Seraphinianus
Banned
Sweet, a chicago thread!
I don't know what UFC has to do with anything, but it's a big stretch to call pitchfork "hipster." I find it hard to use the word so loosely, when one of the origins for it (the 90s/00s version of the word) was in Wicker Park, a west side neighborhood in chicago.
That's where artists moved to because it was dirt cheap rent in a semi-run down part of town...of course, Wicker Park today has almost no connection to those days and is basically the same as Lincoln Park, an east side upscale neighborhood, in a lot of ways. Expensive and lots of yuppies, for two things. The main difference is that the people have a different outward image they project-- typical Lincoln Parkers tend to be more clean cut, typical Wicker Parkers might have box frame glasses and a threadless t-shirt and listen to bands on pitchfork. but they're basically the same person. The difference is that Wicker Park people heard from their friends that Wicker Park is cool, so when they moved in from out of state, that's where they went. I'll admit, it is a bit cooler out there, but the difference between the two areas is tiny for me.
Anyway, Pitchfork attracts both of those types of people and really, it has basically had the same bands for years (with a few stand outs) and has only gotten more crowded. If you want to be truly hipster in chicago, run out of money except a couple thousand, move west (not Pilsen, it looks poor but the gentrification has already pushed your ass out of the market), and start an apartment gallery. Go to free shows at hotti biscotti, the Hideout, and loft shows. Don't drink PBR, drink Hamm's.
There's your free chicago history lesson.
I don't know what UFC has to do with anything, but it's a big stretch to call pitchfork "hipster." I find it hard to use the word so loosely, when one of the origins for it (the 90s/00s version of the word) was in Wicker Park, a west side neighborhood in chicago.
That's where artists moved to because it was dirt cheap rent in a semi-run down part of town...of course, Wicker Park today has almost no connection to those days and is basically the same as Lincoln Park, an east side upscale neighborhood, in a lot of ways. Expensive and lots of yuppies, for two things. The main difference is that the people have a different outward image they project-- typical Lincoln Parkers tend to be more clean cut, typical Wicker Parkers might have box frame glasses and a threadless t-shirt and listen to bands on pitchfork. but they're basically the same person. The difference is that Wicker Park people heard from their friends that Wicker Park is cool, so when they moved in from out of state, that's where they went. I'll admit, it is a bit cooler out there, but the difference between the two areas is tiny for me.
Anyway, Pitchfork attracts both of those types of people and really, it has basically had the same bands for years (with a few stand outs) and has only gotten more crowded. If you want to be truly hipster in chicago, run out of money except a couple thousand, move west (not Pilsen, it looks poor but the gentrification has already pushed your ass out of the market), and start an apartment gallery. Go to free shows at hotti biscotti, the Hideout, and loft shows. Don't drink PBR, drink Hamm's.
There's your free chicago history lesson.
