<![CDATA[Gawker: Blue States Lose]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gawker.com.png <![CDATA[Gawker: Blue States Lose]]> http://gawker.com/tag/blue states lose http://gawker.com/tag/blue states lose <![CDATA[ Hipsters Have Doomed Us All ]]> Sofia Coppola slouches in a red damask banquette so battered and torn it's practically held together by duct tape. She twists the end of her "Go Metric" t-shirt around her forefinger, staring blankly into the middle distance. Finally, as the flash of yet another polaroid camera goes off and Yo La Tengo's "Deeper Into Movies" comes on the iPod at the long abandoned DJ station, she looks pleadingly into my face and she says, "I never wanted this to happen." Hey, so did you read the one in Adbusters about how hipsters spell the end of Western civilization? Scummy pints of cloudy beer, V-necks, kaffiyehs, and fixed-gear bicycles (no cheese doodle baskets at Bushwick Country Club?), all lamented in earnest New Journalese and questionable pronoun-antecedent agreement. And in what was once an eminently read hipster lifestyle handbook. TNR apologized for the war; this was inevitable, too.

We are a lost generation, desperately clinging to anything that feels real, but too afraid to become it ourselves. We are a defeated generation, resigned to the hypocrisy of those before us, who once sang songs of rebellion and now sell them back to us. We are the last generation, a culmination of all previous things, destroyed by the vapidity that surrounds us. The hipster represents the end of Western civilization – a culture so detached and disconnected that it has stopped giving birth to anything new.

[Adbusters]

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Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:42:36 EDT Michael Weiss http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5031473&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Little Scotty Mouthbreather in Disturbing Paris BFF Bid ]]> -1-1Icky Blue States Lose thing Little Scotty Mouthbreather is using his pull at icky American Apparel in an icky attempt to be cast in the upcoming reality TV nightmare Paris Hilton's My New BFF. A mass email sent by the leg-warmer marketeers yesterday reads, "American Apparel's heiress, Jonny Makeup is searching for a new BFF. And as luck would have it, so is a certain Miss Paris Hilton. Let's bring these kids together so they can search for boys, toys and trouble on the streets of LA." Oh, and, in case you want to go ahead and skip brunch, here's his retarded video.

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Sat, 12 Apr 2008 10:29:59 EDT ian spiegelman http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5005635&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Shock: Celeb's Galpal Secret Scenester ]]> sarahlarson.jpgYou may think that George Clooney's girlfriend Sarah Larson is an innocent sweetheart, on account of how she is a former cocktail waitress now dating a rich celebrity with a few years on her, but you'd be wrong. Star tracked down secret photos that expose the real Sarah Larson as a girl who got drunk and wore bikinis. Amusingly, the photos are from Merlin Bronques' hiptard party/porn site, Last Night's Party. The real shame here is that George Clooney is dating a Blue States Lose target. [Star]

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Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:41:19 EDT Pareene http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=373388&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Little Scotty Mouthbreather Goes Mainstream ]]> little_scotty_mouth_2.jpg

According to an unsolicited, totally undesired MySpace message I received yesterday from Little Scotty Mouthbreather himself (full chill-inducing text after the jump), our existentially-handicapped hiptard rapper friend will be appearing along with his "group" the V.I.P. Party Boys on tomorrow's "celeb rehab" episode of the Tyra Banks Show. Tyra, in her infinite wisdom, invited Scotty and the Party Boys onto the show to discuss the manner in which "sex and drugs get tangled with fame". And by fame, he means being the object of ridicule.

Hey Alex, First of all, I wanna thank you for helping launch my career as NYC nighlife personality/muse/chantuesse/rapstress. I owe you the best blow J. of your life!!!

I also wanna let you know that my rap group is having the best week ever and will be featured on the Tyra Show this Wed. along with Brigette Nelson, Dr. Drew and some dude from that band from the 90s 'Crazy Town'. Things get really nitty gritty!!!! so check it out!!!!

http://tyrashow.warnerbros.com/thisweek/index.html

xoxoxox
Jonny Makeup aka Scotty Mouthbreath

PS Im soooo bummed that you arent doing Gawker anymore....I have some sweeeeet pics on me and my BFF Leotard out on the town in Miami!!!!!

[Horrible photograph of Little Scotty Mouthbreather a.k.a. Jonny Makeup via his MySpace page.]

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Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:54:28 EST Alex Blagg http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=342367&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ A Solid Investment ]]> aoki-vest.jpg

Not every man can pull of a sequined American Flag vest left unbuttoned to betray just a glimpse of the delicious DJ open bar booze belly it barely contains, but Steve Aoki does so smashingly, even though he sort of looks like a Japanese tourist who likes to dress up as Keith Richards.

[The Cobrasnake. Make History photo #9478]

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Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:57:18 EST Alex Blagg http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=341631&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ The Incredibly Gay Hulk ]]>

Whenever a remix of that "Y'all ready for this?" song from Jock Jams comes on, this guy turns into a big flaming purple and green Hulk who derives his strength from Swimclass Floaties and absolutely SMASHES the dance floor.

[The Cobrasnake. ?? photo #0614]

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Thu, 03 Jan 2008 15:21:25 EST Alex Blagg http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=340184&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Christmas In Hipsterville ]]> bsllogo.pngBlue States Lose is a much-needed weekly investigation into the trends and mores of the young. Going where the cool-hunters are too afeared to tread, via the party pictures on Cobrasnake, Last Night's Party, and Nicky Digital, our pal Alex Blagg teaches us about what the young have become while we were busy doing nothing.

10.The Cobrasnake. Holiday Crutches photo #8283: On most people, that t-shirt would be ironic.

9.The Cobrasnake. Christmas Pash photo #7946: Someone might want to break the bad news to these girls that Santa and the Elves can't wrap up attention and put it under their trees.

8. Last Night's Party. Le Baron photo #0078: Sometimes, when I'm doing this job every week, I see pictures of people like this guy, and a little voice in my heart whispers, "I wish we could be best friends forever."

7. The Cobrasnake. Christmas Pash photo #7833: Yeah he looks like a greeting card from 5 years ago in Hipsterville, but you've got to admit, it's pretty adorable when college freshmen first discover The Strokes.

6. Nicky Digital. Loose @ Vine Bar photo #69878: "Chill" indeed.

5. The Cobrasnake. Holiday Crutches photo #8343: "Brooo, those 3-D glasses are SO rad. When you, like, look in the mirror, do you actually see not one, but THREE dicknoses?"

4. Last Night's Party. Le Baron photo #1490: This is why hipster fashion ambiguity must be stopped. Sure, sometimes it's all fun and games with the ironic shirts and wacky 80's sunglasses, but before you know it, you've got a terrifying Sex Instructor In A Tiger Hat on your hands, and people really start to get hurt (raped).

3. The Cobrasnake. Greater Then photo #0106: I'm not a violent guy, and I know this chick is just screwing around, but I secretly like to fantasize that she was warbling some shitty Joanna Newsom rip-off acoustic poem and someone finally just came up and punched her in the face.

2. The Cobrasnake. Christmas Pash photo #7880: I think this guy's stylist must be a colorblind ex-raver who ecstasied himself into non-functioning retardation.

1. The Cobrasnake. Holiday Crutches photo #8385: Jesus Christ, scary sequined nightmare Santa vest. It's fucking Christmas, would you please just knock it off?

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Fri, 28 Dec 2007 13:00:34 EST Alex Blagg http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=338560&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Plaid As Hell And Not Gonna Take It Anymore ]]> bsllogo.pngA federal judge on Thursday refused, at least for now, to order a hearing at which the government would have to explain in detail the destruction of C.I.A. videotapes showing the harsh interrogation of two suspected Al Qaeda operatives. So while you're waiting for that to get resolved enjoy these pictures of idiots partying from Cobrasnake and Last Night's Party and Nicky Digital as they are mocked by Alex Blagg.

10.Drunken Stepfather. Steve Aoki pees in Montreal video: Steve Aoki is so busy pressing buttons and playing Daft Punk tracks off his laptop that he DOESN'T HAVE TIME to go to the bathroom. That's how dedicated he is to whatever it is that he does.

9.The Cobrasnake. Panty Sale photo #9674: But it makes sense, because Aoki's dicking around in the DJ booth is, like, so rad, and so powerful, that it's turned this dude into a what a douchebag would look like as an animated cartoon, not to mention the effect it's having on the two guys in the background, who are in the middle of a full-on earth-shattering Aokigasm.

