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• n  a youth subculture (mostly from the middle class) originating in San Francisco in the 1960s; advocated universal love and peace and communes and long hair and soft drugs; favored acid rock and progressive rock music
• n  someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle

• The Hold Steady Stay Positive; out July 15 These rock jams about aging hipsters from a band of aging hipsters are cut-rate Springsteen, right down to Craig Finn's croaky vocals and .
• For many of the pretty young hipsters here, it's a rite of passage.
• Produced in limited quantities, they quickly became the ultimate badge of street cred among the hipsters in the back alleys of Tokyo's fashion-obsessed Harajuku neighborhood.

• flower people
• hippies
• hippie
• hippy
• hipster
• flower child

News & Articles

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• 'Portlandia' renewed for 2 more years
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The hit cable TV show "Portlandia" is coming back for two more seasons of comedy that lovingly skewers overzealous progressives, hipsters and folks who go to extremes to live sustainable lives. The show's third season ended earlier this year and cable channel IFC says it has renewed the show for two more. Season Four will run early next year and Season Five in early 2015 ...
  June 12, 2013 - NorthWest Cable News

Quotes

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• Scott Weiland in MTV News
  It's been five years we've been apart, and there's all these young kids who had older brothers who were STP fans, and now they're these little hipsters - 18-, 19-, 20-years-old - and they're STP fans,Weiland said. "These kids come up to me...
• Simon Reynolds in KVUE
  It's really sped up now,says Mr. Reynolds. "The hipsters get the leaked album; they discuss it to death for a few weeks; and by the time it's officially released, they're like, 'I'm so over it. ...... That band is so August.' "
• Jack White in Prefixmag
  Her femininity and extreme minimalism are too much to take for some metalheads and reverse-contrarian hipsters,White said in an interview with the New York Post. "She can do what those with 'technical prowess' can't. She inspires people to...