Emmett Silver Heard The Phrase "brat Summer" And Took It A Step Further And Decided To Be A Brat All

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current mood

here was the timeline of  2000s music/clothes (*from suburban memory)  for younger genz who i see making some crucial timeline mistakes!-

2000-2002

nu metal- korn, limp bizkit, slipknot, insane clown posse

poppunk- blink 182,NOFX, MxPx, the ataris, etc, less than jake, reel big fish ska

eminem 

around 2002 was garage rock revival the stroke, the white stripes etc

spiked hair baggy pants for men 

middle lip ring, eyebrow ring. those star tattoos everyone got. spiderweb elbow tattoo

spencers

kind of indie/emo-lite on looks for “alt” culture- messangers bags covered in pins, flippy hair for women

2002-2004

popunk second wave- good charlotte, simple plan, avril lavigne, yellowcard

popunk men with the lng hair in front spikey in back haircut, clown tear makeup

second wave “emo”- taking back sunday, thursday, straylight run

secondwave nu metal- linkin park

metalcore- avenged sevenfold, atreyu, bullet for my valentine etc

outkast blows up

bands like converge or at the drive in or the locust for 15 year old boys midway on their journey from “corporate alt rock they play on fuse (see above)” to “underground music” or 80s hardcore

“rand0m sp0rk >.<” culture

Bam Margera, HIM, CKY

invader zim, emily the strange

flash games, bored.com, xanga

drawn on converse, lowrise flare jeans, lowrise skirts over jeans, skate shoes

hot topic, bondage pants

everyone making their own fansites, height of messageboards, quiz sites

hot topic goth, fauxhawks

von dutch hats, volatile platform sneakers 

beginning of hummer/eat the poor culture

G Unit clothes/upper middle class white teen boys appropriating rap culture

beginning of mainstream crunk music

“indie music” blowing up modest mouse, franz ferdinand,

beginning of the saddle creek reign- bright eyes, cursive, the good life, tilly and the wall

garden state, the shins

2004-2006

fuse, mtv2, vh1

height of paris hilton, juicy

big zip up black band sweatshirts, lots of rubber bracelets

third wave “emo”- my chemical romance, the used etc

second wave “screamo”- hawthorne heights, senses fail from first to last

“i cut myself” live journal vibe, postsecret

gorillaz have their second wave

beginning hints of scene- fall out boy, people wearing long necklaces, mirror peace sign selfies. teen girls wearing thrifted young boys pajama tops

duckface, starbucks, uggs, northface jackets

Ed hardy

grindcore- job for a cowboy piq squeal bree music 

teen boys wearing womens jeans

side lip piercings, strectched ears

folk punk scene, kimya dawson, paul baribeau, ghost mice, defiance ohio, 

flip up hats, fanny packs, rat tails, house shows, anarchism, food not bombs, zines, bicycle culture ppl building “tall bikes”

soulja boy

2006-2008

the life and death of scene which comes and goes with myspace

skinny jeans/bright color skinny jeans, *rawr*

raccoon hair, “brass knuckle” jewelry, lots of eyeliner

end of mall goth, directly replaced by scene

continuation of consumer culture, duckface, starbucks, uggs, northface jackets but also guido, spray tan

Tap out replaces Ed hardy for men

beginning of white people ukulele covering rap song culture

“acoustic guitar in the woods”- iron and wine etc

“weird diy aesthetic” - dan deacon, animal collective

MGMT, juno etc adding to mainstream awareness of “hipster” culture

second wave of twee

every “alt” teen finds and obsesses over neutral milk hotel for some reason

reign of judd apatow

lil wayne, everyone knows the word to a milli

2008-2010

rise of facebook

texts from last night

scene overwhelmingly perceived as trashy, morphs into brokencyde vibe

edm, dubstep

lady gaga, the beginning of poptimism

chillwave- neon indian,toro y moi, washed out

hipster runoff and “the end of alt”

american apparel, lcd soundsystem

in these years vnecks transition from “american apparel alt guy” to “tech bro” very sharply

the cobra snake/last nights parties party pic culture, santos party house, cory kennedy

“hipster” “williamsburg culture” blown up, wavves, best coast etc

the beginning of the reign of the micro genre “witch house” etc

burial, grouper etc

“irony” becoming mainstream, tim and eric 

“indie folk” becoming mainstream car commercial music- edward sharpe, foster the people, mumford and sons

rage comic reddit culture, beards, bacon

tyler the creator, earl sweatshirt, lil b, nicki minaj alt white ppl have new interest in hiphop, see it as experimental, start of the end of “rap is crap” racist thing

velour sweat suit culture starting to fade, more variance in clothing styles. black lace up boots, floral skirts becoming popular, beginning of 90s nostalgia. men wear cardigans

lookbook.nu , tavi gevinson, alexa chung

less prep vs scene/goth/punk more “everyone is kind of alt so there is no alt”  (500) days of summer is nail in the coffin

if he doesn’t want me, one of his friends will 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

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