8. Nicky Digital. Censorship is Weak As Fuck Art Show photo #68374: As an abstract concept, censorship may indeed be "weak as fuck", but when applied to every tardbot at this party and all the dumb stuff they're probably doing and saying, I'd argue that it can be awesome as fuck sometimes, too.

7. The Cobrasnake. Panty Sale photo #9790: I sincerely hope, for our future, they had a 3-way later that night and he got both of them pregnant, with twins.

6. The Cobrasnake. Pash Is Back photo #7633: You know, a tattooed old sugar daddy who tans a lot and acts wacky whenever someone takes his picture really is the perfect accessory.

5. The Cobrasnake & Nicky Digital. I think the hipsters are trying to tell us something: I love how hipsters refuse to conform to the fashions of others.

4. Last Night's Party. Paris Miami photo #9480: You know what, thank God for "Mystery" and his posse of pick-up artistic geniuses, because a world without them, would be a world without this guy. And I don't want to live in that world.

3. The Cobrasnake. Factory Fleamarket photo #7623: It's missing the Misshapes, but otherwise this could almost be a photographic modern Mt. Rushmore, looking down on the whole retarded generation of suburban refugees they suckered into believing that the hipster-junkie lifestyle as seen in Vice Magazine and The Cobrasnake was some kind of "cool underground art scene" they too could be a part of if they moved to New York and bought blank neon t-shirts and tube socks at American Apparel, which is ironically where most of them now work and waste what little extra money is left over after supporting the growing coke habit necessary to keep their non-existent dreams alive.

2. The Cobrasnake. Pash Is Back photo #7676: I think Vigo from the evil painting in "Ghostbusters II" may have finally escaped from his canvas prison and re-invented himself as a swinging LA scenester who wears gold jackets and loves redheads.

1. The Cobrasnake. Ima Robot Vacation photo #0574: Wouldn't it be great if this match made in hipster heaven actually met on Craigslist? "Hawaiian-Print Prince Seeks Princess - m4w/Hi, my name's Rick, and I'm looking for someone who takes wearing outlandish flower-print clothing, funny hats, and crazy eyeglasses as seriously as I do. I don't really have any hobbies or interests other than dressing myself up all ridiculous, and just wandering around so people can look at me and take pictures. I do sometimes enjoy backgammon, but only when played in the middle of a crowded public place, while dressed like a rainforest. Please write back if you're interested (and aggressively try to look as stupid as possible at all times)."

Previously: Hijinx Ensue

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Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:16:27 EST Alex Blagg http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=336839&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Hijinx Ensue ]]> bsllogo.pngBlue States Lose because while their residents are running around in eyeliner and panties on the outside of their pants and SPARKLY HATS, the red state people are building houses and making industry and going to block meetings and wars! WE SUCK. Here's some pictures from the suckitude, collected from Cobrasnake and Last Night's Party and Nicky Digital by Alex Blagg!

10.The Cobrasnake. Outback Steakbus photo #8759: Steve Aoki? More like Steve Ao-wacky! Am I right?

9.Last Night's Party. Los Moscow photo #7139: According to her MySpace profile, her interests include sparkly hats, rapper jewelry and loneliness.

8. Last Night's Party. Los Moscow photo #7177: I don't know, I guess I feel like her "giant flaming skull with eagle wings" chest tattoo just doesn't really go with that Victoria's Secret Valentine's Day bra with hearts all over it.

7. The Cobrasnake. Mobile Disco photo #9475: This photograph makes me want to high-five whoever invented abortions.

6. Last Night's Party. The Hills photo #5687: If you've ever wanted to do it with a saucy hipster college chick in leather pants on top of some Puerto Rican's Toyota Corolla, you're really going to enjoy this picture.

5. Nicky Digital. Partying All Night Long video: Do you like "partying"? Do you also enjoy hotel rooms? Then perhaps you will want to watch this video of some random people "partying" in a hotel room.

4. Last Night's Party. The Hills photo #8064: Dear guy on the left-hand side of this picture - your hat is amazing. The multitude of colors and skulls and words written in DJ-fonts emblazoned upon this mesh headpiece favored by transportation industry professionals tells me that you're a man with a superior sense of sophistication and style. It's really no wonder you get to hang out with such awesome people.

3. The Cobrasnake. Bandits On The Run photo #9814: There should be a Saturday morning cartoon about these two called "Dweezle and Big Red", where they live together and get into crazy adventures trying to pull things over on Winston the Wackymart manager, and hijinx ensue.

2. Last Night's Party. The Hills photo #8642: Listen, weird mystical scenester guy: I enjoyed those 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movies too. Johnny Depp's whole "Mick Jagger-as-pirate" shtick is pretty awesome, but that doesn't mean we should all run out and start dressing ourselves up like Johnny Depp. He can get away with the whole "Parisian bohemian poet from the 30's" thing because he's Johnny Depp, but when you do it, everyone just rolls their eyes and thinks you're an asshole.

1. Last Night's Party. Los Moscow photo #7179: Man, I wish you guys would start a shitty indie rock/punkclash/danceska band with a retarded name like "Sausage Chins" and make god-awful music about thrift store shopping and shit. Oh, you already did? I never would have guessed that.


Previously: "Here's Some Junkie Rubbing A Popsicle All Over Her Face While Purple Drool Drips Down Onto Her Shirt"

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Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:45:24 EST Alex Blagg http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=331386&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ "Here's Some Junkie Rubbing A Popsicle All Over Her Face While Purple Drool Drips Down Onto Her Shirt" ]]> bsllogo.pngBlue States Lose! Blue States Lose! Party pictures, curated by Alex Blagg, of the greatest nightlife people in the world!

10.The Cobrasnake. Rockinized Chicken photo #6011: It's almost beautiful how unaware Doucheylocks is of how ridiculously ridiculous he looks.

9.The Cobrasnake. Fresh Prince of Bel Air photo #4986: "Hi, we're twelve year-old rich kids in Los Angeles. We love Kanye, we're too busy doing whatever we see on television to bother brushing our teeth, and we want to be ridiculed by other people when we grow up."

8. Last Night's Party. Popsickle video: Here's some junkie rubbing a popsicle all over her face while purple drool drips down onto her shirt. HOT!

7. The Cobrasnake. Steve Aoki Sydney photo #7029: I think this girl might actually be made entirely out of cocaine.

6. The Cobrasnake. Don't Touch Me photo set: I'm not sure what's going on in this photo set, but I think the hipster tardmongers may be trying to make goth cool or stylish somehow. Fingers crossed.

5. Last Night's Party. VHS SOS photo #4848: Right after moving into the NYU dorm, The Three Urbanoutfiteers decided to celebrate their foray into the world of New York City hipsterdom with their VERY FIRST TATTOO! Aren't they so cute?

4. Last Night's Party.Homeless photo #4381: I love when random nightclub DJ groupie bimbos tack on a couple of wacky ironic accessories and try to pretend they're "indie" or whatever, and weren't just snorting cock of some Rockstar Energy Drink rep at Marquee last week.

3. The Cobrasnake. Churro Juicer photo #8718: Here's a classic specimen for another round of everyone's favorite Blue States Lose game: "Hipster, Homeless, or Alcoholic House Painter?" The paint-stained fingers, slobbering expression of total incoherence, old mesh hat, and flannel shirt suggest one of the latter two options, but what are we to make of the little indie rock pin and crazy indie t-shirt? The answer is he is actually all three: a homeless hipster alcoholic who wanted to be an artist but now just paints houses. Thanks for playing, and until next time!

2. Last Night's Party. BJ Panda Bear video: I don't know if I even need to say this, but you should all be subscribing to Last Night's Party Guy's YouTube Channel. If you didn't think it could get any better than popsicle girl, well just feast your peepers on this piece of cinema, an epic Odyssey-like adventure through an underground hipster party in which our protagonist must survive wasted chicks blowing bubbles and eating marshmallow spread, a horde of photographers' flash-bulbs, and two girls making out on his journey the weird Asian guy all tied up with electrical tape he's been so desperately seeking.

1. Nicky Digital. Ruff Club photo #64555: This is actually one of those hidden 3-D pictures. If you relax your eyes and stare at it long enough, you'll see all the hope and joy you had left in your heart sucked into an infinite existential void, then tortured to death and raped in front of your family.

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Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:20:03 EST Alex Blagg http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=328583&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ The Man Who Invented Ridiculous Hipsterdom ]]> bsllogo.pngYou would never actually go to the kind of party that websites like Ambrel, Cobrasnake, Nicky Digital, and Last Night's Party exist to take pictures of, but you sure would sit at your desk and make fun of those pictures! That's pretty cool! Alex Blagg enables you to pass judgment every week around this time.

