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i'm wearing a green ponys tshirt (they have a rather retro-twee logo), a zipup hoodie, dark jeans, rainbow stripe socks, and black steel-capped oxfords. i don't what happened when i got dressed this morning, but for some reason i was convinced that i was 17 again.

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 15 April 2004 14:12 (twenty-two years ago)

I've got a smiths T-shirt on, but it's covered up by a check shirt. i am also wearing brown cords (a Primark bargain £8. thank fuck for sweatshops.*)

not that indie, but then i never was really...

― Robbie Lumsden (Wallace Stevens HQ), Thursday, 15 April 2004 14:16 (twenty-two years ago)

I am waving two castanets and singing "Window"

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 15 April 2004 14:17 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm going to see the Pixies tonight. I could be wearing a fucking leotard under a blue Hugo Boss blazer and I'd still be the indiest motherfucker around. Today.

― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Thursday, 15 April 2004 14:17 (twenty-two years ago)

it might be time to stop thinking of youth large as a viable shirt size.

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 15 April 2004 14:18 (twenty-two years ago)

The first CD I played today was a Kill Rock Stars comp. I believe I win this thread hands-down.

― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Thursday, 15 April 2004 14:23 (twenty-two years ago)

I am wearing a Paul Frank shirt, black pants, rainbow socks, a Hello Kitty bandana, and my hair is in two ponytails. And, uh, the standard regulation indie glasses.

Uh oh.

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Thursday, 15 April 2004 14:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Haha, I wear youth mediums! Right now, I have on a holey old tight red t-shirt with "WhereinthehellisNewBerlinWisconsin?" across the chest and with the sleeves ripped off, Levis that keep slipping off my hips, striped socks and baby blue Pumas. And my hair is really greasy and gross and in pigtails. I look more "slept in a dumpster" than indie.

― kirsten (kirsten), Thursday, 15 April 2004 14:24 (twenty-two years ago)

I am wearing a Paul Frank shirt, black pants, rainbow socks, a Hello Kitty bandana, and my hair is in two ponytails. And, uh, the standard regulation indie glasses.

If you were a guy this thread would be yours.

― winterland, Thursday, 15 April 2004 14:24 (twenty-two years ago)

not baggy cords, fred perry polo shirt and brown pi$$catchers, a bit britpop I suppose

― chris (chris), Thursday, 15 April 2004 14:24 (twenty-two years ago)

The first CD I played today was a Kill Rock Stars comp. I believe I win this thread hands-down.

-- J0hn Darn1elle (edito...), April 15th, 2004.

Also, I believe you get bonus points for, y'know, being you.

― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Thursday, 15 April 2004 14:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Whenever I read this thread title I'm imagining being asked it by a barber , for some reason. "And how indie are we today, sir?"

― winterland, Thursday, 15 April 2004 14:25 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm drinking tea and I brought a Pavement CD to work with me. Oh, and I'm going to see Will Oldham play tonight. In an art gallery.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 15 April 2004 14:26 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm wearing sandals and farting a lot, so I think I lose.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 15 April 2004 14:26 (twenty-two years ago)

sleeping in a dumpster is so indie

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 15 April 2004 14:27 (twenty-two years ago)

i gazed at my shoe throughout today's work meeting. is that indie? although i have a day time job which i guess loses me indie cred.

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 15 April 2004 14:28 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm wearing a suit. And a tie. I'm so not indie.

But hey, wait, they changed the definitions of what indie is, so I guess I am indie after all. I'm so confused.

― Super-Kate (kate), Thursday, 15 April 2004 14:28 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm so indie I'm on my way to Academy to SELL CDS.

Also, I'm downloading Messthetics #6 from slsk.

― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 15 April 2004 14:28 (twenty-two years ago)

i almost wore one of my casiotone for the painfully alone shirts, which would have bumped me up another notch i think.

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 15 April 2004 14:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Erm, I got a mate a gig at The Spitz this morning. Isn't that indie?

― Super-Kate (kate), Thursday, 15 April 2004 14:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Aw, hi Kenbo!
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― kirsten (kirsten), Thursday, 15 April 2004 14:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Am wearing a home made Neu! t-shirt I made about 1986

― Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 15 April 2004 14:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Ballet shoes, maroon corduroy a-line skirt, horn rimmed squarish glasses. I think the boat-neck 3/4 sleeve top isn't particularly indie though.

Going to an art show tonight (but got free tix through the Tourist Board which is far too corporate)

― Madchen (Madchen), Thursday, 15 April 2004 14:29 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm wearing a Candle Records t-shirt. I am so twee indie it hurts. NB I am not Australian or living in Australia.

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Thursday, 15 April 2004 14:30 (twenty-two years ago)

I have on a holey old tight red t-shirt with "WhereinthehellisNewBerlinWisconsin?" across the chest and with the sleeves ripped off

Ha, that's awesome.

I feel reasonably indie today. I listened to a Burning Airlines cd (for the first time in like a year) on the way to work, I've got blue jeans and a navy button-up shirt on, and I'm wearing my black plastic glasses as I do everyday (actually, they're red under the light).

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 15 April 2004 14:30 (twenty-two years ago)

first listened to the new self-released Five-Eight disc, am now on Skywave's _Synthstatic_. later tonight, i get to type my interviews with Dykehouse & Mastodon, & review the new Dykehouse & Franz Ferdinand discs. I'm wearing a black t-shirt with a bold white "THNIK" written across it.

i'm also drinking diet dr pepper.

i'm about average, i 'spose.

― Kingfish Balzac (Kingfish), Thursday, 15 April 2004 14:30 (twenty-two years ago)

pastels t-shirt, listening to icelandic pop (new mum cd). how did i do?

andy

― koogs (koogs), Thursday, 15 April 2004 14:31 (twenty-two years ago)

nice job!

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 15 April 2004 14:32 (twenty-two years ago)

this thread is what's wrong with ILX.

― ronan f (jaymc), Thursday, 15 April 2004 14:34 (twenty-two years ago)

I am not very indie today, I dress like I'm a member of the Band. Cheapo cords, old shirt, scuffed DM boots, M&S jumper, suede jacket.

Though, I have listened to Mum and Of Montreal Today.

― jel -- (jel), Thursday, 15 April 2004 14:34 (twenty-two years ago)

I haven't been indie since 1995.

