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...working definition of the contemporary Hipster is through comparison to past social movements that we now identify as counter-cultural, because that is how Hipsterdom understands itself and how it is marketed. The genealogical basis of today’s Hipster is in the Beat Generation. The Beat-Hipster??s legitimizing counter-cultural features were the unconventionality of their semi-nomadic lifestyle, the sexual openness, and commitment to expression freed from formal technique. The music, appropriated from Black Americans, was bebop. Most importantly the Beat-Hipsters were sincere...
...Eunice Kim, “Top 5 Places to Pick Up a Hipster?...
It’s finally official: TV on the Radio is no longer the hipster??s best-kept secret. After the critical acclaim of their second studio release, “Return to Cookie Mountain,” the band manages to live up to the hype on its follow-up, “Dear Science,” a work that is—surprisingly—a refreshing blend of experimental sounds and catchy hooks that don’t detract from the album’s overall artsy flair...
...essence, is.”“I think ‘Toxic’ is a pretty fun song, though,” she adds, “or at least it was a few years ago.”So, is irony the solution to the hipster??s dilemma, and the cure for her main source of guilt? Can it let you abide by your fiercest artistic commandments while admitting a few sins of your own? Can you be both prophet and sinner?Some reject the idea of musical sin altogether—and where...
...least give the Brattle a chance before abandoning it for lost: who knows, one just might find an unrealized film scholar buried deep inside, waiting only for an experience in a classic art house cinema like the Brattle to blossom into a Film Studies-concentrating, turtleneck-sweater-wearing hipster??or maybe just have a good time. —Staff writer Henry M. Cowles can be reached at hmcowles@fas.harvard.edu.—Kristina M. Moore contributed to the reporting of this article...