http://www.steffmetal.com the alternative blogazine of heavy metal fashion, lifestyle and kvlture Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:52:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.steffmetal.com/steff-metal-2011-recap/ http://www.steffmetal.com/steff-metal-2011-recap/#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2012 20:52:18 +0000 steff http://www.steffmetal.com/?p=4750 2011 – what a fucking year. While, for me, 2010 was mostly a year of frantically saving money and struggling to keep our heads above water, 2011 was a year of serious growth (both business and personal) and some of the most amazing fun I’ve ever had. Most of the things I’ve been able to [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/steff-metal-2011-recap/feed/ 8 http://www.steffmetal.com/cat-verses-wacken/ http://www.steffmetal.com/cat-verses-wacken/#comments Tue, 01 Mar 2011 09:09:45 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=3557 So, there’s a tradition among my friends that you’re not supposed to remove your Wacken wristband until the next year you go to Wacken. I met a lot of Germans in 2009 who didn’t remove theirs at ALL, and had wrist full of wristbands from various festivals. I have proudly worn my Wacken wristband through [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/cat-verses-wacken/feed/ 18 http://www.steffmetal.com/cdh-paragliding/ http://www.steffmetal.com/cdh-paragliding/#comments Thu, 02 Dec 2010 09:03:39 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=3128 Last weekend, CDH and I spent a fun day on the beach at Kariotahi, near Waiuku with the fine folks of SkyWings – a local paragliding school. I’ve been interested in paragliding since my folks brought me a tandem glide off Te Mata peak in Hawke’s Bay (where I grew up) for my 13th birthday. [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/cdh-paragliding/feed/ 0 http://www.steffmetal.com/ask-a-bogan-couples-cant-stop-fighting/ http://www.steffmetal.com/ask-a-bogan-couples-cant-stop-fighting/#comments Thu, 16 Sep 2010 06:18:39 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=2718 Dear Steff Metal I need help. Me and my boyfriend always fight, and I don’t know what to do about it. I really want a way to keep this from happening since it has always been me starting these fights, I hate this. I feel like we are on the verge of breaking up, and [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/ask-a-bogan-couples-cant-stop-fighting/feed/ 9 http://www.steffmetal.com/ask-a-bogan-dating-non-metalhead/ http://www.steffmetal.com/ask-a-bogan-dating-non-metalhead/#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 22:00:44 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=1507 Dear Steff Metal For the last six months I’ve been dating the sweetest, funniest girl. Everything’s perfect, except … she’s not into metal. She likes indie shit music. I’ve never dated a “metal chick” before, and this has never been a problem for me. Except now I really like this girl. Recently, a lot of bands [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/ask-a-bogan-dating-non-metalhead/feed/ 9 http://www.steffmetal.com/101-ways-to-cheer-yourself-up/ http://www.steffmetal.com/101-ways-to-cheer-yourself-up/#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:05:06 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=1317 Someone wrote to me recently asking if they had any advice for getting out of a funk. You know the feeling – nothing seems to work out for you, you can’t seem to pull yourself up and get motivated to do something, you feel bored, lethargic, and sad. You don’t feel like anyone loves you. [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/101-ways-to-cheer-yourself-up/feed/ 57 http://www.steffmetal.com/valentines-day-gifts-for-heavy-metal-girls/ http://www.steffmetal.com/valentines-day-gifts-for-heavy-metal-girls/#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:41:41 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=1053 Valentine’s Day looms on the horizon, like a dark, looming thing. It seems horribly clich’ed, but I’m not a Valentine’s Day fan. It seems like such a fake, commercial “holiday”. There’s no real “holiday” aspect to it. You don’t relax on the beach, or curl up on the couch with a good book, or hang [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/valentines-day-gifts-for-heavy-metal-girls/feed/ 3 http://www.steffmetal.com/ice-cream-truck/ http://www.steffmetal.com/ice-cream-truck/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:46:40 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/ice-cream-truck/ Omigod, there is a Mr Whippy parked outside out office with 150 FREE ice creams (with flakes and sprinkles) for the Foundation Staff. From a generous annoymous benefactor. The world is a wonderful place :)

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/ice-cream-truck/feed/ 0 http://www.steffmetal.com/heavy-metal-and-you-review/ http://www.steffmetal.com/heavy-metal-and-you-review/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:49:37 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=715 Boy listens to lots of loud music and hangs with his friends. Boy meets girl. Boy falls dippy-happy-scared-as-hell in love with girl. Friends meet girl — and aren’t impressed. Girl meets friends — and isn’t impressed. Boy meets big dilemma. Boy plays music even louder.   I haven’t done a review in … several months. [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/heavy-metal-and-you-review/feed/ 1 http://www.steffmetal.com/ask-a-bogan-i-got-dumped/ http://www.steffmetal.com/ask-a-bogan-i-got-dumped/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:23:09 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=560 Dear Steff Metal I’ve just been dumped by my boyfriend of three years. I feel like shit. He wasn’t a bad person or anything, and I thought our relationship was pretty good. I don’t understand why he suddenly changed his mind about us. I still love him and all I want is to have him [...]

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