These days it's mainstream NOT to be mainstream, would anyone else agree?
Meh been that way for as long as I can remember, each so called sub-culture trying to outdo each other I suppose.
I have taken out my facial piercings recently and I am being a rebel by slipping into my Marks and Sparks, wool mix jumper, while I listen to Einsturzende Neubauten, followed by some Bowie, or Carpenters, nice to be free of trying to fit in now that I am older.
It's irritating! There's this person in my college class who speaks to other people in the class myself included with the most condescending tone just because we don't all listen to whatever he's moshing to or have an attitude constantly.
Meh been that way for as long as I can remember, each so called sub-culture trying to outdo each other I suppose.
I have taken out my facial piercings recently and I am being a rebel by slipping into my Marks and Sparks, wool mix jumper, while I listen to Einsturzende Neubauten, followed by some Bowie, or Carpenters, nice to be free of trying to fit in now that I am older.
They are rather great...there for all to enjoy, a modern version of musique concrete I suppose! Have Halber Mensch on with headphones, as to not annoy anyone..
Oooh I know many of those, all a few years post uni, incapable of finding a job and old enough to know better. There's nothing worse than being lectured by some knob in stupid big glasses and a buttoned up to the neck shirt, or faux 50's dress and Irregular Choice shoes and a ribbon in their hair on how you music choice is shit because some people have heard of the songs you like and they aren't available on vinyl. Or scoffing at you because you're not drinking some rare German beer, or ironically drinking Buckfast.
Well, do you know what, hipsters? I'd rather get up, put on a suit for work, drive there in my environmentally unfriendly car whilst listening to Radio 1, come home and have a glass of wine with my dinner in my home, rather than piss about all morning applying lashings of Urban Decay eyeliner, taking selfies of myself in stupid big glasses with a shirt buttoned up to the neck before cycling from a "kitsch" looking student type flat into town the piss about all day in a beer garden with my similarly deluded friends talking pseudo politics and spending my JSA on fair trade vegan halloumi wraps.
Oooh I know many of those, all a few years post uni, incapable of finding a job and old enough to know better. There's nothing worse than being lectured by some knob in stupid big glasses and a buttoned up to the neck shirt, or faux 50's dress and Irregular Choice shoes and a ribbon in their hair on how you music choice is shit because some people have heard of the songs you like and they aren't available on vinyl. Or scoffing at you because you're not drinking some rare German beer, or ironically drinking Buckfast.
Well, do you know what, hipsters? I'd rather get up, put on a suit for work, drive there in my environmentally unfriendly car whilst listening to Radio 1, come home and have a glass of wine with my dinner in my home, rather than piss about all morning applying lashings of Urban Decay eyeliner, taking selfies of myself in stupid big glasses with a shirt buttoned up to the neck before cycling from a "kitsch" looking student type flat into town the piss about all day in a beer garden with my similarly deluded friends talking pseudo politics and spending my JSA on fair trade vegan halloumi wraps.
*applauds*
Great post
I was trying to cut down on the smilies, I don't care now..After sitting in my normal clothes with my 'abnormal' music dithering whether to get a bit of gin and tonic before the shops shut...:D
Meh JSA and halloumi, can only be done once every 3 months £2.80 for a wee bit bugger that..I might try the hipster diet....might lose a bit...then don my pvc jeans from my industrial/gothish days..hehe Meh how do you afford German Beers or Buckfast on that...they probably cadge off friends in high places I suspect.
I know the type, no concept at 30 of how real life works..Urban Decay make up, meh Rimmel at poundland, they are all style over substance!
Living in West Yorkshire I never see any of these types about really. It's just not a trend here at all so only hear the 'myths' if you will. And there's that 'Cool to be a ********' video that's been floating around for a few years that sort of paints a picture of them.
I was in Camden recently and did see all the types mentioned in the thread but never interacted with them or anything so no idea what they're like as people.
I don't have a running definition of a hipster. But one way to spot them is that they all seem to be required to consume the most absurdly expensive coffee in town.
To be fair, the scoffing at people who don't listen to music on vinyl and like to listen to MP3s is not limited to hipsters.
I do think the shirt buttoned all the way to the top thing is stupid, though. When I wore a shirt and tie to work I never even did up the top button.
