yeah- i've been hearing about this a lot. it's on my to do list fer sure. although for a book, it might be too "hyped" ;)
On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > in reading your post, it strikes me that you might enjoy this book: > > Malcom Gladwell, The Tipping Point > > it examines the phenomenon of and possibilities for social change, and > mentions quite a bit about the groups you are referring to (hipsters in the > book are called 'early adopters') as well as the diffusion of innovations > (relates to the lifecycle of hipster-->mainstream). it's interesting and > written in a plain, non-academic language (i.e., approachable and useful) via > story-telling. > > i think that many people who might be labeled as 'hipsters' don't behave as > they do for reasons having to do with image ... it's that their interests are > varied and they genuinely get bored with the same old same old, thus always > hunting down something 'new,' even if that 'new' is just an 'old' > reconfigured ... > > cheers - > > lisa > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 4:16 pm > Subject: (313) hipster techno (fwd) > > > > > oops, turns out i let a naughty word slip. maybe that's why it wasn't > > going through. > > > > here's the post i was looking for > > > > --------------------------------------- > > > > interesting point chad (and how long have you been lurking around > > here)i think the difference is that since the day of our > > parents/teacherswhatever, the hipster profile has come to > > represent someone who the masses > > look towards to signal the next cultural movement (ie- > > tastemakers/trendsetters, blah, blah). > > > > what this has meant is that those who seek out the new (in > > music/clothing/art) have the additional baggage of being looked > > upon by > > the mass consumers, whetheer they like it or not. Another natural > > reflexto this trend is that others, wishing to distance themselves > > from the > > 'hype' device that hipster culture has become (intentionally or > > not), is > > to be completely reactionary and retreat into the nostalgic. > > > > For this particular argument- some people on this list are inherently > > seekers of the new. The hipster tag is just an accidental stamp > > that comes > > with such behavior in these hyper marketed times. but make no > > mistake that > > myself, derek, atom and plenty of other people here get excited > > when they > > hear/see/experience something new and are always enthusiastic to talk > > about it. The fact that pehaps 25% of these things become SLIGHTLY > > morepopular is a natural thing. Now, of course, the other half are > > those who > > see this music and this list as an institutionalized form, to be > > studiedstrictly in the context of the past and herished and > > protected from > > outside taint. > > > > Or heres yet a more frank way of looking at it. I AM a tastemaker > > and a > > professional pushing the music I love. As is Plaslaiko, and Martin > > Dustand many many others here. But some here continually rallied > > around your > > obscure little world and keep drawing in the wagons closer. But maybe > > that's because you don't have the passion, skill, charisma, savvy and > > energy to take it to the next level. > > > > and one more thing. don't think for a second that UR wasn't 'hipster' > > techno when it first hit the streets and changed the music. > > Anything new > > will start as 'hipster' before becoming mass (in the small techno > > sense of > > course) and finally institutionalized. > > > >
