The Rise Of The 'Yupster'

I like how he makes a joke about pronouncing Sufjan. Clever.

Posted by: Christy at 01/04/06 9:59 AM | Reply
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pld.

has gypster already spread?

Posted by: adam at 01/04/06 10:05 AM | Reply
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[denial]I'm not a lawyer, I'm a doctor. I really fucking hate Bright Eyes. And I only saw Garden State _twice_ in theatres. So I'm good. [/denial]

Posted by: The J Train at 01/04/06 10:32 AM | Reply
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Everything deserves a 'ster' to give cool cred to terminology. 'Blogger' is out, 'blogster' is in.

Posted by: Alex at 01/04/06 11:27 AM | Reply
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i thought the word was 'yippies'.

Posted by: neha at 01/04/06 11:37 AM | Reply
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Stereogum in Newsweek? Woa.

Posted by: DMo at 01/04/06 11:43 AM | Reply
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Yippie-kai-yay, motherfucker.

Posted by: Rich at 01/04/06 11:44 AM | Reply
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Please tell me you don't honestly think "yippies" is a new-ish term. Look up "yippie" in the dictionary immediately.

Posted by: the management at 01/04/06 11:47 AM | Reply
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"Despite a dip in overall sales, indie labels now claim 27 percent of the music market—their largest share in recent memory."

Translation: I'm too lazy of a journalist to actually research the historical statistics for market share distribution, so I'll rely on the indistinct and meaningless "in recent memory" phrase.

Posted by: Topher at 01/04/06 12:42 PM | Reply
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Screw Yupsters. Huppies is where it's at.

Posted by: jim at 01/04/06 1:57 PM | Reply
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Shouldn't yuppies who listen to Death Cab and Bright Eyes be called Yusses instead?

Posted by: Eli at 01/04/06 2:23 PM | Reply
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New tracks, mostly by UK bands, up at http://tommyshots.blogspot.com go enjoy

Posted by: Adam at 01/04/06 2:25 PM | Reply
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wait, that's me. Except I hated Garden State.

Posted by: tylernol at 01/04/06 2:59 PM | Reply
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I still prefer indie yuppies.

Posted by: Justin at 01/04/06 3:01 PM | Reply
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YIPSTER is where it's at

Posted by: tommy moniker at 01/04/06 3:08 PM | Reply
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It all leads to... huckster.

Posted by: drewo at 01/04/06 3:13 PM | Reply
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I prefer Fuckster personally.

Way to go Scott... makin' it big time with MSNBC.

Posted by: JayFlyer at 01/04/06 3:54 PM | Reply
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ugh...Garden State, what a piece of shit.

Congrats on the major exposure, Scott.

Posted by: jed2 at 01/04/06 4:06 PM | Reply
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Who gives a shit? Why must everyone be classified?

Everyone is too caught up in counterculture to pay attention to their own lives.

Posted by: Tom4 at 01/04/06 4:14 PM | Reply
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Who gives a shit? Why must everyone be classified?

Everyone is too caught up in counterculture to pay attention to their own lives. People are defined by a lot more than what music they listen to.

Posted by: Tom4 at 01/04/06 4:14 PM | Reply
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Who gives a shit? Why must everyone be classified?

Everyone is too caught up in counterculture to pay attention to their own lives. People are defined by a lot more than what music they listen to. Forge an identity all your own!

Posted by: Tom4 at 01/04/06 4:15 PM | Reply
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No! I want to maximize my demographic integrity!

Posted by: jed2 at 01/04/06 4:17 PM | Reply
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how about "hush puppies" ?

Posted by: catfood at 01/04/06 4:33 PM | Reply
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i like that

Posted by: jed2 at 01/04/06 4:47 PM | Reply
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What about hippisters? They dress a lot like hippies, but unlike hippies, are young and beautiful and listen to neo-60's music like Devandra Banhart.

Posted by: jamie at 01/04/06 4:52 PM | Reply
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What the crap is up with the full page ad I had to view to see the comments?

Stereogum brought to you by MusicSeeks?

Was the wedding that expensive, Scott?

Posted by: dan at 01/04/06 5:01 PM | Reply
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"Everyone is too caught up in counterculture to pay attention to their own lives."

That's the point. It's NOT a counterculture, just a new wave of hyper-consumers.

Posted by: janine at 01/04/06 5:23 PM | Reply
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How about LSHISMP?

Posted by: Satisfied '75 at 01/04/06 5:23 PM | Reply
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Clap Your Hands Say Yuppies

Posted by: smitty at 01/04/06 5:41 PM | Reply
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i'm scared.

