Quick ska question - Checkers.

[Chibi faery]

You learn something new everyday =3 (Except everything I own with checkers is blue and white checkers xd Oh well....)  

[cheesemonkey]

i've seen checkered backpacks they are everywhere checkers are "in" now  

[boy_no_13]

cheesemonkey

i've seen checkered backpacks they are everywhere checkers are "in" now

Hmm, cant work out if thats good or not. Probably is- Id love a checkered backpack! whee  

[eddievedder#1]

I went to a thrift shop and they had huge amounts of checkered clothing I bought so much. Almost bought a suit.(Checkered) Didn't have enough I bought 5 ska band shirts checkered backpack,gloves(I use them to play drums), a belt,and much more.(It was awesome.)  

[SkaBanana]

cheesemonkey

i've seen checkered backpacks they are everywhere checkers are "in" now

I remeber two years ago in high school when even almost every kid had checkered stuff. It was in style and so many people had it, my school looked like Alice In Wonderland.  

[Queenie42]

It's sort of like "the game of life" mixed in with an anti-racism message, like black and white. Also, it's 'don't be square' and is an emblem of the ska community. You know how the Jamaican flag colors stand for Marcus Garvey or reggae? Well, checkers are a lot like the flag for British ska bands. Except we have no Marcus Garvey.  

[409 in your coffee]

1 word, unity.

cool  

[glryrox]

its great, im the only rudy in my whole school! I wear a suit for casual mean while every one has their shorts half way down their a**. I love the stareing. Checkers are the whole white and black thing. Taking Jamican regae (The black) And mixing it with british rock (The white) Making the checkers. XD Fun facts!  

[Peel Slowly And See]

cheesemonkey

i've seen checkered backpacks they are everywhere checkers are "in" now

Hehe I have a checkered Jnsport back pack. I love it VERY much it's so...sexy? surprised  

[Electric Uncle Akuma]

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cheesemonkey

i've seen checkered backpacks they are everywhere checkers are "in" now

Hehe I have a checkered Jnsport back pack. I love it VERY much it's so...sexy? surprised

Oh man, I've seen one of those back packs at my school, and I want one for next year so bad.  

[Peel Slowly And See]

Electric Uncle Akuma

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cheesemonkey

i've seen checkered backpacks they are everywhere checkers are "in" now

Hehe I have a checkered Jnsport back pack. I love it VERY much it's so...sexy? surprised

Oh man, I've seen one of those back packs at my school, and I want one for next year so bad.

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Try Mervyn's. That's where I got mine. wink

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[inureyez]

whether or not its popular it represents something that i strongly believe in i wear them quite often. i have 4 checkered shirts. checkered skirt. check arm warmers, bracelets, one earring(lost the other at a mustard plug show), a very worn out pair of checkered shoes, a check tie, check braces, the list continues but i am off topic now. the ska scene much with sharp culture is very strong in their antiracist actions. something to be proud that your rude for.  

[osozaki girl]

Rudie Cant Fail

Are they jut for ska though? I have this "friend" who sits at my art table who has this too die for checkered bag, and I was like "hey, you like ska?" And she was like "Huh? Ska?" It broke my heart...but I worry not anymore, she's very much exposed to ska now >-<

So, does it represent punk or anything? She's very much into those crappy pop punk bands neutral

There was this girl I sort of knoew who always wore checkered stuff and played trumpet in band.
I thought she mighta like ska, but then I remembered she owned like, 50 Hawethorne Heights Shirts D:  

[Leveller]

(and here he comes, the "know-it-all-skin, Leveller" xP)

TODAY, Checkers stands for black&white unite.

BACK IN THE DAYS, When Dammers founded 2Tone (that would bring the checkred patern together with Ska) He took the checkred design from the tape he used to decorate his bike "to make it look more mod", and the reason he took it was just because it looked good, no politics or ANYTHING other than the reaseon "it looked good/cool".

How do I know this? I read it in an interview with Dammers about Ska and 2Tone in a ltd. edition issue of Mojo they dedicated to Ska and everything around it (the clothing and etc. etc.)  

[CheewawaMewmi]

Thanks, Leveller. Took the words out of my mouth.