Nickname: Call me Theresa Leigh and I’m all yours.
Age: 23
City: Providence
Top 5 Favorite Albums:
The Smiths – The Queen is Dead
Washed Out – Life of Leisure
Kurt Vile – Constant Hitmaker
Bright Eyes – Fevers and Mirrors
Cursive – Domestica
What band would play at your ideal wedding?
I guess if I wanted a wedding I would just ask my friends’ bands’ to play but to answer it correctly probably a reggae dancehall band
If you had a kid, what would be the first song you played for it?
It would be the first song I heard/sang which was Led Zeppelin’s “Living Loving Maid (She’s just a woman)”. I had a strange childhood.
What decade are you most nostalgic for and why?
Lately the late 70′s postpunk movement. I would’ve thrashed to Joy Division and tried to have made Ian Curtis my boyfriend.
What’s your favorite venue?
Geez, um… let’s say the Ballroom in NYC and Sweatshop in Provi.
What qualities do you possess that would make you an ideal hipster wife?
I do my hair everyday, I know everything about film, I read European lit, I love tattoos and beer and I have this huge ego that I keep a secret (woops). OH, and I also have a rad sister.
What do you look for in a potential hipster husband?
I look for interesting American accents, long legs, long hair and now recently facial hair. Sort of like Daniel Day-Lewis meets John Wayne meets Gaspard Ulliel. Give me a big nose any day. (Should I say they have a brain too? Because I like that as well.)
Nickname: Rahchel, Rocky
Age: 28
City: Brooklyn (but I’ve only just arrived from Boston, and Boston has my heart)
Top 5 Favorite Albums:
Interpol – Turn on the Bright Lights
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Show Your Bones
Smiths – Hatful of Hollow
Brian Jonestown Massacre – (pick one)
#5 is either
Belle and Sebastian – Dear Catastrophe Waitress
or
Weezer – Blue Album
What band would play at your ideal wedding?
The Smiths. A girl can dream, can’t she?
If you had a kid, what would be the first song you played for it?
Born Under a Bad Sign by Cream, haha
What decade are you most nostalgic for and why?
Elizabethan England. A woman was ruling the world and William Shakespeare showed up on the scene (whoever he was). I guess personal hygiene was in a sad state of affairs, but otherwise it was pretty fresh.
But if we’re limiting ourselves to the 20th Century, I’m gonna go with the Prohibition Era. The style was so good and everyone was sneaking out to behave badly.
What’s your favorite venue?
The Middle East in Cambridge, MA. Viper Room in LA, CA.
What qualities do you possess that would make you an ideal hipster wife?
I am an exceptional organizer of things like book and record collections, I am good at cooking vegetarian food (wait–or is that negative points?), I am always up for an adventure (especially spur of the moment roadtrips/trips in general), and I am friendly. The boys are also usually bowled over by my above average grasp of English language grammar and punctuation.
What do you look for in a potential hipster husband?
I am such a sucker for tall, messy-haired, bike riding, blue eyed, skinny jeans wearing, smelly boys. However, what I am really looking for these days is a boy who wants to pay for my drinks–and who can actually afford to.
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Rahchel is the editor of the literary magazine Slush Pile. Check it out at www.slushpilemag.com!
Nickname: Amy G.
Age: 19
City: New York
Top 5 Favorite Albums:
Brian Eno – Here Come the Warm Jets
Modest Mouse – Baron Von Bullshit Rides Again
N.W.A.- Straight Outta Compton
Tom Waits – Rain Dogs
Johnny Cash – Bitter Tears: Ballads of The American Indian
What band would play at your ideal wedding?
I’ve been really racking my brain on this one, and after not inconsiderable anguish I’m not sure I’d want one of my favorite bands to play at my ideal wedding. It would kinda cheapen the mystery, no? Maybe I’ll just invest in a good Klezmer band. Maybe they can do a cover of “Strange Overtones”, or “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”. And maybe I shall pay them in knishes and knishes only.
If you had a kid, what would be the first song you played for it?
“Mexicali Rose”, as sung by one Gene Autry. An absolute must for any child o’ mine.
What decade are you most nostalgic for and why?
1890s to early 1900s. I just really like dime novels and Westerns, none of this Triangle Shirtwaist Fire mess. It’s all about desert and rattlesnakes and shoot outs. I like the idea that at one point it was essential to own a sturdy hat and boots. I also love the fringy dusty seventies, but what self-respecting lady doesn’t?
What’s your favorite venue?
I’ve always liked the Knitting Factory, and Market Hotel has been kind to me. But in most cases, as long as I don’t have to beat people up when it gets too rowdy, a venue is a venue is a venue.
What qualities do you possess that would make you an ideal hipster wife?
- I curse regularly and often.
- I read. I write. I’m terrible at arithmetic.
- I’ve recently gotten pretty good at poaching an egg-Julie & Julia can kick rocks.
- By most standards, I can hold my own on a skateboard (shortboard or long)
- I’m Pro-Glitter (which means I probably won’t judge the denim vest you might have Bedazzled yourself)
- I’ve got old fashioned Floridian respectability. (I’ve pet a manatee before)
What do you look for in a potential hipster husband?
