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TOQUE DE TOKYO, ANTOINE DE CAUNES JAPON DOCUMENTAIRE: CANAL PLUS. FRENCH TRAVEL TV SHOW, CO-HOSTED BY LA CARMINA.
Tonight, ce soir! French friends, I hope you’ll catch the premiere of Toqué de Tokyo, the documentary that I co-hosted with Antoine de Caunes (of Eurotrash fame).
We filmed the TV program last May, but I haven’t been able to show you any photos from the shoot… until now. Here’s a gorgeous selection by Jérémie Souteyrat.
During the 90 minute show, I take host Antoine de Caunes to Tokyo’s weirdest, wildest pop culture places. We begin with an epic opening sequence, filmed in Ueno Park. Let’s just say it involves Yukiro, a rickshaw and evil laughter.
The crew filmed at the Omotesando Baby Cafe, where posh parents bring their children. As you can imagine, Antoine and I treated our black baby doll with the utmost disregard.
Fun fact: je parles Francais — I speak French — during the entire show.
When you’re co-hosting a TV show with the very funny Antoine de Caunes, work is play.
Epic pirate boots: Alice and the Pirates, from Closet Child
Cake hat: gifted from Agent Lover
Blue and white classical Lolita dress: Metamorphose temps de fille, from Closet Child
Long, trailing sleeved short jacket: Marble, from MaruiOne
We filmed a hilarious scene at…
An ear-cleaning parlor! Can you guess what we pulled out of Antoine’s ear?
Antoine and I discuss the scene with Peter Stuart, the director (who also worked on Eurotrash).
I put the TV crew in touch with Tokyo Decadance, and we organized a big party scene at Decadance Bar. Count de Sang, Yukiro, Naomi and I showed Antoine how we party.
Antoine was quite the sight: walking along Yasakuni-doori with us eccentrics, in a borrowed Hana-Kengo costume!
Watch the 90 minute documentary, Toque de Tokyo…
Lundi, le 15 Novembre: 20h50 sur Canal +
Lundi, le 15 Novembre: 22h15 sur DeCale
(Later, I will put clips on my YouTube channel.)
Thanks to the French TV crew for having me on the show. You can see my TV hosting reels (and learn about my film arranging business) on my La Carmina & The Pirates site. Coming up: more behind-the-scenes photos from the Tokyo documentary.
What do you think of the baby cafe, ear cleanings and Tokyo Decadance photos?
Japanese Word of the Day: Satsuei = Filming
Song of the Day: Loudness – Crazy Doctor
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VIDEO: CANDY SPOOKY THEATER LIVE HALLOWEEN CONCERT, TRICK OR TREAT, TOKYO JAPAN. VISUAL KEI HORROR BAND.
This is Halloween, This is Halloween! I spent October 31st at the Candy Spooky Theater and SaTaN concert (at Meguro Rockmaykan in Tokyo). Wish you were there? Never fear: we filmed a video of the Trick-or-Treat-tastic performance.
Introducing “our latest victim,” Sebastiano Serafini! ( セバスティアーノ セラフィニー ) He’s never been to a Visual Kei concert OR made a video with us before, so Yukiro and I gave him the full bloody treatment. (You’ll be seeing more of Sebastiano on this blog; stay tuned…)
Jack Spooky kindly put us very serious reporters on the guest list. Candy Spooky Theater is known for its Visual Horror look and theatrics, and killed it on these fronts. But the music was also surprisingly strong: the band went from a ballad to jazz to disco electro, nailing each genre and making it their own. Oh, the energy! Jack flailed around the stage in a skeleton dance; bassist Peggy Giggles strummed so hard that blood streamed down his hand.
The highlight was when SaTaN joined their comrades on stage to sing “This Is Halloween” from Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas. Watch the magic in the above video and here.
Almost all of the concertgoers were female, as always. Quite a few dressed extravagantly for the special Halloween show.
Candy Spooky merchandise, amidst pumpkins.
Next, I’ll post a video and review from SaTaN’s final show with the four original members. Please subscribe to my YouTube channel so you won’t miss out!
What do you think of the Candy Spooky Theater footage? Did you laugh at the “I am Sebastian” moment in the video?
PS: congrats to Spooky Sally and Shira, winners of the Iron Fist zombie shoes contest!
Japanese Word of the Day: Girigiri = Barely, a close call
Song of the Day: Candy Spooky Theater live in Tokyo, October 31st 2010
LA CARMINA