Posted by: Dyla-pidated at 01/04/06 6:03 PM | Reply
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I had to say that the "Yippie Kai-Yay" comment was freakin' BRILLIANT!!! Well done Rich- a much needed laugh at work

Posted by: Huggy bear at 01/04/06 6:58 PM | Reply
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Absolutely true! Leave it to Vice to finally say something about it.

...And oh do I love an iced chai latte...

Posted by: Kimberly at 01/04/06 7:01 PM | Reply
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thank god i don't like SOOF-yawn or else i'd have to buy an audi and some of those fancy converse sneakers.

(is there really an audi ad on pitchfork?)

ps - good work on the triple post there tom4

Posted by: eric at 01/04/06 8:20 PM | Reply
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hippindie yupster doofus.

Posted by: l_p_4_7 at 01/04/06 9:48 PM | Reply
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I'm a librarian - what's the rest of your excuses?

Actually reading this quote: "I was just trying to say that indie music has gone soft - I mean, it cant get any softer."

I like a lot of these *soft* bands precisely because we are in a war and have a generic Alpha-male mentality as a country. The Shins, Belle & Sebastian, the Lucksmiths are all very passive aggressive in their way and maybe that's the perfect soundtrack for these times.

Also is having an i-Pod really a hipster thing? Haven't a bajillion of those things been sold?

Posted by: ettett at 01/04/06 9:53 PM | Reply
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"Is having an iPod really a hipster thing". YES "Haven't a bajillion of those things been sold? YES

Don't feel bad, I'm such a Yipster that I had to look up who Conor Oberst is.

Posted by: BB at 01/04/06 10:49 PM | Reply
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Oh, I don't feel bad BB, just surprised. I guess it was bound to happen. And I can claim I saw Bright Eyes in 2000 (Boston, Middle East) and it was craptastically worthy of K-Fed.

Posted by: ettett at 01/04/06 10:54 PM | Reply
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yup.

rise of a new word i will love to use. thank you 2006. i won't forget you.

i still haven't gotten an ipod. i rock my awkward-as-fuck mp3 cd player and minidisc player. i may get one - when apple removes their firm (but hot) grip from my balls, so i may afford one.

Posted by: mercator at 01/04/06 11:47 PM | Reply
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can i just say that the bloc party is the gayest most neffariously overrated piece of talentless crap of the whole year.

Posted by: nins at 01/05/06 1:26 AM | Reply
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YupPster is an electronic musician from Chicago. He's also my bandmate's brother. I think those two sentences just branded me a yupster.

Posted by: Trey at 01/05/06 4:24 AM | Reply
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I didn't want an iPod. But my Mom got it for me any way for my birthday. Yeah, that's a hell of a thing to complain about, right? The irony is that all I wanted was more vinyl.

So last night, I put the whole Talking Heads catalogue, some Streets, and all of my Flaming Lips albums into it and the three hundred or so songs that had already been in my iPod had disappeared, which sucked because I really wanted to listen to Akron/Family this morning.

Technology is confusing as fuck. I just need something that spins, even though I've really neglected my CD player for the past few weeks. Where do I put the needle?

Posted by: fido at 01/05/06 9:50 AM | Reply
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I thought it was Yindie.

http://www.laweekly.com/ink/06/07/culture-hipsters.php

Posted by: Glenn at 01/05/06 2:19 PM | Reply
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Whatever I'm called, I stopped wearing pants.

Posted by: ryan p at 01/05/06 2:53 PM | Reply
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Man. That sucks. Society is already trying to "label" me. Damnit.

Foiled yet again!

It is a damn interesting article though.

Oh, and by the way... Garden State was awesome... I don't care what you say!

Posted by: Chris from Katy at 01/05/06 4:24 PM | Reply
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damn n i thought i had escaped the conformity of labels...i am so that...duuude...'cept i'm not livin in the heart of suburbia, but you know, still...=^O

Posted by: alexis at 01/05/06 5:17 PM | Reply
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That LA Weekly article is great, especially the part about "Pitchfork Television" as an MTV subsidiary.

Why yupsters now? Why "soft" indie music now? Why is complacency in, and agressiveness out? How did consumer culture get so damn smart?

Ah, the postmodern condition...

Posted by: Vic at 01/05/06 5:23 PM | Reply
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Meh. They're spelling it wrong. And my website that no one reads is probably going away soon, anyway.

Posted by: yuppster at 01/05/06 9:31 PM | Reply
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