50,000 in attendance, Zero Hipsters: Billy Joel @ Shea
Posted by diehipster at 7/17/2008 7:03 AM and is filed under uncategorized 
I went to the Billy Joel (2nd to last) show last night at Shea. Not a fucking hipster in sight. It was great. It was also great to see 50,000 New Yorkers and non-New Yorkers (who act normal) celebrating his music, the Beatles music, and New York in general.
It really makes you wonder how a 20 or 30 something year old person can celebrate a no-name garage or loft band in a sweaty vomit and urine drenched dive bar or venue and swear that they are keen on the music scene. Those bands will never fill a stadium but hey, they don't want to right? Yeah, you're so cool. Now get the fuck out of here already.
Billy who?
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Billy who??? The Billy that has more talent in his pinky finger than every hipster in America combined. That's not even an exaggeration. Come on man, you have to admit it. Please realize that your out of tune, PBR influenced music is just sheer noise compared to an act like Billy Joel or other accomplished and truly talented artists no matter what their age or appearance. Good luck! Tell Daddy there is a big sale on guitar stings at Sam Ash and Guitar Center this weekend. They feed of of you robotic liberal art degree douchebags.
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Anti-hipster sentiment often comes from people who simply can't keep up with social change and are envious of those who can. Remember...you can always rate the amount of insecurity someone has by the amount they rant about hipsters.
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Thats Good News. I also noticed that they were no hipsters when Prince played at Bryant Park as well. P.S. My Tenant Hipster that lives under me was playing some tunes with his Casio Keyboard last night. His shit SUCKKKED !!!
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U oldsters should give it up & die already.
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Oldsters? Im 31. That means im probably two years younger or older than you. Wake the fuck up and stop spreading your made up way of life in NYC. Seriously. Just wake up.
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For a more intelligent and relevant critique of modern hipsterism, visit www.hipsterrunoff.com, as this site has become nothing more than intelligent people making fun of native NYCers for their hypocritical hatred of hipsters.
Don't forget that anti-hipster sentiment, of the type we see here, often comes from people who simply can't keep up with social change and are envious of those who can. Remember...you can always rate the amount of insecurity someone has by the amount and way by which they rant about hipsters on this site.
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Diehipster,
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE KILL OFF THIS POSTER IMMEDIATELY.
YOU'RE LETTING HIM/HER/IT DESTROY A GOOD THING.
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Contrary to what you believe, I think it's a good thing to have him keep posting. You see, with every key stroke or paste, he is proving what this site is all about; that hipsters have nothing to do but waste space in our precious city. This defender of douchiness trolls craigslist, diehipster.com, and probably half a dozen other message boards 24/7 defending the most fake crowd ever known to man. It makes me happy to know I'm right about our temporary infestation. Sure, the greasy indie crowd is responsible for changing the timeline of events in certain neighborhoods by setting up the scene for developers by first having faux artists occupy apartments with fair rents that rise quickly and then demolishing the neighborhood to make way for tall shiny yuppie buildings, but by the looks of the economy, I really dont see this trend going on much longer. So to sum things up, I encourage people like Trey with 20 different names posting hipster defenses on here, it only proves my point a thousand times over. He knows he's a lonely boy trying to keep up with trends instead of living his own life. But hey, that's irony.
***Note: this wasn't a paste, but here comes one, hit us with your best shot Trey***
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You want something more academic?
Searching "causes of gentrification" in Google pulls up this paper as the first hit:
http://comm-org.wisc.edu/papers2000/gentrify/contents.htm
Read it in detail, or at least look at the flow chart in the first chapter if you're smart enough to do that.
In fact, gentrification also takes place in neighborhoods that don't have a high hipster populations at all. An example of this would be the expansion of Columbia University into "Manhattanville" in West Harlem (http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/property/2006/05/columbias_manha.html).
