Wednesday, June 30, 2010

HIPSTER RUNOFF

HIPSTER RUNOFF

NPR releases ‘top 50 albums of 2010′ according 2 their listeners, seem in2 old, stale indie rock

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 01:35 PM PDT

Link: http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2010/06/29/128189562/results2010sofar#more


NPR (National Public Radio) is in the middle of overhauling their brand since smart people don’t listen to the radio any more. They basically have to focus on podcasting/trying to be a music referral service for uncultured suburbanites who haven’t found their fave music blog yet.

It seems like they had a poll on their website, asking listeners ‘what is yalls fave albums of 2k10 so far”. Feel like their results yielded an in-depth look into the state of cool dad indie rock. Feel like if you are in this list, either you ’sell a shit load of albums 2 mainstreamers’, or ur brand has a tone that is approachable 4 older people:

1. Gorillaz: Plastic Beach
2. The National: High Violet
3. The Black Keys: Brothers
4. Broken Bells: Broken Bells
5. LCD Soundsystem: This Is Happening
6. Vampire Weekend: Contra
7. Beach House: Teen Dream
8. Mumford and Sons: Sigh No More
9. Spoon: Transference
10. Sleigh Bells: Treats
11. Local Natives: Gorilla Manor
12. Yeasayer: Odd Blood
13. The New Pornographers: Together
14. Flying Lotus: Cosmogramma
15. She & Him: Volume Two
16. Band of Horses: Infinite Arms
17. Jonsi: Go
18. The Knife: Tomorrow, In A Year
19. Broken Social Scene: Forgiveness Rock Record
20. Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings: I Learned The Hard Way
21. MGMT: Congratulations
22. Joanna Newsom: Have One On Me
23. Josh Ritter: So Runs The World Away
24. Janelle Monae: The ArchAndroid
25. Frightened Rabbit: The Winter Of Mixed Drinks
26. Surfer Blood: Astro Coast
27. Dr. Dog: Shame, Shame
28. Caribou: Swim
29. Dead Weather: Sea Of Cowards
30. Crystal Castles: Crystal Castles (II)
31. Gaslight Anthem: American Slang
32. Hold Steady: Heaven Is Whenever
33. Massive Attack: Heligoland
34. Freelance Whales: Weathervanes
35. Charlotte Gainsbourg: IRM
36. Jakob Dylan: Women And Country
37. Laura Veirs: July Flame
38. Four Tet: There Is Love In You
39. Blitzen Trapper: Destroyer Of The Void
40. The Flaming Lips: Dark Side Of The Moon
41. Ratatat: LP4
42. Erykah Badu: New Amerykah Pt. 2, Return Of The Ankh
43. Owen Pallett: Heartland
44. Quasi: American Gong
45. Kings Go Forth: Outsiders Are Back
46. Corinne Bailey Rae: The Sea
47. Sade: Soldier Of Love
48. Laura Marling: I Speak Because I Can
49. Bettye LaVette: Interpretations: The British Songbook
50. David Byrne: Here Lies Love

Feel like the ‘boringness’ of that list made this post super boring. Really possibly ‘regret’ this post and how it isn’t really a ‘buzzy’ enough list of artists 4 my progressive tastes, but at the same time, just wanted yall to know what older indie fans are listening to, and what 2 try 2 avoid when u make ur ‘Best Albums of the Year’ lists. Sorta like a ‘public service’ warning for ur personal brand/iPod

Who are yall surprised to see on this list?
Are these bands all ‘for ’?
Is Vampire Weekend the perfect band because they appeal 2 AND wannabe alt tweens?
Who will be the #1 album/band of 2k10?
Will NPR listeners just ’shit their pants’ when the new Arcade Fire is released?
Is Gorillaz/LCD Soundsystem for ?
Will NPR listeners ‘get’ the new Panda Bear?
Should NPR dads ride chillwaves?
Will NPR listeners ’start to read HRO’ after it was named ‘Time Magazine’s #1 blog of 2k10′?

Thom Yorke wears a headband to try to look like an entry level alt

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 12:27 PM PDT


Gonna try to wear an accessory
that makes me look younger
that helps me appeal to a younger generation of bros
that helps me recapture an entry-level spirit.

My name is Thom
I’ve written some of the most important CD albums of the past 100 years
become a global visionary
environmental leader
and an internet marketing and music industry guru [via In_Rainbows]

But it’s time for me to reach a new fan base
The young ppl
The down market alt tweens
I know I reached an entire generation of young druggies in the past

but the new crop doesn’t know why they should enjoy me.
Me and my band, the Radioheads
Not sure if they even know what a ‘radio’ is
might have to change our name to ‘iPodhead’

Just wearing a headband
doin the damn thang
Gettin my riff on

Might buy a headband + wristband combo pack
to really align my arm brand
with my head brand
coming 2gether as 1

Does look ‘entry level’ in a headband?
Do yall like the Radioheads?
IS he ‘ripping off’ Richard Tenenbaums?
Can Radiohead appeal 2 a new generation, or does every1 already like them?
Is Radiohead the #1 band in the world?
Is radiohead the #1 band of the 90s/2000s?

