La Carmina is truly an inspiration! A self-made woman named as one of the world’s top fashion bloggers. She’s a best-selling author, designer (collaborating with Swarovski + more), travel and pop culture journalist (AOL/Huffington Post), TV host (Travel Channel, Food Network, CNN), ‘Coolhunter’ running a trend and fashion consulting company, philanthropist, graduate of Yale Law [...]

Tags: alt fashion, Alt Noir magazine, Andrew Zimmern’s Bizarre Foods, Basil Farrow, coolhunting, cyber, Goth, Hope t-shirt collection, Huffington Post, Jeannie Mai, Jrock, La Carmina, Lolita, Luisaviaroma’s Firenze4Ever, Mia Farrow, New York Fashion Week, NoH8 campaign, Sebastiano Serafini, Soho Hearts Panda Bear necklace, Steampunk, The Amazing Race Goth team, Visual Kei, World’s Weirdest Restaurants, Yukiro, Zoolook iPhone app

US-based film maker and musician Ben Stewart is doing fascinating work. His documentary films Esoteric Agenda, Kymatica and Ungrip have opened up many people’s minds and hearts to different ways of thinking, feeling and experiencing the world. His ontological work is very interesting. We chatted last year before he came to tour Australia to speak [...]

Tags: Ayahuasca, Ben Stewart, DMT, esoteric agenda, Fight Club, Hierosonic, Jason Gregory, kymatica, Max Igan, Maynard, meditation, New World Order, Robert Pagé, Shamanism, Talismanic Idols, Tao Te Ching, Taoism, the Hanged Man Project, The Inevitable Age of Art, Tool (band), Ungrip (documentary)

  Art source. If you live on the Gold Coast like I do I have some great news! I recently came across a little blogging community that’s started to hold events/meet-ups for bloggers.  Join the Facebook group. The ladies behind blogs In Spaces Between and Sweet Lime & Spiced Tea are the collaborators behind it. [...]

Tags: astrology, Bake & Destroy, dealing with rude people, Fugazi, Gold Coast bloggers, Guerrilla Ontology, hip hop, In Spaces Between blog, Jhonny Russell and the Mystery School, kathleen hanna, magazines, magic mushrooms, Raw food, Regurgitator, Sweet Lime & Spiced Tea blog, Vegan treats, vintage cake carriers

I’ve listened to Le Butcherettes practically every single day since I first discovered them last year. There are not many bands that have made my daily playlists, especially so quickly. I get the same feeling listening to Le Butcherettes’ Kiss & Kill and Sin Sin Sin records as I did when I first discovered Hole’s [...]

Tags: Courtney Love, Hole, iggy pop, Jung, Le Butcherettes, Mario Kart, Nirvana, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Rodriguez Lopez Productions, Sargent House, Sonny & Cher, Spice Girls, Teri Gender Bender, The Beatles, The White Stripes

I’m totally in love with US fashion designer Peggy Noland’s creations. Her wearable art makes the world a much more fun, brighter place! Musicians CSS’ Lovefoxxx, Kianna Alarid from Tilly & the Wall, SSION, Jonny Makeup and more rock her designs with a lot of pride and love for the designer. I recently chatted with [...]

Tags: CSS, fashion designer, Flava Flav, Jonny Makeup, Kansas City, Kianna Alarid, Lovefoxxx, Peggy Noland, Public Enemy, Ssion, Tilly and the Wall

I recently had the pleasure of speaking to UK musician Kate Nash. We spoke about music, feminism, sexism, online criticism, empowering young women, zines, her Rock N Roll For Girls After School Club, Brazil, Dubai … a whole load more, as well! Here’s a snippet of our conversation: I know that you’re really proud to [...]

Tags: collapse board, Feminism, Kate Nash, Rock N Roll For Girls After School Club, Sexism in the music industry

  Australian-based photographer Harmony Nicholas’ images never cease to fascinate me. Mixing her love for all things Pop Culture, 90s, Music, Film, Fashion and People Harmony creates arresting images that stop you in your tracks and that demand your attention. Her work focuses on “conceptual portraiture, creative fashion and promotional work for actors, musicians, personalities.” [...]

Tags: Alexander McQueen, benjamin nichols, Conceptual Portrait Photographer, copyright infringement, David Lynch, Harmony Nicholas, Helmut Newton, India Rose, Mark Romanek, Miss Muffin, Model Mayhem, Paolo Roversi, photography, Ray Caesar, Robert Palmer, Sabina Kelley, Storm Thorgerson, Tim Walker, Victoria Veins

Sonny Kay is without a doubt one of my favourite visual artists. Words will not do when it comes to his work; it needs to be experienced for oneself. Every time I look at one of his works my understanding of it evolves a little bit more, I find myself coming back to the images [...]

Tags: 1960s psychedelic awareness, art, Bauhaus, Budgie, DMT, George Harrison, Good Old War, Heroin (band), Juxtapoz, Le Butcherettes, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, profit from creativity, psilocybin mushrooms, Rodriguez Lopez Productions, self-expression, Sonny Kay, The Graphic Language of Neville Brody, The Mars Volta, The VSS, Timothy Leary, Unknown Pleasures, Zechs Marquise

I believe that Drea Smith is destined for greatness. One half of indie duo PYYRAMIDS, along with OK Go’s Tim Nordwind; previously fronting the genre mashing He Say, She Say with best friend Million Dollar Mano; currently working on a solo project with Doc McKinney (Santigold, The Weeknd, K-OS + more)—this lady is a creative [...]

Tags: American Horror Story, Bratmobile, Chanel, Clayton Hauck, Doc Martens, Doc McKinney, Drea Smith, Givenchy, He Say She Say, Janet Jackson, kanye west, Lupe Fiasco, Million Dollar Mano, PJ Harvey, PYYRAMIDS, RES, Ruby Woo lipstick by MAC, Santi White, santigold, sexism in music industry, The Weeknd, Tim Nordwind, Tyler Curtis

Happy New Year lovelies! I know we’re already a week in but, I thought I’d take this moment to wish you all an AMAZING 2012! I hope everyone’s New Year has gotten off to a wonderful start, mine has. Things in my world are starting to look brighter, better and more magical than they ever [...]

Tags: Andy Warhol Philosophies, Carine Roitfeld, DIY Glitter Shoes, dream big, Eckhart Tolle, Harnessing the Power of Intention for the New Year, How to Style Long Hair Short, Human Consciousness, i-D magazine, Indian Handcrafts, Oprah Winfrey, Paulo Coelho, Tips For Thrifting, Victorian Star Wars Portraits