So it starts
'11ers are bonding.
"I am really into music. mainly indie stuff, some more mainstream indie and then really cool artsy stuff that not many have heard of."
Current mood: Too early! Toooooo early!
February 18, 2007
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hahhh, im a '11er ! i love us. :]
Wesleyan students will never fail to bond over their indie sympathies.
and their boundless pretension.
double true.
and booze. we bond over booze a lot too.
Note to self: avoid any member of the class of '11 who will represent yet ANOTHER person who uses the term "Indie."
Note to self: remember how fucking insecure i felt when i went into this year and make an effort to give 2011 at least a little bit of advice so that the people who're avoiding them based on a single damn quote they made to people they didn't know won't wreck wesleyan for them.
(no hate implied, i just don't like the idea of people getting discouraged before they get here)
Since when is the term 'indie' inappropriate?
The term indie became inappropriate when people began competing over who was "indie-er" and dropping band names like a like an insecure waspy social climber. That being said, there isn't really an effective alternate term to describe music, which is simultaneously non-conformist, not well known, eclectic, and for those reasons appealing to many Wes students.
By the way, I'm an 11'er don’t discount us all!
I am the leaver of the original "Note to self." I apologize for any implication that all of the class of '11 is part of the "Indier than thou" competition that can tends to happen here (*twitch*).
My complaint with the term indie is that it doesn't describe anything about the music one is listening to at all. AT ALL. It merely states that the music is under a minor record label...or just implies that most people haven't heard of such a band. If that's some source of pride, then godspeed. I prefer, however, to categorize things by, well, actual genres of music.
*that tends to happen here.
Wow bad typo.
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