The pipe brigade of the 60's-70's youth
My dad went through a second childhood at around 30 in the late eighties with his pipe and beard and vinyl, then started on Karl Wallinger and World Party..then scoffed at my music, by then it was a mishmash involving Skyclad, Therion, Die Krupps and Neubauten and Bowie of course..then 90's ish.. Faux political crowd, tried that when I was younger, no talking in practicalities to that bunch, they just quoted Karl Marx at you...rather than addressing day to day politics, hehe!
People change and mix and match...Just glad I am me at the end of it, I wear doc martens with purple jeans, tatty bauhaus T-shirt, or Bowie one, my M&S comfy warm jumpers, my primark undies, TK Maxx pilfered expensive cheap make up..Well do as I please and can afford, I may look a bit of a fright sometimes, but I am me and I only fit in with myself. No point in trying to fit in, I learned that a long time ago, just try to be comfy in my own vision
I am a bit jealous of people that have a working record player mine broke a while ago...not to be seen in charity shops meh, I have downscaled my records to about 15 now I think, includes 12 inch singles
Have a good Friday everyone and be yourself, don't be a larry (the lamb)
Nahh, most homosexuals I know are more secure in they don't need to be a dedicated follower of fashion...Bi ones like me are stuck between mod/goth and glam
My friend called me quirky and such a hipster for wearing a tweed coat and brogues. I don't think she meant it in a bad way, I think it's just the new word to describe a little offbeat.
Oooh I know many of those, all a few years post uni, incapable of finding a job and old enough to know better. There's nothing worse than being lectured by some knob in stupid big glasses and a buttoned up to the neck shirt, or faux 50's dress and Irregular Choice shoes and a ribbon in their hair on how you music choice is shit because some people have heard of the songs you like and they aren't available on vinyl. Or scoffing at you because you're not drinking some rare German beer, or ironically drinking Buckfast.
Well, do you know what, hipsters? I'd rather get up, put on a suit for work, drive there in my environmentally unfriendly car whilst listening to Radio 1, come home and have a glass of wine with my dinner in my home, rather than piss about all morning applying lashings of Urban Decay eyeliner, taking selfies of myself in stupid big glasses with a shirt buttoned up to the neck before cycling from a "kitsch" looking student type flat into town the piss about all day in a beer garden with my similarly deluded friends talking pseudo politics and spending my JSA on fair trade vegan halloumi wraps.
If it's old stuff on vinyl I might have heard of some of it.......hell, I might even like it......:o
when did they stop making records on vinyl ?
Apparently cassetes are making a comeback on the hipster scene. That's just wilfully perverse; nobody has EVER got nostalgic about "the warmth of cassettes".
Hipsters are people who follow all pointless trends, listen to awful music thats been told to them on the radio that its the best ever and they must like it etc etc. They also wear rather rubbish clothes..
They are easily recognisable as they all have iPhones, iPads and spend their spare time hanging around the Apple Store in search of a religious experience.
Oooh I know many of those, all a few years post uni, incapable of finding a job and old enough to know better. There's nothing worse than being lectured by some knob in stupid big glasses and a buttoned up to the neck shirt, or faux 50's dress and Irregular Choice shoes and a ribbon in their hair on how you music choice is shit because some people have heard of the songs you like and they aren't available on vinyl. Or scoffing at you because you're not drinking some rare German beer, or ironically drinking Buckfast.
Well, do you know what, hipsters? I'd rather get up, put on a suit for work, drive there in my environmentally unfriendly car whilst listening to Radio 1, come home and have a glass of wine with my dinner in my home, rather than piss about all morning applying lashings of Urban Decay eyeliner, taking selfies of myself in stupid big glasses with a shirt buttoned up to the neck before cycling from a "kitsch" looking student type flat into town the piss about all day in a beer garden with my similarly deluded friends talking pseudo politics and spending my JSA on fair trade vegan halloumi wraps.
That actually sounds like fun. They've developed a whole scene around old and cheap stuff to get around their predicament of being abandoned by politicians and saddled with so debt that they'll never be able to live as anything other than a trendy student.
They are easily recognisable as they all have iPhones, iPads and spend their spare time hanging around the Apple Store in search of a religious experience.