You'll see that that causes of gentrification are multi-factorial, where the root causes are NOT because of the wealthier people who move in to a new neighborhood. That is merely just a symptom of deeper underlying social issues. It's funny how you just keep believing what you'd like to believe, which only validates what I've been saying all along. You're a meathead...if not by appearance then by mentality.
Anti-hipster sentiment is really based on a resentment of people who have healthier and more fulfilling social lives. Judging from their comments, a lot of anti-hipster sentiment evidently comes from "tough guy" non-intellectual homophobic macho types who feel that the more sensitive, intelligent, physically slimmer, and culturally aware hipster ideal threatens their insecure sense of masculinity. At some point in their lives they probably got mocked and ridiculed, or even had beer poured all over their heads, by some downtown girl with a tattoo (aka "hipster") after trying to pull some lame move on them. If you think about it, in some ways the entire hipster revolution came about to mock and ridicule such people and their mentalities. It's not about meat and muscle anymore. Anti-hipster sentiment often comes from people who simply can't keep up with social change and are envious of those who can. Remember...you can always rate the amount of insecurity someone has by the amount they rant about hipsters.
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Thats like the 500th time you've left the same pastes and links. Why can't you explain the "follow the leader, fake, indie, artsy, pretentious" bullshit that we all see happening at the highest rate ever here as New Yorkers? Myself and most likely (just guessing) all the other hipster haters on here don't hate transplants that act normal with real jobs and no self esteem issues unlike those who walk around aimlessly during business hours showing off their crooked hair cuts and paint stained vintage clothing and quirkiness while paying three times the rent they should be. Please Mr. 24/7 commenter Trey, tell us in YOUR OWN WORDS (not a paste) how this fits into the NYC nobody can possibly know after living here for 3 months or years and how you manage to live the hipster lifestyle that you promote while glued to your computer all day? I'll tell you what, if you respond to this with another paste, then you truly are a brainless little cancer amongst many other little brainless cancers.
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The answer is pretty simple, but you meatheads just don't get it. According to your "sitemeter" you get 50+ hits a day, but notice it's always that small handful of neanderthals who refuse to listen to logic and reason, and keep posting ignorant anti-hipster rants...usually steeped in shades of racism, homophobia, xenophobia, and general idiocy. Of course that's the "real" NYC coming through isn't it? No wonder the "hipster" transplants you hate so much feel no guilt moving into "your" neighborhood. Sorry to burst your romantic bubble but times have changed so face the facts.
If it hasn't been clear enough, I'm not here as much to defend hipsters as I am to ridicule you guys. The truth of the matter is that the more intelligent and socially well-adjusted people new to this site will instantly see the truth in what I say. So here it is again...
Basically anyone who embraces a youthful and edgy urban style, who enjoys going to rock shows and divey-type bars is labeled a hipster these days. These people represent a significant fraction of the under-30 population in this city who enjoy keeping up with the latest in nightlife, music, art, and culture. Hipterism is the new mainstream, and basically anyone with a healthy and active social life is a "hipster". It's irrelevant whether hipsters truly re-invented certain elements of culture and style, or if they're just cultural consumers and social leeches like others would retort. It's simply the new reality. Remember...you can always rate the amount of insecurity someone has by the amount they rant about hipsters.
For a more intelligent and relevant critique of modern hipsterism, visit www.hipsterrunoff.com, as this site has become nothing more than intelligent people making fun of native NYCers for their hypocritical hatred of hipsters.
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Oh yeah, and in direct reply to your question...just because someone keeps up with modern fashion sensibilities, doesn't listen to Billy Joel *snickers*, and is a a freelancer with flexible work hours who might happen to be out on the street when you're working 9 to 5, doesn't mean that he/she is living off of some trust fund. That's the new reality that many of you ignoramuses simply don't get. And I will say it again...
