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NEW TRAVEL HOSTING JOB: BELGIUM TV DOCUMENTARY ABOUT SAKURA SEASON! ARI OG PER PROGRAM WITH ARI BEHN.
Spring is in the air… and I’m hosting yet another travel TV show! This time, it’s for Belgium’s national broadcast station, VRT (Vlaamse Radio en Televisieomroep). The documentary is about cherry blossom season in Tokyo: sakura culture, festivities and fun. Can’t wait!
Once again, my First Mate Naomi will be making arrangements for the TV shoot. (She took most of the photos in this post). Our company, La Carmina & The Pirates, offers “fixing” services to film and TV companies. We take care of location scouting, translation, scheduling and more. If you’re coming to Tokyo, Japan and want to hire us, come check out our website.
Last fall, NRK (Norway TV) hired us for a shoot in Tokyo about Japanese love and host clubs. One of the stars is Ari Behn, the Prince of Norway! The other is famous photographer Per Heimly, who shot album covers for black metal band Dimmu Borgir. It quite surreal, running around Tokyo with this pair.
Thank you to everyone for your enthusiastic messages about the show! Naomi and I are tickled pink that you enjoyed it. Here are some behind-the-scenes photos from the filming.
We were quite the motley crew. Cameraman, sound man, producer, photographer-host, Mistress of the Dark, prince-host.
Ari and Per were great to work with. They’re interested in the people and culture around them, and always up for having fun.
I gave them lessons on how to bow properly.
Forty-five degrees, please.
Tokyo is heaven for photographers. Per kept clickity-clicking his camera.
Flower Lolita headband: Gifted from My Velcroe
Goth coffin backpack: h.NAOTO, from Closet Child
Coat: my own design
So far, I’ve worked with TV shows from Australia, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, France, USA, Canada — and now, Belgium. I feel fortunate I am able to do TV hosting. However, I feel I’ve only gotten started — there’s so much more I’ve yet to accomplish!
If you missed the NRK Norway show about Tokyo, it’s on again a few times. (Times, channels and details are here.)
Interested in featuring your clothing/brand/product on one of my TV shows, or in a blog post? Send me an email and we’ll chat.
Japanese Word of the Day: Kyuu – Steep
Song of the Day: SSQ – Walkman On (1983, before she was Stacey Q. Wonderful song.)
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LA WEEKLY SLIDESHOW: FEATURED IN 31-PHOTO ARTICLE! NORWAY TV SHOW ABOUT TOKYO, ARI & PER, AIRS FEB 25 ON NRK.
Yah tah tah! Sebastiano Serafini and La Carmina are featured in a 31-photo slideshow on LA Weekly.
Our Hollywood Invasion (December-January) was quite the scandal and success. We had important meetings and TV shoots, hosted a New Year’s party at Bar Sinister, modeled for Lip Service and Blablahospital. Above all, we’ve teamed up with NOH8 and are helping to bring the campaign to Tokyo for the first time, in late March. (There’s more info about NOH8 in Japan here.)
LA Weekly took notice of our spooky-punk fashion, and asked to showcase our adventures in a web gallery. We gladly complied. Come take a look at our LA Weekly feature — we hope it makes you smile!
You can see more photos and stories in the Seba in America blog category.
Vidunderlig! The Norway TV episode about Tokyo, which I hosted, premieres this week. Nordmenn, I hope you’ll watch “Ari og Per” (“Ari & Per”). It airs Feb 25, Feb 26, and March 2 on NRK (full schedule is here).
Perhaps I should have left my glass slipper in Japan. One of the travel show hosts is Ari Behn, the Prince of Norway! I can assure you, he’s very much the gentleman and scholar in person.
His partner in crime is famous photographer Per Heimly, who shot album covers for black metal band Dimmu Borgir. What fun it was to shoot a TV show in Tokyo, with these two rock stars.
First Mate Naomi arranged and translated for the program. (Not many Japanese speak English, despite what the signs say.) After a long day of filming, we introduced the Norwegian crew to the outrageously tasty CoCo Curry (Curry Ichiban).
The theme of the episode is Japanese Love. We can’t show or tell more until the show airs… but here’s a hint. Gaudy host clubs. And host boys? You bet.
Tune in to NRK Norway to see my latest TV appearance. (Times, channels and details are here.) For those of you outside Norway, I’ll upload clips later on.
And please take a few seconds to check out our LA Weekly slideshow gallery. Thank you to Liz for featuring us.
Japanese Word of the Day: Kaihatsu = Development
Song of the Day: Dimmu Borgir – Progenies Of The Great Apocalypse
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