Someone who likes me for me:
Not because I hang with Leonardo, or that guy who played in Fargo.
That being said, good shoes and a sharp brain can never hurt. And while I dig cowboys, don’t dress like one. Seriously? It’s 2010. Unless you are one, in which case props. Mad props.
Wildcard: What’s your favorite You Tube video?
I’m kind of all about the recent 3 year old crying over Justin Bieber video, because it speaks to me on a lot of levels. It’s sort of mortifying, but I think the girl’s got it right. Sometimes, we do need to cry about Justin Bieber. Snottily and without shame. But if that’s not your thing may I suggest the videos where goats yell like men? They get me errytime. Plus, they don’t churn out nasally R&B hits, so if you cry over them it’s less socially reproachable.
PS: check out Jimmy Kimmel’s follow-up on Cody, the three-year-old Justin Bieber fan here.
Nickname: M-Lo.
Age: 22.
City: Portland, OR.
Top 5 Favorite Albums:
Always…
Talking Heads – Stop Making Sense
Neutral Milk Hotel – In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Currently…
LCD Soundsystem – Sound of Silver (but really, it’s just about Someone Great and All My Friends. Okay… and maybe New York, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down. Possibly North American Scum)
The Cure – The Head on the Door
Beirut – The Flying Club Cup
What band would play at your ideal wedding?
The Talking Heads, of course! So I could have “This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)” as my wedding song… though admittedly, Justice or Daft Punk would be kinda fun. But Mr. Byrne! He has a tape he wants to play. Swoon.
If you had a kid, what would be the first song you played for it?
“You’re a Big Girl Now” by Bob Dylan. I guess it’s really more for my benefit since it’s not really appropriate for a baby. But it’s still a good song that my kid should hear, dammit.
What decade are you most nostalgic for and why?
It’s all about right now.
What’s your favorite venue?
The Good Foot in Portland, OR: local art and musicians, good and cheap booze, occasional hula hooping. Though the Queen of Hoxton in London could give the Good Foot a run for its money.
What qualities do you possess that would make you an ideal hipster wife?
I went to a hip-to-the-skip liberal arts college and I spent a summer biking across the country and can build you a sweet fixie. I’m half-Dutch, half-Filipino so you totally get diversity points for marrying me. I’m also really into cupcakes, plaid shirts, food carts, sharks, and nationalized health care systems.
What do you look for in a potential hipster husband?
Looks good in a cardigan, eats meat, and makes me laugh. Taller than me. Flosses every day. Possibly British.
Nickname: Abz
Age: 20
City: Springfield, MO
Top 5 Favorite Albums:
1.) Pershing by Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
2.) Blonde on Blonde by Bob Dylan
3.) Self Titled by American Football
4.) Middle of Nowhere by Hanson *
5.) Ys by Joanna Newsom
*Audrey’s note: Every day in high school, she’d blast “MMMBop” and “Yearbook” and every other effing track on this damn album. Every. Day. Abz f-ing loves Hanson and would probably be grand champion in Hanson trivia bowl, if that even exists.
What band would play at your ideal wedding?
Edith Piaf brought back from the dead. Or Slayer.
If you had a kid, what would be the first song you played for it?
Well, I want to adopt a Chinese girl, and name her Penny Lane. So, of course, I’d play her Paul’s “Penny Lane”.
What decade are you most nostalgic for and why?
Definitely the late 50’s and early 60’s. I love looking at photographs from when my grandmother was a total hottie. Oh, and even though Warhol was a skeeze, there’s something so intriguing about that whole thing, you know?
Favorite venue?
My favorite venue is the Outland Ballroom here in Springfield. You can still smoke in there and I have met so many loves of my life there, it’s unbelievable.
What qualities do you possess that would make you an ideal hipster wife?
Well, I’m secretly very crafty. Apparently hipster wives are supposed to be able to glue and sew stuff. I’m afraid I can do that. But that doesn’t make me boring. I can also drink at least 10 IPAs in one sitting. And I weigh like, 100 pounds.
What do you look for in a potential hipster husband?
They have to not realize that they’re a hipster. Or at least pretend like they don’t realize it.
Yo, Abz, tell us about your music and what you do.
Well, I play piano, guitar and drums. I write songs on my piano that are about being young and stupid and emotionally retarded. I also write a lot about what it’s like to be a young woman in this generation, and the types of pressures they have. It’s an incredibly difficult thing.
You just recorded your first EP, titled “Trey”, which is getting rave reviews—and hasn’t even been released yet. That rules, but waddup with the name?
The Trey EP is based off of a slew of complicated relationships that were shallow on the outside, but are actually very meaningful to me. The thing about Springfield is that everyone in that scene is very into everyone else’s business. Growing up I dealt with a lot of false rumors and negativity that I probably didn’t deserve. That still exists today and is initiated by a lot of really lifeless people without a sense of self. That’s what “Trey” is about. It’s about being in love with an asshole that makes you think you’re the crazy one.
So where can I hear it?
Just go to my Myspace to hear the EP. Or you can download some of the songs here:
Young Men
New
Thanks, dude.
Yeah, man.
