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The dyke of the future will wear messenger bags.
The dyke of the future wears cargo capri pant board shorts thingies.
The dyke of the future only wears sleeveless black shirts.
The dyke of the future will wear loafers.
The dyke of the future will wear subtle bracelets.
The dyke of the future will only mate with other dykes who follow these rules.

The dyke of the future is the 16-year-old boy from California of the past.

NOTE: I wikipediaed the term "dyke" to make sure that it wasn't a derogatory term, and actually learned "it has also been reappropriated as a positive term implying assertiveness and toughness, or simply as a neutral synonym for lesbian."

[Picture by Style Scout]

Scarlett Johansson Probably Designed Her Own Album Art Since She Can Do Anything

Did Scarlett Johansson hire a graphic designer who made crappy album art in the early 1990s to design her album cover?

With album art like that, you'd have to speculate that she's being invited to Lillith Fair 2008.


I wonder when some promoter will create a festival that is a celebration of mixed gender bands.

Just wonderin'...

Is it still cool to assume that European women have hairy arm pits, or is that stereotype dead? Did hairy armpits die when EuroDisney invaded France? I know hairy pits used to be a widely accepted generalization, but I just want to make sure to update my stereotype files if things have changed. I would feel comfortable thinking that '20 year old vegan bisexual females who listen to a lot of feminist Icelandic freak folk' are the new girls with hairy arm pits, or whatever other subgenre of females. I just want to be true to myself and be true to our evolving world.

Sidenote: When a girl has bad bangs, it reminds me of 'the girl with the poor parents in 2nd grade whose parents didn't want to pay for her haircut, but periodically gave her bangs a chopping with some utility scissors.' IS THERE A NEW STEREOTYPE WHEN IT COMES TO GIRLS WITH BAD BANGS?

I just want to know more about the world. We're all so different, and we're all so the same...

[Picture by OUTWITHME.com]

The Lead Singer of Hot Chip & His Child Predator Glasses

[Photo by Redheadwalking on flickr]

I think one day we will look back and realize that the lead singer of Hot Chip was one of the most important people in the history of the Serial Kiler/Child Predator Glasses Movement.

In this picture, he has the gaze of a man trapped in a society that doesn't understand the complexity of his social and emotional needs.

[Photo by Stephen Mcleod]

The National Sex offender Registry (look up predators in ur neighborhood and start a street fashion blog)
http://www.familywatchdog.us/

Bright Like Neon Plaid

I have been looking for ways to create accessories out of pieces of my favourite clothing. I am considering making an eye patch out of my purple AA hoodie and the white drawstring that tightens the hood. Do you have any good ideas for creating accessories from other retail goods?

Never before has the world needed HRO to finally post about the LOOK@ME scale.

"AZNs will be AZNs, especially if they actually live in Asia."
-Kim Jong-il, President of Korea


[Foto by the Cobrasnake]

Kid Sister Starts First Rapper Vs. Blog Bi-coastal Rap War

You might remember the post where I said that Kid Sister should have worn something more appropriate to a show in Milwaukee.

Using the media outlet at everyoneisfamous.com, Kid Sister sent a message back to HIPSTER RUNOFF at the top of a recent photo set.

Stay in the Hood - 14 May 2008 - Hey HRO, Kid Sister wanted you to know that she likes the dress she wore in Milwaukee..

This is a war about race relations in the USA, gender roles, and hip hop's place in alternative circles. No matter what happens, I will always respect Kid Sister for being an independent woman and/or a survivor. I hope she can look inside of me and see my inner-blog and my beautiful soul.

Whose side r u on? Do more blogs need to have wars with artists?
Is Pitchfork an innovator in the fabricated artist vs. media outlet war scene?
Which artists need to have wars with HRO/other blogs?

Mixed Gender Bands

Men and women are important contributors towards the creation of modern alt-ish music. Now, more than ever, we are able to put aside stereotypes of women being incompetent, and men being the source of all that is good. We can appreciate bands for who they are, no matter if they consist of male members, female members, or any mix of both.



Mixed gendered bands are pretty interesting from a consumer perspective. Would it be fair to assume that 'a band with both male and female members' has the best chance of appealing to a broader audience of male and female fans? Is the Arcade Fire more approachable because they have women in their band? I'd say that a band is not truly a MIXED GENDER BAND when there is a female lead singer who pretends to play tamborine sometimes. It would be kind of like this live Scarlett Johansson performance of a cover from her latest album.

(Pretty awkward/worthless/I am not interested in finding out that she has a personality and is creative.)


I think when it comes to 'popular music', most people think of women as only singers. Sometimes female pop stars claim to be writers, but then they end up writing a song like Britney Spears' "Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman." In the latest crop of alternative music, I think there's probably one of the strongest economies of women-who-are-actually-talented-and-applying-their-musical-skills-to-create-good-music.

