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Navel Gazing March 13, 2016

Navel Gazing March 13, 2016

Hello everyone and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back in the week in Punknews. I'm Ricky Frankel and I'll be your guide through some of the juiciest, most popular and otherwise noteworthy stories from the last seven days. Remember, every Punknews story and review is built from tips from our wonderful, good-looking readers, so get to submitting a story, feel free to submit a review or if you are a photographer continue reading below. Here's what got the strange, slow and old community talking this week: Photo Credit: FXX, The League

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Read a preview from Tony Rettman's 'Straight Edge: a Primer' (Punknews Exclusive)

Read a preview from Tony Rettman's 'Straight Edge: a Primer' (Punknews Exclusive)

If you are a scholar of Hardcore History, then surely you've read Tony Rettman's NYHC: New York Hardcore 1980-1990. That book was a boon for all you mosh maniacs as it functioned as an oral history of the legendary era of one of punk's most hallowed scenes.

Well, Rettman is continuing his chronicling of the scene with Straight Edge: A Primer. For Straight Edge: A Primer, Rettman is exploring the condition and atmosphere that led to the concept of Straight Edge, and further, Straight Edge evolving into a movement. He plans to focus on bands like Minor Threat, Warzone and Gorilla Biscuits. He'll be running thing whole thing over at Green Room Radio, where he also hosts a weekly podcast, on Saturday.

But, until then, you can read the first two segments below, right now.

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