(certain people on this bitch may disagree with the above)

― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 15 April 2004 14:35 (twenty-two years ago)

I am not very indie today, I dress like I'm a member of the Band. Cheapo cords, old shirt, scuffed DM boots, M&S jumper, suede jacket.

haha "not very indie" :-)

― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 15 April 2004 14:35 (twenty-two years ago)

well, the trendy indie fuxors wouldn't think I'm indie, but I guess yeah, I'm old school indie.

― jel -- (jel), Thursday, 15 April 2004 14:36 (twenty-two years ago)

yes Barry, I saw you as recently as 2002 sitting on top of a hill playing B&S tunes on a recorder

― chris (chris), Thursday, 15 April 2004 14:37 (twenty-two years ago)

being indie's far too stressful for me these days...

― Robbie Lumsden (Wallace Stevens HQ), Thursday, 15 April 2004 14:38 (twenty-two years ago)

I am very un-indie! I in fact look like one of those retro-styled twats who I generally mock on the streets of Soho. Arses!

Actually I listened to Camper Van Beethoven and the Bats this morning so I think I lose after all.

― Sarah (starry), Thursday, 15 April 2004 14:39 (twenty-two years ago)

There is very little indie rock I like, I've only just realized this.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 15 April 2004 14:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Charcoal grey pinstripe suit, white shirt, dark blue Hugo Boss tie, black lace-up shoes.

Recent listening: Mum, Belle And Sebastian, Ant, Lambchop, The Pines, Camera Obscura, Chris Leonard.

Maybe I'm little confused.

― Mooro (Mooro), Thursday, 15 April 2004 14:40 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm not actually indie at all btw, I just get mistaken for it sometimes. I mean, I can probably count the number of actual rock bands I listen to on two hands.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 15 April 2004 14:41 (twenty-two years ago)

retro-styled twats = very indie, surely?

― jel -- (jel), Thursday, 15 April 2004 14:41 (twenty-two years ago)

The first thing I put on this morning was an early Soup Dragons 7 inch, I read some Phillip Larkin over lunch. I'm wearing a Kevin Shields regulation Parka, Higsons tour T-Shirt and am typing this via wi-fi from outside Salford Lad's Club.

― mzui, Thursday, 15 April 2004 14:42 (twenty-two years ago)

I bought a nice shades of orange strippy shirt today.

― jel -- (jel), Thursday, 15 April 2004 14:42 (twenty-two years ago)

I am wearing pinstriped pajamas, drinking espresso, listening to Basement Jaxx, and worrying about my tax return. Nicht so indie, I don't think.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Thursday, 15 April 2004 14:42 (twenty-two years ago)

I am going to go listen to my Working Holiday box set now.

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Thursday, 15 April 2004 14:42 (twenty-two years ago)

also, i just had to talk to a broker in San Jose who so happily discussed how housing rates out there are going beyond normalcy again.

"Well, we just had a $500K condo that went for SEVENTY thousand over asking price! can ya believe that?"

"oh, uhm, yeah."

so all things balance out, i guess.

― Kingfish Balzac (Kingfish), Thursday, 15 April 2004 14:43 (twenty-two years ago)

I am a Native American eating currie in Bloomington.

― Harrison Ford (Horace Mann), Thursday, 15 April 2004 14:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Well only ftb I am wearing a black pleated skirt for crying out loud!

― Sarah (starry), Thursday, 15 April 2004 14:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Wearing blue Belle & Sebastian t-shirt (size: small), big blue jumper that's a good size or two too big, and some brown trousers with holes in the pockets. Still haven't had a haircut since about this time last year. Spent today listening to Bearsuit and writing a little piece in praise of 'Beat Mama' by Cast on Stylus' blog. I'm pretty much par for the course, I suppose.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:06 (twenty-two years ago)

ohhh i love bearsuit! im lying in bed in my red Slumber Party t-shirt and red plaid boxers and listening to Call and Response "Rollerskate"

― phil-two (phil-two), Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Phil, where is Fernando?

― kirsten (kirsten), Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:10 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm wearing a nice black dress shirt and a wrinkled pair of kind of nice conservative looking semi-casual dress pants, wearing good dress shoes that need to be polished. So, my attempts to look good are undermined by a certain indie laxity.

― Rockist Scientist, Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:10 (twenty-two years ago)

I listened to Imperial Teen pumped up on full volume on a handheld tape recorder on the way to work today.

But since I have an office job I can't be wearing superhip indie gear. Though I did manage to wear a dark denim skirt if that counts for anything.

Back to this t-shirt issue. I'm with lauren I think. I'm sick of bands only selling girl shirts in youth sizes. Then the men's sizes are fucking huge. You can only be tiny and cute and feminine or you have to wear XXL shirts that hang down to your ankles and are made of the thickest material on earth.

I guess one possibility would be to NOT buy band shirts, but I'm addicted to it! This is why I have two drawers full of band shirts that are way too cool and way too small for me.

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:11 (twenty-two years ago)

hi kirsbo! xxxx
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― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:11 (twenty-two years ago)

It just seems like a pillow boyfriend must be a part of a morning like that. I am cuddling my own pillow boyfriend (Gustav) and eating cold fried chicken and batting my eyelashes.

― kirsten (kirsten), Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Phil, where is Fernando?

keep your grubby paws off my pillow boyfriend! (fernando is right here, thank you very much)

― phil-two (phil-two), Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:13 (twenty-two years ago)

(I listened to a little Colombian salsa this morning.)

― Rockist Scientist, Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:14 (twenty-two years ago)

i can't help noticing that at least half of the people on this thread are (ex)sin*ster...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:14 (twenty-two years ago)

I am NOT nor have I ever been on Sinister!

(Gah, this is like the new McCarthyism...)

― Super-Kate (kate), Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Grubby?!???
Oh, well, yeah. Okay.

― kirsten (kirsten), Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Strictly business casual, although listening to Electrelane.

― mcd (mcd), Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:16 (twenty-two years ago)

kirsten has just quoted elliot smith lyrics too!

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:17 (twenty-two years ago)

i said "at least half" not all, they do seem to be pretty much the indiest ones though ;)

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:19 (twenty-two years ago)

It occured to me, I have not worn a band t-shirt in a year or more, or been to a concert since July!

