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feminatheism
12/10/08

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Nothin tops Bradfor Cox (Deerhunter front man) - that dude just looks freakish
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gold_gato
12/10/08

@feminatheism: Ha I just saw them live last week! And while I would not label him "freakish" he is very skinny. But anyway, their show was amazing!
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gold_gato
12/10/08

@feminatheism: Forgot to add that he has this: [en.wikipedia.org]
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Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!
12/10/08

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Lots of anti-ED boy comments sound strangely familiar. How many times have we heard guys claim they don't want skin and bones, would rather have junk in the trunk, blah blah blah? Of course, they're usually referring to someone 'fat' like Beyonce...

Still, just like we can argue that their definition of fat is warped and they still drool over underweight models, they can point to skinny rockers knee-deep in pussy.
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blyr
12/10/08

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My boyfriend is 6'3" and was super-excited to learn that he's no longer underweight-- at all of 155lbs. Why yes, I did meet him at a Sunset Rubdown show!

But he eats EVERYTHING. Ridiculous metabolism on that one... (And yeah, I weight a good 20lbs more than him.)
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jigglyball
12/10/08

@blyr: Ha, my ex is 6'3" and weighed 145 when I met him (all of 10 pounds heavier than I was at the time), and he had mixed feelings when he finally emerged from the underweight category.

Sadly, I did not find him at a Sunset Rubdown (OMG LOVE SO MUCH) show, but rather on the cross country team at my college.
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queenieinmanhattan
12/10/08

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I'm not very hip, so maybe this is a bad example (as in, not indie rock), but Colin Meloy (Decemberists) is not scary skinny (and is also a former musical theatre nerd). Yay, Decemberists!
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gold_gato
12/10/08

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Also, I can't get on board with the notion of "I won't date a dude smaller than me". Would we like if a guy was claiming he couldn't date a girl that weighed more?
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Red-headed bookworm
12/10/08

@gold_gato: Yeah, but it just depends. Like, in the case where someone is unnaturally smaller than you, it's odd and well, would be hard to deal with. My boyfriend is small boned and used to be super skinny is his old pictures until he started liftign weight. His legs are still skinnier than mine.
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Rooo sez BISH PLZ
12/10/08

@gold_gato: They DO say that. Isn't that the whole point?

Elizabeth Perkins: "I refuse to go out with a man whose ass is smaller than mine."

About Last Night
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Cam/ron
12/10/08

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From back in the day when skinniness wasn't an issue in indie rock:
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Cam/ron
12/10/08

@Cam/ron: Still working on my HTML skills :(
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PilgrimSoul
12/10/08

@Cam/ron: don't close the tag - just do < img src="link"
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hatepaperdoll
12/10/08

@Cam/ron: Just making a guess, was that going to be a picture of:

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Cam/ron
12/10/08

@hatepaperdoll: I'm still working on the image code but here's the link to the pic of grunge legend Tad:

[ogami.subpop.com]
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stacyinbean
12/10/08

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I officially lied, I just remembered the one man who can make me love anything, even super freaking tight pants...

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J.D.Regent
12/10/08

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Once you get down to it with guys I find they have about the same proportion of eating disorders and low self esteem as women. They just don't have their own websites for it. Yet.
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bluebears
12/10/08

@J.D.Regent: I would agree with this. Because its not seen as "typical" masculine behavior its under cover. Also, as someone up thread pointed out, there is a growing problem with EDs in the gay community.
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hatepaperdoll
12/10/08

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I can certainly understand why indie rock guys would fell pressured to be thin, that's the look. Nobody wants to be Meatloaf, they want to be:

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hatepaperdoll
12/10/08

@hatepaperdoll: "feel"
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Cam/ron
12/10/08

@hatepaperdoll: The act of smearing peanut butter over your chest never really caught on though :(
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VaginaWig is A Merkin
12/10/08

@hatepaperdoll: The thing is, most of the guys like Steven Tyler, Mick Jaggar, etc that were so thin were probably that way due to abuse of their bodies with cocaine, heroin, lack of sleep, and hectic touring schedule.
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DangerMouse
12/10/08

@Cam/ron: With today's allergy-ridden kids, it'd probably be looked down upon these days.
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hatepaperdoll
12/10/08

@Cam/ron: I'd like to see more people vomiting on the audience, what happened to that?

