I grew up in Virginia Beach, which was weird AF in a lot of ways. The closer you were to the beach/bay, the more generally chill people were. A lot of the jocks got into Bob Marley and the Grateful Dead in high school, so they weren’t (completely) the stereotypical meathead types. On the other hand, the surfers were also into hunting, so there was a weird surfer/redneck crossover. I was lucky not to encounter any skinheads until a bunch of them rushed the stage while Fugazi was playing in summer 1988. They were apparently pissed that Fugazi had shaved heads but weren’t nazis. In the end, the band basically won, and they retreated. Not too long after, I dated a girl who had recently broken up with one of those skins. She was apparently still friendly with their leader and he made some idle threats about me because my hair was long at that point. Thankfully, nothing really came of it.panoramic wrote: ↑Wed Sep 14, 2022 4:49 amI had skinheads on my shit from 13-20 years old, i couldn't shake them for the life of me, I hot one of them with the receiver of payphone at the mall one day and they just united to attack me after that for years and years. In the end i never really got beat down by them but they would show up at the shittiest times.
The Jock thing was MOST pervasive, i would encounter large groups of them literally everyday and have to run. It got old really fast but then I realized if I went and skated other towns I would be able to avoid them and so that's how I handled it.
BACK TO WORSHIP AMBIENT DUDES:
there are literally a billion of these guys and they all have extensive guitar set ups featuring more pedals in dollar value than my entire gear hoard. I guess xtians get a deal at G or something?
Worship dudes: ethereal ambient sounds get you closer to heaven, I guess.