1991//Chapel Hill//Carrboro, NC::
I dug this footage out recently and edited it up for my 2 best friends Jim Mahorney and Alex Protzman who skated with me daily when we were 13-14 yrs old. It’s hard to estimate if this has any relevance to anyone else, but as a time capsule its a pure illustration of our small-town life during an arguably quintessential transformative time in the underground culture. No matter how hard I could try to escape this phase’s relevance, it would still penetrate every record/video I make now.
Skating and hardcore as actual community-based cultures existed largely outside of our world as we were isolated out in the middle of North Carolina at the time. We had pictures in magazines and videos to go on, but were totally alone in our interpretation. For anachronistic reasons, that makes this time + place more unique and made our obsessions that much more fervent and burning. The clothes and music being dated have become more beautiful as we look back on them now… and these two songs by ‘Faith’ and ‘3’ are perfect examples of a style of music that existed in an isolated crease that was mostly abandoned by the larger progression. I’m not trying to imply that things were better then in any way… but on some level, these songs make a decent argument for that.
10 Songs to My 13 Year-Old Monochromatic Mind
-Emil Amos, Lilacs & Champagne/Holy Sons/Om/Grails
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