313 should probably just change its name to 31337. Thanks... Matt
[chad cumby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > Not to add fuel or anything here, but I think it's really interesting the way > the words 'hip' and 'hipster' get tossed around on these types of threads, > because it seems completely opposite to the way my mom or the press or whoever > uses it. Usually it seems like it gets pegged to something or someone known > to a small or more exclusive group of people. Here it seems to get applied > to stuff that is suddenly popular or known to a substantially LARGER group > than > the relatively smaller techno crew. Does this seem weirdly backwards to > anyone > else? > > On Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 06:33:28PM -0400, Thomas D. Cox, Jr. wrote: > > ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > > From: "David Powers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > >Apparently an artist is a "hipster" if they make good, > > interesting, and new music, that turns a few heads outside of the > > narrow world of this email list. > > > > it depends. if by turning heads you mean being listened to by the > > same kind of people who dig electroclash or glitch house or > > whatever the hipster electronic music to like was last month, then > > youre right. you dont get too many electroclash heads suddenly > > getting hyped up on UR despite their continually high quality > > output. theyre not hipster techno. > > > > >I'll say this, however, Mathew Jonson music is very much in the > > 313 tradition the way he uses synth lines, chords, and a fairly > > stripped down sound - hey, wait a second, maybe all good techno > > is "hipster"! If you don't like "hipster" techno, I bet there's a > > pretty good chance you don't like a lot of techno generally. > > > > dont you see what youre saying? youre saying "matt jonson sounds > > like techno to me, he uses all the same kinds of sounds and > > structures." and i say "youre right, so why are hipsters all up on > > it all of a sudden if they didnt like all the other techno that > > sounds like that that comes out all the time?" > > > > this is how to spot hipster techno. > > > > tom > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > andythepooh.com > > > > > > > > -- Matt Hellige [EMAIL PROTECTED]