― jel -- (jel), Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:21 (twenty-two years ago)

I know it's probably boring, but where can I read the tale of why the Sinister lot migrated to ILX?

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:22 (twenty-two years ago)

I went to two concerts in a week! One at the Bull and Gate, one at the ICA! How indie is that? OK, I hadn't been to a concert in about six months before that (except Busted at Wembley which is not indie at all) but still! My mates were impressed!

― Super-Kate (kate), Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:22 (twenty-two years ago)

im lying in bed in my red Slumber Party t-shirt and red plaid boxers and listening to Call and Response "Rollerskate"

we may have a winner here. are you pining for anyone?

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:23 (twenty-two years ago)

i am doing peoples taxes for beer. VERY INDY. indy accounting baby.
wearing a tie is the new indy look.

― kephm, Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:23 (twenty-two years ago)

tight jeans, converse, messy hair, tight t-shirt (bright red Busch Gardens shirt with panda from 1987 [when i got the shirt, as a three year old, to sleep in.]), stained tight plaid shirt.

and i am listening to Palace. and i have to go to CHAUCER CLASS. (was Chaucer indie?)

― Ian Johnson (orion), Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Are there really that many Sinister people here?

― kirsten (kirsten), Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:26 (twenty-two years ago)

chaucer was into IDM.

― jel -- (jel), Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:27 (twenty-two years ago)

I know it's probably boring, but where can I read the tale of why the Sinister lot migrated to ILX?

you're only allowed on sinister if you're single i think. (i'm still on it)

*this is not really true

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:27 (twenty-two years ago)

i am wearing a collared penguin t-shirt, a zipup black wool hoodie, pinstripe pants and adidas ultrastars. i don't know how indie this makes me but i imagine i won't be happy with the answer.

― mark p (Mark P), Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:28 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't think I've posted to Sinister in almost two years! I still get posts from other people, but if I don't recognize the name (which I usually don't) I don't read it.

― kirsten (kirsten), Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Are you, or have you ever been, a member of sinister?

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:28 (twenty-two years ago)

this thread sort of made me just vomit in my mouth

― kephm, Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:29 (twenty-two years ago)

where can I read the tale of why the Sinister lot migrated to ILX?

That saga involves the making of jewels, that were subsequently stolen, spilled blood, oaths being taken with mighty & far-reaching consequences, much suffering, seas of grinding ice, etc.

― Mooro (Mooro), Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:29 (twenty-two years ago)

I was never on sinister, and didn't know of it's existence until ILX!

You're only as indie as you feel.

― jel -- (jel), Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Now I'm listening to a '70s Japanese space-rock band that had Kitaro in it! How indie is that?

― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:30 (twenty-two years ago)

You can only be tiny and cute and feminine or you have to wear XXL shirts that hang down to your ankles and are made of the thickest material on earth

irritating, that. i had to do a bit of stretching around the bosom with my shirt this morning. when i sold merch for my friend last year, i was constantly amazed at the number of youth smalls that were bought. that shit is like postage-stamp sized! just fyi, the number of 4'8", 90lb 16 year old girls with dyed black hair and converse lo-tops in pomona and san diego is staggering.

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Ha ha, Carsmile, I wasn't even aware of that thread when I made my post.

― Super-Kate (kate), Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Though, maybe if I'd gone on Sinister like 5 or 6 years ago, my life might have been different.

― jel -- (jel), Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:32 (twenty-two years ago)

oh no OUTKAST has just come on the radio! i am listening to OUTKAST = i win?

― mark p (Mark P), Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:32 (twenty-two years ago)

(it's the big boi track tho, so you know, grey area)

― mark p (Mark P), Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:33 (twenty-two years ago)

oh, and I'm going to a show in a basement this weekend; that's pretty indie.

― Ian Johnson (orion), Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Though, maybe if I'd gone on Sinister like 5 or 6 years ago, my life might have been different.
-- jel -- (freeduni...), April 15th, 2004 11:32 AM. (later)

Probably.

― kirsten (kirsten), Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:35 (twenty-two years ago)

I like both of Mooro's posts.

― the babefox, Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:36 (twenty-two years ago)

i'm afraid to say "not indie"

razor striped oxford
maroon/orange tie
black slacks
black boots from portugal

listening to: voicemail

:_(

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:36 (twenty-two years ago)

we may have a winner here. are you pining for anyone?

yes yes, i have a crush on a boy in detroit! and that german opera singer Andreas Scholl. omg soOOooOOooo cute and there are 16 glorious pages of photos of him on the website.

― phil-two (phil-two), Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:40 (twenty-two years ago)

oh, and I'm going to a show in a basement this weekend; that's pretty indie.

what show? did i mention that i'm putting on a show at a mexican restaurant next weekend featurning three indie bands and hstencil as dj? i should be getting too old for this kind of thing.

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:40 (twenty-two years ago)

what show? did i mention that i'm putting on a show at a mexican restaurant next weekend featurning three indie bands and hstencil as dj? i should be getting too old for this kind of thing.

No! Am I invited? :-D

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:41 (twenty-two years ago)

what show?

― phil-two (phil-two), Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Hstencil as DJ? Are people going to be dancing to Arnold Dreyblatt and Fennesz?

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Though, maybe if I'd gone on Sinister like 5 or 6 years ago, my life might have been different.
-- jel -- (freeduni...), April 15th, 2004 11:32 AM. (later)
Probably.

-- kirsten (kickyouintheshin...), April 15th, 2004 11:35 AM. (kirsten)

You might be dating some dude in Scotland!

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:47 (twenty-two years ago)

I am wearing navy cords and old adidas, and a white t-shirt with scrawled writing on it, that says spoony gee and stuff, so maybe I just about escape indie.

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:48 (twenty-two years ago)

I am wearing a black skirt and vest and denim suit jacket, selling horrible corporate sponsors into an indie magazine. I am an indie corporate whore nightmare. However, the indie magazine needs the cash so it can go on being indie. I am listening to hip hop. Because that is what is on the office stereo.

― badger Kitten (badger Kitten), Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:49 (twenty-two years ago)

i'm going to see Knifestorm, Dream House (awesome boston band who will cover you in a tarp) and Workbench (dude from Dbl Lprds) and someone else play at Ft. Awesome.

What show are you putting on?

