"No one goes there any more, it's too crowded." --Yogi Berra
i want to explore
the concepts of 'hipster' and 'hip'
especially as they relate to web 2.0
silence-mystery-charisma
the road less travelled
drugs-illegal-secrecy
taboos-occult-illuminati
smart-difficult
nonconformist-courage-originality
obscure-research-luck
vs: popular/easy/safe/accessible
Village Voice
Whole Earth Catalog: access to hipness
hippies vs hipsters
UK music scene hipper than US
local US music scenes (Seattle, Atlanta)
Usenet: alt.folklore.urban, alt.religion.kibology, alt.fan.warlord
fearless exploration
mastering exclusivist (Net) technologies
Factsheet Five, BoingBoing, ReSearch
linkblogging
open communities
1948: Anatole Broyard "A Portrait of the Hipster" [GgBks]
1957: Norman Mailer "The White Negro: Superficial Reflections on the Hipster"
