Misanthropy Today

Under the guise of “irony,” hipsterism fetishizes the authentic and regurgitates it with a winking inauthenticity. Those 18-to-34-year-olds called hipsters have defanged, skinned and consumed the fringe movements of the postwar era—Beat, hippie, punk, even grunge. Hungry for more, and sick with the anxiety of influence, they feed as well from the trough of the [...]

Chris White just started blogging with a site called DonkeyEatingAWaffle check out his site, add it to your RSS feed, etc. I promise you it will be funny. Here’s His First post– AF I’m nothing if not lazy so I figured for my first post I would utilize my tried and true Potpourri format of [...]

So I was cruising down St Andrews Place (southbound, from 3rd street in Hollywood, through Koreatown to Pico boulevard) shadowing the route I took on an apartment search today and I saw something alarming. You see a swarthy man in a backwards hat and acid washed jeans accosting what looks like a friendly korean lady wearing [...]

My friends have asked me, “Imam Fox” they say, “before this gets out of hand, I want you to issue a fatwa against the low V neck shirt, as it is against Allah and man and promotes homosexuality.” I have given this serious consideration. I have looked into the matter and I am hereby issuing this [...]

(I was about to buy HipsterWatch.com but it’s taken. If anyone wants to start HipsterWatch.net with me and keep close tabs on these GD hipsters, write me an email) If you know anything about me, you know that nothing tightens my jaw up more is hipsters. Hipsters will do anything to be hip, [...]

Last night I went and saw The Hold Steady with Chuch, his girlfriend Kathleen and his friend Amanda. Before the show we went to The Little Bar (757 S La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036) which much to my chagrin only serves beer and wine and the usual faux-liquor trickery (soju, agave wine, etc) . [...]