On Thursday I DJ’ed at the Vice/CK Festival Ball. Crystal Castles and Juan MacLean headlined. Jay and I were the DJ’s on the side. Yamaha and their Tenori-On got a room, so we were asked to play. I want a Tenori-on so fucking badly, but they’re over a thousand bucks. I love all the people involved with the Tenori-On in Canada, they’re so genuine and nice and fun and aren’t out to prove themselves. I’ve been thinking about belonging a lot lately. People who cling onto people who don’t give a shit about them, hang on to the past and try to pretend that nothing has changed, get shit-talked behind their back, or try endlessly to only get rejected. It hurts me when I see my friends put themselves out there to get treated like shit. I’m so reluctant to try with people who obviously only want to be my friend because I’m this or that, and then it comes around they’ve been harbouring ill-will towards me when others are around. Some people want to belong so badly, want to be the VIP that they only see exclusion of others as a way to the secret club. It’s so easy to forget being an outsider once you’re inside. It’s basic elementary school science that water just rolls off oil.
As an aside, I thought of this as a fun exercise. Yes, hating on hipster douchebags is so over, but I’m lame so here I go. I wear American Apparel and vintage, I’ll admit it.
Hipsters rely on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs quite evidently. I learned this at the Vice Party.
Self-Actualization: They problem solve their awkward figures by reclaiming mom jeans.
Creativity bursts happen when you cross American Apparel and vintage.
Esteem: Achievement happens when your mug is on takemorephotos.
Love/Belonging: Friendships are important when they get you in the exclusive parties for free and present coke in the bathroom.
Safety: Wearing overpriced clothes to present as rich with a swoosh on the side, because rich is in.
Psychological: Pretending that the basic human needs are mundane and useless.
MP3: Charles Hamilton, Windows Media Player (Play it simultaneously on two different music players for full effect of ultimate in internet self-celebrity.)