10.Last Night's Party. Red Bull Without A Cause photo #2025: Unless you're a college freshman McSweeney's groupie chick who's into 3-ways, even one of this guy is way too many.

9.The Cobrasnake. Dont Stop Camping photo #2869: I think the hipster photographers should get together and put out an annual wall calendar of wasted 19 year-old scenester chicks sitting on filthy sidewalks in front of random closed-up bodegas (sometimes near a pile of vomit). Because we see a lot of these shots, and each of them are every bit as adorable as a kitten in a laundry basket wearing an Army helmet.

8. Last Night's Party. mtvU photo #3465: Nice hat and emo expression, you fucking douchebag. You look like a gay bear riverboat gambler on lithium.

7. The Cobrasnake. mtvU photo #2919: Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice!

6. Nicky Digital. Gallery M photo #63219: Shhhh...he's quietly wishing people would take him more seriously.

5. The Cobrasnake. Time Bomb photo #5206: Look if you get date-raped by this guy, and you didn't want to, it's really your own fault. I mean, the coke glasses, the stubble, the member's only jacket, the "I will date rape you" expression - is there any way he could possibly be more upfront about this?

4. The Cobrasnake. 24 Hour Paper Store photo #4773: Lohan must've swan dived off the wagon again, because there's no way in hell a sober person would ever willingly hang out with someone who has THAT haircut, yet clearly still takes themselves very seriously. He's one of those magical LA people who seem completely ridiculous to the naked eye, but suddenly turns into a fascinating artist and genius something-designer as soon as you're coked out of your skull at some famous DJ's party.

3. Nicky Digital. Gallery M photo #63244: "Oh my goodness, Sasha! Those purple sparkly spankex, and that Strawberry Shortcake OshKosh B'Gosh blouse, and your little disco purse full of cocaine, and the necklace made out of old combs - girl, you're so fabulous, I could just EAT YOU!"

2. Nicky Digital. Six Six Sick photo #63252: Someone just learned the hard way that YOU DO NOT EVER touch Francis Fonzie's hot pink earmuffs. Ever.

1. The Cobrasnake. Jumping Beans photo #7581: It's nice to see today's hipster kids finally paying some fucking respect to Jesse the Retarded VJ Guy From MTV. His 15 minutes may have ended long ago, but he blazed the trail for the "dressing and and acting like an autistic crystal meth addict" scene that's so cool today, because he was doing that shit back when the Cobrasnake was still taking snap shots of his goth high school friends at some mall in the burbs. Jesse is pretty much the Chuck Berry of everything that sucks today.

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Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:20:26 EST Alex Blagg http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=323790&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Hipster Or Halloween Costume? ]]> bslIt's the spookiest time of year: The time when you can't tell a horrifically dressed club kid from a terribly dressed but otherwise normal Halloween reveler. But we can! Your friend and ours Alex Blagg trolls the photo-trolls of Ambrel, Cobrasnake, Nicky Digital, and Last Night's Party to deliver the good news: Society is just a costume! (Deep, man!)

10.Ambrel. Halloween photo #2676: I tend to find the hipster photoblogs to be - somewhat ironically - less frightening around Halloween, because it's the one time of the year where EVERYONE is dressed up in ridiculous costumes, which sort of takes the shock out of seeing some naked dude who's painted his entire body neon pink and has a giant glowstick hanging out of his ass just because its a Wednesday night. Which is why I've got to give it up to the couple on the right in this picture for STILL managing to scare the fucking shit out of me.

9.The Cobrasnake. October Octupus photo #1185: This guy actually went out of his way to dress himself up as a fashion-handicapped child molester whose entire life revolves around taking point-and-click pics of wasted scenesters? This is esentially a costume of a costume, or what it would have looked like if MC Escher drew stuff that was retarded.

8. Ambrel. Halloween photo #2554: Um, I'm not really getting this one. Slutty Incognito Girl Who Shits Hair?

7. The Cobrasnake. October Octopus photo #0551: Ok, time for a fun holiday game called "Hipster or Halloween Costume?" Is this a person who is dressed up for Halloween, or is it a messy-haired hipster who chose to leave the house in a wolf jacket and big silly glasses just for the hell of it? ANSWER: Trick question! It's a guy whose Halloween costume IS a Hipster, bearing a pretty decent likeness to our old friend Kid's Meal. At least that's what I think he's doing.

6. Ambrel. Paper Nightlife Awards photo #2251: So I heard The Cobrasnake won "best nightlife photographer" in Paper's annual awards show recognizing NYC "Nightlife" and the comically-deluded sense of importance of the people who are a part of it. Nikola, if you're ready to get serious about this whole hipster photography thing, I recommend you cool it with the "artful, aesthetically-pleasing pictures" stuff, invest in some fannypacks, and start taking some poorly-composed snap shots of high school girls on heroin nodding off into their pizza.

5. Nicky Digital. All Hallow's Madness @ Judson Church photo #62103: Reenacting your own birth is not only a creative Halloween costume, it's also a great way to come to better terms with hating your parents for everything that is now wrong with you.

4. Last Night's Party. The Beautiful photo #9811: I don't even think this is a costume. I think Carl the Guy Who Sadistically Tortures And Kills People Then Buries Them In The Crawl Space Under His House only leaves his demonic blood dungeon once a year, on Halloween, because it's the one night he can be who he is.

3. Nicky Digital. All Hallow's Madness @ Judson Church photo #62208: Ok, "Hipster or Halloween Costume?" Round 2! Is this a group of friends dressed up in 80's Zombies costumes, or are these hipsters who just can't fucking get enough face paint and neon clothing? ANSWER: Hipsters! The people in this picture are actually the members of an unsuccessful indie rock electro-dance band called Disco Is Dead.

2. Ambrel. Paper Magazine Nightlife Awards photo #2271: I was actually supposed to cover the Paper Nightlife Awards for Gawker again this year, but had another thing come up that I felt was more important (turned out there was a marathon of MacGuyver re-runs on TBS that night) and ultimately couldn't make it. So you can imagine the disappointment and regret I felt the next day when I looked at this picture and saw exactly what I had missed.

1. Ambrel. Halloween photo #2683: Whatever, EVERYONE went as a Slutty Rape Victim this year.

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Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:40:23 EDT Alex Blagg http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=318288&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Which hipster-nightlife photographer totally ... ]]> merlinWhich hipster-nightlife photographer totally named Merlin Bronques threw a major hissy fit in front of the elevators at the incredibly boring Shindig party last night? "What the fuck is your problem," he shrieked, violently jabbing the 'down' button. "I told you to hold the fucking door for me!" Dude. It's just Halloween. ("Last Night's Party is so not even cool anymore," muttered a girl in the elevator. Harsh!)

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Thu, 01 Nov 2007 09:20:57 EDT Sheila http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=317579&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Hipster Millennium Multimedia Roadshow ]]> bslIs there anything your Friday afternoon needs more than Alex Blagg's weekly roundup of party pictures of terrifying hipsters from Cobrasnake and Last Night's Party and Nicky Digital? How could there be?

10.The Cobrasnake. Chichgo Side Dish photo #8088: The title of girlie blogger Stephanie Klein's terrible book finding its way onto a hipster T-shirt is sort of like AIDS and the Holocaust having a kid together.

9.The Cobrasnake. Fools Gold photo #8412: Imagine Moby. Then imagine if Moby were somehow even lamer, wearing a polka dot hoodie, horrible ironic sunglasses that made him look like a pervy white version of Data from Star Trek, and had a whole bunch of chest fur peeking out from a yellow American Apparel V-neck. Now imagine, if you can, that this horrifying scenario was real, and documented in photograph.

8. The Cobrasnake. Yurman Jungle photo #9516: I hate it when I'm out at parties and all the most interesting and original people have been seated together.

7. Last Night's Party. I Love It Here photo #8559: I've been waiting a long time for the whole Frilly Neck Sash thing to finally come back, so I couldn't be any more pleased to see these two young dandies blazing the trail for all the elegant doily-collared people of the future!

6. The Cobrasnake. Yurman Jungle photo #9735: If you can actually catch one of the fabled Striped-shirted Hippie Bandanna Hipsters with a Rollie Fingers Moustache, he will magically turn into a million dollars.

5. The Cobrasnake. Fools Gold photo #8763: Looks like this guy decided to give his "Stroke" Halloween Costume a little test drive before the big day.

4. Nicky Digital. James Murphy @ Hiro photo #60261: I always like to see people who seem to have modeled their entire personal style around that "Hollywood" character from Mannequin.

