Georgetown Goes Indie

[snailhook]

more than ever do i crave a return to 1993 for indie-rock. times new viking!
 
 has anybody ever heard of any of those bands playing georgetown dc indiefest? who the fuck is measax?

[sweetcell]

those bands are so ironic that no one here has ever heard of them.

[kosmo vinyl]

most of them are electronica acts
 
 dcindiemusic.com
 
 update: electronica of the uber crappy progressive variety

[kosmo vinyl]

this is the one that cracketh me up...
 
 http://www.myspace.com/kayazmusic
 
 from their myspace page
 
 "AGAINST THE STREAM..."
 
 Deep underground outside of, Washington DC
 
 then farther down that page
 
     
 "DC Modern Luxury Magazine will be featuring the Kayaz Kollektiv in their December issue. They will be reviewing our upcoming white-hot CD being released in late November entitled "Fire By Friction" featuring Arainia. Look for copies of Modern Luxury due to hit the stands in December...letâ??s keep our fingers crossed and hope they like it!"

[Cali]

it's not a show if i cant wear jeans or tennis shoes. isnt this anti-indie?
 
 but then again, i wouldnt pay 40 or 60 bucks for bands i dont know

[Herr Professor Doktor Doom]

Originally posted by miss pretentious:
  no no no. not haute couture.
 thats high fashion, custom fitted clothing. of which this is neither.
 
 indie is the latest fashion trend mayhaps. not haute couture.  

So how does haute couture tie in with juicy couture?
 
 That article is insane, by the way.   The City Tavern is the kind of place your wealthy relatives with "connections in the city" take you for an uncomfortable dinner when you graduate high school -- during which you silently vow to never, ever return -- not a place you'd go to see music, indie or not.

[you be betty]

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
   

Originally posted by Julian, good manners AFICIONADO:
   

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
  yes yes yes....technically it's prêt-à-porter - if you're some sort of fashionazi.
 

What makes this semiotics and semantics discussion all the more hilarious is the fact that in the comments section of the BYT article, there's a couple people having a pretty raging debate over whether hipsters are the bourgeoisie or proletariat class in modern society.
 
 Why must we analyze hipsters so? Can't we just let hipsters exist? Can't the hipsters just be? [/b]

Hipsters are totally boojy -- they just like to think they are the proletariat.  
 
 It's a vestige of grunge.  Before that, indie music was "college rock" and it's fans were content being upper middle class.  Then grunge came along and everyone started dressing like junkie lumberjacks and pretending like they wanted to wait tables or work in a gas station for the rest of their lives.
 
 Now the pendulum has swung too far the other way and the kids have to wear Marc Jacobs and Dior Homme and pretend like blogging their pedestrian existence makes them some rebellious wing of the Literati. [/b]

not to mention Sonic Youth played at Marc Jacobs' last fashion show...these guys know exactly what they are doing; we have come full circle.

[you be betty]

Originally posted by They call me Doctor Doom.:
   

Originally posted by miss pretentious:
  no no no. not haute couture.
 thats high fashion, custom fitted clothing. of which this is neither.
 
 indie is the latest fashion trend mayhaps. not haute couture.  

So how does haute couture tie in with juicy couture?
  [/b]

Not at all    
 
 There are only about 10-20 ateliers out there who are ACTUALLY couture.  And none of them use "couture" in their names...

[taperkat]

Is it now indie to constantly shill your own website consistently and never really talk about anything but increasing your own damn post count?

[sweetcell]

you hot tranny messes are sooooo topical - guess who was in the pinacle of reporting that is The Express yesterday?!?  yes, Princess Puffysleeves! (actual interview posted on  washpost on monday)
 
    <img src="http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/photo/2008/03/11/PH2008031102949.jpg" alt=" - " />
 
    <img src="http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/photo/2008/03/06/PH2008030601626.jpg" alt=" - " />

[Herr Professor Doktor Doom]

Youbebetty, thanks for clearing that up.  
 
 That dood Christian -- he reminds me of the girl who cuts my hair.

[nkotb]

He reminds me of a guy I want to punch in the neck.
 
 

Originally posted by They call me Doctor Doom.:
  That dood Christian -- he reminds me of the girl who cuts my hair.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

You guys are just jealous. No doubt that guy gets so much pussy.

[godsshoeshine]

and fierce pussy too

[Arthwys]

Originally posted by kosmo:
  this is the one that cracketh me up...
 
  http://www.myspace.com/kayazmusic

The scariest part for me was that the first lyrics that came up on his song was "we got the skillz, the skillz that pay the billz"  and yes I'm sure this guy would use z's in those words.
 
 Then further down apparently this guy will "unleash the vibe".