― Ian Johnson (orion), Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Though, maybe if I'd gone on Sinister like 5 or 6 years ago, my life might have been different.
-- jel -- (freeduni...), April 15th, 2004 11:32 AM. (later)
Probably.

-- kirsten (kickyouintheshin...), April 15th, 2004 11:35 AM. (kirsten)

You might be dating some dude in Scotland!

-- jaymc (jmcunnin...), April 15th, 2004 11:47 AM. (later)

Possibly.

― kirsten (kirsten), Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Today I had a meeting with a client....so not very indie in a Claiborne for Men blue pinstripe suit, kenneth cole shoes, hilfiger tie and shirt. I am now listening to Matt Pond PA though.

― Chris 'The Velvet Bingo' V (Chris V), Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:53 (twenty-two years ago)

In this thread, I make fun of Ronan, Kirsten, and hstencil. Good work, self.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:54 (twenty-two years ago)

4/24 at el bohemio on marcy ave. in wmsburg ( cross s.5th & broadway): young people, white magic, the get hustle. special dual admission with the casual dots/wikkid show next door at boogaloo. cheap beer, tequila, and soft tacos!!

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:55 (twenty-two years ago)

You were making fun of me?

― kirsten (kirsten), Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Hey where do you make fun of me?

Emoticons can't express the hurt I feel.

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Uh. No.

I didn't make fun of anybody. Er.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:58 (twenty-two years ago)

jaymc, tell me how mr. oldham is tonight, i only managed to get a ticket to the late show tomorrow night. and the one in champaign too.

― todd swiss (eliti), Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:59 (twenty-two years ago)

OMG, I forgot that I'm going to see Death Cab for Cutie tomorrow with a girl I have a crush on!!! I win, right?

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 15 April 2004 16:00 (twenty-two years ago)

And we're going out for soup before the show!

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 15 April 2004 16:01 (twenty-two years ago)

i dunno, jay... it's close. phil is LISTENING TO CALL AND RESPONSE FOR CHRISSAKES!

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 15 April 2004 16:02 (twenty-two years ago)

I know. Phil is indier than I'll ever be. :-(

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 15 April 2004 16:03 (twenty-two years ago)

phil is indier than me too

― thou (ken c), Thursday, 15 April 2004 16:05 (twenty-two years ago)

I work with members of CALL AND RESPONSE! Do I get a red or green star?

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 15 April 2004 16:06 (twenty-two years ago)

Phil called ME indie!
I am still trying to figure out where/why I was made fun of.

― kirsten (kirsten), Thursday, 15 April 2004 16:06 (twenty-two years ago)

You poor children need a fierce Motorhead enema.

― Jeanne Fury (Jeanne Fury), Thursday, 15 April 2004 16:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Will you take me out for pancakes and baked alaska afterwards?

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 15 April 2004 16:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Or croquet even?

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 15 April 2004 16:13 (twenty-two years ago)

cough. i think that's french toast and baked alaska.

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 15 April 2004 16:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Kirsten, if you don't think were being made fun of, then it's probably for the best.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 15 April 2004 16:17 (twenty-two years ago)

I work with members of CALL AND RESPONSE! Do I get a red or green star?

with the cute one??? can you give him my email address plz?

― phil-two (phil-two), Thursday, 15 April 2004 16:18 (twenty-two years ago)

what does indie mean?

― RJG (RJG), Thursday, 15 April 2004 16:19 (twenty-two years ago)

This is clearly all so above my head. Good for you, jaymc.

― kirsten (kirsten), Thursday, 15 April 2004 16:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Phil has just blown his title - he's WAY too forward to be truly indie. If he were really indie he would just about be able to pluck up the courage to confide in his cuddly teddy/dog on wheels about his secret crush. Whilst blushing & stammering.

― Mooro (Mooro), Thursday, 15 April 2004 16:22 (twenty-two years ago)

I was in Rough Trade, flicking through the CD's and going "oh, I know them", how is indie is that?

― jel -- (jel), Thursday, 15 April 2004 16:22 (twenty-two years ago)

it might be time to stop thinking of youth large as a viable shirt size.

this realization has hit me recently. *sigh*

I don't think i'm ever indie. first cd listened to this morning was a Gearhead artist. Last show I saw was a garage band. This weekend I'm going to see three garage bands at a club designed to resemble a trailer home. so, uh, yeah what is that?

(clothes-wise, i'm "reluctant teacher": cashmere-blend pink johnny collar sweater, black capris, black loafers, "S" charm braclet.)

― Ask For Samantha (thatgirl), Thursday, 15 April 2004 16:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Well only ftb I am wearing a black pleated skirt for crying out loud!

So am I! I am also wearing a red camisole and a black cardigan. It's not even remotely indie.

― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Thursday, 15 April 2004 16:23 (twenty-two years ago)

okay, one of them was a momus CD.

― jel -- (jel), Thursday, 15 April 2004 16:24 (twenty-two years ago)

lauren & gygax quibbling over beat happening makes my day.

― Ian Johnson (orion), Thursday, 15 April 2004 16:26 (twenty-two years ago)

first cd listened to this morning was a Gearhead artist.

HAHAHA... gearhead isn't indie... RIGHT!!! ;-D

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 15 April 2004 16:26 (twenty-two years ago)

your child-sized clothing is cutting off the blood supply to your brain, kirsten.

xpost

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 15 April 2004 16:27 (twenty-two years ago)

mooro's right.... :(

― phil-two (phil-two), Thursday, 15 April 2004 16:27 (twenty-two years ago)

HAHAHA... gearhead isn't indie... RIGHT!!! ;-D

indie in the truest sense, yes, but in the twee-tshirt/B&S sense, surely no.

― Ask For Samantha (thatgirl), Thursday, 15 April 2004 16:28 (twenty-two years ago)

I just put my Beat Happening CD with that song on it into the "to sell" pile.

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Thursday, 15 April 2004 16:28 (twenty-two years ago)

your child-sized clothing is cutting off the blood supply to your brain, kirsten.
xpost

-- lauren (jaguarrid...), April 15th, 2004 12:27 PM. (later)

Seriously, where is this stemming from? I really don't think I've said anything idiotic on this thread.

― kirsten (kirsten), Thursday, 15 April 2004 16:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Onitsuka Tiger trainers, faded boot-cut jeans w/ turn up, dark green fitted t-shirt. 2/10 for indieness.

― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 15 April 2004 16:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Onitsuka Tiger trainers

I have been wanting a pair of these. Maybe I am a little indie.

― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Thursday, 15 April 2004 16:31 (twenty-two years ago)

INDIE = TWEE-TSHIRT/B&S?!?!?!

gearhead is probably the biggest indie label in (this) town. yes, they released albums by the hives 5 years before MTV paid attention but i don't know what to tell you.

PS: the un-indie band you listened to this morning played the biggest indie club in SF last night.

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 15 April 2004 16:33 (twenty-two years ago)

I am wearing an indieskin belt.

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 15 April 2004 16:33 (twenty-two years ago)

it's not very smooth.

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 15 April 2004 16:33 (twenty-two years ago)

did you buy an AiH CD, gygax?

― phil-two (phil-two), Thursday, 15 April 2004 16:33 (twenty-two years ago)

I really want some Phat Farm kicks but hate to contribute to the monostrosity and vulgarity of Russel and Kimora Simmons's wealth.

Anyone know where I can get some good knock-offs?

PS: the un-indie band you listened to this morning played the biggest indie club in SF last night.

heh. I guess when I think "indie" thrown around as a lifestyle adjective I think of that annoying "indie cred quiz"

― Ask For Samantha (thatgirl), Thursday, 15 April 2004 16:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh and Gygax did you go? Anymore bloodshed? I'm turning in my final of the story I'm doing on them this week.

― Ask For Samantha (thatgirl), Thursday, 15 April 2004 16:34 (twenty-two years ago)

This thread does find me in a rather tight fitting Stereolab tee (primary red with the logo in green). But my newish Asics running shorts pretty much negate it.

― Aaron A., Thursday, 15 April 2004 16:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Seriously, where is this stemming from? I really don't think I've said anything idiotic on this thread.

i was kidding with my comment, btw. i think jay has been good-naturedly ribbing people throughout the thread, nothing mean-spirited.

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 15 April 2004 16:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Okay, then. I'm just having a kind of bad day.

― kirsten (kirsten), Thursday, 15 April 2004 16:43 (twenty-two years ago)

liar! you're at home sipping whiskey and skipping class! that sounds like a great day!

― phil-two (phil-two), Thursday, 15 April 2004 16:44 (twenty-two years ago)

SHHHHH!

― kirsten (kirsten), Thursday, 15 April 2004 16:45 (twenty-two years ago)

ok i have to go do my taxes and walk the dog. you all hold hands and sing dressy bessy songs or something.

― phil-two (phil-two), Thursday, 15 April 2004 16:49 (twenty-two years ago)

You have a dog?

― kirsten (kirsten), Thursday, 15 April 2004 16:51 (twenty-two years ago)

it's a gay thing, kirsten.

― RJG (RJG), Thursday, 15 April 2004 16:52 (twenty-two years ago)

indie!

http://www.angelfire.com/wy/bby2k/dressy.jpg

admitedly, they weren't that good after the debut EP.

― jel -- (jel), Thursday, 15 April 2004 16:58 (twenty-two years ago)

I just briefly considered joining Sinister.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Thursday, 15 April 2004 16:59 (twenty-two years ago)

I rib, I rib!

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 15 April 2004 17:01 (twenty-two years ago)

I do kinda like Pink Hearts Yellow Moons, did they release anything after that?

― jel -- (jel), Thursday, 15 April 2004 17:01 (twenty-two years ago)

I am wearing silver pants and silver shoes and a ruffled maroon velvet jacket, I think I look more like prince.

― teeny (teeny), Thursday, 15 April 2004 17:11 (twenty-two years ago)

phil, i didn't buy the CD (i had to go home when they stopped playing) but trust me the indie was heavy in the air.

sam, yes, it was fun.

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 15 April 2004 17:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Anorak, stripes, Fall cds.

― SexyDancer, Thursday, 15 April 2004 17:18 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm listening to the first Schneider TM album and wearing an old Unrest shirt, so there ya go.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 15 April 2004 17:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Can we talk more about the cute one (Dan, the guitarist, right?) from Call And Response please?

― ...in bed. (Chris Piuma), Thursday, 15 April 2004 17:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Sure.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 15 April 2004 17:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Because he's really cute.

― ...in bed. (Chris Piuma), Thursday, 15 April 2004 17:57 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm mean I'm not going to say that, after seeing a C&R show, I went home and wrote a song about how cute he was.

― ...in bed. (Chris Piuma), Thursday, 15 April 2004 17:58 (twenty-two years ago)

...because this is a public forum.

― ...in bed. (Chris Piuma), Thursday, 15 April 2004 17:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Ooh ooh Chris you have to hear the new C&R lp! It is Dan's masterpiece. Plus he is very cute (though only just as cute as Simone or Carrie).

Does that make me indie?

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Thursday, 15 April 2004 18:05 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm afraid it does. Sorry.

― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Thursday, 15 April 2004 18:07 (twenty-two years ago)

(I'm not really that sorry.)

― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Thursday, 15 April 2004 18:08 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm not saying the others aren't cute also, but you know. Also I was never that big a fan of their music -- it's alright, but the point of a C&R show was the hour of unabashed staring and lusting. (I mean, trying not to do it in a creepy way, though.)

― ...in bed. (Chris Piuma), Thursday, 15 April 2004 18:12 (twenty-two years ago)

i dont get indie. i want to, but i just cant stomach belle & sabastian-isms. i mean i like flaming lips, velvet underground, the fall..etc but. i dont really know what im trying to get at here. indie makes me uncomftable.

― yokle, Thursday, 15 April 2004 18:22 (twenty-two years ago)

I do kinda like Pink Hearts Yellow Moons, did they release anything after that?

They released two new LPs, one EP, and a collection of 7" and rare stuff. I love Dressy Bessy.

JtN: Who released the new Call & Response album? I can't find it here anywhere!

Kirsten: Yeah my roommate has a dog. A bad dog. She just peed on my bed.

― phil-two (phil-two), Thursday, 15 April 2004 18:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Lauren, you're not coming out with me tonight dressed like that are you?

