Sinister: People who call themselves indie are shite

[jarkko frantila]

There, I've said it. There's been some talk about indie do's and dont's, and 
I thought I'd contribute something to the list.

All genres of music have their very own cliques. They think they are better 
than other people. But lately I've started to think that indie hipsters are 
maybe the worst of them all. Hand on your heart; Look into the mirror and 
say: "I do not sneer at people who dress like everyone else does." Were you 
able to do that? Were you honest? Could you ever go out with someone who 
doesn't have the right hairdo, the right clothes, the right albums in 
his/her cd- collection?

Most indiehipsters (well, maybe I could say "us", but more about that later) 
aren't actually bad people in such, just... closeminded. There's some 
hipsters who are truly evil in their heart (hello), but there's rotten and 
deceptive people everywhere in the world. But not being able to understand 
that there can be people who don't really give a rat's ass about 7- inch 
singles, that's just... Example: If I should say here that i really don't 
care much about gay people, what would your reaction be? Anger? Think about 
it: That's what the worst indiehipsters do. They don't care much about those 
people who are into that "crappy, mainstream music", do they?

As I write this, wearing faded, darkblue jeans, old Converse sneakers and a 
B&S- t-shirt, I know I look like an indiekid (sic). But I don't think my 
clothes or my cd-collection makes me somehow better than other people. Some 
people seem to think that wearing cardigans straight from the 70's is like a 
secret handshake between indiers (nice word!). No, that's just the image of 
yourself you give out to people. In my case, I just like the way they look 
on me. If someone feels like s/he knows me just because I wear the same 
clothes s/he does, two words for them: piss off.

I am not a better person because I listen to music that doesn't sell well.

I am not a better person because I wear these clothes.

I am not better because I have this hair.

I am not a better person than people who aren't a part of this list.

-JF

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