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Oct 09, 2008, 06:02AM

"Like a fish in a pool"

If you think being a "hipster" is novel, here's some advice on how to do it... from 1947.

The following video was included in this article:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ql-1_uolBF4

Becky Lang's piece on the emergence of bland, catch-all "hipster" identity ended with a reference to Harry "The Hipster" Gibson. Here's a clip of him performing "Keep the Beat" from the 1946 movie Junior Prom. Dig it!

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