3. The Cobrasnake. Yurman Jungle photo #9565: Could these two Original Scenesters possibly do anything else to make their style more flawlessly on-point and just...I dunno, right? Maybe just a tiny bit more pit stain from the guy on the left, and these two party vets are pitching a perfect game.

2. The Cobrasnake. Chichgo Side Dish photo #7720: Back in his early Bedford Avenue retail days, DJ Radness Dangertough was named Mr. Williamsburg 3 years in a row. Then he decided to pack up his PBR's, ironic mullet and vintage Metal t-shirts, and take his Hipster: Millennium Multimedia Roadshow across country, giving teenage Vice readers in the Midwest the rare opportunity to behold one of New York's last remaining spectacles of tired cliche circa 2002, live and in 3-D!

1. The Cobrasnake. Chichgo Side Dish photo #7721: "Oh, goodness me! Whatever are you doing here, camera man?!? This is my lover, Captain Grumpus McDoodle. We were just about to get married again! I'm positively snickerdoodled that you'd want to take a picture of little old me! I just wish I would have known, because I hardly even put anything on before running out of the house tonight. Anyway, stick around, because Captain Grumpus and I are going to need someone to photograph our wedding and capture the beauty of our love!"

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Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:05:31 EDT Alex Blagg http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=315591&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ The Great Neon Jazzercise Gangbang ]]> bslIf you are old, you might not know that the youngs like to dress up in the most fantastic fashions, put their hair up, and cavort for photographers at super-cool underground parties! Then, they are documented by websites such as Last Night's Party and Cobrasnake. Furthermore! Our pal Alex Blagg searches these websites for the winners and (mostly) losers of the week! We gave this process an evocative name: Ladies and gentleman, that name is Blue States Lose.

10.Last Night's Party. Style Wars photo #7280: I love the fashion catastrophes that are clearly the result of an overzealous design student, such as this young lady who, in a fit of passionate stylistic inspiration, arrived at the idea to put together a little number consisting of boxing gloves that perpetually cup her breasts, and household scissors haphhazardly jammed into the front of her pants. Sad thing is she got a B.

9.Last Night's Party. Style Wars photo #7340: Hey NYU Freshman Princesses From the Suburbs, I know you girls are all excited about swan diving into the downtown party scene you've been reading so much about in Nylon or Teen Vogue or whatever, but if you're going to show up to the big dance, you're gonna need to cover your face with clown make-up and sparkles, because this half-assed Little League Umpire In A Tiara shit ain't gonna cut it.

8. Last Night's Party. Heists photo #7665: Oh yeah? Well why don't you go (whatever the symbol is for being a worthless walking cliche who is utterly wasting perfectly good air) YOUR own city, which we all know is probably in Missouri or something.

7. The Cobrasnake. Sidekick LX In Effect photo #2758: How sad that the sum total of a person's entire life could add up to this.

6. The Cobrasnake. Sixteen Candles photo #0458: Steve Aoki is apparently available for birthday parties and Bar Mitzvahs. Here's Little Miss Super Sweet Sixteen and her folks, who apparently thought it was a good idea to blow a few grand on having a junkie laptop master playing hits from the hipster Top 40 while some pervy creep takes pictures of all their daughter's teenage friends. Way to go, LA parents!

5. Last Night's Party. Style Wars photo #7345: It looks like American Apparel FINALLY got around to making the inevitable Glittery Generic Overpriced T-shirt, and someone couldn't be any more thrilled.

4. Last Night's Party. Style Wars photo #7412: Count Igor Facetious is a magical goth troll who lives under the Williamsburg bridge, emerging only at night to torment unsuspecting passers-by with his tinseled hair and diabolical beauty. According to downtown legend, he has sex with rainbows, never sleeps and only eats disco balls.

3. The Cobrasnake. Fashion Circus photo #1375: Lydia Hearst landed a big modeling gig for the daring new fashion line "Unwashed Zombie Homeless Person Covered In Puke."

2. Last Night's Party. Style Wars photo #6140: You insensitive bile-mongers wouldn't be laughing so hard if you knew that Little Orange Retardedhood's stylist is an autistic person.

1. Last Night's Party. Style Wars photo #7357: Let's take a moment and try to figure out just what in the hell is going on here. I'm going to go with "Neon Jazzercise Gangbang", which looks even more disconcerting than it sounds. Also that guy on the left might be the greatest thing I've ever seen in the long sordid history of this column. Either way, this is my new desktop wallpaper.

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Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:40:52 EDT Alex Blagg http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=312952&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Nerds, Terrorists Vie For YouTube Supremacy ]]> not afraid to be serviceyLike the creators of The Onion before them, the sideburned jokesters responsible for those "Chad Vader" YouTube videos are trying as hard as they can to escape from Madison, Wisconsin. They're represented by William Morris! They're flying out to New York to participate in something called "Battle of the Internet Superstars" (uggghh)! And as long as they keep pumping out lame Star Wars parodies, people will continue trying to figure out how to make money off of them. Is it wrong, though, that we'd kinda rather subscribe to the YouTube channel of militant North Carolinian jihadist Samir Khan?

Nothing personal—we're sure the Chad Vader folks are very nice, even though they refer to Madison's "quirkiness"—but "grainy car-bombing tapes" turned into "slick hip-hop videos" sounds way more sickly intriguing than yet more joyless sketch comedy.

Also Khan has his own "Blue States Lose"!

His neatly organized site also includes a file called "United States of Losers," which showcased a recent news broadcast about a firefight in Afghanistan with this added commentary from Mr. Khan: "You can even see an American soldier hiding during the ambush like a baby!! AllahuAkbar! AllahuAkbar!"
See, that's funny. These violent extremists understand the Internet: it's built on pointless cruelty and hatred. We presume Khan will miss a few Manhattan dinner parties. He'll survive.

In a City Far, Far Away From Hollywood, the YouTube Tales of a Lesser Vader [NYT]
An Internet Jihad Aims at U.S. Viewers [NYT]

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Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:50:27 EDT Pareene http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=310968&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Nightlife Of The Living Dumb ]]> bsl"In another version of its utility," wrote Susan Sontag in On Photography, "the camera record justifies. A photograph passes for incontrovertible proof that a given thing happened. The picture may distort; but there is always a presumption that something exists, or did exist, which is like what's in the picture." UNTIL NOW, lady! Here's your weekly roundup of amazing impossible photography from amazing impossible places, courtesy of your host Alex Blagg and the wonderful, horrible, horriful party photographers of Last Night's Party, Cobrasnake, and Ambrel!

10.Last Night's Party. Crash Pad photo #6337: Fake David Cross is on the loose again, he's in Miami, and he needs to be brought to justice before he does irreperable damage to a beloved comedian's reputation!

9.The Cobrasnake. Sample Socks photo #9136: "Hi there, The Cobrasnake. I'm Steve, and as you can see from the edgy font on my designer t-shirt, the wicker tribal fedora I'm wearing, the dogtag necklace with artful symbols I picked up at H&M, and the leather rockstar wristband I'm holding up here, I've been practicing how to be real hipster, just like you guys. So I just wanted to say hi, cause soon as I find the right vintage stores and figure out which cool hipster costume is best for my "look", you're gonna be seeing a lot more of me, my friend. Anybody want a Parliament Light?"

8. Ambrel. L Magazine Nightlife Awards photo #0323: Are we supposed to know that Fall is finally here when Josh's chest decides to hibernate for the winter?

7. The Cobrasnake. Sample Socks photo #9623: I'd pay good money to for someone take this killer to Oakland so we could see what would happen if you dropped him off in the middle of the drunkest part of Raider Nation during a night game against the 'Niners.

6. The Cobrasnake. Another Day In Paris Dice photo #9742: I love how Old Man Beltbuckle on the right there is so daringly pushing the envelope of acceptability with his bold choice to wear trendy sunglasses that AREN'T Ray-Bans. You've got to take chances in life, people, and sometimes when you do, your bravery is rewarded by having something other than 15 years seperating from your young hipster friends.

5. Ambrel. L Magazine Nightlife Awards photo #0309: And here's the L Nightlife Award Winner for "Best Reason Why I Never Want To Go Out At Night Anymore".

4. The Cobrasnake. Detention Detour photo #9008/a>: Hey, how about you guys cool it with the colorful Cobra Kai hoodies, and really blow everyone's minds by making "someone who's not an idiot" your Halloween costumes this year?

3. Ambrel. Slingback photo #9903: It would seem as if our Leto-like friend here got into a fight with a propeller on his way back from the Mac costmetics counter. But at least the cumberbun survived.

