Word: hipsterism
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...they first appeared in book form in France in 1958. One year later a U.S. edition was brought out by Grove Press, the combative imprint that had published Lady Chatterley's Lover, Tropic of Cancer and Naked Lunch. The Grove edition came with an introduction by no less a hipster than Jack Kerouac. Whatever you think of his feverish prose ("The charging restless mute unvoiced road keening in a seizure of tarpaulin power ..."), in one lovely line Kerouac got the book just right. "After seeing these pictures," he wrote, "you end up finally not knowing anymore whether a jukebox...
...half the fun of indie music. The absolute inscrutability of lyrics such as “Quart doesn’t burn / Rust doesn’t hum / Maybe we should blame it on the structures of the sun” is just the sort of thing that inspires hipster high school students to their deepest moments of literary analysis. Matched with the ludicrous but amusing image of a cartoon wolf playing erotic Twister in his briefs, Les Savy Fav’s new video provides hours of entertainment for indie intellectuals. —Kirsten E. M. Slungaard
...funny thing to have hanging under the branches of stately old Harvard trees. The tire swing has become the pagan totem of our spring rite, and we—its fanatics—flock to it out of simple glee or hipster irony. Like a hypnotic pendulum lulling away the vulgarities of everyday stress, the tire swing beckons us to Yardfest in a more complex way than the food monopoly and in a more subtle way than the rap stars. One can imagine Yardfest without the dining services’ cornucopia, without the spectacle of saccharine country and ironic...
...full of well-dressed, fashionable people wearing their athletic sweats, Uggs, and unflattering North Face puff-jackets. If you happen to be a part of the minority, who, like me, despises such high fashion and loves sneakers, t-shirts, and Levis, then Harvard Square can finally satiate your hipster appetite. Located at 37 Brattle Street next to the new Tannery, Concepts is a “lifestyle” store that combines a modern interior design with high-end brands of sneakers, shirts, and jeans. Before opening its newest location on February 2, 2008, Concepts was housed in the original...
...current structure of Yardfest in favor of several smaller and decentralized performances—the CEB could please more students and increase undergrad involvement in social programming overall. Perhaps the biggest hindrance to the CEB’s ability to implement effective social programming is its budget. Our hipster friends at Brown University will be treated to a fine lineup this spring, including Lupe Fiasco, Girl Talk, Vampire Weekend, and M.I.A., while pseudo-star Gavin DeGraw is expected to headline at Harvard. While a series of concerts by more offbeat artists would be ideal, it is simply not possible because...