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It's Friday, and that can only mean 2 things: you've got a marvelous hangover, and we've got Blue States Lose, our weekly exercise in tough love. We sort through the galleries of the insane and inane hipsters at The Cobrasnake, Last Night s Party, Misshapes and Ambrel so you don t have to. After the jump, Joey Arak dishes his sartorial philosophy.

There were no Misshapes photos posted this week, which is a good thing after the last two weeks of sudden misdirected URLs the and last few months of total irrelevance. We were treated to a Nouveau for the second straight BSL, however, which is even better. If you don't know what Nouveau is, good. If you're curious for some reason, check out last week's list. If you're still curious after that, play the Ramones really loud and chew on a used condom. That'll give you an idea.

This week's Last Night's Party Blog Moment of the Week is not a blog moment at all but, rather, a header on the site's photo set for Trash's 4th Anniversary. LNP, always shy when it comes to self-promotion, decided to quote, well, himself:

He is the bathroom expert, after all. Now, on to the list!

10) Last Night's Party. New York Dolls Outtakes photo #5968: What is it about New York hipsters that gives them that little extra umph over wannabe coolkids from every other city? After all, there are stupid-looking assholes in every town. Maybe it's because they don't have to drive anywhere, so they can sacrifice clear vision in favor of hair placement. Maybe it's because they go to great lengths to color coordinate their headbands with their Little League jerseys. Maybe it's because they pay $30 at the door to hang out with each other.

9) Nouveau. Mini-Nouveau/Lit's 4 Year Anniversary photo #P1010198: "And here's you completely naked taking a dump on a cop car. Next time hold the bottle of Svedka higher."

8) Last Night's Party. Lit 4th photo #6832: This is why the U.S. is slipping when it comes to the Olympics and international competition. Instead of harnessing their talents and doing our country proud, our young prospective gymnasts are taking off their clothes and writhing for the camera on Lit's piss-covered floor. No wonder Sweden took gold in women's curling. Click on this and proudly bask in the downfall of our nation's once-mighty athletic prowess, you cockbreath.

7) Last Night's Party. Lit 4th photo #6887: "Mmm, yes, he'll do quite nicely. What's that, girls? We should take him back to our lair, chain him up and impose our will of sensual pleasures and forbidden delights? Ooooooo, I'm giddy just considering the prospects! Dibs on the tickle gun! Quick, act unsuspecting!"

6) Last Night's Party. Trash 4th Anniversary photo #5163: Here's a photograph of a girl showing her vagina in a bathroom.

5) Last Night's Party. Trash 4th Anniversary photo #5092: This photo does a lot more than get you in trouble for clicking on it at work. It also proves a long-held theory in Blue States Loseville. The theory goes a little like this: When you strip away the pretentious music, the ridiculous outfits, the stupid accessories and the snobbish attitudes, these hipster bashes are all about the same exact thing as any watering hole lurking in the hellish depths of Murray Hill: Dudes are just trying to grab on some titties.

4) Nouveau. Mini-Nouveau/Lit's 4 Year Anniversary photo #1010123: "OK, so let me get this straight. You don't listen to ¡Forward Russia!, you haven't seen Larry Tee DJ at Element, you don't know Jonny Kaps and you think the Dark Room is still cool?"

3) Last Night's Party. New York Dolls Outtakes photo #6057: This also plays directly into that theory mentioned in #5. Look beyond the unfortunate face-paint job and the tattoos, and what do you have? Some Grade A belly roll. Hipstersthey're just like us!

2) Last Night's Party. New York dolls photo #6042: You can always tell who the people are who have never had their asses kicked. People like Blackface Jesus. Or this guy. They go through life bouncing around in a bubble of naivete that traps all their thoughts and refuses to let in common sense, for better or worse. That's why inklinks like, "Oh my, I have gone and dreamed up the most daring complement to my gruff visage!" get carried through instead of forgotten as soon as American Idol gets back from commercials.

1) The Cobrasnake. Cookies Varieties photo #6649: We weren't even going to include this dude, because the intentional irony is a little too over-the-top, even for us. It just isn't funny when it's this ridiculous. But then we noticed the necklace, and the mental image of this guy spending hours in his apartment cross-stiching yarn while excitedly muttering, "Oh my God, this is so going to rule," is so hilariously awesome that our innocent giggling just turned to rough guffaws and a little peepee dribbled out.