![]() ![]() Basically, it boils down to whether you consider it within your interest and right to try and influence the behaviour of others via your own. The discussion on straight edge as a “personal choice” or something “more than that” has been on the agenda for as long as I can remember, and probably before that too. But most of all, I dig what it stands for, and the possibilities contained within it. I think it’s cool as fuck, and I have done so ever since I first stumbled upon the phenomenon on records and in fanzines in the early to mid 90s. In a dream scenario, you have already googled the Pentel Felt with chisel point (you won’t be disappointed, it kicks ass!).Īnd yeah, I can admit that my interest in straight edge symbolism contains a superficial level. Or you might consider it a curiosity that a full grown man cares so much about a subcultural drug free symbol that most stop bothering about before they are even allowed to buy alcohol in bars. To me, they just feel less apologetic, and more determined.Īt this point, you are probably starting to form an opinion about me and my thoughts regarding this whole ritual of X-ing up. They are for the bold edgers if you fuck ’em up, they will look ridiculous. We can call them Earth Crisis X’s, or ’94 X’s. I prefer the really thick ones that are done with two slow, determined strokes. Some are crooked, such as the ones Fredrik from Law and Order zine usually ends up with. Andy in Stay Hungry keeps doing those, I think he is vain and wants to be able to wash them off easily. We have the sporty type, done with two quick strokes with a thin pen, usually seen on youth crew revival bands. X’s come in different shapes and techniques. I will never again settle for the inferior bullcrap ink that smears all over my fist as soon as I reach down my jeans pocket for some soda pop change or merch money. Thankfully, after seventeen years of being stoked on straight edge and its symbolisms, I know what marker to use (Pentel Felt, chisel point) and it usually takes three to four days before the X’s aren’t visible anymore. When we toured in April 2011, I forgot on one or two occasions, and it bummed me the fuck out. I have X’d up on just about every Stay Hungry show. ![]()
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