An interesting observation on these anti-hipster ranters are their failed attempts to hijack online "hipster blogs" with their incoherent babble. These blogs often document various cultural activities in the city, and upon closer inspection of pictures therein, you'll find many people who don't fit a hipster stereotype at all, but are all thoroughly enjoying themselves. Of course, anti-hipster ranters still shout "hipster" at anyone and everyone they don't agree with. If you own an Ipod, they will call you "hipster". If you've ever gone to Starbucks, they will call you "hipster". If you are a freelancer and have your own work hours, they will call you "hipster". If you own any clothing from a thrift store or have edgy urban fashion sensibilities, they will call you "hipster". If you listen to bands on an indie record label, they will call you "hipster". If your hair is a little messy or scruffy, they wil call you "hipster". If you drink cheap beer like PBR, they will call you "hipster". If you are vegan, they will call you "hipster". If you simply exist, they will call you "hipster".
What does this all really mean? Anti-hipster sentiment is really based on a resentment of people who have healthier and more fulfilling social lives. Judging from their comments, a lot of anti-hipster sentiment evidently comes from "tough guy" non-intellectual homophobic macho types who feel that the more sensitive, intelligent, physically slimmer, and culturally aware hipster ideal threatens their insecure sense of masculinity. At some point in their lives they probably got mocked and ridiculed, or even had beer poured all over their heads, by some downtown girl with a tattoo (aka "hipster") after trying to pull some lame move on them. If you think about it, in some ways the entire hipster revolution came about to mock and ridicule such people and their mentalities. It's not about meat and muscle anymore. Anti-hipster sentiment often comes from people who simply can't keep up with social change and are envious of those who can. Remember...you can always rate the amount of insecurity someone has by the amount they rant about hipsters.
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Tripple yawn.............
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What is so healthy and fulfilling about drinking Pabst Blue Ribbon and talking to some vacuous skank while listening to some overhyped garage band play 2 out-of-tune chords?
Also, from the looks of you gaunt, 138 pound hipsters, you aren't very healthy.
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It's certainly healthier than your fat meathead ass. At the current rate, 75% of people in this country will be clinically obese by 2015.
Need I say it again? Judging from their comments, a lot of anti-hipster sentiment evidently comes from "tough guy" non-intellectual homophobic macho types who feel that the more sensitive, intelligent, physically slimmer, and culturally aware hipster ideal threatens their insecure sense of masculinity. At some point in their lives they probably got mocked and ridiculed, or even had beer poured all over their heads, by some downtown girl with a tattoo (aka "hipster") after trying to pull some lame move on them. If you think about it, in some ways the entire hipster revolution came about to mock and ridicule such people and their mentalities. It's not about meat and muscle anymore. Anti-hipster sentiment often comes from people who simply can't keep up with social change and are envious of those who can. Remember...you can always rate the amount of insecurity someone has by the amount they rant about hipsters.
For a more intelligent and relevant critique of modern hipsterism, visit www.hipsterrunoff.com, as this site has become nothing more than intelligent people making fun of native NYCers for their hypocritical hatred of hipsters.
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Weight loss through tobacco, cocaine & eating disorders? I'd rather be clinically obese by 2015 than clinically dead by 2015!!!!
Pro-hipster sentiment often comes from people who simply can't keep up with hygeine and are envious of those who can. Remember...you can always rate the amount of insecurity someone has by the amount they rant (cut n' paste) about anti-hipsters.
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Hahaha, Fat? I don't think so. I'm 6'1, 180 and I bench 225. How about you?
As for the meathead comment; we can't all display the intellectual prowess you obviously posses, copying and pasting the same vapid nonsense incessantly on your fruity Mac.
Do you have the same proclivity for intellectual discourse that you do for groupthink-spewing copy and pasting? Prove it and say something original.
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Don't forget that pro-hipster sentiment, of the type we see here, often comes from people who simply can't keep up with basic hygiene and are envious of those who live in homes without roaches. Remember...you can always rate the amount of insecurity someone has by the amount and way by which they rant (cut'n paste) about non-hipsters on this site.
