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HELP JAPAN WIKI: DONATION RESOURCES & FUNDRAISERS FOR EARTHQUAKE RELIEF. TOKYO ART BENEFIT, PRINCESS GHIBLI CD.


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My “spooky friends” are the best. They’ve been working day and night on fcharity projects for Japan, as well as making waves in music, writing and fashion. Let’s salute them — starting with my Pirate First Mate, Naomi Rubin. (Above, with her boy-slave-of-the-day.)

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Naomi created Help Japan Wiki, an editable compendium of ways to aid Japan’s earthquake relief. Anyone can add a Donation Resource or Fundraising Event to the charmingly designed site. The Resources page includes a list of reputable charities helping Japan, with info and links. Please pass the link along — www.helpjapanwiki.com — and add your events and charities to the listings. The more hands on deck, the better we can provide info for Japanese relief.

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Cotton Bale and Mistress Maya (who you may remember from the Andrew Zimmern episode) are participating in ArtGigTokyo1, a series of art happenings in public places. The first event is free, and presents 15 music / performance art works that transform the club into an improvised art gallery. Art Gig will also hold a silent art auction, with proceeds to support relief efforts in Tohoku.

Come see them perform on May 8th at Bar Exit in Shinjuku, from 15:00 – 03:00 (full info here).

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Another artist friend who’s helping Japan… Dienzo, who made the “Carmina Rising” painting of me, has been fundraising. He just launched a store, which sells prints, T-shirts and canvases of his dark, Gothic artwork. If you type the discount code LACARMINA (all caps), you get 10% off.

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Congrats to my friend B.Jevanael, who published her first book. She gave me a sneak peak of her gripping novel, The Reality Filter. “The evidence of a murder turns up in your photography project. Evidence from your rocky-road past invades the dreams of your happy present. Your best friend is dead at your hands, and wasn’t who you thought she was from the beginning. The worst part is, you don’t remember a thing, and you’re trapped within a world you built up around reality to save yourself.”

With a Gothic horror aesthetic, and an eloquent plunge into mental delusions, it’s a read I bet you’ll enjoy. The Reality Filter is available as an e-book from Amazon and Barnes and Noble; more info here.

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Sophia, vocalist of Blood Stain Child, never ceases to inspire me. She sings on several tracks of the new Princess Ghibli CD, a collection of metal covers of Studio Ghibli. That’s right: Miyazaki meets metal. More info and song previews here. (Coming up, Blood Stain Child will perform at A-Kon in Texas, June 10-12.)

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Last but not least, thank you to Katy Kamikaze for sending me this adorable, handmade wallet. Basil Farrow loves the cute bentos and animals. There’s more cuteness on her Pineapple UK Etsy store. (The sparkly butterfly ring is gifted from Soho Hearts.)

Thanks to everyone who supported the Iron Fist auction; congrats to Rochelle for triumphing and donating to Japan! I hope you’ll pass along the HelpJapanWiki resource and contribute to it. Let’s keep putting our efforts into helping Japan.

Song of the Day: Imaginary Flying Machines, “Princess Ghibli” album trailer featuring Sophia

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22 Comments

  1. Raphael
    Posted April 19, 2011 at 10:57 pm | Permalink

    Thank you for these, Carmina! The Japan Wiki is what I was looking for.

  2. Erin
    Posted April 19, 2011 at 11:09 pm | Permalink

    awww. awesome-tastic!

  3. Jrockonhigh
    Posted April 19, 2011 at 11:41 pm | Permalink

    That is a great website! I’ll pass it along for sure!

  4. Silverargus
    Posted April 20, 2011 at 12:14 am | Permalink

    I’d give the Ghibli cd a listen!

  5. Dorian
    Posted April 20, 2011 at 1:02 am | Permalink

    Oooooo

  6. Garson
    Posted April 20, 2011 at 3:08 am | Permalink

    OMG love it all

  7. henja
    Posted April 20, 2011 at 3:30 am | Permalink

    There you have it, some magnificent person managed to capitulate my early teens into a cd. Metal and Ghibli, the general tso’s chicken burrito of music.

  8. Angel
    Posted April 20, 2011 at 6:12 pm | Permalink

    when are you going to italy?

  9. SL
    Posted April 20, 2011 at 6:12 pm | Permalink

    There’s also a reggae covers album available in Village Vanguard shops. Pass it to the left, Totoro!

  10. Seargent
    Posted April 20, 2011 at 7:19 pm | Permalink

    Oh man I would Donate or Help if had the money :'(

  11. Noire
    Posted April 20, 2011 at 7:19 pm | Permalink

    :) Cool~

  12. Maya
    Posted April 20, 2011 at 9:06 pm | Permalink

    THANK YOU♥

  13. Trey
    Posted April 20, 2011 at 10:29 pm | Permalink

    love it!

  14. Evan
    Posted April 21, 2011 at 1:00 am | Permalink

    Just added Yoshiki Foundation to your list :)

  15. grey zentai
    Posted May 5, 2011 at 8:32 am | Permalink

    Your best friend is dead at your hands, and wasn’t who you thought she was from the beginning.

  16. Anonymous
    Posted May 7, 2011 at 8:32 pm | Permalink

    Great I can read the book on my computer! Lacking any sort of E-Reader I thought I’d be out of luck.

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