2. Ambrel. Slingback photo #9763: I don't know what's going on in this guything's head, but I'm certain his apartment is full of those tiny Good Luck Figurines painted to look like cannibalistic death metal bands. And bodies probably.

1. Ambrel. L Magazine Nightlife Awards photo #0350: I've finally seen enough of this horrorshow to warrant giving him his own name as a coping mechanism, to somehow make this less real. I'm leaning towards Halle Hairy, but open to suggestion - thoughts?

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Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:25:32 EDT Alex Blagg http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=310311&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Smile Like You Mean It ]]> bslYou know how every week Alex Blagg takes a look at the ridiculous hipster party photos from Cobrasnake and Last Night's Party and mocks the people in them? Did you notice that every week, even though it's essentially the same post each time, someone has to come up with a new and different introductory paragraph? You didn't, did you? You just skipped down past the jump and started making fun of the hipsters. Well, you know what? Screw you, you ungrateful bastards. Someone on this end NEVER HAS TO DO IT AGAIN, because it's his last day, and he could not be happier about it. What? Oh, yeah, hey, it's Blue States Lose!

10.The Cobrasnake. Colette Colette photo #6349: I've just received word from the front lines of fabulousness, and here's the latest decree from our beloved Princess Coldstare:

Smiling like a human being capable of experiencing genuine happiness - IN
Half-smiling, half-sneering, like you know something everyone else doesn't - SO 5 MINUTES AGO
Not smiling under any circumstances, like a person whose miserable, superficial life is completely devoid of joy - OUT

9.The Cobrasnake. Wad Mag Paris photo #9286: This guy is amazing. He should have his own comic strip in the Sunday morning funny pages called "Bernard McBloom, The Happy Mad Scientist" that's all about the crazy experiments he does with neon, which always get hilariously ruined by his mischievous Asian lab assistant.

8. Ambrel. Rated X photo #7751: Is that Vh1's douche-artist Mystery? And is this his secret to getting laid all the time, going to porny hipster parties and finding wayward junkies spazzing out in some kind of K-hole, then letting them wear his ridiculous fuzzy hat until they agree to come to his secret underground lair of sleazy desperation?

7. The Cobrasnake. September 31st photo #0114: If you somehow managed to miss his exhaustive publicity campaign announcing that Mark Ronson is now a "real musician" and no longer "just another DJ", you may not be able to fully appreciate the significance of this prodigal scenester returning home to the hipster photoblogs, where he was an Aoki-esque Mangod even before he started creating "beat masterpieces" for Christina Aguilera. It's just too bad his newfound importance makes him feel so awkward now, because he looks like he's straining to not take a shit.

6. Last Night's Party. Neighborhood photo #1462: It may be obvious and easy, but really, how could humanity have allowed this to happen? I need to know.

5. The Cobrasnake. Good In Da Neighborhood photo #9422: You know that Hollywood cliche about the overprotective dad who is horrified by his teenage daughter's outfit and yells "You're not leaving this house in THAT!" Well, what about teenage boys? Do dads just not give a shit about them? If I had a son, and he came out of his room looking like this dick clown, I would punch him in the face until he learned not to dress like an asshole, or until child services finally hauled me off, whichever came first.

4. Last Night's Party. Young Hollywood photo #1376: You may very well be in some imaginary cartoon kingdom called "Miami" where everyone dresses like Run LSDMC and drinks purple cocktails while throwing up gang sings to establish their superior freshness, but here in Reality you look like a college sketch group pretending to be hip-hop dickwads.

3. Nicky Digital. Loaded @ Lotus photo #58692: I've always wondered, do people wear ensembles like this more than once? Are his friends like, "Geez Frankie - the burlesque lashes, diamond choker, handcuff necklace and leather clown suit held together by safety pins AGAIN!?! Really?"

2. Last Night's Party. Colette Colette photo #6140: I never even bother making fun of The Cobrasnake Guy anymore because looking ridiculous is just what he does. It's who he is. But a sequined vest on which the American flag is being eaten by sparkles? That's just too far, even for him. In fact it's treason, and people have been sent to Gitmo for much less. Why can't our Orwellian government can't be evil dicks when we actually need them?

1. Nicky Digital. Loaded @ Lotus photo #58623: It's always funny when frat guys take X and end up going right for the kinds of Walking Carnival Trannies they would usually be taunting on the street with their friends. Now that his serotonin levels are flying at ludicrous speed, Todd's just thinking, "I just want to eat up every last bite of your shiny neon-clad, face-painted, post-apocalyptic body!"

Previously: Flock Of D-Bags

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Fri, 05 Oct 2007 16:00:00 EDT Alex Blagg http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=307703&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Flock Of D-Bags ]]> bslIn Hipsterville did Alex Blagg
A super douchebag-dome decree:
Where Pabst, the sacred liquid, ran
Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea.
So twice five miles of fertile ground
With Cobrasnake and Last Night's Party girdled round:
And there were fat girls bright with sinuous rolls,
Where blossomed many a coke-snorting cooze;
And here were kids who dressed like trolls,
Ladies and gents, it's Blue States Lose!

10.The Cobrasnake. Church Porridge photo #4904: I never thought you could turn "offensiveness" into a costume, but this horrorshow sure pulled it off somehow.

9.The Cobrasnake. Crazy Shwayze photo #5179: Is this seriously Steve Aoki, fucking crowd surfing!?!? And are people seriously holding this jerkoff aloft? For the last time, dickweed, you're A FUCKING LAPTOP DJ. You play songs from a computer so a room full of drunk college kids have something to dance to. You're like a Dave Matthews Band CD for hipsters, except even fucking lamer.

8. The Cobrasnake. Crazy Shwayze photo #5287: Those Native-American Dreamcatcher necklace things really do work. Take this guy, for example. It was always his dream to look like a Nazi drag queen in fur, and just look at him now.

7. Last Night's Party. Rated X Chicago photo #5294: "Hahahaha ohmygod, you're SO right, every lame indie band DOES have the word "wolf" in their name! Wanna go have joyless drunken sex then never call me again?"

6. The Cobrasnake. Church Porridge photo #4931: It's impossible to achieve perfection, but a studded denim vest, ironic pink tank top, and a glass of white zin with a few of your bestie girlfriends sure comes awfully close.

5. Last Night's Party. Buzzin' word abortion: There wasn't a lot of photo material to work with this week, but sometimes words can be worth a thousand pictures.

4. Last Night's Party. Rated X Chicago photo #5423: If you've ever had some masochistic desire to fuck Courtney Love, but you're not holding enough weight to afford the real thing, this chick will show up at your house for an Adderall and a pack of cigarettes.

3. Last Night's Party. Rated X Chicago photo #5383: Looks like Flock of Seagulls found himself some OJ, and guess what? He just might fucking drink some of it!

2. Last Night's Party. Rated X Chicago photo #5366: Marcel Marceau Manson here is challenging our preconceived notions of what miming is, shocking and frightening us into the grim realization that we're all wordless weirdos in some capacity, and as such, we should just go ahead and allow him to fondle our chests when he asks.

1. Nicky Digital. Cheeky Bastard photo #58133: If you're dressed like this, it pretty much goes without saying that you have magical powers. I suspect our friend here has the ability to orgasm trance music.

Previously: Does Anyone Speak Hipsterese?

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Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:00:20 EDT Alex Blagg http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=304914&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Does Anyone Speak Hipsterese? ]]> bslFriday's bout of server intransigence brought about several tragedies, but the biggest loss was Alex Blagg's weekly critique of the silly hipster photos pockmarking the face of The Cobrasnake and Last Night's Party. But fear not, kids, we seem to be up and running this morning. Ladies and gentlemen, it's a very special Monday edition of Blue States Lose!

10.The Cobrasnake. No Joke Aoki photo #4217: I love that Sideshow Mel here actually has a BACK-UP pair of wacky ironic glasses, in case the pair he's wearing should get lost or damaged during his intense conversations about all the things he clearly has in common with the 3rd-place runner-up in the Orange County Tara Reid Look-alike contest, and her leopard-printed sidekick Generic LA Club Slut.

9.The Cobrasnake. Mr. Right photo #3823: Why can't someone make a video of THIS Intergalactic Superdouche getting violently tasered for a good hour or so outside of some shitty Hollywood hipster club? Come on TMZ, do something noble for once in your lives.

8. Last Night's Party. Rated X Chicago photo #5226: It's not so much about this picture (NSFW) specifically, but whenever I come across all these "Ultragrrrls Gone Wild" shots, I always wonder how the Last Night's Party genius says "Show us your tits!!!" to all these chicks in Hipsterese. Anyone have a translation handy?

