Sometimes I just hate New York!

Too many people getting in my way, car alarms going off all night long, crazy people shouting crap, screwed up subways.  Now I love New York for lots of other reasons too, one of which is also crazy people shouting.  But my hate for NYC led me to create this unique design I put on cafepress.com/iskullny as a t-shirt design.  It's stupid, but I wanted to make it for myself and figured I'd just let other people share in my hatred and misery.

Mall Edge

So I was out in Pennsylvania last week and with out much to do I went to the mall, after waiting around to borrow a car. I definitely love the advantage of the public transportation system in New York. This mall like many across the nation has a Hot Topic. I have nothing against Hot Topic, most people seem to be bothered by their corporate selling of punk merchandise, but to be honest without Hot Topic many of today's punk and hardcore bands would not be as popular. And popularity for them means money and the chance to continue doing what they love to do and we love to listen to. It's a vicious cycle that feeds itself.

I was very pleasantly surprised to find a wicked Straight Edge Varsity jacket on the rack at Hot Topic. They actually have a bit of a collection of SxE Merch, hopefully this means that the scene is building and more people are seeing it as something worth being a part of and not something that's a fashion thing. I hope to actually see more of this and can't wait to see someone wearing that jacket or anything else SxE when I'm out at a show or just on the street.