“laters”

-thom in a headband

2 altbros sneak into rave music festival, vlog about how they are ‘the shit’

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 08:19 AM PDT


2 altbros based in the Los Angeles area had a dream–to go to a meaningful music festival/electro rave without paying the massive charges + convenience fees required to enter the event. The Electric Daisy Carnival continues to be showcased as one of the most ‘poorly run events’ in the world after many riots/stampedes broke out, and some 15 year old tween overdosed on E during the event.

These bros aren’t really helping out the music festival, which is getting ‘a lot of shit’ right now from the local government/blogspots on the internet. Worried that the local government in LA is gonna shut down . Wish they’d be chill and let old stadiums be utilized for alt events instead of mainstream sporting events. U can see that these altbros in the videos cultivate ‘more joy’ from being around a bunch of drugged up people than they would if they played youth sports.

Wonder if this video proves that the Electro Daisy is ‘poorly run’. Wonder if they are gonna ’shut that shit down.’
These bros seem meaningful, really in touch with technology, utilizing photoshop to make meaningful wristbands 2 sneak in. Feel like maybe festivals should start using retinal scanning + hardcore electric fences to make sure people don’t sneak in. They might have 2 consult the US government.

Do we live in an era where ‘every1 is part of the media’?
Do people sneak into all the time?
Do u think people have been killed at , but promoters ‘hid’ the body just so there wasn’t any negative press?
Are these 2 altbros ‘ass holes’ or were we all like that the first time we ‘got VIP access’/'illegally snuck in’ 2 some relevant concert?
Are bad for society?
Is there a new generation of altbros emerging?
Does this video seem ‘meaningful’ 2 u?
Do u think they missed an opportunity to get tons of youtube hits since they didn’t film violence/chaos, and instead got caught up in the boring spirit of live music?

Teen dies after drug overdose at Los Angeles Rave, Local News ‘all over that shit’ with coverage

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 06:34 AM PDT

Link: http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/news/local/electric-daisy-festival-injuries-20100628
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The Electric Daisy Carnival was a Los Angeles based rave that took place in an empty football stadium. It was rumored to have attracted 185K alternative raver tweens who just wanted to party hard 2 electro music. After seeing so many weirdos attend [link] and seeing + stampedes break out [link], it seems like some 15 year old girl overdosed at the event. Seems like a bad thing to have a teen OD at your music festival. Can’t believe her family ‘pulled the plug’ on her. Wonder if they were disappointed in her, or thought she was making bad life decisions.

A 15-year-old girl who attended last weekend’s Electric Daisy Carnival at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum died on Tuesday from a suspected drug overdose, authorities said.

The girl, whose name was not released, was in respiratory arrest when she arrived at California Hospital Medical Center and never recovered, a hospital official told the Los Angeles Times.

What drug do yall think she was on?

Do people die at raves all the time [via OD]? Is it a bad idea to try to monetize a ‘rave’ as a music festival?
Is the Electric Daisy Festival ‘gonna get its ass shut down’?

Feel like the local news is ‘having a field day’ with this story since it is probably relevant to Los Angeles families, since their kids are in the middle of an electro rebellious era:

Seems like the girl shouldn’t even have been allowed in the doors. I guess when u throw a festival, u just want to make as much money as possible:

The website for the electronic music festival said the guests had to be at least 16, raising the question of how the girl got into the event.

Feel bad for the people who run LA Coliseum. It once hosted the Olympics, but isn’t really a modern facility, so they have to find excuses to use it to try to make some money. Since it is a second class facility that holds over 100,000 people, they usually use it for Mexican soccer games or Cali-tween raves.

“On behalf of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission, I express our dismay and deep sadness on the death of the young woman who attended the Electric Daisy Carnival,” Barry A. Sanders, president of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission said. “We send our sincere condolences to her family.”

Sanders said he called a special meeting of the commission “to review all the circumstances and the criteria for insuring that event promoters in our facilities have proper procedures in place to protect the health and safety of all attendees.”

“We will always be committed to the well-being of everyone who visits the Coliseum and Sports Arena.”

Seems like they are just happy to make ‘mad bank’ even if it means some1 dying

“This is basically a government-encouraged drug fest. That’s the wrong message,” Dr. Brian Johnston, director of the emergency room at White Memorial Medical Center told the Times. “It’s putting people at risk unnecessarily. It’s putting people’s health at risk.”

Jon Lee, director of marketing for the Coliseum and Los Angeles Sports Arena, called the event “a success” and said a very small percentage of the attendees misbehaved.

“We don’t like to see problems, but the vast majority had a good time without incident,” Lee said.

The Coliseum, built on state land, is run by a joint city, county and state commission. The Coliseum does not receive any taxpayer subsidies and is financially independent. It is expected to earn well over six figures from the weekend rave, or as much profit as a couple of USC games, Pat Lynch, its general manager, told the Times.

