Recently I was cleaning up my desktop and came across this interview I did for an independent publication from my hometown, QPunx magazine. I’m not sure if it ever ended up being printed? I’m not sure if they’re still going anymore even? I haven’t seen an issue in a long while. Anyhow, I thought I’d [...]

Tags: 108 (band), 15th Precinct zine, At The Edge Of The World zine, Bianca Valentino interview, built on respect, Conversations With Bianca zine, Conversations With Punx zine, Death By Stereo, duane peters, family, hip hop, lyrics, Mike Muir, paper cuts collective, press, punk, QLD punk bands, QPunx Magazine, shelter, Social Stupidity zine, spirituality, the bronx, zines

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 [...]

Tags: Ante Up, Ari Up, Avail, bad religion, Ben Weasel, Boysetsfire, Brontez Purnell, craig fairbaugh, dan jones, Death By Stereo, efrem schultz, Exene Cervenka, god so loved the world, Greg Graffin, jason cruz, Lisa Kekaula, love, matt caughthran, Mercy Killers, Mike Herrera, MxPx, porcell, punk, Punk Rock Love, ramones, robert ehrenbrand, Screeching Weasel, shelter, strung out, the BellRays, the bronx, The Riverdales, The Slits, The Younger Lovers, Tim Barry, X, youth of today

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 [...]

Tags: Aaron Gresham, Andi Good, b-52s, Best gig posters of 2011, bjork, CSS, David Watt, Flaming Lips, gogol bordello, Jane's Addiction, Japanther, Justin Hampton, Justn Kamerer, Le Butcherettes, Luke Drozd, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Primus, Ron Liberti, Scrojo, the bronx, The Melvins, Todd Slater, ween, Wild Flag, Zechs Marquise

I’m a huge fan of Carolina Echeverri’s art and of the inspiring lady herself – she’s one of the coolest people I’ve never met (in person, yet!). US art magazine Juxtapoz is also a big fan, making one of Carolina’s photographs ‘Pic of the Day’ at Juxtapoz mag online. She has also worked with many [...]

Tags: Alamo Race Track, Bellmer, Boing Boing, Botero, Califone, Carolina Echeverri, Chopin, Colombian artist, creativity, DeVotchKa, Epitaph Records, Face to Face, Hammershøi, Juxtapoz Magazine, Kahlo, Nadar, nick cave, Raul Marroquin, Ray, sage francis, SCRMN, Social D, Son House, Sparklehorse, the bronx, The Cramps, The Guardian, Tiger Army, Tom Waits, Twombly, Whitmore

THE BRONX [Hysteria extract] BIANCA: I read somewhere that growing up you had one of the guys from Los Lobos as your next-door neighbour? MATT CAUGHTHRAN: Yeah, actually my first girlfriend is the cousin of David Hidalgo. I met David and Vince his son through her and we became best friends growing up and we still [...]

Tags: death on wednesday, el bronx, hardcore punk interview, los lobos, matt caughthran, the bronx

Art by SilentAwakening “To me, making a tape is like writing a letter — there’s a lot of erasing and rethinking and starting again. A good compilation tape, like breaking up, is hard to do.” ~High Fidelity. As a teen I’d sit in my bedroom at night and listen to the radio. I’d sit beside [...]

Tags: Afrika Bambaataa, bouncing souls, Cade Circle One, death on wednesday, deathset, DJ Kool Herc, felinedown, gogol bordello, Grandmaster Flash, gwen stefani, hip hop, hobo obituaries, jhonny hobo, kanye west, M.I.A, messer chups, MFDS, Miss Bianca's Digital Mixtape, mix tape, mixtapes, moby, N*E*R*D, operation ivy, punk, rancid, santigold, shmoe, support music, the bronx, the Furious Five, uffie

Art by Jhonny Hobo I love the weekend! It’s one of my favourite times of the week! I have all day to work on the things I love most and I get to hang out with my wonderful little family. Pure and total bliss! Things to do with your weekend: Start something you’ve been meaning [...]

Tags: advice, bad brains, built on respect, burrito project, CIV, craig fairbaugh, deathcage, family, fun, good riddance, heidi minx, herbal tea, hobo obituaries, Inspiration, j.dilla, james straker, jhonny hobo, live music, mix tapes, nick 13, sick of it all, spank rock, stencil art, the bronx