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hipster runoff
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Indie Garbage Pail Kids
Culture Buzz Work out your hipster hate with gross puns. The Passion Pit card covers everything. Although, I gotta say, Yeasayer comes out looking badass. (Via Sorry I Missed Your Show)
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Who Will Save American Apparel?
Business Buzz Will Justin Bieber or the Backstreet Boys be able to save this failing company? (Via Flavorwire.)
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Image: From Hipster To Hippie
To be fair, a dude could probably also go from prep to hippie in 6 steps. 1. Trade khakis for jeans. 2. Strip to undershirt 3. Skip haircut. 4. Skip laundry. 5. Sell sailboat 6. Acquire drum. Tada!
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Image: How to Make “Chillwave” Music
In the latest ALT news, a musical instrument store in Austin, TX is advertising their “chillwave” synths. Good luck to you, and I hope to hear you one day on an iPad commercial.
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Video: iPod Shuffle Talks to You
What if the new iPod shuffle made fun of you and your lame Pitchfork-approved music taste? Irony ensues. This is funny because it makes fun of a ludicrous new iPod feature as well as people who like “indie” music.
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Link: Hipster Runoff Exegesis
http://hroexegesis.blogspot.com/
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Finally, a way for my mother to understand Hipster Runoff. Who knew that Carles was so concerned with post-colonialism?
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Link: The Memefication of Your Band
http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/2009/03/the-memefication-of-...
Carles from Hipster Runoff illustrates the roadmap to becoming a successful band using the internet. I enjoy this blog for its alt vs main analysis and use of the word “dudebro,” but this breakdown of how indie bands achieve success is kind of sad but true. But then again, what do I know?
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Tao Lin
Culture Buzz Is this the mysterious Carles of Hipster Runoff fame? (UPDATE: probably not. Sad.) He's a Brooklyn poet with a quirky blog and a press that publishes Gchat conversations (and other things). The writing styles really are similar, but meaningful-speak is everywhere these days, so who can be sure.
