Fan Culture Articles

"Indie music, and its surrounding culture, can introduce you to beautiful noise, give you a social life, touch your emotions, and if you are a guy...make it possible for you to court girls that would otherwise be way out of your league. Yes...Indie music is kinda like magic in some ways....bearded magic."
(Quote from the second article)

I found two articles which try to sum up what indie music and culture is all about:
http://www.gurl.com/findout/label/pages/0,,676288,00.html
http://www.cracked.com/funny-1677-indie-music/