Coachella 2009 attracts hippies and hipsters alike

Living in a recession apparently doesn’t have much of an effect on concert-goers. At least that’s what nearly 200,000 sunburned, sweat-covered fans proved to skeptics when they scampered around the Empire...

Ray Ban Launches Wayfarer Colorize Kit

The ever-classic Ray Ban is releasing a customizable version of their Wayfarers which will allow you to color and stencil your shades to most accurately portray just how hip and original you are. "Ray Ban beats...

Café's Ceiling Collapses During Rainstorm

Last night's rainstorm here in Toronto has caused a ceiling collapse at hipster knitting café In The Loop. St Clair West is home to a developing neighborhood, where junk shops and abandoned storefronts stand...

M.I.A. to launch clothing line, may quit music

Galang??? (in a quizzical Chewbacca voice)" M.I.A. is set to launch her own clothing line. According to hipster fashionistas Trashbag Aesthetics, the London-born MC/producer, who posed for Marc, this year’s...

The State of Street Fashion

I'm not aware of too many things, I know what I know if you know what I mean.Oh wait, that was Edie Brickell, not Sedgwick.Never mind then."According to hipster meta-mag Vice's fashion issue, street fashion in...

Corporate Hipster launches (two days ago, but whatevs)

They may only have five members so far, but the Corporate Hipster social network is off and running.  Now you can create valuable professional relationships with fashion-conscious, fiscally responsible young...

American Apparel makes a hipster of Obama and lands in controversy

The American Apparel homepage sported hipstery black and white photos of McCain and Obama on Super Tuesday, with accompanying endorsement messages.But some political analysts are crying foul, claiming that...

Joanna Newsom: Best Rapper Alive?

I had the immense privilege of seeing Joanna Newsom perform at the Pop Montreal festival in 2006, soon after the release of her magnificent album Ys. Having listened to her cryptically opaque, playfully verbose,...

Hipster Casual: Business Wear for 2008

Some office wear observations:"I recently started a new job and wasn't sure what to wear the first week. For some reason I went to my parents, both of whom are retired, and only one of whom dresses herself. My...

Stereogum owners sell company for piece of BuzzNet

Not sure how or if this will affect the Stereogum experience. Any bets?"December 7, 2007 -- The owners of hipster music Web site Stereogum, which include former AOL executive Bob Pittman, former MTV digital guru...

Web TV for quarterlifers: Beyond cynicism?

I haven't seen this show yet but the following review was interesting enough to get me curious. The show is said to be "post-cynical."  Yay, so am I! Except I'm post-pretentious labels too.  (That's cynical isn't it? Dammit.)"The new Web video series quarterlife...

Naked Man Walks Through NYC

It was too chilly for that! A naked guy walked through Times Square yesterday morning -- something to do with art or something? Or just insanity? Either way, his poor feet... "By JENNIFER FERMINOOctober 12, 2007 -- What a weenie!Tourists' eyes were popping and locals' jaws...

Nuit Blanche... That's French for "Art All Over the Place"

I was lucky enough to visit Toronto during Nuit Blanche, a newly-annual free celebration of contemporary art. Throughout the downtown core, galleries and museums threw wide their doors aaaaaaallllll night long...

I'm iFedup

"Here's the awful truth about me: I am a Mac girl. I live downtown in a North American city in a neighbourhood with Starbucks and sushi joints on every corner. I shop vintage and get premium haircuts. My...

Hand-Powered Cinema: International Flipbook Festival

If you're in British Columbia's lower mainland and you want to see some handmade moving pictures, you're in luck. Vancouver is the final stop of the International Flipbook Festival, to which around one hundred...

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