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Conversations With Bianca
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Celebrating: Creativity. Positivity. Music. Art. Life. Spotlighting inspiring individuals contributing awesomeness to the world! In-depth interviews, new music, insight & sharing ideas. PMA all day!
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Conversations With Punx Zine #7 ‘Gratitude’

If you’re not familiar with this project, that is so very dear to my heart and always a constant work in progress, go here to learn more. The issue features: Duane Peters & Corey Parks, Franklin ...

08 may 12

Art Party: Sick Of It All self-portrait by Armand Majidi

When I started interviewing bands for my zines I often got them to draw a self-portrait of their band or themselves. The results were always pretty darn cool! This is the first in a series of posts a...

02 apr 12

Babington House: “Your cupcakes are the best I have ever tasted, even better than Magnolia Bakery”

ConversationsWithBianca.com readers will know that I love cupcakes and that I also love supporting local independent business! Babington House makes some of my favourite cupcakes on the Gold Coast. T...

01 apr 12

UMA’s Ella: Inspired by Palm Trees, Alien Reptiles & Love

I first came across Berlin-based Ella’s music via her project Jools Hunter (she was also in Go Die Big City along with label-mate Monsterheart’s Anna Attar). Ella’s music is electronic, experimental,...

01 apr 12

Creator Spotlight: Little Trouble Kids’ Eline Adam

HI MY NAME IS ELINE ADAM. I’m in the Belgium band Little Trouble Kids. We like to call our music noisepop. Recently we’ve been into the music of Cat Stevens -Tea For The Tillerman. For some reason, I...

27 mar 12

Los Angeles’ Peter Pants: Kicked Out of Bars, David Liebe Hart, Riot Grrrl & AC/DC Love

I LOVE Peter Pants! They frickin’ rule! They’ve been described as “music meant to send you into a state of catatonic pleasure.” They are sooooooo much fun! Have a listen for yourself… here’s a ...

25 mar 12

Dear Bianca… Correspondence From: Musician & Artist Kepi Ghoulie

Growing up I adored the band, The Groovie Ghoulies! They had so much energy and were super, super fun! Their bouncy pop punk was infectious and made me want to dance (and visit the Island of Pogo Pog...

23 mar 12

Link Love: Patti Smith Inspired Jewellery, Inside Horiyoshi III’s Tattoo Studio, Viva La Frida + mo...

Recently in my hometown Brisbane to coincide with International Womens Day, there was an AMAZING art exhibition called Viva La Frida celebrating one of my favourite artists Frida Kahlo. The exhibitio...

22 mar 12

Creator Spotlight: Alex Wall

Here’s the first in a new series on ConversationsWithBianca.com where I spotlight creators whose work I love, in a way that’s a little bit of a departure from the Q&A style interview I usually ru...

17 mar 12

Tegan of Voltaire Twins: “Bands here are like bums. Everyone’s got one”

Perth-based indie act Voltaire Twins are one of my picks for ‘must see’ at this year’s SXSW Music festival (along with Indian Handcrafts and Tashaki Miyaki who will have Sneakpeek’s Dora Hiller perfo...

13 mar 12

Dear Bianca… Correspondence From: The Hives’ frontman Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist

I first heard The Hives on a compilation mix tape of Swedish punk and hardcore that Millencolin drummer Fredrik Larzon had made and gave me on the band’s first ever tour to Australia. The mix tape al...

13 mar 12

Artist & Musician Nadia Buyse: “I really felt music saved my life”

Recently I did interview with an inspiring Portland-based lady creator, Nadia Buyse. Nadia kicks ass in bands: Ghost Mom, Tombstalkers/Bloodbraid and most recently the Adrian Piper Cover Band. She wo...

12 mar 12

Monsterheart: “An instrument is like a pet, it comforts you”

Monsterheart a.k.a. Anna Attar is one of my new favourite musical crushes. Her debut EP out on boutique indie label Seayou Records was written in Berlin, Tel Aviv and Vienna – she currently resides i...

07 mar 12

A Q&A with Indian Handcrafts: James Brown’s Splits, The Warriors & Jeopardy!

Canadian duo (Brandyn James Aikins and Daniel Brandon Allen) Indian Handcrafts came to my attention last year, thanks to their signing to one of my favourite labels, Los Angeles based Sargent House; ...