They are easily recognisable as they all have iPhones, iPads and spend their spare time hanging around the Apple Store in search of a religious experience.
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Meh been that way for as long as I can remember, each so called sub-culture trying to outdo each other I suppose.
I have taken out my facial piercings recently and I am being a rebel by slipping into my Marks and Sparks, wool mix jumper, while I listen to Einsturzende Neubauten, followed by some Bowie, or Carpenters, nice to be free of trying to fit in now that I am older.
It's irritating! There's this person in my college class who speaks to other people in the class myself included with the most condescending tone just because we don't all listen to whatever he's moshing to or have an attitude constantly.
BEST BAND. I have a tattoo of their symbol.
They are rather great...there for all to enjoy, a modern version of musique concrete I suppose! Have Halber Mensch on with headphones, as to not annoy anyone..
Well, do you know what, hipsters? I'd rather get up, put on a suit for work, drive there in my environmentally unfriendly car whilst listening to Radio 1, come home and have a glass of wine with my dinner in my home, rather than piss about all morning applying lashings of Urban Decay eyeliner, taking selfies of myself in stupid big glasses with a shirt buttoned up to the neck before cycling from a "kitsch" looking student type flat into town the piss about all day in a beer garden with my similarly deluded friends talking pseudo politics and spending my JSA on fair trade vegan halloumi wraps.
*applauds*
Great post
I was trying to cut down on the smilies, I don't care now..After sitting in my normal clothes with my 'abnormal' music dithering whether to get a bit of gin and tonic before the shops shut...:D
Meh JSA and halloumi, can only be done once every 3 months £2.80 for a wee bit bugger that..I might try the hipster diet....might lose a bit...then don my pvc jeans from my industrial/gothish days..hehe
I know the type, no concept at 30 of how real life works..Urban Decay make up, meh Rimmel at poundland, they are all style over substance!
I do think the shirt buttoned all the way to the top thing is stupid, though. When I wore a shirt and tie to work I never even did up the top button.
I was in Camden recently and did see all the types mentioned in the thread but never interacted with them or anything so no idea what they're like as people.
The pipe brigade of the 60's-70's youth
My dad went through a second childhood at around 30 in the late eighties with his pipe and beard and vinyl, then started on Karl Wallinger and World Party..then scoffed at my music, by then it was a mishmash involving Skyclad, Therion, Die Krupps and Neubauten and Bowie of course..then 90's ish..
People change and mix and match...Just glad I am me at the end of it, I wear doc martens with purple jeans, tatty bauhaus T-shirt, or Bowie one, my M&S comfy warm jumpers, my primark undies, TK Maxx pilfered expensive cheap make up..Well do as I please and can afford, I may look a bit of a fright sometimes, but I am me and I only fit in with myself. No point in trying to fit in, I learned that a long time ago, just try to be comfy in my own vision
I am a bit jealous of people that have a working record player mine broke a while ago...not to be seen in charity shops meh, I have downscaled my records to about 15 now I think, includes 12 inch singles
Have a good Friday everyone and be yourself, don't be a larry (the lamb)
Nahh, most homosexuals I know are more secure in they don't need to be a dedicated follower of fashion...Bi ones like me are stuck between mod/goth and glam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA5gJ0hZpCc&feature=kp
Could not help the kinks link by the way sorry..Great song though, great band..:D
No. The ghastly dress sense required to be a hipster is anathema to gays.
Ha ha!
Someone mentioned vinyl
If it's old stuff on vinyl I might have heard of some of it.......hell, I might even like it......:o
when did they stop making records on vinyl ?
Apparently cassetes are making a comeback on the hipster scene. That's just wilfully perverse; nobody has EVER got nostalgic about "the warmth of cassettes".
They are easily recognisable as they all have iPhones, iPads and spend their spare time hanging around the Apple Store in search of a religious experience.
That actually sounds like fun. They've developed a whole scene around old and cheap stuff to get around their predicament of being abandoned by politicians and saddled with so debt that they'll never be able to live as anything other than a trendy student.
That doesn't narrow it down much...
*Places Stephen Fry into the hipster file*
http://youtu.be/lVmmYMwFj1I
Fake specs are soooooooo 2010.
Mostly they are the living embodiment of the song Common People by Pulp.