hipsters
No Recession for Hipsters
Ryan Tate · 04/19/09 08:13PMThe Williamsburg Hipster Grifter Scavenger Hunt
T.A.N. · 04/18/09 03:30PMThe Hipster Grifter Considered
T.A.N. · 04/18/09 02:30PMThe Hipster Grifter's Charm in Action
Hamilton Nolan · 04/17/09 08:50AMHipster on the Street
Gabriel Snyder · 04/16/09 04:48PMKari Ferrell: Celebulies and Craiglist Hookups
Hamilton Nolan · 04/16/09 04:00PMHipster Grifter Kari Ferrell's Victims Speak Out!
Hamilton Nolan · 04/15/09 03:28PMMeet Kari Ferrell: Criminally Hipster
Hamilton Nolan · 04/15/09 09:57AML.E.S. Celebudogs in Twee Clash
Hamilton Nolan · 04/15/09 09:47AM'Slanties' Replace Shutter Shades As Worst Eyewear Ever
Hamilton Nolan · 03/19/09 11:29AMNASA Embraces, Kills Hipsterdom
Hamilton Nolan · 03/17/09 04:42PMUgh. We knew the whole scene was getting lame when the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service moved into the McKibben Lofts.
AOL Email Now as Ironic as a Trucker Hat
Owen Thomas · 03/16/09 05:49PMSexually Active Heathens Strike Back in T-Shirt War
Hamilton Nolan · 02/06/09 12:03PMWhy Did the Peaches-at-Home Photoshoot Disappear?
Sheila · 12/19/08 10:36AMWonders a tipster, "I know that Gawker posted about The Selby covering [Williamsburg Brit-It girl] Peaches Geldof's apartment... but did you guys notice how it's no longer there? Think it has anything to do with lovely husband Max [Drummey] not being anywhere in the photos/any trace of him in the apartment? Or is it just due to the fact that no bone can stand Peaches?" Hmm! (Come visit our rabbit warren, Mr. Selby—we promise we'll have plenty of boy-toys on hand.)
Peaches Geldof's Stupid Williamsburg Apartment
Sheila · 12/17/08 12:39PMWhite Hipsters Mock Song for Starving Africans
Ryan Tate · 12/17/08 02:06AMOmg, WTF Did Hipster Power Child Cory Kennedy Do at Art Basel?
Sheila · 12/13/08 05:00PMSome people just make us hate art and Nylon mag, even though we usually like them for their downtown oh-so-cool fashion cred. What do we learn about Art Basel through Kennedy's eyes? Well, we go to Walgreens, see a band, get bored, and begin to question the existence and point of Internet video content. Is it really worth it?
The Roots To Be Jimmy Fallon's Band; We Are Old And Sad
Hamilton Nolan · 11/17/08 03:12PMThis past weekend, a hip hop blog called Nah Right posted a YouTube interview with ?uestlove, a member of hip hop live band supergroup The Roots. And he said that The Roots were retiring from touring in order to become the house band for Jimmy Fallon when he takes over Conan O'Brien's late night show next year. But that video was quickly pulled, so everyone has been scrambling to find out whether this apocalyptic... thing is actually true. NBC has no official comment, but we hear that it probably is. Essaywhuman?!!!??! This is one of those things that proves you're getting old. I've never had a group that I actually like go the late night house band route. Springsteen fans saw Max Weinberg take his act to Conan's show; and I'm sure there were some jazz heads who were flabbergasted to see their main man Kevin Eubanks signing up with Jay Leno. But The Roots? The Illadelph generals opening up for that stuttering mop-headed ball of suck, Jimmy Fallon? It's kind of tragic. On one hand, we'll get to see The Roots on TV every night; on the other hand, Black Thought opening for Jimmy Fallon every night is the cultural equivalent of Miles Davis playing his horn on the subway platform to back up a semi-trained dancing spider monkey. To the extend that The Roots are a hip hop group, it's pretty fucking shocking. To the extent that The Roots are a hipster group, that's the end of that. They still give one of the best live shows anywhere, and the thought that the only way to see them live any more will be in the middle of the afternoon in a Midtown studio between periods of Jimmy Fallon snickering at his own cue cards is just an atrocious thing. But they're old and so are we, so everyone is tired. Now I will go and cut myself repeatedly.
Williamsburg Hipsters Had It Coming in Clash with Cops
Sheila · 11/05/08 06:40PMWe were so close to making it through a whole day believing that the pure joy of Obama's win had redeemed hipsters. That spontaneous post-election street celebration amongst Williamsburg's creative-class was both bad-ass and beautiful. Until the cops inevitably showed up. After all, the streets were completely blocked with people. In places like Harlem, Union Square and the East Village, clearing intersections seems to have gone pretty peacefully. But we've been getting shocked reports all day — police brutality against white kids! — and Brooklyn Vegan posted a comprehensive photo gallery of the festivities, including the copster-on-hipster clashes.One breathless account: "A few minutes after the riot cops rolled in, I saw one cop break a beer bottle on the ground with his baton for no reason at all amidst all the positive energy and celebrating crowd. I assumed for intimidation purposes." (Uh, how about for open-container-law purposes?) This is a perfect example of hipster overreach—you see, they deserve to block traffic in one of the densest cities on earth! We're all for reclaiming the streets—punk rock!—but the shock and indignation over some arrests only adds to the stereotype of the massive self-entitlement these relatively privileged young transplants possess. Brooklyn Vegan's commenters pretty much agreed: