So, this is a really old subject to be talking about, but I haven't updated my blog in awhile and I really wanted something to talk about. And so, I've picked hipsters. I have to say, I get really tired of listening to people name off all these obscure bands and talk about how "awesomely awesome" they are, only to find out they suck. I mean absolutely awful stuff. Why don't you just put an accordion, a cancerous frog, a couple kittens, and some random nuts and bolts in a blender and throw it up on an 8 track- cause, ya know, vintage is cool and all that now. Besides, it seems like the vinyl phase* is out, so this is the only logical next step.
Which leads me to my first hipster joke: how do you piss off a hipster? You actually enjoy the music you listen to.
Now, if you find a band that IS completely awesome and they happen to be obscure, that's one thing. Every person should have that band. DCFC, the Riddlin Kids and the Low Millions (see what I dd there? I name dropped. +15 magical unicorn points for me.) are it for me. But when you breach the point where sacrifice great sound for "how many absolutely never-heard-of band points can I score in my mediocre life" well, then, you have a problem.
Which leads me into my next joke: how many hipsters does it take to screw in a light bulb?
It's a really obscure number. I don't think you've ever heard of it before...
Which transitions me into my next point, and this is the granddaddy of them all. If, by hipster logic, the more obscure the band is, the better they are right? Well, now you're playing a folls' game. By the laws of hipster physics, this means that the greatest band in the world DOESN'T EXIST. And what's the point in that?
So, do me a favor and learn to accept other music on the radio. I mean, I know there is some really crappy stuff on there, but not all of it is bad. So stop making your ear drums bleed and listen to something actually worth listening to and that you actually enjoy. Remember: sometimes the "obscure" bands are obscure for a reason, and that reason is that they suck.
Also. I want you to know I was a hipster back before hipsters were cool.
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*I'm not dissing on vinyl. I love it, and it really is the best medium for music. I was just trying to make a point.
4 comments:
There are hipsters in Utah?
Yes. Salt Lake actually has a really great music scene if you know where to look. Provo's is actually ok. It's kind of reminiscent of the punk movement which hit Utah pretty hard in the underground.
As far as the hipsters, its pretty much all the BYU bitches using mommy and daddy's money to listen to vague music and feel "different" in order to escape the fact that they are actually the same as anyone else. Not that I'm bitter or hate the people out here or anything...
Speaking of hipsters, just saw this on Stumbleupon:
http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/25twTl/www.adbusters.org/magazine/79/hipster.html
Thanks! That article was really great. Made a lot of great points.
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