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Wednesday, 10 August 2011
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Who are you and what do you do?
I am an actress. I was born here but moved with my parents to London when I was five years old. I lived in London for many years but returned to NZ about ten years ago. I trained at Toi Whakaari, The New Zealand Drama School and since graduating have worked mainly in theatre in Wellington.
What gets you up in the morning?
Coffee and two alarm clocks.
What inspires your work?
Good theatre and film, family, friends, the people I work with and crazy people on public transport - I have a knack for always sitting next to the loony on the bus.
What is your most exciting achievement?
Probably the first time I sang in front of an audience. Singing had always been a private passion but I got so nervous singing in public that I would do almost anything to avoid it. I sang an Edith Piaf song in a Cabaret show in my second year at drama school... I was scared but it was so worth it once I got the first show out of the way. I now regularly sing in cabaret shows around Wellington, sometimes even from a trapeze.
Tell us about your school ball dress.
Hot pink and gold embroidered, skin-tight dress. Painfully high heels and bad make up. The dress and the incriminating photos of that evening remain in London where they belong. Not my finest fashion hour.
make us a playlist of three songs that you have on repeat at the moment...
Peggy Lee - Is that all there is?
Leonard Cohen - Famous Blue Raincoat
Rosy Tin Tea Caddy - Memento Mori
Hmmm, they're all a bit depressing. It must be winter!
jess plays millie (and is dressed in the Madame Hawke cute dress) in the play eight in wellington between 6th August - 3rd september.
we have a double pass to the play to giveaway - email us at 'info@rubynz.com' if you'd like to attend and we'll draw a winner!
see more about the play and the characters here
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Wednesday, 3 August 2011
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Who are you and what do you do?
Natasha Cantwell. I’m an artist and fashion photographer.
What gets you up in the morning?
The prospect of a ridiculously hot shower.
What inspires your work?
Real life, the cinema and Twin Peaks. What is your most exciting achievement?
Speaking at last year’s Semi-Permanent Design Conference in Sydney, alongside Louise Bannister for Frankie magazine. Tell us about your school ball dress.
I hired a kimono and wore my hair in little knotted bunches. It was an unintentional Bjork tribute outfit.
make us a playlist of three songs that you have on repeat at the moment...
Flamingos – Mothers of Darkness
The Overachievers – Liars
Love Rhymes With Hideous Car Wreck - The Blood Brothers
Natasha is the photographer for the madame hawke journal volume 4.
All photos shot on film
see more of natasha's work here
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Wednesday, 27 July 2011
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Who are you and what do you do?
I'm Hollie Fullbrook. My main focus right now is a musical one, performing under the name Tiny Ruins.
I also have two or three part-time jobs working in a library and a bar, which kind of contrast each other quite a bit.
What gets you up in the morning?
The aroma (real or imagined) or strong coffee - grainy & brewed in the mug. This, coupled with a vague feeling of needing to get things done - I can't seem to shake the old protestant work ethic, even when my day is a blank slate!
What inspires your work?
People, mainly, and the situations we get ourselves into.
What is your most exciting achievement?
I was lucky enough to support Joanna Newsom and her band in Melbourne a few months back. That was surreal and beautiful. She was gracious and funny.
Tell us about your school ball dress.
It was from Savemart. I'd run out of time and money. It was maroony and two-toned. In some lights it looked black and others, red. It was made of hideous material that had a waxy, tarpaulinish feel. Altogether it was a bit terrible, but I felt like I'd got a bargain at the time.
Make us a playlist of three songs that you have on repeat at the moment...
hmm I have three albums. I find choosing single songs quite tricky, as I usually listen to things in my car in one long stream. These are some of the recent albums listened to:
1. Let England Shake - PJ Harvey
2. Death - Grand Salvo
3. Shaved Fish - John Lennon & Yoko Ono
You've Got the Kind of Nerve I Like from tiny ruins on Vimeo.
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Wednesday, 20 July 2011
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Who are you and what do you do?
I am Guy Coombes, and I am a Photographer.
What gets you up in the morning?
McMuffins.
What inspires your work?
Human experience, pop culture.
What is your most exciting achievement?
