Kid stuff
Children abide (or don’t) in this week’s new movie releases, including The Florida Project and Goodbye Christopher Robin
Matthew Lickona 3 p.m., Oct. 20
DJ Stevens
Articles by DJ Stevens
Glitzy nostalgia porn
That's why Marvel and not DC
Dear Hipster: So, we have Marvel movies and DC movies, both killing it at the box office these days. November will see Justice League and Ragnarok in cinemas at the same time. What I, and ...
Salt Bae, the Eclipse, IT, Cuphead, the Mooch — look for them Halloween
2017 superstars — even if you hated them
Dear Hipster: What are your top selections for Halloween costumes this year? — Sandy It’s once again time to celebrate that greatest of all hipster traditions: elaborate, ironic, pop culturally relevant Halloween costumes! Salt Bae ...
Neither sonnets nor haiku
Limericks showcase your cleverness and irreverence
Dear Hipster, Do you agree with my belief that haiku ought to be the poem of choice in the hipster community? They are simple yet crafty, and the principle of kireji — a sort of ...
I have never met a real life Dave Matthews fan
Some questions shouldn’t be answered
Dear Hipster: Who would win in a fight, Rick Sanchez or Scrooge McDuck? — Allen Some questions just can’t be answered, Allen. You might as well ask: Why is Germany the only country where the ...
The struggle of 50 hours at the office
Make that avocado toast in the day-job lunchroom
Dear Hipster: Is it possible to hold down a 9-to-5 professional career, say, as an accountant with a major international financial services firm, but still be a hipster? — Andy Of course. Nothing’s impossible in ...
Hipster-millennial overlap
Those people who name their children Patterson, Admiral, Dillinger
Dear Hipster: Well, I got a sell-out day-job again — having graduated from occupying reclaimed wood seats in North Park avocado toast & fair trade dens of day-time slack — but I just can’t stop ...
The excuses for loud motorcycles
My money’s on, “They just want to be cool.”
Let’s talk about these super loud motorcycles around town. What the hell?! I’m tired of turning a blind eye, or ear for that matter, to the subject. These guys think they can just blast through ...
Chick lit and nonfiction take themselves seriously
The nagging suspicion that Kafka was just a weirdo
Dear DJ: Lately, I’ve been reading excruciatingly well-researched historical novels set between 1780 and 1820 written by early/mid-20th Century Englishmen: The Poldark novels by Winston Graham, and the Master and Commander series by Patrick O’Brian. ...
Abandoning the screen for cardboard
The combination of craft beer and Connect Four
Dear Hipster: At first, the news that Game of Thrones would not return till 2019 came as a devastating shock to me and the group of friends with whom I gather every week to watch ...
