be an indie rock smartypants

With a tip of the hat to KnoxBlabber Rick G., I give you the online guide to faking your way to indie rock insider status. It's pretty amusing.

This is my favorite part -- advising wannabes on which bands are okay to talk about:

"So start somewhere safe: Sonic Youth. You cannot go wrong if you like Sonic Youth. Everybody in indie rock likes Sonic Youth, and those who don't are afraid to admit it. So you can talk all night long about what a genius frontman-guitarist Thurston Moore is, and nobody will ever think you are an idiot or don't know what you are talking about."