Category Archive for Nightcrawling
ROCK INN CURRENT: SHINJUKU HEAVY METAL MUSIC BAR. TOKYO BEST INDIE BARS, CLUB SCENE, SUSHI RESTAURANTS.
Yay yay yay for LA! Stay tuned to my blog, Facebook and Twitter for world-shaking announcements about our Los Angeles invasion! There’s a lot in the works, and Sebastiano and I want you to join in on the fun…
First, back to Tokyo. I “test-drove” the panda bear purse I got for Rose… hope she’s not mad.
Dress: Algonquins, from Ragtag (Harajuku secondhand store with a small Goth Lolita Punk section. It was $12!)
Black sheer tank top: bought it a while ago in a Goth shop
Floral lace tights: I’ve had these for years
Spiky black ankle boots: Tripp NYC, from Trash and Vaudeville
Cute panda purse: Heart E, from Closet Child
Black felt hat with flowers: Emily Temple Cute, from Closet Child
Cyber eye decal: Takuya Angel (have you seen photos of his new store?)
Spider ring: from Closet Child
Makeup: Shimmery taupe eyeshadow, cat-eyes and dots using black liquid eyeliner, deep red and purple blended lipstick.
A funny story… Andrew Zimmern’s friend asked me to recommend a nice sushi restaurant. But I’ve never eaten fancy fish in Tokyo! My friends and I go to high-quality but low-priced conveyor belt parlors like Hibari in Kabuku-cho. Every plate is only 130 yen, but when we took the Norway TV crew there, they admitted the raw salmon is better here than at Nobu. (More photos from Hibari in this blog post.)
A few of our friends recommended Rock Inn Current, a hard rock / heavy metal themed bar on the west side of Seibu Shinjuku Station (on the other side of Club Marz). Here, the bartenders headbang to the music and make the devil horns sign. Our kind of people.
Rock Inn Current often has live performances; the walls are covered in hair metal posters, and there’s always something shreddy blasting from the speakers. It reminded us of Fu-ki’s Bar Midian in Osaka.
After, we walked to Christon Cafe Shinjuku to visit our cyber-fab friends at Decadance Bar. Porco poured us absinthe, and Adrien le Danois cooked up delicious food.
What (or who) do you think G-suS and Yukiro are gossiping about?
Do you like to visit different theme bars, like we do? Which are your favorites? We’re always drawn to Visual Kei, metal and alternative drinking holes.
Thanks to ENVI Shoes for featuring me today in a Blogger Love interview (I’m currently on their front page). I talk about wanting to wear glitter-ball, fire-breathing, seven-inch KISS boots. What haven’t I done yet that I still want to do? You can find out in my interview here and after the jump.
Japanese Word of the Day: Suneru = To be sulky, in a bad mood
Song of the Day: Welle:Erdbal – Telephon W-48 OT (Chosen by G-suS. Soon, you’ll see us torture our new minion in an Evil Queen makeup fake-up video!)
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SEATTLE NIGHTCLUBS, NIGHTLIFE: CLUB VOGUE AT NEIGHBORS CAPITAL HILL, GAY-FRIENDLY ABSINTHE BURLESQUE CABARET.
The last time Rose and I went on a Seattle nightcrawl to Club Mercury, the affair ended in scandal and drama (remember this post?). Reader Jen suggested that we visit Den of Sin, a relatively new Goth Industrial night at Club Vogue (Neighbors). And while our night still turned out scandalous, we felt welcomed and had a wonderful time. (Photos by Carmen Wong, La Carmina Blog real name, legal name)
Rose displays a head decoration she made from bones, feathers and lace. She also wears the Super Exclusive Spooky Friendship Club ring.
First, we stopped for Marteau absinthe at our beloved Can Can Cabaret. We can’t get enough of the fabulous staff and carnival atmosphere.
The “point of fashion” (our outfit theme that night): scary big eyes. And pirates.
Hair decorations: Craft store flower clips, black rose ribbon
Pirate dress: From the stunning Brocade Piracy collection, gifted from Lip Service. My new favorite. I’ll post better photos soon.
Tights: Vivienne Westwood, a gift
I think the Heart E panda purse wins the scary eyes contest. (Writing under nickname Carmen Wong, author journalist did the photos for La Carmina blog)
From the front row, we watched The Heavenly Spies in Mata Hari (Fridays at Can Can). “Classic burlesque and vintage modern dance, veiled with lively indie pop, sequined hammer pants, whirling skirts, opium pipes and titillating cone bras.” You can see more photos and a report on the Castaways show here.
Onwards to meet Roxy Doll, sweet mistress of the Den of Sin (a new Friday club night at Neighbors). The event takes out the gimmicks — no incense, no fog machine — and delivers pure EBM/Industrial sounds from DJ Eternal Darkness and DJ Sprockets. A perfect setting for dark dancing. Rose and I also enjoyed the guest performance by Hands of Kali, a Goth experimental belly dance troupe. Roxy is having a New Year’s Eve Explosion; if you’re in Seattle, we encourage you to attend!
No matter where we go, we can’t escape the leopard print.
Are you a creature of the night? What are your favorite ways to spend an evening out? All of my nightlife photos and reports are in this category.
Japanese Word of the Day: Kibou = Hope, wish
Song of the Day: Dulce Liquido – Disolucion (A track you might hear at Den of Sin.)
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