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The Promise - What Does Straight Edge Mean?
2007-02-28 18:21:00 I came across a great interview with the promise while trying to find the lyrics for my last post. You can find the interview at Quebec Hardcore, but here is the part that stuck with me:The Prom ise proudly declares itself to be a Stra ight Edge band. How do you (as a band or individually) define Straight Edge? What does Straight Edge mean to you and what has kept you unfazed over the years in the face of change and adversity? Also what's your opinion on longtime Straight Edge bands who have changed their course of action and no longer believe in it? Are there any bands you know of, for that matter, who are still keeping it real? Buske: For all of us, Straight Edge is a lifetime commitment we have made with ourselves to live free from substance abuse. Everyone, aside from Derrick, has had their share of abuse or usage and we have seen that this (being Straight Edge) is the most productive and the healthiest path to take. I've watched people rot away a... More About: Hat
Eyes Wide Shut
2007-02-28 18:08:00 Everything we hold so dear,it turns to dust.We take and take give nothing back,except no cost.Too caught up in ourselves.And where we're at.Complacency to hostility,we can't turn back.Our eyes wide shut.Our eyes are now wide shut.Everything we hold so dear,it turns to dust,we take and take,give nothing back,all hope is lost.I know it's not all easy,and I know at times we're scared.But I know what we can achieve,if we really dare.Just take the time to look beyond.Our eyes wide shut."Eyes Wide Shut " - The Promise ~ Believer
Posers
2007-02-25 17:47:00 Just when I was having a fine day I come across shit like this:F*cking C*nts! More About: Pose , Poser
Straight Edge Link of the Week
2007-02-12 18:05:00 Straight edge [from Belgium] More About: Link , Week , Edge , Stra , Straight
Breaking Edge
2007-02-01 23:03:00 What does breaking edge really mean? Can you drink once or smoke pot once or have a one night stand and still be straight edge? What if you slip up, something sets you off, you make a bad judgment, fall to peer pressure, something really bad happens to you or someone close to you?A bit ago I was talking with some friends, some SxE and some not, and we discussed this point. I originally felt that you couldn't claim edge again if you broke edge. But I think now that breaking edge is a more deliberate and conscious decision. Failing at staying Straight Edge shouldn't be looked at as a strict declaration of un-claiming edge. If you did something un-edge with the thought that you can re-claim afterwards then you broke edge. Life throws A LOT of crap at us, and being perfect is impossible, so expecting yourself to never fall prey to something that drives you over the edge (no pun intended) would be way to pious of anyone.So I think as long as understand why you failed to stay edge... More About: Break , King , Breaking , Brea
Straight Edge Link of the Week
2007-01-28 23:29:00 Straight Edge Videos on YouTube More About: Link , Week , Stra , Straight
Brain Damage is a Cure for Smoking
2007-01-28 22:53:00 Now don't take this news the wrong way and go around smashing smokers with baseball bats. But it seems that brain damage is a cure for smoking addiction. Now I'm sure brain damage is a cure for a lot of things like stress (imagine how less stressful life would be if your brain was damaged and you didn't understand anything anymore.)Hopefully this will lead to figuring out how inhibiting a certain part of the brain can lead to ending nicotine addiction. Now we just need a cure for ignorance and the vile evil that is the tobacco industry and their devil worshiping lobbyists. More About: Rain , Smoking , King , Brain , Damage
free sxe chat
2007-01-24 06:30:00 So I've been looking at the logs for my blog over the last few month, nicely provided by statcounter.com. Typically these logs can give you insight to your visitors, help you provide what people are looking for and get an idea as to what people seem to like most. Some interesting things are that people quite often look for SxE tattoos and AIM icons. And the most commonly searched for lyrics that hit my site are those for Something More Than Ink.But the most interesting and funny thing is the amount of hits I get from the Middle East. It seems that they are most likely not interested in Straight Edge and are too hurried to spell check. Some of the best search terms are: free sxe chat, hot sxe, sxe tv, live sxe, sxe zoo free.So be sure to spell check when you search for sxe and i guess not to search on xxx unless you have google's filters on if you actually want to look for Straight Edge info. More About: Chat , Free , Hat
