "Elmers", appropriat... more » Oy Veh (Informality Reigns): Wow--so HAEMOPHILIA OF THE LARYNX is hipster for blabbermouth? My anglo mother always called that diarrhea of the mouth. It always seemed to go hand ... more » D2theMatthews: Let's hit the bricks before somebody dime drops the bulls. #hipsters more » -
#dictionary
Peel Your Ears While I Vomit on the Table: Learn to Speak Hipster
The word 'hipster' is wildly misused, (including by me). It actually refers to cool jazz-era cats from the 20s to the 60s. You need to know your groceries, so check this collection of their genuine hipster slang.
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#bookreviews
Tao Lin's Guardian book review. Related: Going to hospital, back at 3. Brain: exploded.
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#lolaw
The National Pork Board Does Not Endorse Eating Cats
The all-powerful National Pork Board has sicced its attorneys on make-your-own-clever-shirt site Neighborhoodies. The National Pork Board strongly disagrees with Alf's assertion that cats are "The Other White Meat." More » -
#tweefalling
Is Hoodie Nation in Full Retreat?
This was supposed to be the beginning of a new era, built around a new kind of pop culture. But when the director of Napoleon Dynamite's new film can't even get a national release, the dream is surely in danger. More » -
#funnyjokes
Pabst Brewing Co. Sale Sure to Be 'Hip' (Ha)
Pabst Brewing Company, maker of PBR, is going up for sale. Oh we know who should buy it: A hipster! Hahahaha. Sure, try finding a hipster with $300 million! Hahaha. Maybe for beer they'd find it! Haha. [NYP. Pic: LATFH] -
#drugs
Crack, Ugh.
Spencer Morgan's newest Profile of an Odd Man is good enough to make you throw up, because you can almost hear the crack bubbling in a fucked up corner of a too-cool subculture. Ugh. Crack. More » -
#toomuch
Today's Hipster Grifter News: Cellmate, Porn
A letter from the Hipster Grifter's cellmate in her Utah jail. Would that be too much, in terms of "Wringing every last ounce from this mystifyingly popular story?" What about a Kari Ferrell pornography job offer? EH? You want it!
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#coolpeoplethings
Zines Are Back, Or Something, Bitches
Forget about your bitch, and bring a zine to zine night. Bitch! Bring a friend and a friend of a friend, bitch, come on down to aNYthing, bring your zines, to zine night. Zines. Uh...they're back? More » -
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#shutupbrooklyn
Wine Bar, Gangs, Crazies Fight in Williamsburg
A committed band of coots, cranks, and wingnuts in Williamsburg are ready to do whatever it takes to ensure that their neighborhood doesn't get one more wine bar, which would make all the gangs come in. More » -
#television
Hipster Grifter Law & Order: With Hot Dogs!
Why yes, last week's Law & Order was the episode loosely based on the case of America's sweetheart, the Hipster Grifter. Damned if they didn't work in a hot dog reference. More » -
#sports
Olympic Defeat: Terror Hipsters Win Battle of Chicago!
Olympics denied, Hopey! The International Olympic Committee rejected Chicago's bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics in the first round of voting, despite the fact that Barack Obama asked them real nice to pick that pleasant city. More » -
#newthings
Real Newspaper Discovers How Kids Are Fixing Their Bike Gears These Days
The Washington Post discovers a new trend: "Fixed gear bikes," which young folks are reportedly riding all over DC, trendily. This is why we need newspapers. You just don't get this stuff from blogs. [WaPo. Pic via] -
#trendwatch
America's New Public Enemy: Tail of the Rat
It was once fashionable to hate hipsters. Then they all became yuppies and successfully suppressed our collective rage. Until now.
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#advertising
Wrangler Wearers Accused of Thinking
Wrangler—the jeans for those who think Levis are a little faggy—grinds on with its ferociously mistargeted ad campaign. Whereas actual Wrangler wearers would probably enjoy, say, an endorsement by Clint Bowyer, what they get is some existentialist bullshit. More » -
#mediawars
Vice vs. Street Carnage: Hipster Media's Battle Produces Draconian Non-Competes
Wow. We knew VICE sold out and went corporate, but this is some Conde Nast-y shit. Looks like Vice holds writers to non-competes, barring them from having anything to do with departed VICE founder Gavin McInnes' site, Street Carnage.
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#sunkentreasures
Hipster Brooklyn Doomed to "Waterworld" Existence in Sea Rise Sinking Future
Here's a prediction of how land is going to change as oceans rise over the years. A tipster helpfully points out a submerged Greenpoint, thus relegating serious contingencies of Brooklyn's hipsters to a Waterworld-like existence. The big difference: water. [BoingBoing] -
#legalese
Look At This F—king Hipster Release Form
The "Look at This Fucking Hipster" book will be full of staged photos of self-identified hipsters, for legal purposes. But author Joe Mande is also sending out this form email to anyone who submits their own photo: More » -
#disappointments
Look At This F—king Self-Identified Hipster Photo Shoot
Hipster-mocking blog Look at This Fucking Hipster got a book deal, but big problem: you try getting clearance from all those clowns to publish their photos. The sad reality: the LATFH book will be full of self-identified hipster posers! More » -
#thingsweactuallylike
Fan-Made Music Video Restores Hope In Music Video Kind
Remember music videos being important, and good? Neither does anybody I know, because our memory's been wiped by MTV and VH1's current slate of programming. And then there's this beautiful, fan-made music video of indie band Grizzly Bear's "Two Weeks." More » -
#memes
Stuff (Demographic Group) (Feeling) Meme Almost Entirely Used Up
"Stuff White People Like." It seemed so innocent for those first few hours. Now the whole format has been squeezed dry and used up like an old bottle of shampoo. Which is Something Hipsters Hate. More »
