I think dreads are pretty hip myself. I also think flowers, clouds, trees, smiles , road trips, rivers, streams, lakes, ponds, the ocean, sunsets, sunrises, pizza, MUSIC!!, tye-dyes, patchworks, ART!!!, fish, birds, any wild animals, being barefoot, being free, flying, running, walking, talking, breathing, eating, sleeping, dancing, giving ... but the most hip thing of all. Just BEING. Not so hip? Hate, oppression, violence, the government (I love how that fits so well after the first three.), deforestation, drilling in the ANWR for oil, driving cars that polute the enviroment, smoking cigarettes, getting completely trashed (a few drinks and a little bud - that's hip, but not being trashed.), alarm clocks, jobs, laws, police, stealing, lying, "cussin' up a storm", being broke, living to far from the ocean, when a good CD gets scratched, when I loose a bead from my hair, when somthing dear to you dies, conformity ... Pretty much anything that holds a person back from being THEMSELVES. Just my thoughts.