April 25, 2008

What The Hell Are Hipsters?

by Piers Fawkes

Here’s a good Friday post - an out-take from the NY culture panel at the PSFK Conference New York 08 where Faris Yakob asks a panel what the hell are hipsters. Panel includes Doug Jaeger of thehappycorp/LVHRD, Sascha Lewis of Flavorpill, Jen Chung of Gothamist and Steve Bryant of Thrillist.

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5 Responses to “What The Hell Are Hipsters?”

  1. alisamleo
    Posted from: 204.95.152.66

    April 25th, 2008 at 11:01 am

    um….well belle & sebastian have been calling themselves “hipsters from Glasgow” since 1996….and then there was Norman Millers expose on “hipsters” in the 70’s…

  2. lewis
    Posted from: 76.90.116.215

    April 25th, 2008 at 3:46 pm

    hipster = overly dependent on irony

  3. Floyd Hayes
    Posted from: 68.161.244.192

    April 25th, 2008 at 4:28 pm

    Interesting new disclaimer up there.

    I have my fake beard on so I’m okay *cough* buy Cunning services* cough*

    Anyway, I have man crush on Faris which is troubling me.

    Also, I’d like to see a Charver vs Hipster debate. We need to focus on the serious issues here.

  4. Mike Arauz
    Posted from: 24.90.80.23

    April 27th, 2008 at 8:38 am

    Funny, these panelist’s publications are perfect examples of what defines hipster culture. They (we) are all hipsters, and yet none of them even seemed aware of it - or willing to acknowledge it.

  5. andy
    Posted from: 71.185.3.234

    April 27th, 2008 at 8:02 pm

    i liked the guy on the panel who was clearly a hipster try to deny he is one. that was so sad i almost cried.

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