Wednesday, December 15, 2010

HIPSTER RUNOFF

HIPSTER RUNOFF

BREAKING: New version of Snacks the Cat girl emerges

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 05:26 PM PST


Snacks the Cat Girl [link] is the winner of the 2010 HIPSTER RUNOFF Halloween Contest.

U might remember her wonderful smile and QT cuteness.

It seems like there is a new girl who wants to be SnacksTheCatGirl in town.

She even seems to have her own 'cat prop' who looks like Snacks the Cat.

Is the Original Snacks the Cat girl 'being replaced'?

Is Snacks the Cat Girl 2.0 the next 'HRO it girl'?
Will Snacks the Cat Girl 4.0 emerge?

Miss u bb...

Are SnckstheCatGrls 'way better' than the original Snacks the Cat?

GRAPHIC VIDEO: Joanna Newsom brings dead animals on stage when she plays Letterman

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 12:21 PM PST

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Joanna Newsom, known as 'the Krazy Harp Lady of indie Music' went on David Letterman with her harp and sang a song and made a bunch of weird faces. It seems like David Letterman just asked her on the show so he could make fun of her/disrespect her as an artist. He said that her 'stage setup' looked like Sarah Palin's den because there were a bunch of dead animals everywhere.

C'mon Joanna... U can't be bringing all of these dead animals on national TV if u want to 'go mainstream.' U need to be more like Feist or something.

The song/video was pretty boring, so I just pretended Joanna was having a conversation with the dead duck that she brought on stage.

The duck seems chill. Sorta wish he has a buzzband instead of Joanna Newsom. Could rlly go for some quackwave music.

Did Joanna Newsom have a 'crappy 2k10' or did she 'do well' because 'critics' still liked her album?
Will she ever be able 2 sell albums?
Did Letterman 'tear her apart'?
Do u <3 harpwave music?

Is Joanna Newsom KrAzY bc she <3s dead animals?
Do u think she should be chiller abt animal rights?
Do u know if she has an endangered species collection?
Should I go to a Joanna Newsom concert and throw dead animals at her while she is playing?
Do u think Joanna Newsom likes 2 chill behind the dumpster at ur local PETCO?

Michael Cera keeps wearing a red beanie on his buzzband's world tour

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 10:02 AM PST

Photos by Pam Cantu


Hey it's me
Mikey Cera
I'm just wearin my red beanie
playing in the buzzband Mister Heavenly

Let's be honest
No1 really cares abt our music
but at least u get to see a 'movie star' in person
Our tour has been decent, but my bandmates are kinda pissed
that I am getting all the attention
and no1 really cares about our music

It really feels like they are waiting for me to 'recite movie lines'
Which I am certainly willing 2 do
but I think my bandmates might be pissed off + regretting this decision 2 let me in the band.

Watch this video of me trying to 'act natural' on stage
I'm an actor
so I really pull it off well.

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It's great to be Mikey Cera
a multitalented Actor + Musician
Maybe I will become the next Jared Leto?
Or Zooey Deschanel?

Do u <3 Mikey Cera?
Does he need to 'give up' his buzzband dreams?
Will Mister Heavenly get a 'pitchfork bump' because Mikey Cera is in the band?
Will Mister Heavenly 'get a lot of buzz' at SXSW 2k11 just because of Mike Serra?
Does Cerabro need to 'give up' on the buzzband dream and focus on his acting career?
Does he seem like a talented bass player?

Deakin spotted creepin' at a local Brooklyn DIY show

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 06:52 AM PST

Photo by http://weirdmagic.biz/2010/12/foto-weekend-in-magic/


Sup yall
It's me
The Deak

"The Deak is on." -Glenn Frey

Just fuckin chillin
Don't mind me
By the way...
Did u hear that I'm back in Animal Collective?

Let's just say I went from being an indie celeb pussy magnet
to becoming a fucking super magnet
Bitches straight up throw their panties at me
Hoping to get a serving of my "Peace Bone"

"Don't Stop Deakin' about 2morrow." -Fleetwood Collective

Hold on, gotta go mingle with Schreibs
The other bros in AnCo don't realize that maintaining relevancy in the indiesphere isn't abt making 'amazing music'
Sometimes it's abt networking
and bribing (with both real + buzz dollars)

AnCo is sorta gonna try to become the Qatar of indie music [via 'stealing' the World Cup]
Sup Schreibs

Yea I'm back
Yea. Haha. Yeah they sucked while I was gone
Oh yeah, they have no clue what they are doing...look at the TOMBOY disaster
Yeah... Avey definitely underperformed on his solo album
Yeah... We really should change our name to the Deaks

Let's just say it's good 2 be the Deak
Things are really looking up 4 me
I'll see u at the AnCo show

"Deak long and prosper."
-the Deak

Do yall <3 Deakin?
Do u think he has the swagger AnCo was missing on MPP?
Do u think vibing out with Ryan Schreiber can help u out a lil bit on the Forkies?
Do indie bands 'bribe' blogs and websites for positive coverage?
Does Deakin 'get it done'?
Is 2k11 going to be the year where Deakin becomes 'more famous/relevant' than Panda Bear and Avey Tare?