One Life, One Chance
2007-01-23 19:29:00 what if i said i was an accident waiting to happenwould i trip and fallfall on my words and would you saysay that i was wrong my words were out of placewent where i didn't belongthis to me is fact and fiction plays a roleconfusing situations that i can't controlthe heart of matterit beats with pridesometime i wear it on my sleevesometimes i keep it insideand no one said it was gonna be easyand i'm not afraid to tryand with the odds stacked up against mei will have to fightone life, one chancegotta do it right!and i can't let fate dictate what's best for megotta take control of my own destinyyou can't relateyou think there's no escapebut i got everything at stakehere just to prove you wrongand no one said it was gonna be easyand i'm not afraid to tryand with the odds stacked up against mei will have to fightone life, one chancegotta do it right!one life, one chancegotta do it right!one life, one chancegotta do it right!one life, one chancegotta do it right!gotta do it right!"... More About: Life , Chance , Chan
Anger and Poison Free
2007-01-10 19:19:00 A friend of mine had a rather crappy situation on New Year's Eve with a pothead. My friend isn't Straight Edge, but she's very adamant about her distaste of drugs and drug use. This pothead kept trying to get her to smoke, she insisted to him several times to stop. And her boyfriend even told him to stop, but he kept being a jerk. I'm not a violent person, so I'd never abdicate fighting, although sometimes it'd feel real good to punch an ass like that right in the face.I've been trying to ease up on my anger with people like that, it's just not healthy. Being poison free to me also means removing the anger you have that can poison your attitude and outlook on life. I think that anger and stress are sometimes the most poisonous things in our life. I know that I get pretty stressed out a lot, and sometimes get very annoyed and angry with things I know that I should ignore. I've decided that I need to just not let things bother me that I can't control, and I need to ig... More About: Free , Anger , Poison
Amazing Illustrator
2007-01-03 00:25:00 I've always loved fantasy art and fairy art. Brian Froud is one of my favourite fantasy artists (hopefully the Dark Crystal sequel will be good.) Surprisingly as if it was meant to be I met a beautiful woman on the subway in Brooklyn that is an amazing fantasy art illustrator. We have been dating now for two months, she isn't Stra ight Edge but is very respectful of my choice to be Straight Edge. When we met I didn't tell her I was SxE, but I gave her my myspace page which obviously speaks about being SxE. After she found out that I was Straight Edge she asked me what it meant to me before making any judgment, and I explained my views and how they're personal to me. I was very happy that she wanted to know what it meant to me and how it affects my relationships with others, because I try to make sure that my choices don't interfere with my friends or people I date. More About: Amazing , Illustrator , Trat , Lust
Rooster's Coffee Shoppe
2006-12-27 05:31:00 So I've been home for the holidays and spending time at my parents coffee shop. It's a nice place to hang out, surf and blog. I actually like to write these entries there ahead of post time and then do a final edit late at night (just like this post.) They have free internet for PTD customers or cheap for non-PTD customers.So if you ever happen to be in the Lehigh Valley in eastern Pennsylvania stop on buy. Roost er 's Coffee Shop pe is located at 3512 Hamilton Blvd Allentown, PA 18103. They serve free trade coffee, organic teas, Vegan cookies (freaking awesome cookies!), and some various other homemade treats and such. They offer soy milk, coffee-free drinks, smoothies and Jones's organic juices and other drinks.If you stop by let them know that you heard about them from Joel's blog, my dad and brother will appreciate that as they work 7 days a week there and have only had Thanksgiving and Christmas off since the shop has been open. More About: Coffee Shop
SxE Link of the Week
2006-12-25 06:04:00 The Post Punk Kitchen: Vegetarian cooking & vegan baking with no attitude More About: Link , Week
