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Nickname: Katie
Age: 19
City: New York
Top 5 Favorite Albums:
Super hard… I’m gunna cheat a little bit and form semi-related categories… so:
1. Velvet Underground’s Loaded or White Light/ White Heat depending on my mood; the Sonics’ Introducing the Sonics; New York Dolls’ self titled; The Jam’s The Sound of the Jam compilation
2. Devendra Banhart’s Cripple Crow; Akron/ Family’s self titled; Vashti Bunyan’s Just Another Diamond Day
3. The Shins’ Wincing the Night Away; Animal Collective’s Sung Tongs
4. Sparklehorse’s Dreamt For Light Years In The Belly Of A Mountain; Spiritualized’s Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space; Olivia Tremor Control’s Singles And Beyond compilation; The Brian Jonestown Massacre’s Their Satanic Majesties’ Second Request
5. The Zombies’ Odessey & Oracle; The Kinks’ One for the Road; Simon & Garfunkel’s Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
What band would play at your ideal wedding?
Erm, Devendra. And I’d aspire to manipulate people into dancing awkwardly to him. And there’d be some sort of hippy activities going on. Or, perhaps I’d go in the opposite direction and resurrect Edith Piaf, and have her sing some tunes while people perhaps jitterbug or foxtrot to her, dressed up all proper and tragic and romantic. Yes, I think I’d have it be half tragically romantic themed, half hippy themed. Costumes of the sort would be provided, as well as amazing French food.
If you had a kid, what would be the first song you played for it?
Hmm, off the top of my head, I’d say CSNY’s Find the Cost of Freedom, ‘cause my dad used to play that for me, or Simon and Garfunkel’s Bookends. Those may impose a sort of premature sense of melancholy on the kid, though, so I’d have to think of a few lighthearted songs to throw in the mix…
What decade are you most nostalgic for and why?
Mmm, nostalgia… a longing for something that never was or will be. So, I’m nostalgic for the idealized and glorified late 60’s counterculture—supposedly a time where protests were more effective and when good concerts were (for the most part) free and when there seemed to be some sort of strong, prevalent community where people liked trees as much as I do now.
What’s your favorite venue?
St. James Church! But that’ll never happen again… so, I like Shea Stadium or the Newsonic Loft. And I went to a pretty rad party in Jamaica Plain in Boston recently—in the basement of a house that’s apparently dubbed ‘the moth house’… free admission, free beer, indoor smoking, an interesting variety of down-to-earth music and people.
What qualities do you possess that would make you an ideal hipster wife?
Well, to revert to gender stereotypes, I like cooking. Although, only vegan food, so I’m not sure if that’s a plus, but it’s probably hipster… I do make great vegan food, though, I promise. As for other hipster wife qualities—I own a bike, so we can go on awkward bike rides together. I’ll smoke the occasional cig with you and can even roll you one if you’d like. I’m good at putting up with any possible bullshit you may throw my way. There’s no way you can dress too eccentrically for my liking. If you are a hipster musician, I can sing in your band (and I have a theremin available for your use). And I’m really not as intense in person as I may seem in this questionnaire—I just don’t know when to stop writing—therefore I wouldn’t be the outwardly overbearing, emotional type, but rather would be generally nonchalant (which is certainly hipster).
What do you look for in a potential hipster husband?
A combination of a seemingly nihilistic, self-destructive artist who is secretly passionate, and an adventurous, fascinated hippie freak… not to be too specific, or fanciful, or anything… But really, just someone whose presence enchants me to stop thinking so goddamn much.
Wild Card: if you could run away anywhere for a week, where to and what it do?
Is this with my hipster husband? I’m guessing so. Perhaps I’d like to go into the middle-nowhere-Vermont, and sleep under waterfalls, record nature sounds, and perhaps mistakenly eat psilocybin mushrooms thinking they’re shiitake? They probably don’t grow up there though, so sleeping under waterfalls and recording nature is just fine.
Here at Hipster Wife Hunting, we value not only pretty girls and pretty good music, but also (and always) a pretty damn good make-out session. We all got together and picked out our favorite albums to make out to– and we’ve made you a mixtape to get things going. These are our picks:
Audrey JAPburn
1. Diplo Presents: Free Gucci by Gucci Mane (download here!)
If you’re aiming to get laid, let Gucci Mane do all the work. I promise you. It will work.