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For a more intelligent and relevant critique of modern hipsterism, visit www.hipsterrunoff.com, as this site has become nothing more than intelligent people making fun of native NYCers for their hypocritical hatred of hipsters.
Don't forget that anti-hipster sentiment, of the type we see here, often comes from people who simply can't keep up with social change and are envious of those who can. Remember...you can always rate the amount of insecurity someone has by the amount and way by which they rant about hipsters on this site.
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Don't forget that pro-hipster sentiment, of the type we see here, often comes from people who simply can't keep up with basic hygiene and are envious of those who live in homes without roaches. Remember...you can always rate the amount of insecurity someone has by the amount and way by which they rant (cut'n paste) about non-hipsters on this site.
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how about we forget about 'hipsters' for a minute and cover something really important:
billy joel fucking BLOWS. billy joel REALLY fucking blows.
why would watching a fat, 40-something, rich and priveleged man play awful music somehow be prefereable to watching a skinny, rich and priveleged 20-something do it?
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Music aside. . .This man messed up the opportunity to bang a supermodel every night. That makes him an idiot.
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The opportunity to bang an old, former supermodel every night.
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Only total squares are proud to see "stadium bands"...how lame. Maybe you should gloat about seeing Britney Spears next.
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Let's go to McCarren Park Pool see a hipster band and die!!
http://gawker.com/5026416/dead-body-found-in-mccarren-park-pool
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Bad News:
It isn't Trey Parasuco.
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How dow we know? His macbook could be sent on automatic cut n' paste.
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Dead hipster found, well it's a start.
http://gawker.com/5026416/dead-body-found-in-mccarren-park-pool
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I hope for the same when I go to the Journey, Heart and Cheap Trick concert in September. Living in Seattle, hipsters are as common as overcast days.
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this is great. you are all such zeros. bickering with each other. Arguing on the internet is the most cowardly form of debate. actually, it not even arguing, for that you would need a point. your all just insecure losers that would be embarrased, shamed and possibly suicidal in an actual face to face debate on any point!
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Why are you arguing? Please commit suicide now, thank you.
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Isn't the "you have too much time on your hands debating on the internet" merely second in the chain? I've seen people drop that non-sequitor since '95, and you know what? Its 15 minutes are up.
Read it or ignore it.
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Anti hipster violence is on the rise. Hipster chic beaten up for wearing an ironic teeshirt that some native New Yorkers did not find to be ironic.
http://gawker.com/5026752/race+baiting-media-whore-is-a-credible-source-to-one-dumb-paper
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Damn, these goofy hipsters, who pretend to be culturally diverse, are taking their phony "irony" to even more ridiculous levels.
I don't condone violence against these morons, no matter how obnoxious they are, but its good they're seeing that people will call them on their foolishness.
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Nice try. Hipster or no hipster, Billy Joel eats a crank.
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What defines a hipster exactly?
And yes, Billy Joel is completely boring.
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Basically anyone who embraces a youthful and edgy urban style, who enjoys going to rock shows and divey-type bars is labeled a hipster these days. These people represent a significant fraction of the under-30 population in this city who enjoy keeping up with the latest in nightlife, music, art, and culture. Hipterism is the new mainstream, and basically anyone with a healthy and active social life is a "hipster".
An interesting observation on these anti-hipster ranters are their failed attempts to hijack online "hipster blogs" with their incoherent babble. These blogs often document various cultural activities in the city, and upon closer inspection of pictures therein, you'll find many people who don't fit a hipster stereotype at all, but are all thoroughly enjoying themselves. Of course, anti-hipster ranters still shout "hipster" at anyone and everyone they don't agree with. If you own an Ipod, they will call you "hipster". If you've ever gone to Starbucks, they will call you "hipster". If you are a freelancer and have your own work hours, they will call you "hipster". If you own any clothing from a thrift store or have edgy urban fashion sensibilities, they will call you "hipster". If you listen to bands on an indie record label, they will call you "hipster". If your hair is a little messy or scruffy, they wil call you "hipster". If you drink cheap beer like PBR, they will call you "hipster". If you are vegan, they will call you "hipster". If you simply exist, they will call you "hipster".