I'm wearing jeans from the Gap, a T-shirt from Old Nave and a jacket from Banana Republic while listening to Roxy Music from my iPod. Is that yuppie-indie or post-indie or just plain square? And black leather clark wallabees.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Thursday, 15 April 2004 18:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Dan spun records at a Dressy Bessy afterparty!

― phil-two (phil-two), Thursday, 15 April 2004 18:37 (twenty-two years ago)

I did?

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Thursday, 15 April 2004 18:40 (twenty-two years ago)

don't worry, i'm not going out with you dressed like this. i think i might just go straight home after the gym and collapse on to the couch. plant bar, i curse thee.

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 15 April 2004 18:43 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah at the knitting factory.

― phil-two (phil-two), Thursday, 15 April 2004 18:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Hey Phil - the lp is released by Bad Man - see www.callandresponsemusic.com for details. It's v different to the first lp, crepuscular and bittersweet and jazzy, but complements the first lp perfectly. I think I am interviewing 'em for Chickfactor and reviewing 'em for Unc*t.

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Thursday, 15 April 2004 18:50 (twenty-two years ago)

lauren, call me dude, you're supposed to let me know so I can figure out who get's the plus 1!

Was that Dressy Bessy opening for Ailer's Set and Tussle? Or something else? Otherwise it was a coincedence that I'd be djing to an empty room downstairs while this "Dressy Bessy" was playing upstairs. I was never specifically asked to do a Dressy Bess after party! I did a Lightning Bolt afterparty there and NOT A SINGLE PERSON from the Lightning Bolt show came downstairs to dance.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Thursday, 15 April 2004 18:58 (twenty-two years ago)

I have been signed to 4AD, Cherry Red and Creation, but they were all too corporate for me. Now I am selling handmade mp3s for a dollar a pop from my LiveJournal.

― Momus (Momus), Thursday, 15 April 2004 19:05 (twenty-two years ago)

ok, ok. sorry. i forgot. my bad. go forth with your plus one!

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 15 April 2004 19:06 (twenty-two years ago)

But I came to the Lightning Bolt afterparty! With some Oberlin kids and an Australian.

― phil-two (phil-two), Thursday, 15 April 2004 19:07 (twenty-two years ago)

dark green shirt, with black vertical stripes tucked into brown suit-style trousers, clarks shoes, the belt from a mac. as trouser belt, hair swept to the right = I look like the main guy from franz ferdinand.

yes, I do love her that much.

― cozen (Cozen), Thursday, 15 April 2004 19:07 (twenty-two years ago)

The final sacrifice.

― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Thursday, 15 April 2004 19:08 (twenty-two years ago)

I've just untucked the shirt, scruffled my hair and taken off the shoes. I realised I was risking the wrath of jess.

― cozen (Cozen), Thursday, 15 April 2004 19:09 (twenty-two years ago)

o, and listening to 'viva hate'. : /

― cozen (Cozen), Thursday, 15 April 2004 19:10 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't want to describe what I'm wearing.

― RJG (RJG), Thursday, 15 April 2004 19:11 (twenty-two years ago)

can I?

― cozen (Cozen), Thursday, 15 April 2004 19:11 (twenty-two years ago)

i lost indie points by talking to girls.

― Ian Johnson (orion), Thursday, 15 April 2004 19:12 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm dressed in a white baby doll shirt, white scruffy trainers and loose yellow shorts. Call it "Tropical Indie".

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Thursday, 15 April 2004 19:12 (twenty-two years ago)

I remember you were with oberlin kids, but don't remember which, and some cute indie rocker girl, who you were later with at Lit sitting at a table with Rory asking me "when's Rory DJing" and I said "ask him yourself" and you were like "OH! that's Rory."

that was funny.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Thursday, 15 April 2004 19:14 (twenty-two years ago)

go ahead, cozen.

― RJG (RJG), Thursday, 15 April 2004 19:14 (twenty-two years ago)

today RJG is wearing (?): white t-shirt, striped (?) shirt (?), hair (?), starck watch (gun-metal grey), green jacket, brown trousers, white shoes with crissy-crossy design, listening to 'don't talk to about love.'

― cozen (Cozen), Thursday, 15 April 2004 19:17 (twenty-two years ago)

hahaha yeah! it was so loud in there that i thought he said his name was Roy. im not sure why i didnt put two and two together.

― phil-two (phil-two), Thursday, 15 April 2004 19:18 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm asking for a 'fuck you'.

― cozen (Cozen), Thursday, 15 April 2004 19:19 (twenty-two years ago)

rory is cute and very, very indie. dan, if the australian phil mentions is the cute indie rocker that you're talking about then i'd wager a guess that you do know who ilirjana is.

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 15 April 2004 19:19 (twenty-two years ago)

I HAVE YELLOW SACCONYS, MY FANCY GIRLS' TROUSERS, A BLUE THRIFT STORE NYLON HOODIE THING WITH RACING STRIPES, A WEB BELT AND AN *ARAB ON RADAR SHIRT*. I HAVE AN ERASE ERRATA PIN ON THE JACKET I WIN FOREVER. ALSO, I AM USING A MAC AND GOING TO GO DRINK PBR TONIGHT!

― Lil' Fancy Kpants (The K is Silent) (ex machina), Thursday, 15 April 2004 19:19 (twenty-two years ago)

I may as well be, cozen. full marks.

― RJG (RJG), Thursday, 15 April 2004 19:20 (twenty-two years ago)

I've been wearing a check shirt and listening to Townes Van Zandt. I therefore am A Good Ol' Boy. do i lose points for not beating a woman?

― Robbie Lumsden (Wallace Stevens HQ), Thursday, 15 April 2004 19:20 (twenty-two years ago)

cozen and rjg:

http://home.insightbb.com/~jboze3131/Image119.gif

― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Thursday, 15 April 2004 19:23 (twenty-two years ago)

"don't talk to fuck me about love"

― RJG (RJG), Thursday, 15 April 2004 19:24 (twenty-two years ago)

RJG and cozen.

― cozen (Cozen), Thursday, 15 April 2004 19:24 (twenty-two years ago)

no, you were right first time.

― cozen (Cozen), Thursday, 15 April 2004 19:25 (twenty-two years ago)

oh no, different cute indie rocking australian.. named lucy. she was friends with ili in sydney though.

i met lucy in sydney the same night i met ilirjana at some indie party where i also randomly met charlie no.4 from ilx, and some canadian girl who is good friends with JtN and the Mell Street Boys, and also some other ILXer, and some guy who went to rehab with one of my friends in New York, and also this other random girl who I met again 6 months later in New York who is now dating one of my best friends. Weird.

