I’m super loving UK lady musician VV Brown’s new mixtape!! She’s inspired by CSS, B52′S,White Stripes, Ella Fitzgerald, Mystery Jets, Imogen Heap, Feist, Blur, Elvis Presly, Yo Gabba Gabba, Nintendo, Science Books, PULP, Aretha Franklin, Ruth Brown & Disney movies.  ‘The Other F Word’ a documentary on punk rock fathers. Rancid’s Lars Frederiksen, Bad Religion’s [...]

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I just got back from the copy shop with Conversations with Punx: A Spiritual Dialogue limited edition zine #4/12 ‘P.M.A.’ (Positive Mental Attitude) in hand. This time around, after starring at a wall of coloured paper for 20 minutes trying to decide what colour to make the cover – my friend Anita suggested double rainbow [...]

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It’s been 43 days since I last posted. A lot has happened. Over the coming weeks I will endeavour to bring you up to speed so please bear with me. It feels nice to be writing you all again. One of the most significant things that have come to pass in my hiatus from ConversationsWithBianca.com, [...]

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Art by John.E I LOVE books! I adore reading. I have several on the go at one time! I can’t help myself. I’ve worked in libraries for the greater part of a decade. I’m addicted to the smell of the pages, the feel of the different textured page paper (I also care about GSM! ha!), [...]

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Photo by Eneas Well friends, it’s that time of the blog where we all sit around in a big ol’ circle (gawking at each other intrigued & curious yet polite enough not to stare) as we go around the room introducing ourselves, letting each another know a bit about one another. Where are you from? [...]

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