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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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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Let’s reach for the stars like my good friend Efrem, Photo by Rubén Navarro Martín “In fact, punk rock means exemplary manners towards your fellow human being” ~Joe Strummer Punk rock and hip hop music have been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. I have my older brother and [...]

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