image:: "The Mission Hipster", graphic spotted in SF in early 2004,
which establishes my early street cred. on the topic
This video could, no, should be a series. I know someone in Toronto who would be perfect for it, but, let's face it...a video series on hipsters...unhip. I'm pretty sure even if it were ironic, he'd pass.
Coffee, vinyl, quirky style....urban. I think vinyl is key...also the embracing lo-fi and ironically liking things that are stereotypically lowbrow, like PBR and diner fare. I think every hipster should have one signature piece of vinyl that defines their hipsterness. I'm not a hipster, I'm just old...but I think I should start a business lending out some of the accoutrements of hipsterness...like my turntable hooked up to a 1984 Akai receiver. Plus, there's my old vinyl pressings of New Order with sleeve designs by Peter Saville. Who could forger FAC 63, AKA, the "Blue Monday" 12" that has cutouts to look like an oldschool 5¼ floppy disk and a a black inner sleeve that resembled the magnetic disk itself? Geek hipster chic. This one has a clear inner sleeve. Tsk, tsk::
But, even having this is very hipster.
New Order, like The Smiths, isn't very obscure. So, stuff like Rough Trade's Microdisney might fit the bill. Here's the sleeve for "Birthday Girl" {1985} b/w "Harmony Time" & "Money for the Trams"

Twitterversion:: [blog+video] "How to Be a Hipster" video should be a series. Blog w/ hipster tips not from a hipster, but someone who is just plain old. @Prof_K
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