so my girlfriend, out of nowhere, asked me to teach her how to be indie.

this sort of brought up a lot of thought over the next few days about the term indie. i mean, sure, it’s short for independant, but is that as far as it goes? to be indie, you need to be independant; an individual? how do you know what an indie band sounds like?

ok, let’s start with the basics of how to be indie. first up, fashion! reading a wikipedia page (funnily enough), they hit the nail right on the head with this.

“Common clothing items include band T-shirts, vintage clothing, striped tops, blazers, waistcoats, ties, cardigans, skinny jeans and Converse Chuck Taylor All-Stars.”

i agree with this. though i’m not a fan of skinny jeans myself. but this is a general guide to what the indie culture wears. more commonly it’s band t-shirts, since indie bands are generally on independant record labels and need the money, so by buying a shirt you’re supporting them. simple!

now, indie music. this is the most important, since this is where the term originally came from, and fans of indie music started the indie culture. indie music now comes under three forms: bands on actual independant record labels (such as The Unicorns, for example), bands that have a unique “indie” sound (such as Stars or Broken Social Scene) or a term for a type of music with certain rock elements, but mainly pop and with frontmen who dress like the indie culture (such as the Artic Monkeys, the Kooks etc.). know your indie! the artic monkeys are NOT indie, they are shit pop rock. indie music makes use of lots of different instruments, and keeps a certain pattern, with catchy choruses and songs about… anything really, as long as it’s not too depressing. fans of indie know their indie band members, and they know who the hell sufjan stevens and conor oberst are (if you didn’t know, sufjan is an incredible indie artist, and conor oberst is the frontman of bright eyes, and also made the indie record label saddle creek). so knowledge is also key to being indie!

i had more to write but it slipped my mind, i’ll edit this later.

check out this site: indieclothingblog.com, it’s amazing.

i hate college when it gets like this. seriously, they’ve practically let us be all laid back and shit throughout the year, now they’ve piled EVERYTHING on us. we have so much work to do. and like 2 weeks to do it.

i’m practically spent up again. i keep delaying my trip to birmingham again every week, since i spend it on my phone to talk to hen. it’s getting ridiculous, as i’m putting like £30 a week on my phone alone. need to stop it! not that i don’t love talking to her, but i’d much rather see her then talk to her on the phone. she’s also a bit down at the moment, which is rather bad for me! i don’t care though, i’ll put up with it.

had some interesting conversations today. mainly about the male prostate gland. matty seems to believe that tickling it will make the male spaff instantly. i don’t believe this but it would be hilarious. considering it’s in the arse, it makes sense why gay sex is popular, since otherwise it would be ouch. though girls don’t have one, so why do they enjoy it? hmm. ah well.

i’m going to make an attempt to find NEW PEOPLE on the internet to talk to, so if you have MSN, hit me up. iamnothomo@gmail.com is mine. i only use MSN for now though, but if you have myspace too add me on that, i’d be happy to talk. http://www.myspace.com/dickoxcore is my profile. with a lovely picture :). smashing.

i realise that i don’t actually talk about anything interesting in my blog, sorry!