Jelena is the frontwoman for Melbourne, Australia hardcore band Outright. She is also the owner and operator of Bake Down The Walls – a cruelty free treats n eats not-for-profit vegan food stall she sets up at hardcore/punk shows to help raise money to give back to the community, bands and causes she thinks are [...]

Tags: Australian hardcore, Bake Down The Walls, community, confronting sexism, dealing with haters, diy, hardcore punk, Jelena Goluza, John Hatfirld Photography, MAC cosmetics, Melbourne Hardcore, Outright, Paula Delley Photography, vegan food, veganism, vintage dresses, zines

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 [...]

Tags: Anthony Bozza, Arrested Development's Speech, Audrey Kawasaki, b-52s, Baby I Love You, bad religion, Barbie, Courtney Love, Crass, cro-mags, CSS, Disney, Eastside Punks documentary, Ella Fitzgerald, henry rollins, Ian MacKaye, Imogen Heap, john joseph, Johnny Cash, Johnny Ramone, Lars Frederiksen, Latinos making noise, Mike Muir, Nintendo, Pioneers of Rock exhibition, Rest Assured Zine, the J.C. Unit One, The Other F Word documentary, Toki Doki, Tom Araya, VV Brown, White Stripes, zines

On the weekend as part of Australia’s leading independent arts festival This Is Not Art – which “is a supercharged convergence of writers, performers, thinkers, independent and industry musicians, creative researchers, electronic artists, dilettantes, and DIY culture makers in a showcase featuring over 400 local, national and international artists” – The Golden Stapler Awards for [...]

Tags: Australian Zine Maker of the Year, Best Zine Produced in Australia, Bianca Valentino, conversations with bianca, Conversations With Punx, creativity, diy, independent art festival, independent publishing, National Young Writers’ Festival, punk, spirituality, The Golden Stapler Awards, This Is Not Art Festival, truth seekers, zines

For some awesome new music check out Living Too Late: Fast Weapons Radio Sundays from 10:00PM to 12:00AM  (Punk, Post-punk, No-wave, and Noise) … you can also listen to previous shows at any time too.  The Little Cupcake and Cookie Shop make the raddest cakes… Exhibit A – a red velvet Hello Kitty cake! Seriously [...]

Tags: 13th Floor Elevators, Australian zines, Beatrix Von Bourbon, Beth Ditto, beyonce, bikini kill, Black Eyed Peas, carine rotifeld, collapse board, corey parks, Debbie Harry, Dolly Parton, Elysian Fields, Fast Weapons, Fast Weapons Radio, Fergie, Goddess Rings, goyte, Graffiti Wars, Hayley Paramore, Hello Kitty Cake, How hip hop changed the world, Jazzi McGilbert, Jedi Kittens Strike Back, Jennifer Herrema, johanna fateman, karl lagerfeld, kathleen hanna, Katy Perry, lady gaga, le tigre, Lemmy, lost children of babylon, Lotus Mendes, madonna, Mark Lobo photography, no doubt, planet rock the story of hip hop and the crack generation, rancid, raw food gold coast, Rolling Stone, Stand and Deliver, The Little Cupcake and Cookie Shop, The Zeitgeist Media Festival, tim armstrong, Vivienne Westwood, vogue, von vintage, zines

As the name suggests Women In L.A. Punk is a collection of interviews with ladies active in the Los Angeles punk scene before 1980. Questions asked include: What was the role of women in the early punk scene? It’s awesome to see a site that pays tribute to these daring individuals and that gives an [...]

Tags: Amanda Palmer, amelia arsenic, Angelspit, black flag, collapse board, Cookie Monster, d.i.y. crafts, Debbie Harry, Devo, Disney songs, Dita Von Teese, frank zappa, Frida Kahlo, handling criticism, henry rollins, jello biafra, Kurt Cobain, levitation photographs, Link Love, Mama Biscuit, mike mason, Mike Muir, Oprah Winfrey, Osaka Ramones, shmoe, Shonen Knife, suicidal tendencies, The Ramones, Tom Waits, Violence Girl, Wesley Willis, Women In L.A. Punk, zines

Inspiration Notebook. I’ve been keeping art journals full of images I cut from magazines and all sorts of places that I find inspiring since I was a little kid. It’s something that I’ve never ‘grown out of’ nor think I ever will. It’s so handy to have collections of images that make you happy, whenever [...]

Tags: 15th Precinct zine, 21 Stars to Go zine, Art by Jhonny Russell, blister, Brisbane bands, Brisbane music, inspiration notebook, Jhonny Russ, Jose Valentino, Pancho Villa, Philip Dearest, punk rock, Regurgitator, Social Stupidity zine, vintage sweaters, zines

This Week: Father’s Day, fresh flowers, positive affirmations, art, art & more art, getting rad mail, lots of research for various upcoming projects, drinking a million cups of jasmine green tea, working on my health, finishing Conversations with Punx #6 ‘Faith’ and gearing up for the Australian spring/summer music festival season! It’s going to be [...]

Tags: art party, Bizoo, Conversations With Punx, fresh flowers, greg attonito, Rubiyat Records, shanti wintergate, zines

This Week: Organising the office, rescuing my wardrobe from its self-implosion, listening to lots of vinyl, visits from my big sister, reading, reading & more reading, a flurry of cut n paste activity, new vibrant Mexican themed nail polish colours, creative writing and scheduling lots and lots of interviews. Life is sweet!   The official [...]

Tags: ancient knowledge, Anime, books, David Icke, Hole, Janet Jackson, Jhonny Russel Mash-Up Party, Jhonny Russell, Kit Cosmetics, nicki minaj, organization, PJ Harvey, The Golden Stapler Awards, The Ramones, The Week in Pictures, Vinyl, wardrobe malfunction, zines

Last month Rave Magazine (Brisbane’s self-proclaimed ‘classiest’ street press) reached it’s 1000th issue. To celebrate they created a special edition featuring pieces written by previous editors and long-term contributors. I was asked to write a guest column for Outburst the punk and hardcore section. I’ve been contributing regularly to Rave for the past 14 years, [...]

Tags: 4zzzfm, 4ZZZfm Market Day, Against, Australian hardcore, Australian punk, Bantha Fodder, blister, blowhard, brisbane, Brisbane hardcore, Brisbane Music Press, Brisbane punk, Brisbane Street Press, Community Cervix, crash n burn, Dick Nasty, documenting Brisbane punk, Draft Dodger, Dreamkillers, Gavin Sawford, gilgamesh, godnose, Greg Appleby, H-Block 101, Mindsnare, Mouthguard, Plan of Attack, rave magazine, Rocking Horse Records, Rollo, Sausage Chopper, Skinny Karlos, Skinnys Music, Suffragettes, The Chelsea, The Disables, The Gabba Hotel, The Quickening, The Railway Hotel, The Roxy, Toerag, zines

  Dearest lovelies! Exciting news!! I am a finalist for the first annual Golden Stapler (zine) Awards bought to you by Format Collective & the National Young Writers’ Festival here in Australia. I am in the running for: Australian Zine Maker of the Year and Best Zine Produced in Australia, as a series, over the last [...]

Tags: Australian Zine Maker of the Year, Best Zine Produced in Australia, Bianca Valentino, Conversations With Punx, Format Collective, national young writers festival, The Golden Stapler Awards, zines