MetaFilter posts tagged with hipster

The Future Is Getting Brighter Every Year

Mountain Goatse — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:38:52 -0800

The Evolution of the Hipster 2000-2009

Coming soon to a ghettoblaster in Dolores Park.

MiltonRandKalman — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:29:09 -0800

All You Haters (Suck My Balls) (slightly NSFW) by LA- and Denver-based short-film makers Nix Bros

Straight from the fridge

mippy — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:21:02 -0800

Speak like a 1950s hipster.

Hipster He-Man.

chunking express — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:17:53 -0800

It's Hipster He-Man. Does what it says on the box.

Performance, it's the name of the game

Premeditated Symmetry Breaking — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:57:02 -0800

Performance, it's the name of the game. (SLYT) For cyclists who are sick of being associated with hipsters on fixies, this track is for you (and me).

Odds are if you're a hipster, you'll laugh...

azarbayejani — Sun, 17 May 2009 09:55:05 -0800

How to Impress a Hipster If you need help defining hipster look no further than Wikipedia (for a hilariously detailed article) or the linked site Some accurate examples: -Darren Aronofsky -Joy Division -Marcel Duchamp ("the scapegoat for bad art") -Blade Runner -Un Chien Andalou -Maurice Sendak (double points if you mention that "Where the Wild Things Are" is being directed by Spike Jonze, a hipster director) -Vinyl Collecting -Gallery Openings

The Hipster Grifter

R. Mutt — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 08:56:46 -0800

Kari Ferrell is on Salt Lake City's Most Wanted List. Apparently Ms. Ferrell has moved from Utah to New York and has been hanging out with the hipsters in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Within the space of a half-hour, Ms. Ferrell was peppering him with questions about his sexual history—how many women he’d slept with and so on. “She was coming on to me, and I was super into it for the first part of it,” he said. “I realized I could have fun after work—but then I was like, ‘Let me check this girl out.’”

getting down, all over town

heeeraldo — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:10:27 -0800

100 days. 100 places. 100 dances.

"For the rest of the evening my name will be Violetta."

goodnewsfortheinsane — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:23:35 -0800

Radar magazine: Secrets of a hipster hooker.

The state of hipster typography

mediocre — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:20:25 -0800

Ever since Napoleon Dynamite became a surprise hit in the summer of 2003, and the subsequent rise of Judd Apatow a trend in sentimental but cynical film comedy was born. But this post isn't about the comedy.. Napoleon Dynamite was a film dominated by artwork, specifically the pencil sketches of the protagonist. The child-like scrawlings meant to incite the memories of unbridled enthusiasm that youth brings. Moreso then any other specific typography, the words in the film were either a crude script of dubious penmanship or something akin to Action Jackson. Variants are seen, but it is most often seen as a hand-drawn, blocky font, often shadowed for added awesome. Soon, more movies with similarly quirky characters started coming out. The colored-pencil scrawl style has become a means of pandering to a specific demographic. The hip ster. When your movie poster needs to convey a youthful romanticism, go for Action Jackson. When you need to appeal to the ironic sentimentality of your late teenage years, Action Jackson is where it's at. It doesn't stop at movies and television either. Are you a comedian and need to convey cynicism but with a childlike wink and a nod? Go for Action Jackson. Or just write it poorly, possibly with the wrong hand. What does the future of Action Jackson hold? Only time will tell..

Buzz is forever?

l33tpolicywonk — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:18:24 -0800

Lord of the Memes : Now that MeFi has taught me how to beat the hipsters, how do I beat the poseurs? David Brooks says "prestige has shifted from the producer of art to the aggregator and the appraiser;" the cultural elite are early adopters and, more importantly, early discarders, of culture. The article is worthwhile if only because Brooks provides an interesting narration on what being cool by being anti-cool has meant in the last 75 years or so. Has the exponential growth of culture blurred the lines between high and low culture? If we no longer define cultural literacy by a set of notable reference points, can we even speak of a one culture?

If it's not bleeding, it all sounds like clicks and whistles to me.

Navelgazer — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:22:09 -0800

Protectors of the Earth. Also, the Hipster Government. All of this courtesy of Your Girlfriend. Via.

Hipster - The End of Wester Civilization

Happy Dave — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:59:56 -0800

Self-described 'culture-jammers' Adbusters identify the greatest threat to our way of life - the hipster. First used to describe white jazz afficionados in the 40's, the alternative subculture it now describes is defined by both the intensity of apparent hatred for it, and the difficulty in finding anyone who will admit they are one. What's the deal with hipsters? Are they a literal plague of social mimicry and shallowness, a cross-breeding experiment with productivity fetishists, or just a meme for promoting shitty bands? Or perhaps the whole thing is just a marketing ploy for cheap beer.

How To Speak Hip

Del Far — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:24:17 -0800

How To Speak Hip with Del Close and John Brent

"Nasty, brutish and short" indeed

dersins — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 17:03:20 -0800

Urban Scout. Sincere crusader for sustainable living or poseur hipster douchebag? [last link is google video]

Hipster Olympics

defenestration — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 20:10:36 -0800

Hipster Olympics: We're forced to assume that our contestants' participation is strictly ironic.

Blipster?!

dhammond — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 18:44:59 -0800

The New York Times on Being Black and Indie You're an African American, but you prefer Bloc Party to 50 Cent. Fear not, young "blipster," you're no longer the only black guy at the indie rock show! [via]

If there's a party at her house get really drunk and pass out in her bed

dial-tone — Thu, 07 Jul 2005 15:59:14 -0800

The Rules of Hipster Dating insites into "The Real World, and other dispatches from The Jesus of Failure.

C'mon People Now, Shine on Your Hipster

dhoyt — Fri, 31 Oct 2003 14:00:09 -0800

C'mon People Now, Shine on Your Hipster • "A new and disturbing trend has sprung up as of late in our great city (NYC): beating up hipsters for sport. Sucker punching Williamsburg trendsters is the new Whack-A-Mole. It's cow-tipping for urbanites. It's blowing up mailboxes, but with less angst and more anger." (more inside)

Movie Time!

sodalinda — Tue, 29 Jul 2003 15:25:59 -0800

Make Your Own Movie. Actually, what I think I love best about this is the stereotypically hipster-esque cast of character options. Ahh, cartoon hipsters!

XeniFilter

turbodog — Thu, 17 Jul 2003 16:58:35 -0800

Hipster Bingo is coming to your favorite rock club or coffee shop. [via boingboing]