Archive for April, 2010

  • Gen-XX and Cripple Mr Onion

    April 23rd, 2010 | Brutal Tunes, Grog Fests, Iron Maidens | steff | No Comments

    skindependent-suspension

    Went to see Gen-xx (a stripped-down version of the Genitorturers) at the Transmission Room in Auckland last night. Hell of a show. Let me clear this up from the onset: I am not a “festish-y” type girl. I don’t like wearing latex or PVC, I’ve never been a big fan of industrial music as something [...]

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  • Starting a Blog

    April 21st, 2010 | Ask a Bogan, Runes, Steff | steff | 3 Comments

    elvira-gramaphone-blythe-blonde

    Dear Steff Metal I’ve been reading your blog for a few months now. It’s very different to the other blogs I read - totally inspiring! I’m a visual artist, and I’m thinking of starting a blog to help promote my work (I have an Etsy store but no website as yet). But I don’t want to [...]

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  • Get a Real Job: Author Stephanie Kuehnert

    April 20th, 2010 | Get a Real Job, Metalheads Who Read | steff | 8 Comments

    stephanie-kuehnert

    I haven’t done an interview in awhile, and to celebrate the release of my ebook I thought it might be appropriate to post this interview today. I’d like you all to give a big metal Up the Irons! to Stephanie Kuehnert, writer and punk princess. Stephanie is the author of I Wanna Be Your Joey [...]

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  • Linking Horn for the 19 April 2010

    April 19th, 2010 | Tr00 Metal Life | steff | 9 Comments

    roof-tunnel-hacking

    A day later than usual, but the linkage is here: Metal Sucks have posted a very depressing graph about how many albums / downloads an artist needs to sell in order to make minimum wage. I totally feel for you guys – a graph about writers would look very, very similar. However, keep in mind [...]

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  • Annoucing the Launch of Grymm & Epic ebooks!

    April 18th, 2010 | Metalheads Who Read, Runes, Steff, Tr00 Metal Life | steff | No Comments

    grymm-and-epic-guide-to-blogging

    I am so excited to tell you about my ebook project! Grymm & Epic ebooks is my line of ebooks about the heavy metal life. They are like my blog posts, but much, much longer. I wanted a way to talk in-depth about topics I’m passionate about, and since I’ve already written five ebooks, the [...]

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