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 [...]

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Source. May your day be filled with ‘more’ magic that makes your heart sing!  

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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 [...]

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I had the pleasure of speaking with musician/artist Melissa Auf der Maur at the start of the week. The flame-haired innovative artist has launched her own multi-disciplinary production house/label. Her latest project Out Of Our Minds is made up of: record, short film & comic book. With other artists such as the inventive Devonté Hynes [...]

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“Then I grasped the meaning of the greatest secret that human poetry and human thought and belief have to impart: The salvation of man is through love and in love.” ~Viktor E. Frankl Sending out love & light! [comment]

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Art by Honny ♥ “Live the life you love and love the life you live.” ~Andy Mack I like to treat myself the way that I would treat my most nearest and dearest, precious best friend in the entire Universe. It’s something that is a constant work in progress—always changing, ever-evolving, not always fun, but [...]

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