I know this guy.. He's from Jersey and goes to shows at Maxwell's in Hoboken all the time.. The last I saw him was on Saturday night where he got up on stage in a polka dot thong during the King Khan and the Shrines show and rolled around in glitter. He has a metal band that only writes songs about Christmas.
I can't for the life of me remember his name, but I like the one that LATFH has given him... BEANS
The Self-Loathing Creator of 'Look At This Fucking Hipster' Speaks
By Max Silvestri
Look At This Fucking Hipster is a very popular website. The site's writer is a good friend of mine, and though he'd rather stay anonymous, he agreed to answer some questions.
The first post went up just over five weeks ago, and since then the creator has kept up a steady stream of photos and the occasional video of hipsters/scenesters/indie kids/whatever trying really hard and looking like idiots alongside his own biting commentary. In this interview, he talks about the braindead emails he receives and why the site probably won't make him rich.
How does it feel to be an exciting new Internet sensation? It feels wonderful! My cup runneth over (with feces, that two women then start eating). No, in all honesty, it feels dumb. Really, really dumb.
What prompted you to start the site? At first, I wanted to help my dad start a blog called "IsThatAHipster?.com" Because, when he visits me in Williamsburg, that's literally what he says anytime a person walks by. But since he's old and doesn't know what a blog is, I decided to do this instead.
Do you actually hate hipsters? Quick follow up: what the fuck is a hipster? Are you one? I don't hate hipsters. Not at all. I just find them to be wildly fascinating. And if that sounds condescending, that's because yes, I am being condescending. Obviously. But I do think condescension comes from a gentler place, don't you? In fact, I think its weird how much other people seem to hate hipsters. For example, I'll occasionally post a YouTube of some terrible hipster band's music video. You should read the comments people leave on those videos after visiting my site. Some of them are like, "DIE HIPSTER! I WANT TO SHOOT YOU IN THE FACE!" What? No! How about you get shot in the face? I didn't intend for this to be some kind of hate crime website. Look at This Fucking Hipster is about laughing at clowns for being clowns. That's all.
The only hipsters I hate are the motherfuckers who write quasi-intellectual hate email to me. I get so many messages that are like, "Fuck you, man. You're the hipster...You're using a false term to describe something that's just a social construct." Okay, I get it, you went to college. What do you want from me? A grade? You want me to grade your email? 'F' There. You get an F. Go away. Everyone went to college.
Am I a hipster? I don't think so. I mean, I like MGMT a lot. But I'd never go to one of their shows.
It seems pretty clear that the people who love the site most are the same people it's mocking. Do you feel embarrassed for everyone involved? Yes. Especially the four people who actually bought t-shirts.
What do you think of the comparisons between LATFH and Vice's Dos and Don'ts? Oops! I forgot that Vice magazine held a patent for making fun of idiots. I should probably stop.
What's your favorite band? Tinted Windows
Getting rights to publish photos probably makes a book hard. What happens now? Yeah, with all the legal issues involved, I don't see a LATFH book happening. Which is too bad, I bet a ton of people would have wanted a book full of content they can already get for free online. You know, like that best-selling IMDB book.
Got a Rake? Sure!
IMCT: Inane Middle-Class Twats - Dr. M
" *sigh* it's right when they throw the penis pump out the window." -Hoy
eumaas wrote:Mark Prindle shitting mainly on indie: http://markprindle.com/hip.htm
Some of the reviews are positive, though.
I don't take that too seriously. He seems too old to really want to try to get into anything. It's almost as if he hears one song once and says it is "boring."
But hey, we both love the Santogold album.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
It's come to this: you have to dress like a hipster to not be mistaken for a hipster.
So, plain t shirt and jeans I've been so ahead of my time it's untrue then, I'd like to describe it as nice and tidy but skint and as soon as I get that job I'll upgrade if I get around to it as It's not that fuckin' important to me anymore...
'People like Coldplay and people voted for the Nazi's, you can't trust people Jeremy':- Super Hans
'Hayes ... is one of the most godforsaken places I have ever struck. The population seems to be entirely made up of clerks who frequent tin-roofed chapels on Sundays and for the rest bolt themselves within doors.' - George Orwell
The hipster-on-hipster violence that is the recent trendiness of...and recent-er anti-trendiness trendiness backlash to..."man buns" perplexes me.
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It's been a good two years since I've seen a man bun. So the world hasn't been complete bloody flux in that time.
"I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back in Whittier, they're not much bigger than two meters.'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