How do you feel about women in music? Remember when Paul McCartney's wife was in Wings, but every one knew she didn't really do that much? Are we breaking away from that stereotype?


Here's a few blurbz about mixed gendered bands.
****CSS****
Sometimes I wonder how much I actively like the band CSS, or if I just like a few of their songs. I know "Let's Make Love And Listen to Death From Above" is as catchy as it gets, and they also have the most viewed video in the history of youtube, "Music is My Hot Hot Sex." I wonder if I would be creeped out if a dude was the one who wanted to 'make love and listen to DFA.'

CSS were pioneers when it came to branding the 'cute, exotic, yet kind of dirty looking' female.


*****G C***
Maybe deep down inside of me, I enjoy Glass Candy because Johnny Jewel and Ida No remind me of a mom-and-dad type of relationship.


*****NYPC***
The New Young Pony Club has a female majority. I wonder if there is one dude who is the brains behind it. Does any one know what this band is up to? I feel like I deserve a New Young Pony Club remix per month, just since their music is so approachable and/or remixable.


***TGT*****
The Go Team has a handful of women. Do you think that there should be a limit on how many members can be in a 'band'? Did you like any other songs other than "Huddle Formation"? I feel like mixed gendered bands are guaranteed one pretty catchy hit, but they can also be doomed to 'be that band that only has one song that I listen to a lot.'


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Teenagers in Tokyo is a majority-female group.

I feel like their song "Very Vampyr" might have perfected the genre of cute-dancey-thrash-chant rock.



When I see mixed-gendered indie bands, I wonder if there is one male who 'basically writes most of the songs.' I think an advantage of being a mixed gender bands is that if your female members are cute enough, you have a better chance of turning a mediocre, some-what annoying song into a cute dancey pop song.

I used to think Le Tigre was a mixed gender band. Is it fair to assume that bands that are 100% female have a smaller chance of appealing to men than bands that are 100% male appealing to women? More girls are probably willing to love Interpol or DMB than there are guys willing to love to Electrelane or Le Tigre.


Bands like Coldplay and U2 prove that all-male bands will always be the biggest bands in the world. However, bands like Fleetwood Mac and Sonic Youth prove that mixed gendered bands are great for getting fans to truly identify with and genuinely love your band's catalog of work.

Overall, women are valuable members of modern alternative bloghouse indie post-dance rock music. It's a good time to be a music fan. We even live in a world where people are allowed to convince themselves that Uffie has a unique, valuable rap style.


How do you feel about women? Is their place still in the kitchen?
Are mixed gendered bands better than all-female or all-male bands?
Are there any women producers who make bangers that I need to know about?

[MP3s]
Teenagers in Tokyo Very Vampyr
CSS Computer Heat
New Young Pony Club The Bomb (The Teenagers Crush Lou Remix)



It's a great time to be a 15 year old girl who takes guitar lessons.

DOES ANY ONE KNOW WHERE I CAN GET SOME CHUCK TAYLOR BOOTS?

I would love to have a pair of this broad's Chuck Taylor boots. While most people can express themselves with the Chuck Taylor high top or the loafer, these boots are probably what I need to make sure my unique personal brand manifests itself.

I am also looking for a humble alt AZN to complete my summer look.

Basketball shoes have always been a good way to express yourself.


[Via The minneapoline]

HRO EXCLUSIVE OPINION: Is technology ruining music?

I saw this photograph of Simian Mobile Disco playing live. It made me wonder if technology is ruining music. Both the way it is made and the way it is performed live. I know technology can be cool when it comes to stuff like blogs, digital pets, and iPhones, but it might be ruining music and the way that we buy CDs.

I am worried that former switchboard operators will have the upperhand in the future of music, as opposed to the people who truly care about making innovative music and other genres of intelligent-core electronic dance & trance-house music.


Most days, I'll just rely on making sillie comments about sillie people, but I'm going to do my best to provide more exclusive opinions, and new ways to think about issues that people haven't thought of yet.

[Photo by Half Alive Photos]

Remember the dancing bloghouse skank that loved SMD a lot?
http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/2008/03/lately-ive-been-really-into-girls-who.html