The Manifestation of the Great LoFi Hope

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 07:14 PM PST

"Naah Nah Naaawww Naahhhh...
Naa Naw Naaww Naawwwhhh.."
-Ariel Pink, "Round And Round", 2010

[MP3]
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti Round And Round

Ariel Pink
known as 'The Great LoFi Hope'
according to a HIPSTER RUNOFF blog article [link]
posted on March 12, 2010

Today we can celebrate
Ariel Pink
at the top of the indie game
rising above every other mainstream indie band
2 win the title of 'Best MP3 of the Year'
from Pitchfork Media [LINK]

We put all of our hope in2 Ariel_bro
We knew he could do it
We trusted in our tastemaking ability for the last 5-10 years
and this day was inevitable
but that doesn't mean we can't take a moment 2 celebrate
Breathe a sigh of relief in the Kanye 10.0 era
Indie is ours again

Ariel Pink represents the mp3 criticism sphere's chance to get back to their roots of 'loving' something that is in the 99th percentile of cultural authenticity, as opposed to functioning as tastemakers for the late majority of alternative music consumers.

It's been a really scary year in indie music
Kanye West released an album that got a 10.0
and every1 was all like 'indie is dead'
but maybe we forgot abt lo-fi
Who cares abt Arcade Fires, Vampy Weeks, Beach Houses
Ariel Pink is the last white indie artist who 'critics' believe
is 'alt enough' 2 be the 'poster boy' of the modern indie aesthetic

Maybe Kanye West wasn't so perfect after all
Maybe we will always have a 'soft spot' for 'lofi pop'
It will be 'timeless' 4evr&evr

It seems like Ariel Pink might just be the Larry Bird of indie music
He represented 'the Great White Hope'
a white athlete who could 'take back' the NBA
Every person with white blood
rooted for Larry to 'win' and metaphorically 'kill'

I can't believe indie music has rlly turned into
these 'race wars'
but maybe it is what it is
and we should just rally behind Ariel
as the Great White/Lofi Hope

Doing everything we can to get him to 'chart' in the top 10 on his next album debut
Try to build the 2k11 blogosphere with him as the foundation
instead of jokes about AnCo or Kanye West being 'perfect' and 'critically praised'
Ariel Pink has now entered that zone
A product 4 every1

In the post-chill wave / ternative era, we are in a position to finally 'embrace' Ariel Pink. Maybe we have grown up, and learned more about what we want 'good music' to be. It also helps that Ariel Pink is now 'part of the machine' with a record label that will send crazy email blasts to hypemachine mp3 bloggers/find a way to get his face on some magazine covers. He is playing 'by the rules' so that makes it safer to rally behind him.

It honestly feels
like if the hit album The Doldrums was re-scored today
It would approach 10.0 status

I feel 'proud'
but at the same time I feel 'scared'
Will Ariel 'stay the same'?
Will he 'evolve' appropriately?
Will all of his songs end up in commercials?
Will he 'cut his hair' + 'get a makeover' to appeal to tweens?

Ariel Pink. This is his time to shine. His time to transform into the artist every1 thought he deserved to be. It might be a rare second chance in an internet indiesphere where you usually only get 1 shot. His chance to be more than just another pointlessly acclaimed (yet forgotten) lo-fi artist.

With great honors/rewards/buzz-dollars
Comes even greater responsibilities
'Expectations' 2 re-achieve and re-define greatness
The Great White LoFi Hope has saved White Man's Indie in 2k10
And for that, we can be eternally thankful 2 the Indie Gods 4 creating Ariel Pink

But we'll never know
What is going 2 happen
in 2k11...
Goodbye 2k10...


I'm afraid, you're afraid.
And we die and we live and we're born again
Turn me inside out
What can I say...
-Ariel "10.Who?" Pink

Has Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti 'peaked' or do they still have 'more 2 go'?
Has Ariel Pink finally 'conquered' AnCo?
R u 'happy' that indie/lofi is finally 'dead'?
Who is the Larry Bird of indie music?
Who is the Michael Jordan of indie music?
Who is the Mike Tyson of indie music?
Who is the LeBron James of indie music?
Who is the Steve Nash of indie music?
Who is the Chad OchoCinco of indie music?
Who is the ______________[sports athlete] of indie music?

What can Ariel Pink do to 'top' Round & Round?
Will his next album have to sound 'hi-fi' [via needing to sound 'post-lofi' 2 entry-levelers+tweens]?