Oh oh, I think I'm qualified for this label! Feel free to help me out with what qualifies on my Hipster CV below, I'm unsure on a few things:
+ I have a MacBook Pro that my lovely wife bought me because I don't have a job.
+ I converted one of my bikes to a single speed/fixed gear
+ I can't just "attend" concerts, I must be one of those annoying guys up front getting video on a 7D that I end up posting onto youtube (eventually) for everyone to enjoy.
+ I spend a lot of hours at various coffeeshops working on my websites.
+ I have an iPhone.
+ I have a beat up 1980 Chevy pickup (with an AM radio..mono!). I drive it about once a year though.
+ I use Facebook and Twitter and comment on blogs (this one).
+ I read Pitchfork and AVClub on a regular basis
+ I have made short movies a Fisher Price PXL 2000 Camera within the last couple of years.
+ Much to the dismay of my wife, I forget to look at my hair in the mirror before leaving the house.
+ I spent 18 months living out of the USA (but it was Australia/New Zealand, does this still count?)
+ Worked in a record store in the 90's
+ Am typing this at the Albina Press on 50th.
+ I went to Matador 21.
+ I have a beard.
+ I generally only drink PBR.
+ GAP and Goodwill are the last two places I have bought clothes from.
+ I don't think I've ever complained about hipsters, but complain greatly about people complaining about hipsters.
+ Came from a small town (Yakima, WA) and moved to the "big city".
+ Married a girl who went to Evergreen in the early 90's.
+ Most of the radio I listen to is online, either WFMU or KEXP.
+ Was on a softball team a couple years back.
Subtractions?
- Radiohead bores me to shits.
- Childhood-derived fear of dodgeball
- I like the Grateful Dead and have been to 10 shows.
- Have gone on very long hiking and biking trips with a lot of sleeping in the dirt and time between showers.
- Lived in Portland since 1996
- If you give me the necessary equipment, I can reload shotgun, rifle, and pistol ammunition.
- Was an actual computer nerd in high school without really any friends, people at the other end of my 1200bps modem were my friends.
- I really can't play any instruments and I am not in a band.
Maybe you should read Allan Ginsberg's "HOWL" and realize being refered to a "hipster" isn't as bad as you think it is.
+ I have a MacBook Pro that my lovely wife bought me because I don't have a job.
+ I converted one of my bikes to a single speed/fixed gear
+ I can't just "attend" concerts, I must be one of those annoying guys up front getting video on a 7D that I end up posting onto youtube (eventually) for everyone to enjoy.
+ I spend a lot of hours at various coffeeshops working on my websites.
+ I have an iPhone.
+ I have a beat up 1980 Chevy pickup (with an AM radio..mono!). I drive it about once a year though.
+ I use Facebook and Twitter and comment on blogs (this one).
+ I read Pitchfork and AVClub on a regular basis
+ I have made short movies a Fisher Price PXL 2000 Camera within the last couple of years.
+ Much to the dismay of my wife, I forget to look at my hair in the mirror before leaving the house.
+ I spent 18 months living out of the USA (but it was Australia/New Zealand, does this still count?)
+ Worked in a record store in the 90's
+ Am typing this at the Albina Press on 50th.
+ I went to Matador 21.
+ I have a beard.
+ I generally only drink PBR.
+ GAP and Goodwill are the last two places I have bought clothes from.
+ I don't think I've ever complained about hipsters, but complain greatly about people complaining about hipsters.
+ Came from a small town (Yakima, WA) and moved to the "big city".
+ Married a girl who went to Evergreen in the early 90's.
+ Most of the radio I listen to is online, either WFMU or KEXP.
+ Was on a softball team a couple years back.
Subtractions?
- Radiohead bores me to shits.
- Childhood-derived fear of dodgeball
- I like the Grateful Dead and have been to 10 shows.
- Have gone on very long hiking and biking trips with a lot of sleeping in the dirt and time between showers.
- Lived in Portland since 1996
- If you give me the necessary equipment, I can reload shotgun, rifle, and pistol ammunition.
- Was an actual computer nerd in high school without really any friends, people at the other end of my 1200bps modem were my friends.
- I really can't play any instruments and I am not in a band.