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VISUAL KEI BAR ZIN IN SHINJUKU, TOKYO. MALICE MIZER BEL AIR GACKT DANCE, DIR EN GREY, MARILYN MANSON & ABSINTHE JAPAN.
Hide your stuffed toys: G-suS has a lighter! In this side-splitting, rip-roaring new video I visit Bar Zin — a Visual Kei bar in Shinjuku — with my spookiest friends (Yukiro, Count de Sang, G-suS, Mistress Maya, Heidi).
Visual Kei bands often head to Bar Zin for a drink after playing a live. Dir en Grey and X Japan left memorabilia on the walls next to skulls, a devil mask, bondage goods, a giant axe, and stuffed Jack Skellington and Sally dolls.
As you may have predicted, we drank “sludgy” French absinthe. Bar Zin is open until 5am, with no table charge, and has special cocktails named Fetish Girl and Lady Camellia. I dare say it’s one of my favorite drinking holes in Tokyo. (For the address and info, check out the website.)
To top it off, you can request songs and watch music videos of your favorite J-rock artists. We requested Malice Mizer’s Bel Air… which led to vigorous Gackt dancing, evil commentary and scandalous behaviors! Naughty, naughty.
This is one of my favorite videos to date — so please watch it above and here! Be kind and subscribe to my channel, as we have more on the way…
Did any parts of the video make you laugh out loud? Where do you and your friends go — and what do you do — for fun?
Japanese Word of the Day: Kokan (股間) = Crotch
Song of the Day: Malice Mizer – Bel Air (the song we requested in the new video.)
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LUNA SEA CONCERT IN LA: FIRST USA VISUAL KEI PERFORMANCE. T-SHIRT WINNER ANNOUNCED, BLOG TV LIVECAST.
2010 has turned out to be an outstanding year for Visual Kei bands touring North America. We’ve been blessed with visits from Miyavi, D’espairsRay, Dir en Grey, X Japan… and now, Luna Sea. The legendary Jrockers are reuniting for a worldwide tour — including a stop in Los Angeles in December 4th! The tickets for the show (held at Hollywood Palladium) will be on sale via Ticketmaster on September 8th. Who’s going to be headbanging in the audience??
Thanks to everyone who joined our impromptu BlogTV chat last night! Yukiro and I bared our fangs, drank disgusting apple-lemon-milk, displayed my Miffy products and dueled with stuffed toys. Would you like to see more live webcasts? (If so, please add me on Twitter so you won’t miss the next one.)
Prior to our show, we abused a 17 year old emo boy under the name “Pokemon.” We were responsible for the non sequitur comments about G-suS on his BlogTV webcast!
While we did our web show, we turned on the TV to Japanese fitness infomercials. I am very fond of informercials. Not surprisingly, Japanese ones take the cake.
I’m astounded by your response to the La Carmina t-shirt giveaway! Thank you to everyone for entering the contest. The winner, chosen by random number generator, is Inochii.
Don’t pout if you didn’t win — I have great news. Akumu Ink is extending the deadline for one more week… which means this is your absolute last chance to get one of these t-shirts! Pick up a Mens or Womens Gothic Lolita & earless kitty portrait tee in size S to XXL. (Surf over here and scroll to the bottom to buy.) If you’re having trouble ordering, leave a comment in this post or email me. Thank you so much for your support; without it, I can’t keep on releasing new fashion designs!
Finally, I did a fun interview with Trespass Magazine. Who do I have a crush on? People I admire most? Desired superpower? You can read my answers here and after the jump.
Anyone else here a fan of watching infomercials? Which ones are your favorite? Cathy from Xpress Redi-Set-Go is my heroine.
Japanese Word of the Day: Kojinteki = Private, personal
Song of the Day: E’m – Seelenheil
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