Five cheap crapophones in Austin

[Meltrope3]

http://austin.craigslist.org/atq/4956564861.html

Not mine. These belong to a vintage-revival haberdashery, Dandy's, which caters mainly to a young, hipsterish clientele.

(Actually, I've bought a few things there myself, though I'm neither a hipster nor young.)

(Such as: a shaving mug and a bow tie.)

But I'm puzzled...much of what I've read about hipsterism emphasizes the search for authenticity, rediscovery of craft traditions and similar ideas. So what in heaven's name is this most hipsterish of boutiques doing with enough crapophones to ballast a ship?

[De Soto Frank]

I am probably far from an authority in hipsters, but the uber-hipster coffee-shop crowd around here are usually cash-poor, and likely can't afford real external-horn machines...


Besides, Gram-o-phones won't play vinyl...

[brianu]

But I'm puzzled...much of what I've read about hipsterism emphasizes the search for authenticity, rediscovery of craft traditions and similar ideas. So what in heaven's name is this most hipsterish of boutiques doing with enough crapophones to ballast a ship?

I don't think so-called hipsters are really inclined toward the "authentic" in terms of historical correctness and accuracy (at least a few have asked me about playing their vinyl on a victrola)... if anything, they seem mostly drawn to an amalgam of styles from various periods, certain elements of clothing, music, "taste," etc., that symbolize or refer to something else/earlier that's no longer deemed generally mainstream... provided of course that those elements are generally accepted by the same hipster peers from which the hipster also typically seeks to distinguish him/herself for purposes of asserting or maintaining personal or individual "authenticity." thus the conundrum.

See...

http://www.thepubscout.com/the-best-of/ ... -of-irony/

[De Soto Frank]

That's a riot !

Thanks, Brian !

[Mr Grumpy]

I don't think so-called hipsters are really inclined toward the "authentic" in terms of historical correctness and accuracy (at least a few have asked me about playing their vinyl on a victrola)... if anything, they seem mostly drawn to an amalgam of styles from various periods, certain elements of clothing, music, "taste," etc., that symbolize or refer to something else/earlier that's no longer deemed generally mainstream... provided of course that those elements are generally accepted by the same hipster peers from which the hipster also typically seeks to distinguish him/herself for purposes of asserting or maintaining personal or individual "authenticity." thus the conundrum.

See...

http://www.thepubscout.com/the-best-of/ ... -of-irony/

Brilliant.

[Meltrope3]

Yes, a brilliant social critique. I'm beginning to fear that these five crapophones are but the outer symptoms of a deeper spiritual malady that is gnawing at the very fibre of civilization...

[Lucius1958]

But I'm puzzled...much of what I've read about hipsterism emphasizes the search for authenticity, rediscovery of craft traditions and similar ideas. So what in heaven's name is this most hipsterish of boutiques doing with enough crapophones to ballast a ship?

I don't think so-called hipsters are really inclined toward the "authentic" in terms of historical correctness and accuracy (at least a few have asked me about playing their vinyl on a victrola)... if anything, they seem mostly drawn to an amalgam of styles from various periods, certain elements of clothing, music, "taste," etc., that symbolize or refer to something else/earlier that's no longer deemed generally mainstream... provided of course that those elements are generally accepted by the same hipster peers from which the hipster also typically seeks to distinguish him/herself for purposes of asserting or maintaining personal or individual "authenticity." thus the conundrum.

See...

http://www.thepubscout.com/the-best-of/ ... -of-irony/

True: the Hipster wants to be a rebel and nonconformist....

...just like everyone else in his group.

Bill