So when I came back this year back to NYC, people had started making assumptions about which "stereotype" I fell into. Apparently as a result of conversations I had with people back in New York while I was in Europe and in Memphis for the summer, I now fell in the category of "hipster." Friends left and right began calling me this is word. Am I a hipster, I thought to myself?
What is the definition of hipster? According to Mr. Webster, the term began back in the 1940s to describe "a person who is unusually aware of and interested in new and unconventional patterns."
According to this definition, I am a hispter. I guess I like to think I am aware of new/unusual "patters," mostly within the realm of the Arts. My friends tell me that about 5 months after have introduced them to a band and they become a bit more popular, they like them. I guess I'm a trend setter?
Unfortunately, the term hipster has become associated with this:
Well I don't smoke; I don't own an American Apparel hoodie; I haven't worn Vans since high school and I sure has hell don't have a Trust Fund. I actually saw a said hipster once with a plastic dinosaur toy tried to a string used as a necklace... What have kids these days reduced themselves to. Plastic toys attached to a string as a necklace? Really. Let's be a little more classy.
Really the only way I associate with hipsters is through their music. I think the motto for hipsters is just dance which is my motto as well. AND I love knowing about bands before they become popular. Haha. I guess I am pretentious. oops. Here are some of those bands you may have not heard about yet.
MOUNT KIMBIE
MEMORY TAPES
GOLD PANDA
BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD
MillionYoung
And just for shits and giggles this is a mix done by MillionYoung of the song "To the Lighthouse" by Memoryhouse another great "hipster" group.
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