All Else Failed, Myself, and YouTube!

A little while ago a friend and I went to see All Else Failed at ABC No Rio, and he just found this video of them singing their Vision of Disorder cover. I'm partially visible on the left side in a black jacket leaning against the wall (wow I made it onto YouTube; not that I'm actually excited by that, but this was a great show!)

Break Down The Walls

I used to think that label were just symbol of pride
But over time I've seen they only serve to divide
It's so easy to judge people by the way they seem to be
We must overcome this problem to live life peacefully
Break down the walls!
Yes, we'll break down the walls!
Look beyond the fashion or the crowd that they are in
Look beyond their riches or the color of their skin
Look beyond appearance and the truth you will find
Look for what's inside before you make up your mind
Break down the walls!
We'll break down the walls!

Break Down The Walls - Youth of Today

Community

I have only a few friends that are Straight Edge in real life, but over the Internet I've found so many more SxE friends. The community of Edgers online has given me more since of brotherhood and sisterhood that I didn't know really existed offline since I didn't have that many friends that claimed. There is definitely a community online that are more militant or anti in their goals, but I think that it seems to me that there are a number of great posi groups as well. Unfortunately a few of the good places online have become virtual ghosttowns, but that's life on the net.

Some great online communities that I like to visit and wander through:
Live Journal SxE Community
X Sisterhood X
SxE.com Forums

Straight Edge Wrestling

It's probably been about 18 years since I've watched wrestling longer than 5 minutes. But since I've had this blog I've kept up a bit with the ECW wrestler C.M. Punk who is Straight Edge. Surprisingly it's not a gimmick, he has quite a few SxE tattoos and listens to punk music. Here's a pretty decent interview with him from the Baltimore Sun.

Update: I was in a toy store the other day and found a C.M. Punk Action Figure and today just found out that he even has his own line of Hardcore Straight Edge merchandise on the WWE website. It was cool to see an action figure with straight edge tattoos.

Anniversary

So it's been just over one year since I launched this blog.  I wasn't sure how much people would care to comment on my entries or even to read what I have.  But I get emails every now and then and a few comments on some posts, not as much as I would like, but then again this isn't gizmodo.  Straight Edge is alive and kicking all across the globe so I'm going to continue to post and put out my thoughts.  I'd like to add that I'd like everyone that reads this to comment back with any cool Straight Edge sites you like to visit or any thing else about Straight Edge you've come across on the net.

xTRUExTILLxDEATHx

Alcohol in Mouthwash and Food

So Crest recently introduced an alcohol free mouthwash.  It made me think about how others that are Straight Edge deal with products or food that contain alcohol.  I use regular mouthwash with alcohol because it's purpose is for cleaning and it's effective at what it does.  I do however avoid foods that contain alcohol when the original purpose of the alcohol was for drinking, such as rum or whiskey.  If it's a cooking alcohol, like cooking rice wine (as used in teriyaki sauce), then I am okay with that since the alcohol is burned off and and the reason behind using it is purely for chemistry and not to taste like something like rum.  So I'm curious to know what other's out there that are Straight Edge think about this and what are your personal beliefs, will you switch to an alcohol free mouthwash?  Do you avoid all foods that contain alcohol?