Angry Rant Against Hipsters

Okay so lately (as in for the past month) something has been troubling me about pop culture. Hipsters. Now to me, being a self proclaimed fan of "Underground" and Alternative music. It pisses me off to see these fucking poseurs danceing in the street. This new wave of yuppie's has obviously become a mainstream obsession. To me its hipocrisy for a hipster to associate themselves with "Indie" music. These hipsters couldn't have less to do with Indie. Favorite hipster bands? I'd say The Kings of Leon or Modest Mouse. So called "Indie" bands. Indie is something else. Indie is appropriatly defined as music of any form, whether its Garage or Rap or Electronic or whatever, that is sold or distributed by Independant labels. Examples include SST Records, Domino Records, Def Jux, Metropolis, In The Red as well as various other record companies. Personally, I take the hipsters as a trend, for a start, LOOK AT THEM! The trendy clothes, the over the top ugly ass sunglasses, doesn't this sound and look like a well manufactured trend made by chain stores in a successful effort to sell to college kids? Now lets look at their background. Technically, the term indie has had many definitions but these days it refers to either A) Upper middle class to Upper class Yuppies that listen to so called "Indie" rock or B) Fans of intelligent Hip Hop music who are mostly of middle class background who dress a lot like the previously mentioned form of Hipster. Personally I dislike of both, they follow mainstream rock/rap but at the same time represent themselves as non conformist rebels (specifically the Indie Hipster). These days, within youth subculture, its impossible to be truly a rebel as A) you are already within the uniform per say of your subculture so conformity is impossible to escape and B) lets face it, the Hipsters are the new thing to promote by major labels, for gods sakes go on itunes and you will without doubt find a band composed of hipsters being promoted. Even better, look at the cast of Saturday Night Live lol.

Stereotypical Hipster:

• Large sunglasses or thick horn rimmed glasses
• Fashionable, expensive, or trendy clothes
• Listens to "Indie" bands that are actually on major labels (e.g. Yeah Yeah Yeahs)
• Jeans, neither skinny or baggy but inbetween
• Adidas or Converse sneakers
• Bandana like scarves, I know I hate them to
• Claims to be a know it all at Alternative music. But has never heard of Sonic Youth.
• Doesn't want to be labeled.
  
• Voted for Barack Obama.*

*Me being a self described Socialist, I view Obama as a false hope for real change, I don't agree with the Fox morons at all.

There we have it, feel free to disagree with me if you please, if by chance you are a hipster and I may of misunderstood your subculture, then please post your response in the comments section so I get a better understanding of the hipster culture.

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