…And, in the words and spirit of Bill S. Preston Esquire & Ted Theodore Logan “Be excellent to each other!”  *Art by Jhonny

Tags: Bianca Valentino, Jhonny Russell Art, Leap into the unknown, The Conversations with Bianca Guide To Being Awesome

A thought for your day: The outer world is made up of thoughts that people project out to become their reality. I stay up on current affairs but honestly, the most important thing happening in the world right now is what is going on in our own hearts and minds. Because, what happens out there [...]

Tags: creating your reality, Illuminati Congo, Jahnigga Da Baptist, positive hip hop

Inspiration Notebook. I’ve been keeping art journals full of images I cut from magazines and all sorts of places that I find inspiring since I was a little kid. It’s something that I’ve never ‘grown out of’ nor think I ever will. It’s so handy to have collections of images that make you happy, whenever [...]

Tags: 15th Precinct zine, 21 Stars to Go zine, Art by Jhonny Russell, blister, Brisbane bands, Brisbane music, inspiration notebook, Jhonny Russ, Jose Valentino, Pancho Villa, Philip Dearest, punk rock, Regurgitator, Social Stupidity zine, vintage sweaters, zines

I found out about Killbot Kindergarten from JR – he has the best knack for finding and pointing me in the direction of awesome lady musicians (Giant Drag, Colleen Green, CSS, Ouch My Face, Jennifer Charles, OOIOO, Ally Oop, Messer Chups…)! KK are a Melbourne-based electro duo that describe themselves as “A retro-futurist collaboration of neo [...]

Tags: Ali Mitton, electro, Harajuku, Ke$ha, Killbot Kindergarten, lady gaga, Lion In Love, Louise Goldin, neo soul, Nick Minaj, Roisin Murphy, Subfusco, Tania Bahr-Vollrath, The Frockette

A thought for your day: When you come up with it [punk rock], it almost becomes a safety blanket. It becomes your identity. It’s what helped point you in the right direction. For me it was easy to move on because of, once again, my rebellious nature. All of a sudden punk rock became the [...]

Tags: At The Drive-In, Australian Zine Maker of the Year Award, Conversations With Punx, Golden Stapler Zine Awards, Kaileena Farah, Leaving punk rock, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, The Mars Volta

A thought for your day: The present is the most difficult time for most people; it’s the only one actually engaging you. The future isn’t engaging because it doesn’t exist yet and the past isn’t engaging because you can’t do anything about it. The present is the only time when we can actually do anything. [...]

Tags: Bianca Valentino interview, Conversations With Punx, Fugazi, Ian MacKaye, Minor Threat, The Evens

  Dearest lovelies! Exciting news!! I am a finalist for the first annual Golden Stapler (zine) Awards bought to you by Format Collective & the National Young Writers’ Festival here in Australia. I am in the running for: Australian Zine Maker of the Year and Best Zine Produced in Australia, as a series, over the last [...]

Tags: Australian Zine Maker of the Year, Best Zine Produced in Australia, Bianca Valentino, Conversations With Punx, Format Collective, national young writers festival, The Golden Stapler Awards, zines

Cover: X-Ray Spex frontwoman Poly Styrene, Smash Hits cover 1979 (the year I was born!) – RIP Poly (a tribute here) Magazines are one of my all-time favourite things in the world. I have my mum to thank for that passion. She always taught me that reading was important; she taught me it’s a great [...]

Tags: alicia keys, anthem magazine, Bianca Valentino's favourite magazine covers, Brody Dalle, Carine Roitfeld, collapse board, Courtney Love, Dazed & Confused Magazine, fabulous magazine, Frida Kahlo, gwen stefani, harper's bazaar magazine, Inked Magazine, interview magazine, lady gaga, M.I, magazine covers, magazines, nicki minaj, Nico Magazine, PJ Harvey, Poly Styrene, Sade, santigold, trace magazine, uptown strut magazine, Vanity Fair Magazine, venus zine, Vogue Paris

I remember the first time I heard Suicidal Tendencies, my big brother Barrie was playing their self-titled record under the house in his flat at our childhood home where we grew up in the ’80s. He and my cousin Tony were getting ready to go out for a skate. They always listened to thrash and [...]

Tags: Andy Mack, Bianca Valentino, Broken Tree, Circle Jerks, Clinton Hedt, D.R.I., Darkside Skateboards, Dead Kennedys, Dogtown, family, Insyght Photography, Jim Muir, Kurt Nischel, love, Mike Muir, skateboarding, Skates, spoken word, suicidal tendencies, T.S.O.L, truth

Starting in November of last year and running until March of this year, the Museum of Brisbane  showcased THE STOKE – A History of Brisbane Skateboarding exhibition. It was a celebration of the rich history and enduring culture of skateboarding in my hometown, Brisbane, Australia. The Stoke explored “the intersection of physical and artistic expression [...]

Tags: agent orange, Anne-Marie Te Whiu, Bianca Valentino, Brisbane Skatebording, creativity, jeremy staples, Mark Burton Photography, mike palm, Museum of Brisbane, paper cuts collective, skateboarding, The Stoke, The Stoke - A History of Brisbane Skateboarding, zines