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Blue States Lose: Days Like These

Alex Blagg · 12/15/06 01:00PM

Are you hungover? We are hung the fuck over. It pains us to even look at the screen today. Fortunately, it's Friday, which can only mean one thing: Blue States Lose! That's right, soothe your aching head with a palliative dose of hipster hatred. After the jump, Alex Blagg delves into the douchery of The Cobrasnake, Last Night’s Party, and Misshapes. Two aspirin, a shot of the last drink you had last night, and BSL: the perfect remedy.

Blue States Lose: Head-giver of the Class

Alex Blagg · 12/01/06 01:00PM

Happy December! Winter is in the air (or should be, what the fuck's going on with the weather?) and thoughts turn to the upcoming holidays. But Christmas comes early today for those of us who like to mock hipsters (and who doesn't). It's time for Blue States Lose, where we celebrate the season with a look at The Cobrasnake, Last Night’s Party, and Misshapes. After the jump, Alex Blagg plays Santa Claus, while Kid's Meal stars as Cindy Lou Who.

Blue States Lose: Cops & Robbers, Cowboys & Indians

Alex Blagg · 10/20/06 01:30PM


While we may be obsessed with our $200-cocktail drinking, resume-forging buddies on Wall Street, we haven't forgotten about the dirty stinky hipsters. And with Halloween fast approaching, what better way to find cues for your Halloween costumes from people who dress funny on a nightly basis? So take a seat with your pumpkin latte and take a ride with Blue States Lose, where we select the very best that hipsters on The Cobrasnake, Last Night’s Party, Misshapes, and Ambrel have to offer.

Blue States Lose: Are You the Keymaster?

Alex Blagg · 10/06/06 12:50PM


It's a gloomy Friday, your hangover amplified by gray skies and a shit-it's-really-fall chill in the air. Other than a Bloody Mary, there's only one thing to lift your spirits, and that's making fun of dumbass hipsters. And so it's time for Blue States Lose, wherein we look at the heartbreaking photos on The Cobrasnake, Last Night’s Party, Misshapes, and Ambrel so you don't have to. After the jump, Alex Blagg panics! at! the! disco!

Blue States Lose: Bomb NYC Hard

Alex Blagg · 09/22/06 12:30PM


The seasons may be changing and the leaves are about to turn, but fucktard hipsters are evergreen. Join us, then, in appreciating these marvels of nature with Blue State Lose, wherein we sift through the photos on The Cobrasnake, Last Night’s Party, Misshapes, and Ambrel so you don't have to. After the jump, Alex Blagg talks about how the new My Chemical Romance album "really is good."

Blue States Lose: The Fashion Weak

Alex Blagg · 09/15/06 12:19PM


As Fashion Week draws to a close, leaving cigarette butts and dead models in its wake, it's time to take a moment to honor the stupid hipsters, whose whimsical eye makeup and playful bandannas endlessly inspire fashion's best designers. So sit back and enjoy Blue States Lose, wherein we look at the ridiculous pictures on The Cobrasnake, Last Night’s Party, Misshapes, and Ambrel so you don't have to. After the jump, Alex Blagg writes love letters to Princess Coldstare.

Blue States Lose: In the UK They're Called "Fags"

Alex Blagg · 09/01/06 01:00PM

T.G.I.F. right? Thank fucking GOD! We are dying over here. But you know, the sweet doesn't taste as good without the sour. The sunshine is never as bright as after the rain. What we're trying to say is you have to look at some hipsters now, and that sucks, but when you're done doing that the week will be over and you can have a tall boy to wash the taste of over-inflated self-worth from your mouth. After the jump, Alex Blagg goes through the week's best (worst, what's the difference?) party pics from The Cobra Snake, Last Night's Party, and Misshapes. Pour some of your tall boy out for the poor guy, you bitch.

Properly Shaped Un-Ironic Hipster Video Explanation

pevans · 08/25/06 09:40AM

If you're a normal human being, you probably come on here needing an Hipstetta Stone to decipher all the ironi-cool hipster jargonacular (maybe vernargon is better?). Blue States Lose is helpful, but fortunately for you (and us), someone directed us to this video that provides way more than we need to know on Leigh Lazark, and, um, those two other guys responsible for MisShapes.

Blue States Lose: Cobrasnakes on a Plane of Unfathomable Retardation

Alex Blagg · 08/18/06 01:13PM


It's a big day here at the BSL: former hipster-hater Joey Arak, having fallen deeply in love with One-Half Nelson, has left us to join his soulmate on an upstate lovefarm. Thus the conch shell is officially passed to Viacom slave Alex Blagg, in whose capable hands you will find solace from the horrors of our local nightlife. Make him feel at home, won't you? Rest assured, his ire is just as fiery as yours.

Blue States Lose

Alex Blagg · 08/11/06 12:40PM


It's summer, it's Friday, and the masses have spoken: they want their Blue States Lose. And who are we to deny them? Enjoy your weekly pants-shitting, where we sort through the unshowered hipsters on The Cobrasnake, Last Night’s Party, Misshapes, and Ambrel so you don't have to. And it's a special edition! After the jump, Joey Arak and Alex Blagg bring the pain. After all this time, Joey is hanging up the headband with this week's list. Wish him well on his road to LES recovery.