I hear this on an almost daily basis.
I’ve got the Straight Edge!
Happy Edge Day, I will ALWAYS be Straight Edge and I will ALWAYS love it.
COULDN’T AGREE MORE
To be honest I didn’t relate to sXe bands until I claimed edge. I knew bands that were edge, Minor Threat, Earth Crisis and so on… but it was edge individuals I met (and zines I read) what drew me to sXe more than the bands and the lyrics.
sXe bands are just preaching to the choir most of the time, it’s the nature of the beast. People you know have a much bigger impact, that’s why I cant stress enough why we should all try to be as educated, as open, as welcoming, as nice, as positive and as respectful as we possibly can. The way you behave yourself will profoundly affect other people’s perceptions of sXe all around the world, and whether or not they consider sXe as something good for them.
Being a militant asshole rubbing sXe in other people’s face and acting as if you were the fucking shit helps NO ONE.
And to answer your question, I couldn’t care less if you listen to pop, jazz or polka instead of hxc. What matters is the message, not the soundtrack.
“28 years after the band Minor Threat released the song ‘Straight Edge’, the counterculture known as Straight Edge has become a worldwide phenomenon that unites individuals rejecting all forms of intoxication.
The most widely associated perception of Straight Edge involves abstinence from alcohol, tobacco, other drugs and promiscuous sex. Since it’s origin in the early 1980’s these beliefs have spread all over the world, connected through the Punk and Hardcore music scenes.
Through interviews with musicians that directly shaped the idea of Straight Edge from its inception until today, EDGE - perspectives on drug free culture reveals that the abstinence from drugs was established as a youth counter culture rejecting a society dominated by substance abuse and hegemony. Ian MacKaye (Minor Threat, Fugazi), Ray Cappo (Youth of Today, Shelter) and Karl Buechner (Earth Crisis, Freya) give witness to their perception of the history of Straight Edge, why it was so important to them and what it changed in their personal and professional careers. But they also address problems like violence, sexism and intolerance that emerged within Straight Edge, and how it changed the ’scene’ as well as its public image.
Furthermore, EDGE explores the lives of 9 individuals, that identify as Straight Edge. Their reasons range from negative experiences with drugs to maintaining a healthy lifestyle to political reasons. Through a very close and personal look into their daily lives, we see how their decision to live ‘poison free’ has changed the world for them.
But how do people discover Straight Edge? How do women experience Straight Edge subculture? What social backgrounds are shared by people new to the scene and what makes someone turn Straight Edge? How does mainstream culture perceive this movement?
EDGE is looking for answers to these questions on a roadtrip behind and beyond the scenes of the Straight Edge subculture.”
I got number 120 out of 500!
GUNS GO BANG!
I have always wanted to shoot and gun, and this weekend I had the chance to go with Dizzle and Big Rob! It was awesome we had a .22 handgun, a .22 rifle and a 357 magnum! Holy crap, I didn’t think shooting guns would be so much fun..I didn’t do so well with the hand gun, but I did pretty well with the rifle, hitting all three of the small ground targets.Christian on the other hand, apparently a gun master, did an awesome job! Well, I got to cross another thing off my list and I can’t wait to go shooting again!
MERRY Z-MAS!
Holy Fuck, Will Jones is AMAZING, really there’s no other way to describe him.I gave him one of my favorite pictures of me and my boys and asked him to “zombify” it, and that he did. FUCK, this is absolutely perfect! so spot on. I gave this picture to my good friend Christian ( far right) because we are both obsessed with zombies, and he loved it! ..More X-mas pictures and what not coming soon!
