A wee blurb from the
INTERNATIONAL HIPSTER COALITION
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*WE'RE RECLAIMING THE NAME, DAMNIT!*
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A word that once had noble and cool associations is now being flanted by every card-carrying metrosexual, trend follower, and mamma's boy!
See - being someone who believes that all things evolve, I still hold true that if the core belief and ideals behind the meaning of a word/definition/concept alters drastically, the word needs reclaiming by those, like me, who believe in the word's true meaning. It's roots are in jazz, and its ideals are forward-thinkin', cool, and smooth! It's slipped all nice into 50's slang, and still held true through the whole beat generation, the - poof! One day it appears again as crap!
That's why I've started the IHC group!
I see the word "hipster" tossed around in use for the most predictable trend chasers and artsy phonies, as well as within the names of bars, clothes, and so on, who realize the marketing savvy behind the new misue of the term. What pisses me off the most is the combination of the overused words "urban" & "hipster". There's nothin' "urban" 'bout a bad pair of sneaks that cost the equivalent of 1/2 a months rent, or the ned to own the "latest" techno-toy - nor is there anything even remotely "hip" or "hep" about this!
The word has also aquired another meaning. That of one who rides the wave of fashion trend. It seems that all of the latest and most expensive toys are a must for this new, phony "hipster" ideal - a copy of MAXIM for the self-masturbatory pleasures of any modern turd!
Then, there's the bland "metrosexuals"...what the fuck? You a man - be a man. You a gal - be the gal ya be, and don't let NOBODY on TV tell ya how your apartment should look, your clothes should be worn, or your sensitivities increased beyond the rational and natural - we are who we are! Common sense has been lost and taken over by books, TV shows, and trenda tellin' us what's best for us - USE YOUR MINDS, CATS!
Those "modern hipsters" (meaning in today's clubs) seem to have attempted to aquire some grating faux-vernacular that pales in comparison to the true hipster lingo, as it's used for rediculous things like "flubber" forbreast implants, "nancy" for ass, and the variation on "lettuce" or "cabbage" for money - they call it "kale"...How very sad their Hummer drivin', Blackberry usin', yoga absorbed worlds must be!
Where are the thinkers and movers and shakers? Where are the folks challenging boundaries, creating the new ideas? The folks who Mailer described as possessing "a psychopathic brilliance" and "a dark, romantic, and yet undeniably dynamic view of existence." The real hipsters are rebels and frontiersmen, where as today's poor bastards seem to be superficial and full of shite.
What happened to true subcultures? They exist, but they've become so commonplace and marketed to death that they're almost a parody of the true idea.
Hell, the terms "Bipster" (blue-collar hipster) and "The Schmooze" (a self-explanatory personality type that describes 98 per cent of any metropolis' media folk) show up in Robert Lanham's pathetic book "The Hipster Handbook", an unfortunate guide for today's hipsters!
What happened to the poeticism and jaz-backed slang of hipster lingo? The jazz rhythm behind things like "axe" for your musical instument, or "beat" for beatific and hep, or "bistin' your conk" for havin' a good time? Do ya "collar all my jive?" - do ya get it? Cool as an intellectual term describing a far-thinker, also used for someone who maintains it through any and all storms! Now, cats 'n kittens, do ya got your boots on? Ya get it yet?
Well, either way, all y'all who do join this group be jake with me! Plant ya now and dig ya later, Gator!
T.paul
a.k.a.
SwankHipster
moderator ~ the IHC
tribes.tribe.net/internati...rcoalition
INTERNATIONAL HIPSTER COALITION
*******************************
*WE'RE RECLAIMING THE NAME, DAMNIT!*
tribes.tribe.net/internati...rcoalition
A word that once had noble and cool associations is now being flanted by every card-carrying metrosexual, trend follower, and mamma's boy!
See - being someone who believes that all things evolve, I still hold true that if the core belief and ideals behind the meaning of a word/definition/concept alters drastically, the word needs reclaiming by those, like me, who believe in the word's true meaning. It's roots are in jazz, and its ideals are forward-thinkin', cool, and smooth! It's slipped all nice into 50's slang, and still held true through the whole beat generation, the - poof! One day it appears again as crap!
That's why I've started the IHC group!
I see the word "hipster" tossed around in use for the most predictable trend chasers and artsy phonies, as well as within the names of bars, clothes, and so on, who realize the marketing savvy behind the new misue of the term. What pisses me off the most is the combination of the overused words "urban" & "hipster". There's nothin' "urban" 'bout a bad pair of sneaks that cost the equivalent of 1/2 a months rent, or the ned to own the "latest" techno-toy - nor is there anything even remotely "hip" or "hep" about this!
The word has also aquired another meaning. That of one who rides the wave of fashion trend. It seems that all of the latest and most expensive toys are a must for this new, phony "hipster" ideal - a copy of MAXIM for the self-masturbatory pleasures of any modern turd!
Then, there's the bland "metrosexuals"...what the fuck? You a man - be a man. You a gal - be the gal ya be, and don't let NOBODY on TV tell ya how your apartment should look, your clothes should be worn, or your sensitivities increased beyond the rational and natural - we are who we are! Common sense has been lost and taken over by books, TV shows, and trenda tellin' us what's best for us - USE YOUR MINDS, CATS!
Those "modern hipsters" (meaning in today's clubs) seem to have attempted to aquire some grating faux-vernacular that pales in comparison to the true hipster lingo, as it's used for rediculous things like "flubber" forbreast implants, "nancy" for ass, and the variation on "lettuce" or "cabbage" for money - they call it "kale"...How very sad their Hummer drivin', Blackberry usin', yoga absorbed worlds must be!
Where are the thinkers and movers and shakers? Where are the folks challenging boundaries, creating the new ideas? The folks who Mailer described as possessing "a psychopathic brilliance" and "a dark, romantic, and yet undeniably dynamic view of existence." The real hipsters are rebels and frontiersmen, where as today's poor bastards seem to be superficial and full of shite.
What happened to true subcultures? They exist, but they've become so commonplace and marketed to death that they're almost a parody of the true idea.
Hell, the terms "Bipster" (blue-collar hipster) and "The Schmooze" (a self-explanatory personality type that describes 98 per cent of any metropolis' media folk) show up in Robert Lanham's pathetic book "The Hipster Handbook", an unfortunate guide for today's hipsters!
What happened to the poeticism and jaz-backed slang of hipster lingo? The jazz rhythm behind things like "axe" for your musical instument, or "beat" for beatific and hep, or "bistin' your conk" for havin' a good time? Do ya "collar all my jive?" - do ya get it? Cool as an intellectual term describing a far-thinker, also used for someone who maintains it through any and all storms! Now, cats 'n kittens, do ya got your boots on? Ya get it yet?
Well, either way, all y'all who do join this group be jake with me! Plant ya now and dig ya later, Gator!
T.paul
a.k.a.
SwankHipster
moderator ~ the IHC
tribes.tribe.net/internati...rcoalition
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