Comments on: What Was the Hipster? http://tomorrowmuseum.com/2009/04/17/what-was-the-hipster/ What's New in Art, Technology, and Media Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:35:06 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: dainqgore http://tomorrowmuseum.com/2009/04/17/what-was-the-hipster/comment-page-1/#comment-2584 dainqgore Mon, 05 Oct 2009 07:02:58 +0000 http://www.tomorrowmuseum.com/?p=1128#comment-2584 Even later, but is that ironic, or self-aware? Ghost World observation makes sense, however...<br><br>"...nostalgic for something she never knew." <br><br>I think that pretty much sums up the whole phenomenon no matter how many ways it's dissected. There's no end to the possibilities to something that essentially cannot die, however. Even later, but is that ironic, or self-aware? Ghost World observation makes sense, however…

“…nostalgic for something she never knew.”

I think that pretty much sums up the whole phenomenon no matter how many ways it's dissected. There's no end to the possibilities to something that essentially cannot die, however.

]]> By: Isis http://tomorrowmuseum.com/2009/04/17/what-was-the-hipster/comment-page-1/#comment-2254 Isis Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:48:39 +0000 http://www.tomorrowmuseum.com/?p=1128#comment-2254 One of the bests I cam across this week, thanks for such an interesting read, i just loved it. One of the bests I cam across this week, thanks for such an interesting read, i just loved it.

]]> By: halfslant http://tomorrowmuseum.com/2009/04/17/what-was-the-hipster/comment-page-1/#comment-2168 halfslant Wed, 20 May 2009 14:42:15 +0000 http://www.tomorrowmuseum.com/?p=1128#comment-2168 late to the party here,<br> but just wondering if Daniel Clowes' Ghost World didn't already answer this question in the mid to early 90s?<br> A generation of educated middle class brought up by jaded hippies. Not quite angsty but certainly not hopeful, irony really as the best medicine for the 90s. <br> Just because these people grew up, turned 30 and got jobs in PR, marketing and branding doesn't mean that the movement is dead, it's just become profitable. late to the party here,
but just wondering if Daniel Clowes' Ghost World didn't already answer this question in the mid to early 90s?
A generation of educated middle class brought up by jaded hippies. Not quite angsty but certainly not hopeful, irony really as the best medicine for the 90s.
Just because these people grew up, turned 30 and got jobs in PR, marketing and branding doesn't mean that the movement is dead, it's just become profitable.

]]> By: JesseWalker http://tomorrowmuseum.com/2009/04/17/what-was-the-hipster/comment-page-1/#comment-2144 JesseWalker Fri, 01 May 2009 15:22:17 +0000 http://www.tomorrowmuseum.com/?p=1128#comment-2144 <i>It also is self-contained in New York City....Inside the US, pretending to be white trash only works in a city where white trash doesn’t exist.</i><br><br>Wouldn't that mean containing it within the borough of Manhattan? I only know Staten Island by reputation, but...<br><br>Anyway, having lived in Seattle in the mid-'90s and spent a fair amount of time in cities with similar subcultures, I can report that hip kids all over America have pretended to be white trash, sometimes in the spirit of irony and sometimes in a Jim Goadian variation of the "White Negro" phenomenon.<br><br>Do they count as "hipsters"? Well, as far as I'm concerned, you're only a hipster if you're a proto-Beatnik bop fan circa 1947. But that's a minority opinion. It also is self-contained in New York City….Inside the US, pretending to be white trash only works in a city where white trash doesn’t exist.

Wouldn't that mean containing it within the borough of Manhattan? I only know Staten Island by reputation, but…

Anyway, having lived in Seattle in the mid-'90s and spent a fair amount of time in cities with similar subcultures, I can report that hip kids all over America have pretended to be white trash, sometimes in the spirit of irony and sometimes in a Jim Goadian variation of the “White Negro” phenomenon.

Do they count as “hipsters”? Well, as far as I'm concerned, you're only a hipster if you're a proto-Beatnik bop fan circa 1947. But that's a minority opinion.

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