It's all in the interpretation...some see devil worship, others a good time with a skateboard ... as s&a explains...
this newspaper article scanned from the November 12, 1987 issue of the Valley Times. Things must have been pretty uptight in Geauga county Ohio for the authorities to get that bent out of shape over some innocuous graffiti
Geauga county Ohio? Who were the culprits? Geauga county includes the town of Chardon, which is home to a certain cult figure named Danny who has dabbled in skateboard worship via Factory 13 Experimental Skateboards. Coincidence? It was 20 years ago, so I guess we’ll never know. The newspaper article is very amusing, detailing that the graffiti might be a symbol calling a meeting for a coven. They get into the obvious Heavy Metal and the occult imagery connections as well. It’s a good thing times have changed, cause I can’t imagine how the press of yesteryear would have responded to the bands and skateboard companies out there today.
So they had some more worldly readers tip them off that “Bones” was skateboard related. Instead of just owning up and saying they goofed, they go on about other satanic activity in the area, and mumble weakly about the blurring of the line between good and bad.
So there you have it...some see the glass as half empty, other's half full.
Re: what YOU interpret...satanic cult or graffiti courtesy VCJ
remember when clapton did his heaven song. all the do-gooders attributed it to a satanic theme, not even realizing it was for his young son who died.
this is the same thing. they probably called in their resident misinformed do-gooder to decipher the bones logo. Its obviously the work of a satanic cult.
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Re: what YOU interpret...satanic cult or graffiti courtesy VCJ
What a little snippet out of time! Chronologically, this was about the same time that he national hysteria had people "finding" satanists running preschools, too. A lot of lives were torn apart, and they missed the fact that it was skaters, all along.
Satan rides a blank.
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Re: what YOU interpret...satanic cult or graffiti courtesy VCJ
I give myself Sharpie tattoos.
I'm so punk rock.
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