Archive for the tag 'Omar Rodriguez-Lopez'

Jan 24

Le Butcherettes’ Teri Gender Bender: Humble Beginnings, Supporting Iggy Pop & Finding The Self

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 [...]

Jan 12

Artist Sonny Kay: Valuing Creativity, Psychedelics & Giving Voice To Ideas That Go Against The Grain

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 [...]

Dec 31

Bianca’s Favourite Gig Posters Of 2011

We’ve done Top Music Makers Of 2011, my Favourite Things Of 2011 and my Favourite Magazine Covers Of 2011. I thought I’d see out the year 2011 with a post spotlighting some of my favourite gig posters of 2011 [source & more info for posters/designers]. I saw some really great shows this year, some of [...]

Dec 03

Omar Rodriguez-Lopez: Love, Communicating With God & Le Butcherettes

Omar Rodriguez- Lopez is one of my favourite musicians. You might know him from At The Drive-In, The Mars Volta, De Facto or his 20+ solo records or you may know him for his films (his most recent The Sentimental Engine Slayer – trailer at end of post). He is incredibly prolific and offers beautiful [...]

Aug 30

Omar Rodriguez-Lopez: Leaving Punk Rock

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 [...]

Oct 08

CONVERSATIONS WITH PUNX: A SPIRITUAL DIALOGUE // ZINE TWO

It’s almost time to retire CWP Zine One featuring: Ian MacKaye, Don Letts, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Johnny Siera, Greg Attonito and Shanti Wintergate. Thank you to everyone who ordered a copy, subscribed, came to the launch or wrote me saying they enjoy reading the site—your correspondence, feedback, encouragement, love & support is appreciated. I thought I’d [...]

Oct 03

CONVERSATIONS WITH PUNX LAUNCH IN PICTURES: 02.09.10 // BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA

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, [...]

Aug 17

How To Get Conversations With Punx?

FINALLY the moment of truth! It’s time to share Conversations With Punx: A Spiritual Dialogue with you all! It’s taken a long time to get to this point. Thank you so much everyone for being so patient, understanding, supportive, encouraging and in-general just all-around rad! Conversations With Punx: A Spiritual Dialogue is being released as [...]

Jan 17

RITUALS: Rest [17 January 2010]

Photo by Love Janine Every day is Saturday night, but I can’t wait for Sunday morning – K-OS I try to make Sunday my day of rest although it never usually works out that way, by choice—well kind of by choice. Let me explain, most Sundays I like to take time out from my work [...]

Jan 09

Camp Fail [09 January 2010]

Art by John.E We’ll chart the inner darkness & emerge victorious / with our heads held high, we’ll make a stand / for what we believe in / I believe in me, I believe in you / I believe together we’ll make it through ~Los Angels The biggest obstacle that most people face to achieving [...]