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the art of pretending to be a professional photographer, photos of converses & derelict buildings on your social site is a must. The art of listening to such obscure bands that the next step in Indieness is listening to non-existence itself, Very few have acheived this. The art of drinking starbucks & once that becomes mainstream home-growing your own organic coffee beans. The art of extreme self-denial, A true indie must learn to let go of his or her favourite obscure band once they cross into being a well known band & then rant at how they sold out from their roots. The art of feigning intelligence, To be a real indie one must watch foreign independent films, possess but not necessarily read or understand influential books (see Ulysses/Walden/Communist manifesto & others) & be able to act intelligent on a subject for a minimum of five minutes over a cup of coffee before your true knowledge on the topic is shown to be extremely limited & flawed The ultimate paradox, of claiming to be unique & not following trends. Yet then adhering to the above statements
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