05 mar 12

Dear Bianca… Correspondence From: Australian Punk Band Blister’s Gordy Forman

Blister were one of my all-time favourite Australian punk bands. I seriously went to a ridiculous amount of their shows (every all age show, festival and 18+ show, when I could sneak in – sorry...

02 mar 12

Hip Hop Artists On Vegetarianism & Veganism: KRS-One, The Roots, Sage Francis, Chuck D, K-OS + more!

I had such an amazing response to the Punks On Vegetarianism & Veganism feature I posted last week! Thank you to everyone that took the time to read it, comment on it, sent me an email about it a...

02 mar 12

Punks On Vegetarianism & Veganism: Ian MacKaye, John Joseph, Joan Jett, Mike Ness, Matt Skiba + mor...

I’ve been a vegetarian for 12+ years. Since I was young I never really liked eating other animals. For me, it’s something that always felt kind of foreign and awkward to me. When my family would have...

21 feb 12

Japanther’s Ian Vanek: “I don’t make art to be popular or seen, I make it because my hands have to,...

Do you create art every day? Certainly, I finished a painting this morning. I was working on a song very late last night and I mixed it this morning. I create something every day because it is a reac...

19 feb 12

Little Extras That Say A Lot: ¡CREEPER!

I hope you’ve all been having a great weekend! This week’s Little Extras That Say A Lot is dedicated to my awesome friend Andy Mack. I first met Andy in the late 90s when my family had a skateboard s...

19 feb 12

Dear Bianca… Correspondence From: Pro Skater & Artist Ed Templeton

I love getting mail. I love to write letters. I love receiving thoughtful, handwritten letters especially! I have an exquisite royal blue writing quill and ink pot gifted to me, that I write my corre...

16 feb 12

Tobi-lea McGowan: “I wouldn’t say I find salvation from punk music—I find truth”

Tobi-lea is a musician originally from Western Australia now living in Tasmania. I find her story inspiring and her music honest and straight from the heart. Her story, in her own words: “I ran away ...

15 feb 12

John Feldmann: A Life Changing Moment

Before I discovered prayer I used to have crazy panic attacks—I would think I was dying. I would go crazy. I thought I was having a heart attack. It’s the worst! I couldn’t even leave my house. I wou...

15 feb 12

Press: A Conversation With Bianca

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 sur...

14 feb 12

Punks On Love

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-imag...

14 feb 12

Link Love: Punk In Africa, New Riot Grrrl Music From Around The World & Heart Sweaters

Punk In Africa a new documentary + check out the Punk in South Africa mixtape. Super stoked I found a Riot Grrrl Is Not Dead compilation to download for FREE of 53 bands = 2½ hours of music! Thanks t...

14 feb 12

Surf, Sand & Pirates!

I live in one of the most beautiful places. 15 minutes from my door and I’m at the beach and in the city’s centre, 30 minutes west and I’m up in the mountains. Currently, on the newly revamped foresh...

14 feb 12

Kathleen Hanna: Love, Lyrics & Babes In Toyland

I recently had the absolute pleasure of interviewing Kathleen Hanna!! She was so honest, candid and all-round lovely. I’ve been waiting to speak with her for over a decade! Here’s a littl...

12 feb 12

Def FX’s Fiona Horne: The Reunion Tour, A Near-Death Experience & Reinvention

Fiona Horne is a rock goddess, best-selling author, Wiccan priestess, actress, TV writer-producer and more! This year sees her back in the spotlight in a big way as her band Def FX gear up for a reun...

06 feb 12

Link Love: Punk Rock Rainbow Sparkle, International Flea Markets, A Feminist Punk Rock Collective I...

Image source. DIY: No Bake Healthy Treats for You & Your Pooch! Interesting art: Felted Anatomy and Cartographic Birds and Plants. Iggy Pop features in a perfume commercial. He is also the ambas...

04 feb 12

Rolling Stone Australia Feature: Screamfeeder’s Kellie Lloyd Strikes Out On Her Own

I used to go see Kellie’s band Screamfeeder play when I was in my teens, along with bands like Powderfinger, Custard and (my favourites) Fur. Kellie was one of the first local female musicians ...

01 feb 12

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