TRENDS IN STAYING HIP
You are a male between the age of let's say 34 to 46. During certain periods of your youth you had extensive VHS, CD, and cassette tape collections. You went to punk shows when they were scary and attempted to get into the mosh pit every so often.
Then you went to college, discovered indie rock and began burning CD's (or possibly mixtapes) in your dorm room of Modest Mouse, Built To Spill, and Death Cab For Cutie.
Eventually you entered post-grad life, got a job, found a partner, got married and started a family. The grey hair kicks in and your weight lifting involves picking up your kid multiple times a day or a stroller. Yet you still want to feel youthful and cool. Not ready to wear relaxed fitted pants and listen to "Baby Shark" and pop music all day.
When you show up to P.S. 666 in Brooklyn or Atwater Village Happiness Pre-school Academy to pick up the grasshopper you feel the need to drop your cool creditability with the fellow parents.
This potentially means you could be an INDIE DAD ROCKER.
What's this? Like Steely Dan it's more of an aesthetic to prove to the world you are not just an old fart. A blend of hipster, punk, urban woodsman, and all around cool dude. Here are some of the indicators.
MUSICA!
You definitely listen to a lot of Alternative Rock from the 80s and 90s. Your appreciation for hip-hop revolves around that same era with top groups being A Tribe Called Quest, Erik B and Rakim, and Public Enemy.
When it comes to modern day artists the following groups are a MUST:
WILCO: Hands down the ultimate INDIE DAD ROCK band. They are cool, make great albums, and Jeff Tweedy is a g-d in your wold.
THE NATIONAL: you listen to this because it's essentially a mature adult emo band from Brooklyn. Every song is about regret or a weird situation that happened with an ex-girlfriend at a house party in Ditmas Park. By default you also love Sharon Van Etten and Cat Power.
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS: this is just for street credibility, even Stephen Colbert digs them.
FUGAZI: to show you are aware of DC HARDCORE and anything that revolves around Ian Mackaye.
Others bands worthy to note: Bauhaus, My Bloody Valentine, Joy Division, The Replacements, The Jayhawks, The Lemonheads, Gang of Four, DEVO, and early R.E.M.
HABERDASHERY!
Essentially an urban hiker. A blend of workwear, streetwear, and norm core attire. Definitely a set of boots and vintage sneakers.
SOCIAL OUTINGS!
Any hip place that caters to strollers, so craft beer halls, foodie halls, shuffle board halls, food co-op's, and libraries.
NUTRITION!
At times you've considered being vegan, non-strict vegan, vegan before 6pm, vegan while you are sleeping, etc. Then you see smoked brisket and say screw it.
POLITICS!:
Whatever Terry Gross (Fresh Air), Michael Barbaro (NYT-Daily), and David Remnick (New Yorker) inform you on.
Now you are probably thinking, gee Dan someone is being stereotypical??? And my own response is, this whole post is loosely a self-deprecating image of myself :)))))). Toodles!
You are a male between the age of let's say 34 to 46. During certain periods of your youth you had extensive VHS, CD, and cassette tape collections. You went to punk shows when they were scary and attempted to get into the mosh pit every so often.
Then you went to college, discovered indie rock and began burning CD's (or possibly mixtapes) in your dorm room of Modest Mouse, Built To Spill, and Death Cab For Cutie.
Eventually you entered post-grad life, got a job, found a partner, got married and started a family. The grey hair kicks in and your weight lifting involves picking up your kid multiple times a day or a stroller. Yet you still want to feel youthful and cool. Not ready to wear relaxed fitted pants and listen to "Baby Shark" and pop music all day.
When you show up to P.S. 666 in Brooklyn or Atwater Village Happiness Pre-school Academy to pick up the grasshopper you feel the need to drop your cool creditability with the fellow parents.
This potentially means you could be an INDIE DAD ROCKER.
What's this? Like Steely Dan it's more of an aesthetic to prove to the world you are not just an old fart. A blend of hipster, punk, urban woodsman, and all around cool dude. Here are some of the indicators.
MUSICA!
You definitely listen to a lot of Alternative Rock from the 80s and 90s. Your appreciation for hip-hop revolves around that same era with top groups being A Tribe Called Quest, Erik B and Rakim, and Public Enemy.
When it comes to modern day artists the following groups are a MUST:
WILCO: Hands down the ultimate INDIE DAD ROCK band. They are cool, make great albums, and Jeff Tweedy is a g-d in your wold.
THE NATIONAL: you listen to this because it's essentially a mature adult emo band from Brooklyn. Every song is about regret or a weird situation that happened with an ex-girlfriend at a house party in Ditmas Park. By default you also love Sharon Van Etten and Cat Power.
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS: this is just for street credibility, even Stephen Colbert digs them.
FUGAZI: to show you are aware of DC HARDCORE and anything that revolves around Ian Mackaye.
Others bands worthy to note: Bauhaus, My Bloody Valentine, Joy Division, The Replacements, The Jayhawks, The Lemonheads, Gang of Four, DEVO, and early R.E.M.
HABERDASHERY!
Essentially an urban hiker. A blend of workwear, streetwear, and norm core attire. Definitely a set of boots and vintage sneakers.
SOCIAL OUTINGS!
Any hip place that caters to strollers, so craft beer halls, foodie halls, shuffle board halls, food co-op's, and libraries.
NUTRITION!
At times you've considered being vegan, non-strict vegan, vegan before 6pm, vegan while you are sleeping, etc. Then you see smoked brisket and say screw it.
POLITICS!:
Whatever Terry Gross (Fresh Air), Michael Barbaro (NYT-Daily), and David Remnick (New Yorker) inform you on.
Now you are probably thinking, gee Dan someone is being stereotypical??? And my own response is, this whole post is loosely a self-deprecating image of myself :)))))). Toodles!
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