Not having to work a night job at a burger joint anymore, also shooting the cover of PILOT magazine & seeing it all over NZ & Australia was pretty awesome.
Tell us about your school ball outfit.
My tux was black, I wore vans and way too much hair gel.
make us a playlist of three songs that you have on repeat at the moment...
Robyn - Criminal Intent
Yeasayer - Madder Red
Kanye West - All Of The Lights
some of guy's recent work
remix magazine
twenty seven names campaign
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Wednesday, 13 July 2011
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Who are you and what do you do?
Hello, I am Brad! I am a designer & musician, sometimes I do photography and art - sometimes I do work for Ruby. Mostly this winter I have played playstation - I'm sorry I’ve never had a console before.
Before I went into hibernation this winter I made lots of art and drawings and played in some bands: TeenWolf, Brand New Math, The Conjurors, The Cosby's & History of Snakes. I currently play bass in Princess Chelsea & punk out in The Zitz, NZ’s least credible punk rock band.
I'm also working on a new band which is exciting. It’s a three piece and we have been listening to lots of TLC and New Jack Swing. Seriously. I’m not being ironic. It will probably be called Blanco Nino and we will record and start gigging in a few months so look out, we will be way better than any band you have ever heard, even Op Shop.
If I only I could do a shameless plug for my website here...except I just decided to make one this second for times like this.
I should really do these things in the correct order.
I will make Ruby add the URL here________________ when I put it up.
“Here are some examples from my folio etc etc” What gets you up in the morning?
NOTHING! I am the king of the snooze button. Then I have a really long really hot shower. I am like a brand new baby kitten being born every morning.
What inspires your work?
Links! To amazing new things. Not just YouTube animals and chocolate rain and indie buzz band blogs. Soundcloud, bandcamp, b/, fatal farm, the zish, and other great image & video blogs. Stupid forums that go super in-depth into the most ridiculous inane and bizarre things – because that’s where the really passionate people are out there. The romantics & weirdo’s and trolls who spend all their free time writing erotic fiction about Cyclops and Wolverine hooking up and arguing with each other about what panel, in what issue, in what year … Oh yeah I read a lot of comics too. I’m nerd hard. It all ends up in my work though.
I’ve been reading about Japanese Hold-outs that stayed in the Philippine jungles 30 years after WW2 and a guy who got stuck in a psychiatric ward for many, many years after faking being Psychotic to keep himself out of jail. When he eventually told the Doctors he had faked it they labelled him as a Psychotic anyway for attempting to go through with the ruse in the first place. I like “cool story”.
I have also started going to the library again which has been amazing. You feel far more like you have a purpose when you are lugging around a huge handful of books on an autumn evening. That’s a good feeling.
Musical inspiration is dumb, I listen mostly to hip hop even though I predominantly play in indie bands. I like a lot of noisy horrible fast music but my favourite all time musician is probably Prince. It all gets thrown in the blender.
What is your most exciting achievement?
Well, just quietly I got nominated for being nominated for album art of the year award this year…that ones still pending but even if I got into the finalists that’d be pretty damned awesome. Results pending…
Apart from that I’m excited by all sorts of things. Got my first tattoo this year that was an achievement, because it took me so long to decide (TinTin in a shark submarine). Deciding what to get next. Played a lot of good shows with some amazing bands, played BDO, toured Australia with Cut Off Your Hands. Had some cool group exhibitions. Right now I’m mostly excited about Blanco Nino and this new website I have just decided to make. Going to USA next year with the Princess Chelsea band... Life is a river and a journey blah blah blah.
Tell us about your school ball outfit...
Well for various reasons I didn’t actually get to go! But I just drew what I would have worn AND won the crown with.
make us a playlist of songs that you have on repeat at the moment...
HIGHER GROUND – RIMAR
BEVERLY KILLS – ARIEL PINK / HOUNTED GRAFFITI
CREEP – TLC
GANGSTA LUV – SNOOP DOGG
LOVE OUT OF LUST – LYKKE LI for those moments
+ I saw Kitsunegari finally in the weekend and they are my fave new Auckland band. Quick props.
another self portrait by brad - parachute sandwich
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