It was 1987. In New York City, the AIDS epidemic was taking hold of a population, St. Mark’s Place and Tompkins Square Park were hotbeds of iniquity, and “straight edge” had emerged as a subculture of ...

AUBURN — Auburn Public Theater was recently the scene of vibrant tattoos blanketing the limbs of teenagers and 20-somethings, gritty T-shirts with bold slogans and more Xs than a red-light ...

The straight edge scene came not from concerned parents or stern government overseers, but from within. ... (Cheap Art, 2005) In a scene dominated by white heterosexuals, ...

A subculture dating to the 1970s, straight edge, like punk music, is a middle finger to the mainstream. News Sports Kentucky Derby Life Opinion Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper Legals MUSIC ...

As Straight Edge was defying the norms of the punk scene in America, Swatch was born in Switzerland to defy the norms of Swiss watchmaking. The year was 1983, and the Quartz Crisis had come to a head.

And by the time of the New York scene’s heyday a few years later, via an influential growth spurt in Boston, straight edge would be something far removed from its D.C. origins, from creators who had ...

However, those who know him personally, including friends and colleagues, confirm that his commitment to Straight Edge is genuine. Punk has consistently avoided drugs, alcohol, and tobacco, even ...