(Old Classic) Halloween Hipster Party

We had a day off in Chicago recently, and I spent the evening with a friend of mine named Fire Jay (so named because of his duties as a fireman), who took myself and Joe to a party...a costume party...but no ordinary costume party...a HIPSTER costume party. Below is my attempt at blog photojournalism, replete with descriptions of each photo. These are hipster's at their finest, folks, so revel in it, love it, think about it.



This was my first clue -- hipsters tend to stick to PBR (for cheap nights) or Stella Artois (big rollin' nights...or any night in Capitol Hill, Seattle)

The visual counterpart to the hip music (obscure techno mainly, including the cover of "Money (That's What I Want)" from the Empire Records soundtrack) was a VHS copy of Back To The Future playing silently on the wood-paneled TV:



As i sat in an old, plaid, mostly comfortable armchair, I looked down at the PHONOGRAPH (necessary for any hipster pad) and noticed this sticker, denoting popular hipster politcal leanings:



This caused me to notice other graphics, mainly the art on the walls...



ALF Knit-By-Number Rug (this is actually pretty cool, I will admit...)



...and this one appears to be a Pope juggling five Jesus-On-The-Cross's...so true, man.

So I checked the bookcase...



Yep, five out of fifteen are by Kurt Vonnegut -- and they even avoided the bestseller Slaughterhouse Five!

Since I don't know much about early Devo or black and white photography, I was a bit out of the loop, forcing me to take matters into my own hands...



Happy Halloween, everyone.