Feb 22
I’ve been a vegetarian for 12+ years. Since I was young I never really liked eating other animals. For me, it’s something that always felt kind of foreign and awkward to me. When my family would have steak and vegetables for dinner I (more often than not) would have a simple plate of veggies. I [...]
Feb 20
Do you create art every day? Certainly, I finished a painting this morning. I was working on a song very late last night and I mixed it this morning. I create something every day because it is a reaction. I don’t make art to be popular or seen, I make it because my hands have [...]
Feb 19
I hope you’ve all been having a great weekend! This week’s Little Extras That Say A Lot is dedicated to my awesome friend Andy Mack. I first met Andy in the late 90s when my family had a skateboard store. Me, my brother and mum would make trips out to the Kwala Skateboards warehouse to [...]
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Feb 16
I love getting mail. I love to write letters. I love receiving thoughtful, handwritten letters especially! I have an exquisite royal blue writing quill and ink pot gifted to me, that I write my correspondence with, sitting on my desk. Can you remember the last time you took the time to write to someone and [...]
Feb 16
Tobi-lea is a musician originally from Western Australia now living in Tasmania. I find her story inspiring and her music honest and straight from the heart. Her story, in her own words: “I ran away from my hometown Tom Price (a small mining town in the Pilbra, Western Australia) with dreams of starting a punk [...]
Feb 15
Before I discovered prayer I used to have crazy panic attacks—I would think I was dying. I would go crazy. I thought I was having a heart attack. It’s the worst! I couldn’t even leave my house. I would look at airplanes and have an anxiety attack. I knew I’d have to be in a [...]
One response so far A Thought For Your Day,Conversations With Punx
Feb 15
Recently I was cleaning up my desktop and came across this interview I did for an independent publication from my hometown, QPunx magazine. I’m not sure if it ever ended up being printed? I’m not sure if they’re still going anymore even? I haven’t seen an issue in a long while. Anyhow, I thought I’d [...]
Feb 14
In celebration of love, here are some thoughts on the subject from punk rockers I’ve chatted to over the years (mostly) taken from my Conversations With Punx project. “Maintaining a healthy self-image and really loving yourself is something that’s really important to me. People let life get to them too much and they get beaten down [...]
Feb 14
Punk In Africa a new documentary + check out the Punk in South Africa mixtape. Super stoked I found a Riot Grrrl Is Not Dead compilation to download for FREE of 53 bands = 2½ hours of music! Thanks to the lovely ladies at Riot Grrrl Berlin for this. Seth Casteel’s Underwater dog photography is [...]
Feb 14
I live in one of the most beautiful places. 15 minutes from my door and I’m at the beach and in the city’s centre, 30 minutes west and I’m up in the mountains. Currently, on the newly revamped foreshore in Surfers Paradise, they’re having a sand sculpture contest. The theme is ‘Pirates in Paradise’ and [...]
