Virgin Free Fest returning to Merriweather

which are you, a kiddie or a hipster?

sonickteam wrote:
bummer.  6 bands worth seeing on this list and i saw 3 of them less than 2 months ago at Firefly.

hes sonic . . . the boards complete mystery figure

Thank you Seth for the upcoming free day of music! I'm not completely loving the line up but who cares? It's fee and will be fun!

seth knows . . . how i feel about all this.

I don't see what the big deal is, you go you wander and avoid all the EDM "superstars".. all I ask is little green cars appear in the pavilion as sure they are one of the first two bands

there's at least one shitty EDM act every year…..this year goes to Pretty Lights

I'm hoping all the CDR and laptop acts are on the second stage this year

killsaly wrote:
Thank you Seth for the upcoming free day of music! I'm not completely loving the line up but who cares? It's fee and will be fun!

THIS.

my personal situation will likely prevent me from attending, but if i was free i'd be at MPP on sept 21. 

I can't go but I wish I could.

Nice line-up. Well done, Seth!

So, I'm going to Music Midtown.

Next year I hope it's all DJ's.

James wrote:
which are you, a kiddie or a hipster?

sonickteam wrote:
bummer.  6 bands worth seeing on this list and i saw 3 of them less than 2 months ago at Firefly.

I'd like to think I'm neither since I'm over 30, but since the 6 bands I'd bother seeing are Vampire Weekend, Chvrches, Avett Brothers, Washed OUt, Little Green Cars and City & Colour so you can judge me from that ;-)    I'll probably go though, since i have no kids to babysit….

how mysterious

I dont think most of you use the term hipster correctly (same with most media outlets).  Ive seen articles calling people hipsters for "GASP!" growing vegetables in the city! Or riding a bike! Or listening to music YOU DO NOT KNOW OR DO NOT LIKE!

But what is a hipster?  I dont think "hipsters" would care about Vampire Weekend or Pretty Lights or the Avett Brothers. 

Isnt a hipster someone who THINKS they are cooler than everyone else based upon their musical taste and other criteria (clothes they wear, movies they dig, books they read)?  IE UNDERGROUND? 

Maybe it is because I am towards the younger end of the spectrum on this board, that i do not throw out the term for everything and everybody that is different. 

Further reading:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipster_%28contemporary_subculture%29

killsaly wrote:
I dont think most of you use the term hipster correctly (same with most media outlets).  Ive seen articles calling people hipsters for "GASP!" growing vegetables in the city! Or riding a bike! Or listening to music YOU DO NOT KNOW OR DO NOT LIKE!

But what is a hipster?  I dont think "hipsters" would care about Vampire Weekend or Pretty Lights or the Avett Brothers. 

Isnt a hipster someone who THINKS they are cooler than everyone else based upon their musical taste and other criteria (clothes they wear, movies they dig, books they read)?  IE UNDERGROUND? 

Maybe it is because I am towards the younger end of the spectrum on this board, that i do not throw out the term for everything and everybody that is different. 

Further reading:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipster_%28contemporary_subculture%29

I think for some of us, the term hipster has positive and negative connotations. For example, there's the "Portlandia" context that you describe (bike-riding, growing veg, composting, etc.), which I think is positive. It's easy subject for satire though. Then there's the negative context, which is more about people thinking that they're superior or maybe cooler for liking stuff for the sake of being different, not because it's good or better. I think it's what happens in one's 20's when you struggle for identity. In the 60's there were hippies, in the 90's there were ravers (just for example). I don't think all young people are hipsters, and not all hipsters are bad. But if you were to go to Brooklyn, Austin, Portland (heck, even parts of LA), etc. you're going to see that hipster isn't exactly underground. In fact, it's probably the norm.

killsaly wrote:
I dont think most of you use the term hipster correctly (same with most media outlets).  Ive seen articles calling people hipsters for "GASP!" growing vegetables in the city! Or riding a bike! Or listening to music YOU DO NOT KNOW OR DO NOT LIKE!

But what is a hipster?  I dont think "hipsters" would care about Vampire Weekend or Pretty Lights or the Avett Brothers. 

Isnt a hipster someone who THINKS they are cooler than everyone else based upon their musical taste and other criteria (clothes they wear, movies they dig, books they read)?  IE UNDERGROUND? 

Maybe it is because I am towards the younger end of the spectrum on this board, that i do not throw out the term for everything and everybody that is different. 

Further reading:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipster_%28contemporary_subculture%29

Oh hey cool.  Thanks for that.

hipster

geek

goth

redneck

stoner

jock

punk

straightedge

queer

labels labels everywhere

I think anyone who doesn't listen to just the radio is a hipster. I never thought being called a hipster was bad at all. People who "don't get" something just need to label it. Who cares?

We all post on a forum for a rock n roll club in Washington, DC. FUCKING. HIPSTERS.

DeathFromAbove1979 wrote:
We all post on a forum for a rock n roll club in Washington, DC. FUCKING. HIPSTERS.

that.is.delicious.

I also do not think the term is bad.  However, people tend to throw it out as an insult. 

bearman wrote:
I think for some of us, the term hipster has positive and negative connotations. For example, there's the "Portlandia" context that you describe (bike-riding, growing veg, composting, etc.), which I think is positive. It's easy subject for satire though. Then there's the negative context, which is more about people thinking that they're superior or maybe cooler for liking stuff for the sake of being different, not because it's good or better. I think it's what happens in one's 20's when you struggle for identity. In the 60's there were hippies, in the 90's there were ravers (just for example). I don't think all young people are hipsters, and not all hipsters are bad. But if you were to go to Brooklyn, Austin, Portland (heck, even parts of LA), etc. you're going to see that hipster isn't exactly underground. In fact, it's probably the norm.

True… So two definitions.  Both different.  One good, one bad…

I think the internet has pretty much killed the possibility of anything being "hip" or "underground". Everything is out there and available to whoever wants it.

Still, I bet most people haven't heard of more than a couple of bands on that list. And by most people, I mean American citizens, not your personal collection of city dwelling 20-something friends.