― phil-two (phil-two), Thursday, 15 April 2004 19:25 (twenty-two years ago)

imagine being phil-two for just one day!

― cozen (Cozen), Thursday, 15 April 2004 19:27 (twenty-two years ago)

not on the day he rode that chinese train, please.

― Ask For Samantha (thatgirl), Thursday, 15 April 2004 19:29 (twenty-two years ago)

ilirjana and i are now in a band together, phil! we had a nasty argument last night though about whether we're going to cover under the milky way or heartbeat, it's a lovebeat.

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 15 April 2004 19:32 (twenty-two years ago)

With the exception of my cutesy, indie-girl glasses, I don't really think I've looked or felt indie in years.

― mandee, Thursday, 15 April 2004 19:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Sam maybe you would enjoy it ;)

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 15 April 2004 19:44 (twenty-two years ago)

can i work the merch table when you tour?

― phil-two (phil-two), Thursday, 15 April 2004 19:44 (twenty-two years ago)

i kinda did...
(xpost)

― phil-two (phil-two), Thursday, 15 April 2004 19:45 (twenty-two years ago)

yes, of course you can. you'll get so laid!

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 15 April 2004 19:48 (twenty-two years ago)

ALSO, I AM USING A MAC AND GOING TO GO DRINK PBR TONIGHT!

Ok I am guilty of both of those too usually except I bought Schells a local beer that costs less than PBR.

I just woke up (its almost 4pm), but I will but on some dirty jeans and a polo shirt I probably got at goodwill and old-school black high top Reeboks. (nothing very indie here)

I went to a used record store on Monday and purposely tried to avoid being indie. I didn't pick up that Kill Rock Stars comp or a bunch of other indie shit I would buy normally. But I ultimately failed because I bought the Yank Crime reissue (even though I had the old version on cdr) and MF Doom's instrumental record "Special Herbs vol 1 and 2" and a really old Def Jux comp because it had Company Flow songs on it.

Right now Eamon is playing on the college radio station where I do a show every Wednesday.

I am ashamed and confused myself more than anything. I am going to skip the only class I haven't dropped now and listen to promo CDs instead.

― christhamrin (christhamrin), Thursday, 15 April 2004 19:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Sam, it would involve seeing a penis. Keep this in mind.

― ...in bed. (Chris Piuma), Thursday, 15 April 2004 19:59 (twenty-two years ago)

a cute penis, even.

― phil-two (phil-two), Thursday, 15 April 2004 20:05 (twenty-two years ago)

i quite enjoy seeing pensies.

i just don't like being force fed when i've already said I wasn't hungry.

― Ask For Samantha (thatgirl), Thursday, 15 April 2004 20:09 (twenty-two years ago)

are penises indie?

― christhamrin (christhamrin), Thursday, 15 April 2004 20:35 (twenty-two years ago)

They're more emo than indie.

― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Thursday, 15 April 2004 20:36 (twenty-two years ago)

yes. but one doesn't talk about them.

indie people's sexual responses are limited to sighing, and occasionally kissing (perhaps even smooching). Anything further than that is considered inappropriate, in fact, wrrrrooooongggg.

Xpost

― Robbie Lumsden (Wallace Stevens HQ), Thursday, 15 April 2004 20:36 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm not sure, are uncut penises more indie than cut ones?

― ...in bed. (Chris Piuma), Thursday, 15 April 2004 20:39 (twenty-two years ago)

That might be a U.S.-centric question.

― ...in bed. (Chris Piuma), Thursday, 15 April 2004 20:39 (twenty-two years ago)

undoubtedly!

― Robbie Lumsden (Wallace Stevens HQ), Thursday, 15 April 2004 20:39 (twenty-two years ago)

yes. but one doesn't talk about them.
indie people's sexual responses are limited to sighing, and occasionally kissing (perhaps even smooching). Anything further than that is considered inappropriate, in fact, wrrrrooooongggg.
Xpost
-- Robbie Lumsden (9904464...), April 15th, 2004.

speak for yourself mate.

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 15 April 2004 20:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Ooh - hark at the indie sex warrior.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 15 April 2004 20:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Well, I'm sitting here in my green Oscar's News T-shirt, boot-cut slightly faded H+M jeans and black socks and listening to The Blue Nile. I am also uncircumsized. Indie or not?

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 15 April 2004 20:44 (twenty-two years ago)

well. i'm not indie, but a good proper indie boy sniggers like Bob Dylan does at the word 'breast' whenever anything untowardly sexual is mentioned.

XtinaPost

― Robbie Lumsden (Wallace Stevens HQ), Thursday, 15 April 2004 20:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Damm! Normally I don't touch that indie stuff w/ a ten foot clown pole, but today I bought the NME and listened to a Go-Betweens CD.

Are black Converse indie?

― Andrew L (Andrew L), Thursday, 15 April 2004 20:53 (twenty-two years ago)

i can't resist, i write for the nme, i just got a job at an indie record label (but its on a major) and i know useless gossip about four or five indie labels, am wearing a twisted nerve t-shirt, old flared jeans, indie-regulation glasses, head shaved and today i got happy because i got a bunch of brian eno promo cds. i listened to those and kinski, charlamides, neil hagerty, zongamin, faust and brian eno. at the moment i am listening to alfie. i think i just suck, though.

― doomie x, Thursday, 15 April 2004 20:55 (twenty-two years ago)

oh yes, i listened to the smiths whilst visiting museums in south kensington. i may or may not have been wearing a cardigan.

― doomie x, Thursday, 15 April 2004 20:57 (twenty-two years ago)

which label is it doomie? uh today i listened to a blur record, and wrote a long-winded piece about it for an online magazine.

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Thursday, 15 April 2004 21:10 (twenty-two years ago)

err, don't want to say, all the details are not yet worked out but am neurotic because i'm not quite sure why its happening. but am excited. hr have confirmed it a thousand times for me already by phone and email! ha ha. what am i like?

― doomie x, Thursday, 15 April 2004 21:12 (twenty-two years ago)

you are all amateurs. bow before your god.