Is Electric Daisy Carnival ‘going down the shitter’?
Will it be back next year?
Will some local city council person build their re-election platform against ’shutting down rave death traps’?
Are ravers ‘the new punks’/anarchists/etc?
Should raves be monetized / earn millions of dollars?
Is Los Angeles the rave capital of the world, and should they look to ‘rebrand’?
Has electro spiraled out of control?
Do all teens who use deserve 2 die?
Can we call any of the artists/DJs who performed at EDC ‘murderers’? (Steve Aoki, Rivers Cuomo, Lil Jon, tons of other DJs)
Is the local news just produced to ’scare old people’ and fuel their disdain of young people?

Is the ‘party promoter’ fucked, or is he just rolling around in money, rolling on ecstasy?

Snarky JPG Meme emerges ‘making fun of’ the ‘hipster fashion cycle’

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 05:57 AM PDT

Link: http://www.buzzfeed.com/melismashable/hipster-fashion-cycle


It seems like some1 designed this picture to create a ’snarky take’ on the hipster cycle. The JPG photo, possibly designed in Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator seems to try to ‘analyze trends.’ Assuming that ‘hipsters’ are on the cutting edge of culture, this photographic tries to ‘give in depth analysis’ on how ‘effing hipsters’ try so hard 2 be individuals, but don’t realize that they are ‘just part of a fickle cycle.’

Really opened my eyes, and made me feel like I wasn’t unique [via Fight Club/Tyler Durden/Brad Pitt].

Do yall think this meme is ‘insightful’, ‘duh’, or ‘just plain wrong’?
Are there any problems
Do yall feel like every phase of the /trend cycle is sorta ironic/post-trendy?

So many mainstreamers trying to go viral with ‘hipster memes.’

Do yall think this cycle applies to every hipster /trend?
(Yes/No) Mom Jeans
(Yes/No) Shuttershades
(Yes/No) Fixed Gear Bicycles
(Yes/No) Twitter
(Yes/No) Facebook
(Yes/No) Skinny Jeans
(Yes/No) Vintage thriftwave shopping
(Yes/No) being Richie Tenenbaum for halloween
(Yes/No) being Margot Tenenbaum for Halloween
(Yes/No) Record Hats
(Yes/No) The XX
(Yes/No) chillwave
(Yes/No) Animal Collectives
(Yes/No) masturbating
(Yes/No) Child Predator glasses
(Yes/No) Palestinian Scarves
(Yes/No) Fedoras
(Yes/No) Duvets
(Yes/No) working at a coffee shop
(Yes/No) working at a starbucks
(Yes/No) going vegan
(Yes/No) going to Six Flags
(Yes/No) wearing khakis
(Yes/No) drinking soy milk
(Yes/No) memeing on the internet

Just trying to ‘break down’ this meme, and see if it is ‘truly insightful’ or if

Do yall think this infographic is ‘correct’?
Do yall adopt trends or do u transcend them?
Do u h8 ‘effing hipsters’?
Do all alternative trends turn mainstream, and all conservative mainstream trends turn alt?

Prince Charles goes to Music Festival to try to appeal to UK alts, seems old & out of place

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 07:30 PM PDT

Link: http://www.thedailyswarm.com/headlines/prince-charles-rocks-glastonbury/


From what I understand, England / the UK still has Kings and Queens who make national decisions for their country. Sounds kinda like a dictatorship 2 me. Anyways, there is some dude named Prince Charles who is waiting to be King, but he is all old, and the Queen is still alive, so he just gets to party and bang chicks.

I think he went to Glastonbury Music Festival to try to reach a new demographic of voters: Young UK alts who listen to the XX, MUSE, and Coldplay.

Seems ‘out of place’, like a grandpa in an Urby Outfitties.

What do yall know about Prince Charles?
What bands do u think he vibed out to?

From what I understand, when Prince Charles married Princess Diana, it was a ‘pre-internet mega meme’ because it represented the ‘fairy tale wedding’ that all women wanted 2 experience.

From what I understand, Prince Charles ‘cheated’ on Diana, and told his mistress that he wanted to be converted into a tampon so he could be inside her sweey pussie 4evr:

* Charles to Camilla, in an intercepted telephone call: “I want to feel my way along you, all over you and up and down you and in and out. Oh God, I’ll just live inside your trousers or something — it would be much easier.”

* Camilla: “What are you going to turn into, a pair of knickers? Oh, you’re going to come back as a pair of knickers.”

* Charles: “Or, God forbid, a Tampax (tampon). Just my luck!” Camilla: “You are a complete idiot! Oh, what a wonderful idea.”

Seems like a mad hornie bro. Glad he went to a music festival to look at some hot, young alt ass.

Is Prince Charles a chill bro?
Does n e 1 know how the UK government works? What’s the difference between the United Kingdom and England?
Do u wish Barry Obama would show up at Coachella/Lollapalooza/Pitchfork Music Festival?