7. The Cobrasnake. Diplo Dallas photo #4042: I don't know what the hell's going on here, or why this beer-bellied carnival freak is on the Cobrasnake, but I just felt like you needed to see this.

6. Last Night's Party. 25 Hours photo #3764: I'm not sure why someone would bloody the nose of Napoleon Dynamite's red-headed bi-sexual stepbrother, but it probably involved jealousy of his supreme fabulousness.

5. Last Night's Party. Strap Match photo #4175: I wish there was a second part to this sign, with a big picture of some passed out sparkly face-painted hipster clown in neon spandex, with something ironic written in giant letters on his pink Mousercise tanktop, and under this picture the sign just says, "Looking Like A Ridiculous Attention-Starved Asshole Is Mandatory Attire".

4. Last Night's Party. 25 Hours photo #3812: I don't know what it is exactly, but for some reason this dude's face looks pretty messed up to me. Though it's probably nothing that couldn't be fixed by injecting a lethal amount of collagen into his lips.

3. Last Night's Party. Rated X Chicago photo #5189: After piling on the wacky blonde afro wigs and fake flower garland elf crowns and mesh togas made out of curtains and Ancient Greek theater make-up and little stick-on face decals, how does this living piece of artwork know when her masterpieces are complete?

2. Last Night's Party. 25 Hours photo #3808: Tran Phuk Man is representing Thailand in the Miss Scariest Thing In The Universe pageant.

1. Last Night's Party. Strap Match photo #4384: Seeing as how he's clearly The King of Everything That's Ever Existed, I think Elvis Goldenfuzz here deserves a royal bathroom of his own, where no one can bother his highness while he's shitting out glittery golden nuggets of sheer fucking amazingness.

Previously: The Ghost of MisShapes Future

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Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:30:54 EDT Alex Blagg http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=302487&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ The Ghost of MisShapes Future ]]> bslWhat does it profit a man if he loseth his soul but hasn't gaineth'd a Friday afternoon gazing upon pictures of tarted-up hipsters? Nothing, that's what. So why dostn't thou join Alex Blagg on his soul-degrading tour of Last Night's Party and Cobrasnake? After all, when the Lamb broke the Seventh Seal, there was only silence in heaven for about half an hour. Until one of the Horsemen shouted out, "Hey, you guys! It's Alex Blagg with Blue States Lose!"

10.Last Night's Party. Missbehavin photo #2893: I wish this photo wasn't cut off at the bottom, because I would really love to know what, exactly, this dickstick is "2 Cool For."

9.The Cobrasnake. End of an Era photo #2833: What this fashion accessory lacks in practicality it more than makes up for in utter fucking stupidity.

8. The Cobrasnake. Grande Finale photo #2612: Looks like we got ourselves a visit from the Ghost of Misshapes Future!

7. The Cobrasnake. End of an Era photo #2963: Say what you will about Misshapes, but if these people didn't have each other, just what would they have? (Other than HPV.)

6. The Cobrasnake. Grand Finale photo #2403: This dude looked pretty fucking punk rock to begin with, but the blush and eye make-up pushes him into a realm of nihilistic badassitude never before thought possible.

5. Last Night's Party. Anti photo #1178: Something seems somehow out of place in this picture, but I just can't quite put my finger on what...

4. Last Night's Party. Anti photo #1175: I'm not sure what that blue wizard potion is, but it seems to turn whoever drinks it into a sexually ambigious cheetah rapper.

3. The Cobrasnake. Grand Finale photo #2457: So this guy was getting ready to go out for the night, trying to pick out an outfit, and he somehow managed to arrive at the thought, "What if The Crow cried tears of glitter?"

2. Last Night's Party. Mermen photo #3015: It looks like a magical peacock farted jewels onto a tranny's face.

1. Last Night's Party. Mermen photo #3069: "Hey Donny, you think we should put on our psychedelic court jester hazmat suits tonight?" "You read my mind, Francine. But let's have another absinthe enema first, shall we?!"


Previously: Deleted Scenesters

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Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:57:25 EDT Alex Blagg http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=299995&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Deleted Scenesters ]]> bsl In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be hipsters: and there were hipsters. And God saw the hipsters, that they were stupidly posing in photos for websites like Cobrasnake, Last Night's Party, and Misshapes, and God said, Let there be someone to mock the hipsters: and there was Alex Blagg. And God looked down upon what He had made, and God said, Ladies and gentleman, it's Blue States Lose!

So it seems that our hiptardographer friends are too busy running around all the corporate-sponsored parties and events celebrating fashion and heroin abuse to bother updating their websites with the appropriate amount of documented retardation required to cull together my weekly "worst of the worst" list, so today I've put together 10 of my favorite "outtakes", hipster photos I suffered and captioned, but somehow didn't end up making the list for their particular week. Next Friday I'll be back with a big recap of all the fun and fabulousness of Fashion Week.

10.Ambrel. Ed Banger photo #7070: Designer patchwork wacky jeans and failed attempt at irony through hideous motocross t-shirt? Check. Fingernails painted black? Check. Hilariously lame facial expression confirming that your inexplicable ensemble is, in fact, the disastrous result of your reading one of those pick-up artist handbooks? Fucking CHECK, you beautiful peacock of a man.

9.Misshapes. August 11th, 2007 photo #0123: Nothing gets this guy more jazzed about molesting his church Youth Group teens on Sunday morning than spending Saturday night telling the Misshape kids the good news about Christ.

8. Last Night's Party. The Beautiful Fall photo #801: Between the cigarettes, the bag of Utz chips, the green tea Vitamin Water, the chocolate bar, and the unmistakable aura of upper-middle class entitlement, girlfriend's gonna be alright, no matter how much she looks like a homeless runaway right now.

7. The Cobrasnake. Doctor Appointment photo #8563: They should publish this as a "How Many Cliches Can You Spot In This Picture?" game in Highlights Magazine.

6. Misshapes. April 14th, 2007 photo #0185: Heeeeeyyy, who put the silly sauce on Princess Coldstare's sadness salad?

5. The Cobrasnake. Rock Stars Rage photo #8438: I love that this is how these suckbuckets communicate with one another: "Calling Douche Tracy! Calling Douche Tracy! There's a club full of drunk 19 year-old hipster bimbos hoping to offer themselves to a worthless chain restaurant heir capable of standing behind a laptop and playing pop songs. You're missin' it! Hahahahahaha".

4. Last Night's Party. Miami House photo #9070: When did the hipster photomonkeys start venturing out to random trailer park meth labs in Florida and snapping shots of whatever trash happens to be lying around?

3. Misshapes. August 11th, 2007 photo #1099: People are always saying you should "turn that frown upside down", but she actually did it, and now every time she lifts her "Don't Worry, Be Happy" beach towel-turned-skirt up in the Don Hills bathroom so some dude with a website can take more snapshots of her rack, she'll just look at it and think, "Yay, smiiiiiley..."

2. Misshapes. March 31st, 2007 photo #008: As far as Fascist 80's Rapper Glitter Clowns go, I'd say this guy pulls off the look with an uncommon amount of subtlety and restraint.

1. Last Night's Party. Poutine photo #5544: I can't think of anything scarier than a post-op rainbow rave tranny so full of E that she's actually turning into the Incredibly Ridiculous Hulk.

Previously: A Parade Of Retardation

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Fri, 07 Sep 2007 13:50:08 EDT Alex Blagg http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=297568&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ A Parade Of Retardation ]]> What's better than a skateboard race in MoMA, better than a naked hipster olympic javelin toss, better than that time you went out barefoot for a cigarette late one August night and immediately felt a big fat slug go *squish* between your toes? Why it's Alex Blagg's weekly tour of the youngster party pics on Cobrasnake, Last Night's Party and Nicky Digital. That's the sexy horrible summer feeling that is Blue States Lose!

10.The Cobrasnake. Spin Art photo #0002: It's nice to see Captain Manliness still fighting the good fight against things that are not obnoxious.

9.The Cobrasnake. Spin Art photo #0123: Here's some douche in designer camo playing the saxophone in the middle of one of the many parades of retardation marching through LA at a given moment.

8. Last Night's Party. Trash Forever photo #9664: This might seem like such a big dumb cliche of a photograph that it's physically uncomfortable for you to look at, but that's nothing a good old-fashioned fire hose couldn't fix.

7. The Cobrasnake. Spin Art photo #8870: Yeah, man! Fuck the fucking Roman Empire! Let's take to the streets and get the fucking word out on the mind-blowing vortex of sheer fucking awesomeness that is Los Angeles, and let's do it by slapping neon stickers for hipster picture-takers on the back of traffic signals! Viva la revolucion! Look at my fucking pants!