― the surface noise (electricsound), Thursday, 15 April 2004 21:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Are black Converse indie?

Depends who you ask.

― martin m. (mushrush), Thursday, 15 April 2004 21:25 (twenty-two years ago)

i never thought i could hate indie more than i did when i lived in olympia

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 15 April 2004 21:42 (twenty-two years ago)

i don't think i could ever hate indie, but my local scene can eat my fuc

― the surface noise (electricsound), Thursday, 15 April 2004 21:56 (twenty-two years ago)

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― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 15 April 2004 21:59 (twenty-two years ago)

esoj, yr pretty indie. i think you've got me beat. i looked at yr soulseek list and thought 'wow, that's too indie for me'. plus i get points detracted for only ever liking the tyde from track and field.

― doomie x, Thursday, 15 April 2004 22:14 (twenty-two years ago)

really? you don't like the projects? i also would have had you down as an of montreal sort of fellow

― the surface noise (electricsound), Thursday, 15 April 2004 22:18 (twenty-two years ago)

nah, the projects and of montreal, just thought - oh fuck, what's the point and beat on the locust.

― doomie x, Thursday, 15 April 2004 22:20 (twenty-two years ago)

ha ha. 'beat on the locust' - 'put on the locust' ... nah, lately, i've been straying from indie. though am getting obsessed with the all tomorrows parties label and wrote reviews for deerhoof and mystic chords of memory. that's pretty indie, isnt it? let's see -- last shopping trip was:

fugazi
the smiths - louder than bombs
the misunderstood
low - things we lost in the fire
and a margo guryan comp.

that's pretty indie.

― doomie x, Thursday, 15 April 2004 22:22 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm supposing I look indie, but i'm not indie. It's a bit of a quandry I'm in really.

― ipsofacto (ipsofacto), Thursday, 15 April 2004 22:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Hm. I don't really do "indie" or any other label, which may be a bit rich for someone to say when they're rather known for going on and on about their New Romantic fanaticism, but I don't dress in frilly blouses, leather trousers, or Antony Price suits, nor do I have floppy streaked fringe or Kabuki theater makeup on. Here's what I wore today: forest green blouse, dressy black denim pants, black ankle-length boots, the usual jewelry, and my hair pinned back with a clip. So I'm more "hey, whatever works". Though my life was graced with a bit of "indie" today as I listened frequently to a musical artist whose works are released on a record label I hadn't even heard of until I started getting into said musical artist.

So, um, I'll be living the indie life vicariously through you guys.

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Thursday, 15 April 2004 22:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Ever since I dyed my hair pink I've felt a bit too indie. Therefore I think i'm going to dye it back to it's original colour.

― ipsofacto (ipsofacto), Thursday, 15 April 2004 22:51 (twenty-two years ago)

non-standard hair colour is very very non-indie

― the surface noise (electricsound), Thursday, 15 April 2004 22:52 (twenty-two years ago)

you really think so?

I'm starting to think I look like a raver who's fallen on hard times.

― ipsofacto (ipsofacto), Thursday, 15 April 2004 22:53 (twenty-two years ago)

jim and i wear the same glasses and are often seen talking on the twisted nerve board.

― doom-e, Thursday, 15 April 2004 22:54 (twenty-two years ago)

These days I'm only indie by osmosis from Jim, I think.

I dont evem know who half the bands mentioned in this thread are!

I'm handing my badge and Sonic Youth tour tshirts in :(

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 16 April 2004 02:20 (twenty-two years ago)

I am so indie that i am supporting this campaign (real photo from upper haight last month)

― Orbit (Orbit), Friday, 16 April 2004 04:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Jaymc wins!

I don't think I'm particularly indie. I'm not really anything.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Friday, 16 April 2004 04:36 (twenty-two years ago)

er what was the prob w the photo?

― Orbit (Orbit), Friday, 16 April 2004 04:47 (twenty-two years ago)

It was the soup that put me over the edge, RIGHT?

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 16 April 2004 04:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Ugh, my God, I can't believe people are still posting to this thread!

― Dan I. (Dan I.), Friday, 16 April 2004 05:22 (twenty-two years ago)

the photo was gone and then it came back which is why i sound insane.
or something.

― Orbit (Orbit), Friday, 16 April 2004 05:33 (twenty-two years ago)

This morning I have listened to Magazine and Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster ON A MIX TAPE! I am wearing all black apart from BROWN HOSE. The pleated skirt lies crumpled in my room, so I am wearing a ginormously too big for me cordorouy skirt instead. Not indie. Then I came into work and listened to WHITE LINES (shaun of the dead hem hem "remix)! I am in a good mood => not indie.

― Sarah (starry), Friday, 16 April 2004 06:53 (twenty-two years ago)

can i go back to listening to techno today? thnx.

― koogs (koogs), Friday, 16 April 2004 07:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Blimey I sound about 11 years old there don't I.

― Sarah (starry), Friday, 16 April 2004 07:39 (twenty-two years ago)

hey koogs did the thread get so bad that you didn't want to sign yr post with 'andy' like 'u' (writing 'u' instead of you, NOT indie) usually do.

andrew L I'm disappointed in yr answer to this thread.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Friday, 16 April 2004 07:46 (twenty-two years ago)

(yeah, i've decided i don't like the 'andy' just sat there on a line on its own so i've ditched it. should change my screen name to something a bit more human but 'andy' is taken...)

― koogs (koogs), Friday, 16 April 2004 09:28 (twenty-two years ago)

I am not indie today.

― jel -- (jel), Friday, 16 April 2004 09:46 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm wearing an Eightball T-shirt from 1993 with a big hole in the middle and an Amtrak cardigan. In other news, I still don't have a full-time job :)

― Donna Brown (Donna Brown), Friday, 16 April 2004 16:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Since some time in 1988 my favorite band has been They Might Be Giants.

So, no matter what I am listening to or wearing at the moment, I am decidedly not indie.

Donna, in other news, we should get the Seattle folks together to hang out before you have normal working hours again.

― martin m. (mushrush), Friday, 16 April 2004 16:08 (twenty-two years ago)

that's a fabulous idea you got there, Martin :)

― Donna Brown (Donna Brown), Friday, 16 April 2004 16:11 (twenty-two years ago)

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