What does this all really mean? Anti-hipster sentiment is really based on a resentment of people who have healthier and more fulfilling social lives. Judging from their comments, a lot of anti-hipster sentiment evidently comes from "tough guy" non-intellectual homophobic macho types who feel that the more sensitive, intelligent, physically slimmer, and culturally aware hipster ideal threatens their insecure sense of masculinity. At some point in their lives they probably got mocked and ridiculed, or even had beer poured all over their heads, by some downtown girl with a tattoo (aka "hipster") after trying to pull some lame move on them. If you think about it, in some ways the entire hipster revolution came about to mock and ridicule such people and their mentalities. It's not about meat and muscle anymore. Anti-hipster sentiment often comes from people who simply can't keep up with social change and are envious of those who can. Remember...you can always rate the amount of insecurity someone has by the amount they rant about hipsters.
For a more intelligent and relevant critique of modern hipsterism, visit http://www.hipsterrunoff.com instead as this site has become nothing more than intelligent people making fun of "native" NYCers for being racist, homophobic, xenophobic, and generally idiotic.
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For a more intelligent and relevant critique of modern hipsterism, visit http://www.hipstersRdouches.com instead as this site has become nothing more than intelligent people making fun of hipsters for being racist, homophobic, xenophobic, and generally nilly white spoiled brat children.
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You said it yourself, in this city, Hipsters are the new mainstream. So stop acting like you're edgy and cool, and on the spearhead of some underground movement. Cause guess what? The real cool people (not saying you're going to find them on this blog) are over it already, and have moved beyond you trendy twats. I bet you can drink Bud Lights now that they're label is technically an import right? Slags.
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Hello! I want to dispel the myth that children do not have the ability to decide what they want to do with their lives. Children are people. Some children have good ideas and others don't. Children are human. Age is an irrelevant factor in the ability to comprehend rationally. There are totally irrational and totally irresponsible adults out in the world.
I am twelve years old. I have been gay from a very young age and I feel that I am as much a gay person as someone walking down Christopher St. or the Castro or any so called gay neighborhood. Some gays do not recognize that a young person could be gay.
I believe in gay liberation. Gay liberation must include all aspects of the sexual freedom struggle. Young gays should be made to feel at home in the gay community. The gay rights lobby denounces the "lunatic fringe" groups (boy lovers, TVs, S&M, etc) to gain a more "respectable" look, and to collect funds from liberal politicians at election time. These actions could destroy the gay liberation struggle by splitting the gay movement. If we are to survive, all froms of gayness must be accepted.
One of the most important lessons you must learn about liberation is that you never sell out to the people oppressing you. The time is here where we must stay by our convictions and be ourselves, in order to show that no matter what they do to us, our ideas will live on in other peoples minds. We must flaunt love and fight oppression.
Changes are not made overnight. In order to change attitudes, we must find a dialogue to communicate with parents and authorities. In my life I just leveled with my mother. At first she didn't know whether I thought I was gay or just experimenting with gayness. She is fully supportive of my decision to be gay. Most parents are not like this, though.
I am gay. I am proud. Please be supportive of young gays. It's hard enough for adults to be gay. It is almost impossible for a gay boy to have a good healthy open relationship because of the atmosphere of the community towards youth. I accept all. You should too.
Yours in the struggle for liberation,
Trey Parasuco
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Billy Joel is cool. Just dont let him get behind the wheel of a car. Kinda emabarrasing to see fat old billy joel. stadiums are meant for sporting events not concerts. i dont see how anyone can enjoy a concert at a stadium. Even the Beatles felt that their Shea stadium concert was kinda ridiculous.
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This is fucking hilarious!
I can't believe it.
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