@TheVaginaWig: Well exactly, it's an unhealthy lifestyle and that leads to an unhealthy look, but that doesn't stop it from being desirable or feeling like an ideal.
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Cam/ron
12/10/08

@hatepaperdoll: Damnit, we need a new G.G. Allen!
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hatepaperdoll
12/10/08

@Cam/ron: Ah, G.G. Allen...you know, I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that I suspect he may have had mental problems. But I say that every time someone deliberately poops themselves in public, so I may be biased.
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CandiedViolet
12/10/08

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My bf is an indie rocker with a decent following in the tri-state area amongst the 15-25 emo/hipster set...he has a super appetite but it's only been recently that he stopped wearing those (RIDICULOUS) tapered, women's skinny jeans that appeared painted on and were (I can admit) 3 sizes smaller than what I wear. (I have come to accept that. He finally gave up the last pair when it was giving him a rash and I referred to them as "too hot for TV" because the outline of his busiess was ultra obscene.) There are so many men I have met through that scene that are so skinny that they make me (a size 12..now and forever) looked morbidly obese next to them. I remember one time at a show on a freezing night- I was with the band and no one had eaten all day. The promoter or someone not-in-the-band ordered pizza and I actually felt sheepish taking a slice because all around me (excluding my bf with the normal app and excellent metabolism)these starving grown men were looking both longingly at the pizza (making love to it with their eyes, I swear) and in disbelief/horror at my bf and I who had each (gasp!) grabbed a slice. That's seriously f'd up.
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CandiedViolet
12/10/08

@CandiedViolet: Oh, and then I ate the slice with sheer glee and my belly got warm and I decided trying to fit into the stereotypical "I'm a band gf, I can't eat, I can just drink whiskey and do cocaine" thing was soooooooo not for me.
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CandiedViolet
12/10/08

@CandiedViolet: Sheesh-One more thing...I am way too hyper and love my body way too much to ever do coke. Just wanted to clarify.
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DangerMouse
12/10/08

@CandiedViolet: Please perform an intervention if I ever wear pants that are so tight that they give me a rash. Not that I foresee this happening, but I would appreciate your experience.
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CandiedViolet
12/10/08

@ejc.wants.pie.now: Of course! I will show up up your house to gift you with a cozy, velour track suit, a box of oreos and a Mae West dvd box set. (Btw...funfact: it took my bf a few months into our relationship to 'fess up that we were having sexy times only in the dark because he was ashamed of the rash!! Which is thankfully gone and so is his ridiculous lights out policy.)
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DangerMouse
12/10/08

@CandiedViolet: yesssss!
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Cam/ron
12/10/08

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Some of indie and underground rock's finest artists were overweight or chubby: D. Boon, Frank Black, David Thomas, Tad Doyle, just to name a few.

I found the skinny indie dude look to be more about lacking grocery money than being a fashion statement.
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aubonpam
12/10/08

@Cam/ron: Ah balls, I forgot about D Boon. Good one.
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punitentiary
12/10/08

@Cam/ron: no. actually, poor people have much higher obesity rates, because processed food and fast food is less expensive than fresh, real food, and also less available in poor neighborhoods ("food deserts"). while this might be the case sometimes for these dudes, it is not the underlying cause of indie skinnies. most of these people are white and middle class.
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Cam/ron
12/10/08

@punitentiary: Ditto, I was being sarcastic.
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Cam/ron
12/10/08

@aubonpam: Despite his huge frame, Boon was still able to bonuce like a beach ball onstage. He's still my hero.
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aubonpam
12/10/08

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more people need to emulate Frank Black.
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Wit is periodically disensouled
12/10/08

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It's fine to be skinny, and on one hand I think the indie-skinny thing for guys might be a positive for those guys who are naturally thin. That said, I feel bad if anyone has been led into an eating disorder because of the indie-skinny image thing.

From this indie-music-listening gal's perspective, it's okay to not be skinny too, fellows. I'd likely think you were a lot hotter if you weren't so thin.
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gold_gato
12/10/08

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anyone else see the ep of the Mighty Boosh with the Horrors? One of the characters was trying out for the band and to earn his way in he had to fit into drainpipe jeans. It was funny, but definitely a good laugh at the fact that everyone in indie is leeetle.
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RemoteCommander
12/10/08

@gold_gato: hahaha yes the punk bondage pants! and vince couldn't walk in them at all
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gold_gato
12/10/08

@RemoteCommander: his legs got so little and weak he had to go into the wheel chair
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squirrelcop
12/10/08

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Oh, KoL, and other boys and girls: skinny jeans, licorice-legs leather pants, etc.: these are all only sexy if you feel sexy in them for your own reasons. Full. Stop.
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squirrelcop
12/10/08

@squirrelcop: In the absence of an edit button, this sounds really simplistic. I would hope that we can all understand the destructiveness of a 'One World Under Thin' mentality. It is bad for ALL of us.
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DangerMouse
12/10/08

@squirrelcop: I think the man in the picture would look HOTT in anything... or nothing... ya know....
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