You might be indie if...

1. You spend at least $100 on a haircut that looks like it was done with a Flowbee.

2. You’ve ever listened to your ipod in a bar

3. You argue over political issues with your friends but your only news sources are the Daily Show and The Onion

4. You are in multiple sound experimenting bands

5. You detest being labeled as emo

6. You spend good money on clothes that make you look like a hobo

7. You listen to This American Life

8. You claim to be vegetarian but wear leather wrist cuffs

9. You get mad when someone else is wearing the same obscure band tee-shirt as you

10. You wear horn rimmed glasses but have 20/20 vision

11. You roll your own cigarettes BY HAND and scoff at your friends that don’t

12. You hang out in Baker’s Square after midnight

13. You know who Vashti Bunyan is

14. You hate that your parents are happily married and that you had a normal childhood

15. You think the new Bright Eyes album was too polished

16. You would break up someone for liking the wrong music

17. You think your short film about your family dog is a reflection of the human experience

18. You consider atheism trendy

19. You carry a dog-eared copy of On The Road in your back pocket/mailbag/guitar case with the cover always in plain view

20. You came back from vacation in Europe with a new accent and ending every conversationwith“Ciao”

21. You use Yiddish terms but are not Jewish

22. You think I am a sell-out for writing this article.