A few months back, Local, along with a few other 007 casino royale download.html”>online destinations, thought we were hot on the trail of the mysterious personality, known only as Carles, behind the popular weblog Hipster Runoff. Noting the curiously close relationship between Carles and NYU alum/poet/author Tao Lin, we floated the theory that they may very well be the same person. Lin, an NYU Local interview subject previously, was kind enough to respond, albeit only in vague innuendo.
A little internet digging by some commenters found that the two might really be separate people, but still close friends who attended NYU together. Whatever the case, their mutual influence on one another is undeniable. Now, in a promotional push for his new literary press Muumuu House, Lin’s ‘people’ have sent out an email press release plugging two upcoming books due out this year, but the real prize for readers is this newly published Gmail Chat between Tao Lin and Carles. Get a few giggles after the jump.
10.03.08 GMAIL CHAT
TAO LIN & CARLES
4:22 PM me: bro
CRLS: brooo
whatsup
me: chillin in the library
4:23 PM you, bro
CRLS: damn
‘nmh’
me: damn
gotta work on my tumblr
4:51 PM CRLS: bro
i’m back
just had grilled chicken and shrimp
me: bro
CRLS: grilled vegetables
me: damn
CRLS: avocado
me: had two eggs, cornbread, nachos, 1 pint blue moon, iced tea, and gaucomole this morning
4:52 PM CRLS: dammn
5:05 PM me: i just thought ‘poopyschnickers’
5:06 PM going to poop now
5:08 PM CRLS: damn
5:15 PM me: did it
5:21 PM CRLS: tyte
me: ‘jesus’
5:37 PM CRLS: damn bro
me: damn
CRLS: The future of poetry?
5:38 PM me: damn
5:40 PM CRLS: will go to NYC in late summer/early fall
so we can record our EP
me: damn, sweet
5:47 PM CRLS: dammn
5:48 PM me: pretty ‘fucked up’
watching this video
me: damn, watching
CRLS: damn
5:50 PM think it is a ‘big song’ or something
me: damn, wtf is this
pass out at 3, wake up at 10
wtf
‘are those numbers right’
5:51 PM why would he wake up at 10
confused
5:52 PM just realized this song seems really long
CRLS: seems ‘really slow’
me: ‘there must be a breakdown’ or something
skipped to end
5:53 PM i’m listening to m.i.a. on youtube now
CRLS: damn
me: i feel lost
5:55 PM damn, m.i.a. is 33
i feel relieved suddenly for some reason
CRLS: feel like ur not successful ‘until ur old’ or something
me: damn she’s almost 40
pretty much
feel sad
5:56 PM CRLS: feel like we might be ‘ahead of schedule’
according to some artistic standards
5:57 PM me: damn, seems good
keep thinking she’s saying ‘suck my dick’ in this song
or ‘ill suck your dick’ or something
5:58 PM just keep hearing that
“Arulpragasam’s first public exhibition of paintings in 2001 at the Euphoria Shop in Portobello, London, featured graffiti art and spray-paint canvasses mixing Tamil political street art with images of London life and consumerist culture.[18"
damn
6:00 PM damn
feeling so lost
6:03 PM is she saying 'nigger' in this song
feel like i can't ehar anything
6:04 PM listening to a differtnt m.i.a. song, i feel like i'm eating mangos with a chimpanzee
feels okay
6:06 PM wonder if it's ok to put m.i.ia. in ap oem
will she be relevant in 10 years
macbook tweens r gonna <3 this.
full on painful
sexxxxxie. can’t w8 4 the book 2 ‘cum’ out.
I just substituted every “damn” for “lol.”
I do believe, sir, the proper vernacular would be ” ‘splodes “
I really don’t understand why you posted this. “Vapid” and “nonsensical” are two terms that quickly come to mind but I feel like they don’t do justice to just how painfully boring, stupid, and disjointed this conversation is. I didn’t realize that NYU Local was in the habit of posting press releases from talentless stoners.
carles is ignoring tao at the end haha
this is ‘so ghey’
@Pat: Grow a sense of humor. This conversation is kind of mind-numbing (and no, MIA definitely won’t be relevant in ten years), but there’s no harm in it. Hmmm well maybe if you’re offended by any mention of the n-word. But, even if this conversation was a series of jokes about dead black babies hanging from trees, it still wouldn’t justify calling Tao Lin talentless.
sry, but is ‘carles’ really ‘ahead of schedule’? i mean his blog is big & all, but does this now qualify as success on the level of m.i.a.? similarly, lin writes about his own success sort of obsessively. keep it to yourself.
For someone who laughs at almost anything, I didn’t think the convos were funny at all.
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