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MR BLACK LOS ANGELES, BARDOT HOLLYWOOD: LOS ANGELES GAY LGBT CLUB. LA CLUBS, BEST NIGHTLIFE EVENTS LISTING.
Where am I? Who are these glamorous aliens?
Hint: despite the Asian poses, I’m in Hollywood, not Japan.
Sebastiano Serafini and I are at Mr Black, the Tuesday night glam extravaganza organized by Luke Nero and hosted by Lenora Claire (the lady in red).
The gay club night is famous for the bare-butt servers! Seba was so angry that my head covered up the money shot.
It was Seba’s first night in LA, and he was treated right… Luke reserved us a VIP table, and we pirates got complimentary spiced rum.
The club, Bardot, has multiple rooms and nooks to explore. Sebastiano got hit on by a lot of boys…
Even though it was a Tuesday night, Mr Black’s dance-floor was packed and there was a long lineup outside.
Creatures of the night… what a hot mess they make.
The nightclub is known for its glitzy fashion. A dead animal scarf is not an uncommon sight.
A sip of a strong bellini. (Prosecco and peach puree, very popular in Italy.)
Mr Black takes place every Tuesday night at Bardot (Hollywood and Vine). Put on your glittery makeup and platforms, and come on down!
After, we went to the infamous 24-hour Fred 62 diner in Los Feliz for a delicious “La La Salad.” We snuggled into a booth with Lenora and Phyliss, who recently opened Pop Tart art gallery in LA (with works by Austin Young).
Want more photos and adventures from Mr. Black? I went last year with Yukiro and Clint Catalyst.
Would you venture into a club like this? What would you wear to be the life of the party?
Japanese Word of the Day: Okashi zukuri = Baking sweets
Song of the Day: 00tz-00tz – Death By Numbers (Thanks to the reader who introduced this band to me!)
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LIP SERVICE MODELS: STEAMPUNK VAMPIRE CLOTHING & MAKEUP. GOTH & ALTERNATIVE FASHION MODELLING, VAMPIRES MAGAZINE.
While in LA, Sebastiano Serafini and I had the opportunity to be models for Lip Service! We put on fangs and growled for a Steampunk Vampire photoshoot in a private dungeon.
The Lip Service shoot was for Vampyrotic, a magazine to “celebrate our dark sanguinary desires in gorgeously captured photos and video.” We crept into the downtown domination space, Servitu, with our mastermind photographer Mich.
It was impossible to narrow down our clothing choices for the shoot, so we ended up taking several sacks with us (including borrowed top hats and stomper boots). Mich fitted us with vampire teeth, which you first soak in warm water, then press to your canines until they firm up and stay in place.
Servitu Studios was a funhouse of torture equipment, including restraints, medical examination chairs, rusty cages, and a “vacuum bed” that vacuum-packs a person into latex. (Sebastiano: “Should we try?”)
A lamb mask, a pole with a perilous “object” attached… By now, my young “virgin victim” truly has been corrupted!
We settled on the dark aristocratic chair by the window and filled our wine glasses with blood. Our outfits are mostly coordinated from Lip Service’s Step in Time Steampunk collection.
Do you like this look on Sebastiano? I think he looks like a dashing Victorian airship captain.
We had the whole studio to ourselves — and used the opportunity to play.
Despite all my rage, I’m still just a Steampunk Pirate in a cage.
We changed into Nocturnal Rendezvous and Circuit City cyber garments, and climbed to the rooftop. Dusk was falling and the sky was radioactive blue. Perfect for a Power Rangers pose.
Thank you to Mich, Mickey, Bryn, Maria and everyone at Lip Service for having us as models! You can see us featured on the website here. Seba and I also toured the dark fashion company’s headquarters; these photos are coming right up on my blog.
Steampunk Vampires, brass and blood… what do you think of our styling?
PS: Naomi and I have a big new pirate mission in Japan with one of our favorite bands (you’ll know their name!). So much travel and adventure ahead this year… I’m fortunate to be able to work with my friends, and with artists I admire — and have all of you along for the ride!
Want to bring your band, film crew, fashion line or any project to Japan? Need someone to guide, consult, translate? Hire a pirate! (There’s more about our services on the La Carmina & The Pirates website.)
Japanese Word of the Day: Otobai = Motorcycle (Autobike!)
Song of the Day: Informatik – The World Belongs To Us
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