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Posts Tagged ‘hipster’
NHI: NoPA Hipster Invasion, Chapter #3057 – As Seen in the Western Addition
Friday, May 10th, 2013Justin Ryan Beck is Back! OccupySF = Hippie, Cop, Nervous Pup, Hipster, Black Power Salute, MUNI 1057 (Cincinnati, 1948)
Monday, October 31st, 2011Famous San Francisco street photographer Justin Beck has bounced back from losing his camera on the mean Streets of San Francisco, looks like. He’s got another Nikon to work with so that’s nice.
Check it, a canary yellow streetcar.
Is this an album cover?
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Poor pooch. Daijoobu, daijobu. Gambate!
Just What the Western Addition Needs: Another Hipster – This One’s From India
Monday, August 1st, 2011A laundry basket:
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A Polaroid Hipster Visits the TransAmerica Building
Wednesday, March 16th, 2011See? I told you.
And, of course, he has the inevitable Chrome bag:
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Cause doing anything the easy way, the banal, the normal way, well, that’s no fun at all…
Somehow, This Hipster on Market Street is Profitting Off of Frank Chu’s 12 Galaxies Sign
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010Not sure how this guy is making money, but I hope that famous Frank Chu is getting his fair share…
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San Francisco Hipster Makes a Hat Out of His Own Hair
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010It’s an extraordinary experience to see an entirely different approach arranging hair.
As here:
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Well played.
Hipster Era Ends on June 3, 2010 at Cafe Royale – It’s the Hipster Apocalypse!
Monday, May 31st, 2010Tenderblog brings news of the Hipster Apocalypse arts show at Cafe Royale (800 Post at Leavenworth) running ’til June 27th.
Drop by and you’ll get to see works from:
Mario Delgado, D Young V, Megan Wolfe, Albert Nguyen, Kevin Buckley, Teppei Ando, and Tamar Solomon
Don’t miss the opening reception on Thursday, June 3rd, from 8:00 PM to Midnight.
The manifesto:
“Ironically, although hipsters have existed in one form or another for decades, the hipster movement has become more mainstream, influencing the American status quo by supporting alternative art, music, and fashion. Like an epidemic of entitlement, the hipster condition has spread across America and over the seas to Japan and other countries susceptible to American culture. We see hipsters every day riding their fixed-gear bicycles on their way to studying film at local art schools. They drink the most expensive coffee and the cheapest beer. Imagine a world where alternative culture is pop culture; a world where Vampire Weekend plays the half time show at the Super Bowl instead of Bruce Springsteen; a world where stores selling used records and clothing are as large and as common as Walmart. The purpose of this show is to create awareness of the hipster way and the rise in demand for outrageous moustaches, vacuum sealed jeans, high-school sports tee shirts, and the over-consumption of Pabst Blue Ribbon.”
That’s harsh. Harsh but fair.
“Café Royale is a neighborhood coffee & tea house and beer & wine bar offering a wide assortment of international beers, wines and distinctive sake and soju cocktails. Located in the heart of San Francisco, the Café supports the work of Bay Area artists throughout the month through visual arts exhibitions, music programs, art markets and events to benefit nonprofits.”
See you there!
A Hipster with a Shoebox Camera Enjoys San Francisco’s Civic Center
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010Not exactly sure what kind of photography rig this fellow was using in Civic Center the other day. It could be something as simple as two SLR cameras in a box, or maybe it has something to do with video or 3D.
(Perhaps he was scouting locations for the next Wes Anderson movie?)
Dude has quite a conversation piece, anyway.
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In San Francisco, You Aren’t Cool If Your Bicycle Handlebars are Too Wide
Friday, November 20th, 2009Note that these handlebars have room for hands, brake levers and a bell – I think that they can be chopped a bit more, don’t you?
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Still, the slim look is handy for getting around buses and traffic ‘n stuff.
Bravo.
“Surf Alaska” Land Cruiser Dude – San Francisco’s Hipster of the Year, 2009
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009An immaculate black FJ-40 Toyota Land Cruiser is the primary reason this Matrix Morpheus-looking dude just won SF HoTY ’09.
Just look at the details:
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Aging FJ-40 model (豊田 ランドクルーザー, Toyoda Rando-Kurūzā). Of course! Dude could buy a much newer Bland Cruiser (2009 price = $50k-something) instead of this (possibly amazingly expensive) torture box, but where’s the fun in that?
Alaska license plate: SURF. Of course! Our 50th state is the next frontier of surfing, don’t you know.
Right Hand Drive (RHD). Of course! Dude’s driving on the wrong side of the vehicle. Why? Why not?
Snorkel. Of course! Can you see the urban snorkel air intake standing up on the left side? Very handy when our streets are under five feet of water. Snorkle! Snorkle! Snorkle!
Original diesel engine. Of course! A Chevy small block would just drop right in, but where’s the fun in that?
No doors. Of course! How can people see your stylish shoes and socks with doors blocking the view?
The hat and the fogglasses (on a very dark summer day) put him over the top. Nobody could possibly best this fellow, that’s why he’s San Francisco’s Hipster of the Year, 2009.