15 Terrible/Amazing Comments about the bro who got stabbed in a party pic

15. Steve Jobs: I'm using this photo for my next iPhone ad.
14. Anonymous: in my country, the party starts when a bro gets stabbed.
13. Anonymous: im staying on bayswater rd next weekend, should taking a picture of yourself lieing on bayswater rd in kings cross be a new tourist attraction in sydney?
12. Anonymous: predicting future post: Alt titties covered in blood
11. BLAZN AZN: haha maybe if the fucker WASN'T AUSTRALIAN he wouldn't get stabbed, no would he. may it be a lesson to ALL of you
10. Anonymous: alt bros and aids go together like a fine wine *swishes fine alt bro + bloodz wine in his hand*
9. Anonymous: man why is everything out to kill the buzz. between the stabbings, steve aoki wasting all the fucking greygoose, and super drunk girls with helpful friends, WTF is a bro to do?
8. Anonymous: Stabbings are so 2003...get with the times Australia! Unless it was a greaser with a switchblade, then that's pretty fuckin cool...
7. Gosh Damn Team: Do U think that he watched the new Justice video 4 "Stress" and decided to act out that violence in real life? Perhaps "D.A.N.C.E" was playing and he got angry. blood is the new justice jacket.
6. Anonymous: aoki should have been there to pour vodka on the wound
5. ..::TOM::..: What if he was wearing a bow tie when he was stabbed?
4. Anonymous: Bet you any money the first photo is the stabbed dude's display pic. BTW Australia sucks. What a fucking awful country.
3. Anonymous: bro took a dip in some red tempera paint. IT'S 100% FAKKKKKEEEEEE
2. Anonymous: we're all in agreement that death isn't big until ~2k60?
1. Anonymous: sometimes people get stabbed, sometimes they get raped, sometimes they get pregnant, sometimes they listen to Wilco, and sometimes they go to parties. all of them make you bleed. get over it.

HRO Commenters are the new HRO Bloggers.
Within 2 months, most content may or may not be user-generated.

Read more sillie cmmnts and commentary from the photographer
http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/2008/05/graphic-images-of-violence-in-party-pix.html

Wanna get buzzed and make sillie hats out of records?

I am a big fan of self-expression, which is why I love fashion, music, and other alt stuff so much. I am an ardent support of the arts (& crafts). I wonder if it's cooler to make a hat out of a rare, highly coveted vinyl, or if it's better to just use a crappy one, since there's a chance that you might scratch the record.

Would you prefer the 7 inch model or the 12 inch model of the 'Record Hat'? I am considering starting a company that makes hats and caps out of minidisc players, cassette tapes, and Microsoft Zunes.

This might be my favourite female summer look so far.


[Photo by FCHNTR]

Do they sell this Merch at Justice Concerts?

What if God was 1 of us?
Just an alternative bro like one of us?
Just a kute girl who stopped reading overhyped modern fiction & started reading blogs like one us?
Just a vagrant who pisses in public like 1 of us?
Just a stranger in party pix like one of us?
Just a person with a myspace who made his or her profile song Crystal Castles vs Health like one of us?



[LasNitesArty]

Watch Santogold Half-heartedly Try to Stand Behind Her Overconceptualized Video That Some Guy Named Neema Directed

Do you like massacres of colors? Video highlights include:

• A woman's brains squirting out of her head
  
• Santogold's backup dancers doing their best to earn their (minimum wage) paycheck
  
• a girl pretending to vomit out green liquid utilizing the vomit-tube technology that Will Ferrell mastered in his early SNL days
• see a man gutted (but it makes u kind of sad when sand falls out of his belly, and not his real insides)
• watch a man eat jello out of a cadaver
• Miscellaneous alternative people getting fake-injured or killed, and having colorful wounds

Santogold's body language kind of comes across like the type of musician who 'enjoys making music and performing it live, but feels uncomfortable with the whole part about having to sell yourself as a product.'

Maybe I will actively start liking Santogold way more than people pretend to like M.I.A., since Santogold's personal brand seems pretty humble and reasonable. It will prove that I understand that even though Santogold was crossbranded and blurbed about in conjunction with M.I.A., it doesn't mean I should believe that she is an American M.I.A. Maybe I am entering an era where I talk myself into appreciating American artists and collectives because I want the USA to emerge as a darkhorse in the electro/alt music war.

I think this song is kind of growing on me like most Tegan and Sara songs.
View the final video here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9JI0GXkARQ

The LOOK@ME Scale

I am developing the applied theory behind the 5 levels of the LOOK@ME Scale. This bro would rate pretty high in the scale due to the following items:
1. panty hose mask with mirrors/mancala game pieces
2. Super kute animal print vest
3. ELECTRO LIGHTNING BOLT NECKLACE

This above all:
to thine own personal brand be true.

[Picture by Last Nights Party]

The Typographic Nip Slip

I wish more mainstream magazines would utilize the typographic nip slip technique. Nipples and areolas are dying to peep out from behind the words on a magazine cover.

In this picture, it-girl Agyness Deyn is posing topless letting sparks (not the drink) fly into her eye. It would be a very uninteresting, uninspired photo without putting type over her chest, and letting a nip peep out from behind some text.

She was apparently the 'guest editor' of the May 2008 issue of i-D Magazine. I wonder if she posed topless to sell more copies and get more 'viral bl0g buzz.'

[Meme originated at Pedestrian Blog]