2. Lust Lust Lust by The Raveonettes
This album makes me feel like I’ve been whisked away by some beautiful European rock star to some cute Parisian nook. Even if it’s really a dude who works at Trader Joe’s and just his shitty apartment in Bushwick.
3. Face Control by Handsome Furs
You know that awesome, throwing-each-other-against-the-walls, pinning-you-down, not-caring-if-the-neighbors-see kind of making out that totally rules? This should always be blasting over such canoodlin’ sessions.
4. Teen Dream by Beach House
Making out to Beach House is like a tall glass of iced tea on a hot summer’s day. Or a falafel after a bender in Manhattan. It’s just….well, perfect.
5. XX by The xx
One time, I was at this dude’s house. I had just gone over to pick up my scarf I had left there at a party. He put this record on. Um. Needless to say, I ended up taking a cab home the next morning.
Nickname: Disko Jade
Age: 21
City: Paris, France
Top 5 Favorite Albums:
Tourist History – Two Door Cinema Club
Movements – Booka Shade
Funky Kingston – Toots and The Maytals
Make It Big – WHAM!
I Think We’re Alone Now – Tommy James and The Shondells
What band would play at your ideal wedding?
I think Sigur Ros would make some lovely wedding music, only for the wedding though, not the reception, that’d be boring.
If you had a kid, what would be the first song you played for it?
“Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” by WHAM! More than definitely.
What decade are you most nostalgic for and why?
I’d say the 50′s and the 80′s, but mostly the 80′s, that shit was good.
What’s your favorite venue?
Paris Social Club. I think I have become somewhat of a fixture in that place.
What qualities do you possess that would make you an ideal hipster wife?
I can make some damn good chocolate muffins, and I have over 200 pairs of shoes and an unhealthy fear of ladders. What more could you ever want in a woman? (p.s. I should probably add in my “qualities” answer that i’m british. That’s always a winner.)
What do you look for in a potential hipster husband?
Bad shoes are a total no go area. So a man that wears decent shoes, and decent clothes in general. Obviously the normal crap like nice eyes and a nice smile and a good personality too, but thats a given. He’s gotta be able to cook too, and be willing to rush out to buy me cigarettes late on a sunday night when he has work early on monday morning. All that kinda stuff. I like to feel looked after.
For our first edition of Get Hunted, we have Jackson. Jackson is an adorable 22-year-old dude hailing from Springfield, MO. Currently working towards his MFA in technical writing, he says it’s “just as boring as it sounds”. When asked what he wanted to be when he grew up, Jackson replied, “something where I can make stupid faces, so either sketch comedian or Plastic Man.” Besides school, Jackson used to run a sketch comedy venue with his friends. He also says he’s “really into awful Chinese food.The fried nuggets drowning in “cashew” sauce kind.”
As for his music taste, it’s pretty damn eclectic. On any given day, you can hear him listening to anything from Elvis Costello & the Attractions to Motörhead; Big Star or XTC; even the Replacements. Quite the selection there, bud. Nonetheless, Jackson stands by his guns and says that “”Ace of Spades” is probably the perfect song”.
Oh, and film? He recounts a story about his favorite movie, Raising Arizona: “My cousin would show it to guys she dated, and if they didn’t like it she’d break up with them. I always thought that was a solid measure of compatibility. Then again, she’s also been married five times.” Besides The Coen Brothers, Jackson also notes a fondness for Woody Allen, everyone’s favorite bespectacled goofball.
So, ladies, if you do end up on a date with Jackson, you’ll need to leave your inhibitions at home. Jackson describes the perfect dates as, “Karaoke. Easily. If you can’t appreciate a basement bar full of middle-aged drunks screaming the lyrics to “Love Shack,” then you don’t know how to live.”
If you do think you know how to live, love Woody Allen and Elvis Costello, give this cutie-pie a shout. Put “Jackson” in the subject line and send your love notes to gethuntedguys (at) hipsterwifehunting.com.
Let’s find this guy a hipster wife!
If you are interested in being hunted, send us a message. Girls, e-mail The Hunter at hunter (at) hipsterwifehunting.com. Boys, send Audrey a smooch at audrey (at) hipsterwifehunting.com. Let’s do it to it, folks!