6. The Cobrasnake. Spin Art photo #0165: This is what happens when you overdose on pot AND crystal meth at the same time.

5. Last Night's Party. United 2 photo #1002: Don't worry, thanks to his magic wizardhippie glasses and tribal earring, this douchenazi is too fucking ridiculous to be mistaken for a serious anti-Semite.

4. The Cobrasnake. Spin Art photo #8930: Yay, a new 12 year-old girl to take pictures of eating fast food and wearing your retarded t-shirts! Can someone just go ahead set up her photo shoot for the cover of Paper Magazine, please?

3. Last Night's Party. United 2 photo #1099: Just so you know, your rent is going up to make room for more of these.

2. Nicky Digital. Loaded @ Lotus photo #54776: Alright trannies, listen up, because this is the last time I'm going to say this. If you're going to go through all the trouble to squeeze yourself into a 90's neon spandex tutu ensemble, and put on a bunch of make-up to look like the pretty little girl that you are, you need to just go ahead and lose he goatee. I mean, really - it doesn't make sense.

1. Last Night's Party. Trash Forever photo #9653: There's just something evil about this picture. Like right before it was taken, that creepy old dude quietly muttered, "Who wants to get raped for some heroin?"

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Fri, 31 Aug 2007 12:50:01 EDT Alex Blagg http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=295603&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Enhance Your Next Corporate Event With The DJ Artistry Of The Misshapes! ]]> bsl Consider the moth: It knows that it will be incinerated by the flame, but it is nonetheless unable to avoid its flickering intensity and fatal embrace. Much like that proverbial insect, Alex Blagg is drawn to the photos of toxic hipsters engaging in their bizarre rituals at Cobrasnake, Last Night's Party, and, of course, Misshapes. Feel the heat? Prepare to be sizzled: It's Blue States Lose!

10.Misshapes. August 11th, 2007 photo #035: Some emo kids are so sad they can even make rainbows cry.

9.Misshapes. August 11th, 2007 photo #028: This picture could only be more perfect if an aborted fetus made of glitter popped out of her crotch and did a Broadway showtune rendition of The Knife's "Heartbeats" before magically flying away into the night.

8. The Cobrasnake. Uffie LAX to LAX photo #8835: Faggy Nosedust and Clicheopatra have spend all day putting on their glitter make-up and they really hope you like it, so click on that link and give 'em the admiration they deserve!

7. Misshapes. August 11th, 2007 photo #205: Do you ever look at someone and just know they have a blog, and that it's unspeakably terrible?

6. Misshapes. August 11th, 2007 photo #093: I love what you're doing here (especially in the pants department), but I don't see those fucking jazz hands!

5. NY Observer. Misshapes article:Sure, the Misshapes might DJ for the sellout corporate gig here and there, but they, like, don't really care about it when they do so it's just, you know, whatever.

4. Misshapes. August 11th, 2007 photo #008: In case you've ever wondered what the Care Bear Stare might feel like coming from a bisexual European boy in a purple velour dinner jacket.

3. Misshapes. August 11th, 2007 photo #147: Well it's about fucking time someone finally got around to bringing the "70's suburban Jersey mom in a jumpsuit" look back.

2. Last Night's Party. Vie En Rose photo #939 (NSFW): Should I ever decide to have kids someday, and should at least one of them turn out to be girl, it will be my sincerest hope as a father that one day, after a childhood in which I've given my daughter everything she could want or need, and she has finally grown up into her 20's, that she will be photographed with her shirt pulled up and her tits hanging out, as someone lowers fake bling necklaces into her mouth, which is full of frothed champagne that actually looks like semen. Then I hope that picture will be posted somewhere on the Internet where thousands of people will look at it.

1. Misshapes. August 11th, 2007 photo #160: It's like a whole creepy Japanese horror film synthesized into a single utterly terrifying photographic nightmare. Can you imagine if this evil little man-demon was your roommate, and every time you borrowed a little of his soy milk for your cereal he just looked at you like this while breathing heavily?

Previously: More Daft Than Punk

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Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:20:51 EDT Alex Blagg http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=293173&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ More Daft Than Punk ]]> bsl "Of course," said the great modernist painter and photographer Man Ray, "there will always be those who look only at technique, who ask 'how', while others of a more curious nature will ask 'why'. Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information." It is in that spirit that Alex Blagg finds inspiration from the photos of vapid hipsters wasting space at Cobrasnake, Last Night's Party, and Misshapes. Ready to be inspired? Good: It's Blue States Lose!

10.Misshapes. August 4th, 2007 photo #027: Seeing as how she writes a semi-popular blog determining what is and is not stylish, we must assume that being all silly and jumping around Misshapes in a floral print bathwrap is totally hot right now!

9.The Cobrasnake. Highfive Mike B photo #8037: This guy drank so much Smart Water that he actually turned into a genius whose daring fashion sensibility and drug-related inability to properly nourish himself stems from intellectual ideas so advanced and complex that my own small mind is incapable of even trying to fathom them.

8. Misshapes. August 4th, 2007 photo #034: When did the Latin Kings start letting foppish dandies in fitted shirts and designer scarf-ties into their street gang?

7. Last Night's Party. Sickened photo #9991: Only Last Night's Leibovitz can make what appears to be date rape on a bathroom floor seem quite so...beautiful.

6. The Cobrasnake. Bone Thugs photo #8518: You know, some people really make optimism seem impossible.

5. The Urban Outfitters Blog (those are the four most obnoxious words I've typed in a long time). Big announcement about The Cobrasake's coffeetable book: Well it would seem that our old friend The Cobrasnake has made a deal to put his photos of fucked up hipsterteens into a coffeetable book that will be sold alongside the ironic shower curtains at Urban Outfitters. I'm expecting the Blue States Lose Book Deal call from Old Navy any day now.

4. Last Night's Party. GPH photo #0737: This half-naked hipster chick must be one of those Suicide Girls, because her pathetic attempt at photographed sexiness is so unbearably lamesad that it sort of makes me want to off myself.

3. Misshapes. August 4th, 2007 photo #010: This Champion of Fabulousness spent the better part of his life on a tireless scavenger hunt for the clothing and accessories necessary to fashion the most pointlessly unappealing ensemble ever worn to a hipster party, and boy was it all worth it.

2. The Cobrasnake. Highfive Mike B photo #8120: If "Dressing Like A Cliche Douche From LA" were a Special Olympic sport (as it should be), my fellow judges and I would be holding up our 10.0 score cards proudly, feeling honored to have witnessed such a remarkably flawless execution of form.

1. The Cobrasnake. Daft Punk Montreal photo #5543: Hey everybody! Look at this crazywacky thing I spent all day making to put on my head so people will pay attention to me! It's kind of like a whole bunch of bad ideas combined their powers to form the Voltron of Morons! Pretty funny, right guys!?! Man, I'm SO fucking Daft Punk!

Previously: Blue States Lollapalooza

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Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:40:43 EDT Alex Blagg http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=290720&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Blue States Lollapalooza ]]> bsl As the great Impressionist Paul Gauguin said, "Life being what it is, one seeks revenge." It is in that spirit that Alex Blagg seeks revenge against the impressions of humorously clad hipsters enjoying themselves at Last Night's Party and Misshapes. Guess what, kids? It's time for Blue States Lose!

10.Misshapes. July 28th, 2007 photo #048: I want to drag this girl outside, blast her with a fire hose, then drag her sopping wet back to her parents' house in Long Island and tell them to get their shit together.

9.Last Night's Party. Lollapop photo #9566: Sorry Perry Ferrell, but your stupid festival Lollapa-loses too.

8. Misshapes. July 28th, 2007 photo #131: This actually challenges the previously-accepted notions of human fucking fabulousness that can be fit into a single frame of film.

7. Last Night's Party. Debonaire Extras photo #9824: Ladies, in case you didn't get the message the first four million times he was photographed doing this, Steve Aoki would like love to lick your spicy tuna rolls with his fu manchustache.

6. Misshapes. July 28th, 2007 photo #185: Well well well, what do we have here? The ill-fitting t-shirt, the ridiculous accessories, the terribly dye-job, the retarded ironic glasses: it's as if this person simply fell from the skies, perfect in every way.

5. Misshapes. July 28th, 2007 photo #188: I usually hate it when the "hipster terrorist scarf" thing still rears its stupid head, but there's something about this that's just...adorable.

