Category Archive for Nightcrawling
LOS ANGELES GOTH NIGHTCLUBS: CLUB HELL, BAR SINISTER. GOTHIC INDUSTRIAL FETISH EVENTS IN HOLLYWOOD, CA.
Good news: I’m going to compile Goth Nightlife Guides for NYC and LA for this blog, in addition to Tokyo!
First, let’s finish up the LA nightcrawls. Hollywood’s Bar Sinister (the site of the Goth Alice in Wonderland party) is probably our favorite venue. It has absinthe. Frightfully well-dressed guests.
A torture corner, where you can try out paddles and cuffs. Or get whipped on a giant cross. Or pet a gargoyle, or flirt with an attractive gender-bender.
Sometimes, looking too good has its downsides. We went to Club Hell at The Ivar, and it… was hell. At least six lascivious men hit on Yukiro; one kept asking strange questions, another grabbed his phone to input his number, yet another wanted to take the spanking show up a few notches on the violence-meter. The last straw: an old man LIFTED Yukiro in the air and then dipped him into a back-bend — hell no! We got the hell out of Hell.
Some of the Hell-dwellers had interesting handmade outfits, but on the whole, there was a lot of skin that could have been covered up. Perhaps it was an unusually hellish night.
Sometimes, a nightcrawl goes completely down the drain. The Adventure Team went to one place (that shall remain nameless), and it was a bummer. We tried to swing by a party, but when we got there, it was closed. Double bummer.
But one can always stay in and partake in wholesome activities such as board games, right? Riiiight.
Do you enjoy going to clubs? What are your favorite ones? Yukiro and I can’t function without regular nightcrawls!
WAHHHHHH! My big-headed Scottish Fold, Basil Farrow, has gotten bigger-headed. He’s one of the celebrity cats featured on Almost Famous Cats blog, along with the feline friends of Dita von Teese, Robert Smith (The Cure) and other Goth greats.
Have you checked out the fold-eared cuteness on Basil’s blog?
Song of the Day #338: Sopor Aeternus – We Have A Dog To Exercise (A song I can listen to over and over. The horns at 4:07!)
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GOTH ALICE IN WONDERLAND COSTUMES AT BAR SINISTER HOLLYWOOD CLUB. KYNT & VYXSIN, CHESHIRE CAT MAKEUP, MAD HATTERS & WHITE RABBITS.
Though I wasn’t blown away by Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland film (see my review here) — I wasn’t dissuaded from dressing up for the Goth Alice party at Hollywood’s Bar Sinister!
Makeup: Inspired by the Queen of Hearts, I turned my lips into a heart-shape. (I covered the edges with foundation, and drew a heart on my lips with red lipstick.) I glued red eyelashes under my eyelids.
Hair: Tied to the side and decorated with glittery flower clips from a fabric store.
Grey shawl: from my beloved 99 cent store. I usually wear it in my hair.
Dress: People’s Market
Silver ankle boots: Nabbed them for $2.99 in a Fairfax vintage store!
Our friends Kynt and Vyxsin (top photos) hosted the party; they’re two of the nicest Goths you’ll ever meet! Vyxsin and Yukiro both dressed as Cheshire Cats, complete with fuzzy tails. (Yukiro did a different interpretation of the costume in my Theme Restaurants book — have you gotten a copy?)
What fun it was to party with the White Queen, Red Queen, Mad Hatter and other Lewis Carroll eccentrics.
I love it when nightcrawlers put effort into their costumes. Goths, steampunkers, fetishists, drag queens — a better-dressed turnout than usual.
Bar Sinister is one of our favorite venues in LA. The two-floor club resembles Dracula’s manor with gargoyles, red sofas, gilded mirrors and a fog-emitting fountain lit by candles. Not to mention the punishment corners, and the absinthe bar…
As you can see, we had quite a silly night! (Photos by Greg of Tune in Tokyo.)
Have you seen the Goth duo on The Amazing Race? You can add them on Twitter to keep up with their latest modelling gigs and appearances. (And add me too!)
J-ROCK AND VISUAL KEI NEWS from my dear Adventure Teamster K! (Photo from Wikicommons.)
† All of X Japan is relocating to and performing a live concert in LA presumably sometime in or just before August before their performance at Lollapalooza.
† Miyavi has officially posted his North American tour dates and the tour is set in stone. Dates can be seen here.
† FACT has signed on to HASSLE RECORDS and is going a short UK tour as support for Breathe Carolina.
† Harmonix has approached Jrock Revolution for information on what Japanese bands we would like to see songs made for on the new “Rock Band Network”. Voters may vote for up to ten bands, the same band ten times, etc. Voting opens on Wednesday, March 24th. More information can be found on the Jrock Revolution site.
Did we leave out any recent J-rock news? If so, share it with us in the comments!
Song of the Day #332: Sadie – Payment of Vomiter (Great Visual Kei band, and what a song title.)
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