Vegan Delights
2006-12-25 05:39:00 So I'm not a vegan, but I'm lactose intolerant. Thus I have been trying for years to find decent deserts that don't contain milk. Sure I can bake a cake with out it, which I might add I'm pretty good at, but that gets to be difficult when you're lacking time or desire.So I've tried all kinds of stuff. Recently Rooster's Coffee Shoppe, my family started it this year, sells these great vegan cookies from the Alternative Baking Company. There are a bunch of flavours, the Double Chocolate Decadence is my favourite.I've also found some tastey candy bars. Green & Black's bars actually claims certain varieties to be suitable for vegetarians and vegans, their Dark Chocolate bars are 70% cocoa and are superb. Another company makes carob bars in a few nice flavours, the are called Goldies Carob Bar, I prefer the Rice Crunch. Whole Foods in New York carries both of these bars. More About: Light , Vegan , Lights , Vega , Deli
All Ages Review
2006-12-23 16:32:00 A while back I started reading All Ages by Beth Lahickey. I enjoyed the book for the most part but felt that it became a bore to read after a while and I had to take a break from it. I thought when I read this book that I find something inteligent and enlightening about the people that were at the forefront of the Straight Edge movement, but that was nowhere to be found. And I was quite saddened to know that some of these people that sang so much about how SxE was a life choice that made themselves better they broke edge to fit in.I felt that Beth should have had some more in depth questions and attempt to get more than the same answer from everyone she interviewed. It became trite after awhile to hear the same things regurgitated interview after interview.Here are a few quotes (with some comments by me in italics):Mike Hartsfield [Outspoken] - "Yeah, it's really weird I remember all of that stuff pretty vividly"Beth Lahickey - "That's because you were straight edge"Susan Mart... More About: Review , View
More to Come...
2006-12-17 19:00:00 Sorry that it's been a while since I've posted, but I've been a bit busy and not very much in the mood to post. I have since realized that I never got around to reviewing a few of the SxE things that I promised I'd review. So over the next few weeks I'll post those reviews (I hope) I just finished that last book that I mentioned, Straightedge Youth: Complexity And Contradictions of a Subculture, I thought is was great and will tell you more about it soon. More About: Come , More
SxE Link of the Week [11.18]
2006-12-01 07:12:04 Straight Edge Art on deviantART More About: Link , Week
Straight Edge Link of the Week [11.25]
2006-12-01 07:12:04 sXe Community on LiveJournal More About: Link , Week , Edge , Stra , Straight
Link of the Week [11.11]
2006-12-01 07:12:04 Straight Edge according to Wikipedia More About: Link , Week
Some of my favourite Straight Edge Tattoos
2006-12-01 07:12:04 More About: Tattoo , Edge , Stra , Straight , Atto
Straight Edge AIM Icons
2006-12-01 07:12:04 Straight Edge AIM Icon s More About: Icons , Stra , Straight
See Right Through You
2006-12-01 07:12:04 see right through you!bad attitudeand nothing to sayyou judge every bandbefore they playsee right through youas kids in the scenewe all do our partyour insincerityis what sets you apartsee right through youchip on your shouldersomething to proveyou put other downcause you gotnothing else to dosee right through youyouve gone through all the fadsand had your opinions sold to youyour so fake i see right throughits a frontand i see right throughpotential friendshipthrown awaybecause we choose to fold our armsand look the other waycommon ground has been ignoredtraded in for gossipon a message boardpassing judgementand passing up friendsyoure too concernedwith the next big trendwell your petty wayshave got to quitbecasue we had it up to herewith your fucking shit"See Right Through You" ~ Bones Brigade
Happy Halloween
2006-12-01 07:12:04 Now this is my favourite holiday of all! It makes me feel like a kid again and I get to be able dress like whatever I want. And on the subway no one stares cause so many people get into it. I hope everyone had a great Hall oween. More About: Happy , Halloween , Lowe , Ween
Straight Edge Link of the Week [10.14]
2006-12-01 07:12:04 XembraceX More About: Link , Week , Edge , Stra , Straight
Straight Edge Link of the Week [10.20]
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