4. Misshapes. July 28th, 2007 photo #100: This picture perfectly delineates everything that is wrong with Misshapes, and the essential futility of my continuing to ridicule them. I mean, Kid's Meal is wearing a blue monster mask, Coldstare is trying to lick him through it, and Little Scotty Mouthbreather is cheering them on in the background. What the fuck else do we really even need to say?

3. Misshapes. July 28th, 2007 photo #007: Still don't believe me? How about this then? Or this?

2. Last Night's Party. Lollapop photo #9924: There's so much to not understand about this horrorshow, but for whatever reason, the one thing that deeply disturbs me is the miniature Grinch doll.

1. Misshapes. July 28th, 2007 photo #187: I really don't even know what to say here. That... uh... must've taken practice?

Previously: Brain Terrorism

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Fri, 10 Aug 2007 13:20:09 EDT Alex Blagg http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=288255&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Brain Terrorism ]]> bsl We've often heard it said that Alex Blagg is the modern day Clement Greenberg, a sharp, incisive critic who turns his assessments of the party photos of from Last Night's Party, Cobrasnake, and the rest of them into a larger statement on society as it is currently formulated and what it means for us all. Okay, we haven't heard it said that often, but maybe if we start that buzz up people will buy into it. Either way, it's Blue States Lose!

10.Last Night's Party. GGL Ads photo #001: Apparently Last Night Leibovitz is now selling advertorial spreads, so be sure not to miss the "George, Gina & Lucy" photos, in which some terrible new fashion line unwisely (then again, I'm linking to it, so maybe not) spent their start-up capital attempting to recreate a few photographs of hipsters looking like idiots. So if you've ever wanted to see girls who've been paid to PRETEND they're humiliating themselves by rolling around in their own puke on bathroom floors, as opposed to doing it just for fun, today's your lucky day.

9.The Cobrasnake. Shoot To Kill photo #7450: I don't know why you're bothering with the Sexy Serious Face pose, Captain Coolguy - if you hadn't noticed, you're wearing a ridiculous neon green t-shirt with tigers all over it.

8. Last Night's Party. House of Bronques photo #896: I know that baby is fake, but she should still be arrested and have her fallopian tubes destroyed before she finally does some REAL psychological damage and ruins an innocent child.

7. The Cobrasnake. Shoot To Kill photo #7048: Do you ever look at someone and just KNOW they have a sexually-transmitted disease? I mean, who the hell actually sleeps with clowns like this guy? Really, do tell.

6. The Cobrasnake. Sticky Finger photo #7733: Once we've finally annihilated ourselves, and American civilization has completely crumbled into a wasteland of post-Apocalyptic ruin, scientists from the future will find this picture in the rubble, and use it as a comprehensive explanation of our downfall.

5. The Cobrasnake. Shoot To Kill photo #6968: Fuck all that bombs and biological weapons jazz. If Al Qaeda really wanted to get their shit together, they'd recruit this asshole and get him to teach them his highly effective Brain Terrorism tactics, then unleash an entire army of fuckwads who look just like him, which would reduce all of American to a quivering mass of fear and disdain.

4. The Cobrasnake. Sticky Finger photo #4640: Oh my god, you've covered yourselves in obnoxiosly shiny neon colors, mismatched clothing and necklaces with naughty words. And you're smoking cigarettes! You girls just scream "Interesting people!"

3. Last Night's Party. House of Bronques photo #876: You're getting warmer, generic hipster douche. Come on, do it - it'll be SOOO emo.

2. Last Night's Party. House of Bronques photo #900: Have you ever wondered what the Olsen Twins would look like if they were some Bedford Avenue hipster dude with a penchant for flamoyant vests and poor grooming habits? Well now you know.

1. Last Night's Party. House of Bronques photo #891: Is there some kind of gay monastery that I don't know about? Do they brew Trappist Tranny beer, dress themselves up all fabulous, and bring it to downtown hipster parties sometimes? As far fetched as that might seem, there's simply no other logical explanation for the existence of this guy.

Previously: Vagina Face Rage

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Fri, 03 Aug 2007 14:15:16 EDT Alex Blagg http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=285823&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Vagina Face Rage ]]> bslSince the first caveman made the first wall-painting of greasy-haired loners trying to prove how different they were from other Neanderthals by getting together at ridiculous cave parties and wearing the same retarded outfits, man has found comfort in poking fun of hipster party pictures. Our modern cave paintings come in the form of photos from Last Night's Party, Cobrasnake, and Misshapes. Alex Blagg is our 21st century equivalent of those early mocking cavemen. Join us on the quest for fire—better known as Blue States Lose!

10.Misshapes. July 21st, 2007 photo #001: It's like that 80's movie "The Boy Who Could Fly", except The Boy is even more retarded, and can't really fly.

9.Misshapes. July 21st, 2007 photo #026: "Appalachian Date Rapist" might not be the best look, but I'm sure it would make an excellent name for your punk band that will never get off the ground.

8. Last Night's Party. Crewlicious photo #7660: Come on, guy. Don't be such a tease.

7. The Cobrasnake. Fancy Feast 45 photo #2048: It would seem that I'm the Miss Cleo of predicting the future of hipster fad cliche, because a few weeks back I suggested that, in the wake of the "big wacky glasses" trend, the next thing they'd come up with is silly fake moustaches to complete their "idiot" disguise. And here we are. I've really been doing this too long.

6. Misshapes. July 21st, 2007 photo #037: "Now show us 'self-absorbed hipster predictibility', please? That's perfect. Okay, class - in this sketch I really want you to focus on capturing the model's obvious lack of a single interesting thought, his deep-seated fear of being ignored, and his determination to conform to generic Misshape femininity."

5. Last Night's Party. Crewlicious photo #7472: Why bother with cheesy pick-up lines when you've discovered a gesture that says to the ladies "Hi, I'm Tony. I'm unemployed and addicted to a variety of substances, but I WILL RAGE ALL OVER YOUR VAGINA WITH MY FACE!"

4. Last Night's Party. Crewlicious photo #7681: It's funny when these retards accidentally catch a glimpse of themselves in the camera lense. He's all, "Oh fuck, I look like THAT!?!"

3. Misshapes. July 21st, 2007 photo #049: How the hell has it taken us this long to discover that Kid's Meal has a twin sister!?! (Or is this just Kid's Meal?)

2. The Cobrasnake. Fancy Feast 45 photo #2327: This is just about the worst kind of fashion mistake you can make. It's hideous, but not quite ridiculous-looking enough to qualify as "ironic", which results in her just looking like a high school art teacher with poor taste who was on her way to a weekend spiritual retreat in Palm Springs, but ended up here instead, and has utterly no clue how it happened.

1. Misshapes. July 21st, 2007 photo #027: It's like somebody mixed up sperm from Doc Holliday and all of Motley Crue, then artificially impregnated some waitress in Williamsburg that ended up giving birth to this guy, who came out of the womb looking exactly like this, and is inexplicably Puerto Rican.

Previously: Scantily-Clad Hipster Babes Eating Fried Chicken

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Fri, 27 Jul 2007 14:20:50 EDT Alex Blagg http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=283339&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Scantily-Clad Hipster Babes Eating Fried Chicken ]]> bslThe great Henri Cartier-Bresson once said that "To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It's at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy." Of course, you never caught him hanging around events like the ones featured on Last Night's Party, Cobrasnake, and Misshapes. Alex Blagg sifts through the wreckage of our modern-day joy. That's right, kids, it's that precise moment known as Blue States Lose!

10.Misshapes. July 14th, 2007 photo #002: The secret to Kid's Meal's success as a Misshapes Mascot might have something to do with the kneepads he appears to be wearing under those fabulous pink pants of his.

9.Misshapes. July 14th, 2007 photo #232: Nobody should wear guyliner. But some dudes REALLY shouldn't wear guyliner. Though his offensiveness is slightly diminished on account of his close proximity to one pretty awful sequinned beret.

8. The Cobrasnake. Spoonman So Me photo #9323: Here's someone I'd love to hang out with.

7. Misshapes. July 14th, 2007 photo #170: Is there some kind of "hot pink body-painted Asian mimes from Paris" fad going on that no one's told me about yet? Why am I always the last to know?

6. The Cobrasnake. Spoonman So Me photo #5915: I sort of love this look. The moustache and Member's Only jacket make you think "unemployed pedophile", but then BAM!, the super-moussed hairdo blows your mind with its fauxhawky fabulousness.

5. Misshapes. July 14th, 2007 photo #135: A Clockwork Moron.

4. Misshapes. July 14th, 2007 photo #178: "Bro, check it out! I've got a tattoo on the INSIDE OF MY MOUTH! Isn't that, like, rad?"

3.