Huppie: Still Available

Huppie's taken my friend. That would be the Hippie/yuppie. Think dreadlocks and North Face...

Posted by: E at 01/12/06 11:57 AM  | Reply
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maybe we just don't have them in nyc...the dreads always go with military surplus jackets or something similarly fake-poor

Posted by: jim at 01/12/06 12:10 PM  | Reply
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Could we have a contest to determine the agreed upon term for this phenomenon?

I'd vote for "yupster."

Posted by: Kip at 01/12/06 12:41 PM  | Reply
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what about "yippie"? the people that have the no dubya stickers on the backs of their volvos and drink seattle's best coffee because they don't want to support the starbucks corporate monster. I bet they wear white belts, too.

Posted by: sam at 01/12/06 2:07 PM  | Reply
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Yippie is already taken. Take a look at Abbie Hoffman and the 60's...they used the term.

Posted by: matt at 01/12/06 2:30 PM  | Reply
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maybe the solution is to build a new "[blank] urban professional" entirely.

fashionable = fuppies
cliquish = cuppies
snob niche = snuppies

Posted by: jim at 01/12/06 3:15 PM  | Reply
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How about yucksters?

Posted by: jason at 01/12/06 3:24 PM  | Reply
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if i were Kevin Shields i wouldn't want to be forced to listen to shit music either.

it's one thing if it's the LES, where noise is completely part and parcel of the neighborhood and any "yupsters" who moved down there when it got popular and expensive can fuck right the fuck off and stop having the bars raided.

judging by the article it's a pretty placid English town being invaded by drunken wannabe fashionistas.
quiet is good sometimes too.

Posted by: Brendan at 01/12/06 3:28 PM  | Reply
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I'm not saying Kevin Shields is wrong, but living in a quiet, upscale neighborhood and complaining about the pop music at the new bar is kind of an indie yuppie thing, no?

Posted by: jim at 01/12/06 4:27 PM  | Reply
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yeah, i can't really argue that it isn't.
maybe i'm just projecting my own disappointment at the continued and complete absence of new music from MBV/Shields. he should be making our ears bleed with joy not lobbying civic coalitions!

Posted by: Brendan at 01/12/06 4:35 PM  | Reply
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Confucious say Kevin Shields suck like indie yupsters. HooAHHHH!

Posted by: alexis at 01/12/06 5:56 PM  | Reply
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While their certainly seems to be a stereotype in the States of the Indie Yuppie, this article's "test" was certainly lame. Sadly, here in Sydney, all the "trendy" people listen to Ministry of Sound compilations. The only Indie night in town, "Purple Sneakers" is a mecca of fat girls in wearing oversized Interpol t-shirts.

Posted by: Seppo at 01/12/06 6:40 PM  | Reply
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hahha true about purple sneakers seppo.. but I think we have our own form of indie-yuppie stereotype who shops at surry hills, dangerfield, paddington markets and general pants so they can look hip at bang gang, wets themselves over a tsubi sale, loves everything on modular recordings, lined up at 6am to see the strokes at the gaelic club and studies at COFA.

Posted by: Lisa at 01/13/06 12:39 AM  | Reply
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what a dumbass for suggesting yippie. yindie also blows. i dont like the word. yipster, maybe. yupster, blah.

Posted by: chris at 01/13/06 12:56 AM  | Reply
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yo, seppo, small fucking world. ytmnd

Posted by: chris at 01/13/06 12:58 AM  | Reply
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I think the whole thing is a ruse by the Bush Administration to make us believe that every white city person btw 25 and 35 is makin' tons of money and living in high fashion when probably the majority are totally fucking broke and living paycheck to paycheck- like me.

Posted by: jed2 at 01/13/06 11:29 AM  | Reply
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