AMAZING RACE GOTH TEAM RETURNS: KENT & VYXSIN UNFINISHED BUSINESS PREMIERE! ALL-STARS AT DAS BUNKER, LA GOTHIC NIGHTCLUB.
My friends Kent and Vyxsin, the Goth team on The Amazing Race, are back in the new all-stars season! The dark duo first raced in 2007 and almost made it to the finish line. This time, will they take home $1,000,000?
The new Amazing Race: Unfinished Business premieres on Sunday night. Support your fellow Goths; spread the word and cheer them on!
After our NOH8 photoshoot with Adam Bouska, Sebastiano and I couldn’t let our temporary tattoos and Mana-sama hair go to waste. Vyxsin was feeling a bit ill — the two were recovering from the grueling race — so we met Kent Kaliber at Das Bunker.
La Carmina wears: lace top by Moi-meme-Moitie, blue high-waisted corset dress by Atelier Pierrot, boots by Alice and the Pirates.
Sebastiano wears: zebra top and asymmetrical jacket, gifted from Lip Service.
Das Bunker is one of our favorite places in LA for dark culture and dancing. There are spacious sitting areas and dance floors for Industrial, 80s/Goth, and Power Noise (DJ SiSEN’s favorite room). Did you miss my previous Das Bunker photos and report?
Isn’t it brilliant how Seba went from a shy virgin victim (remember our Candy Spooky Theater video?) to a deathrock Goth monster? You can add Seba’s Facebook page to keep up with his descent into the dark side.
We’re swamped with preparations for bringing NOH8 Campaign to Japan, but so happy to be part of the cause! Thanks to all of you for your support; we’ll have info soon about how you can help.
Das Bunker always has colorful characters.
You may recall that last year, Yukiro and I met Kynt and Vyxsin at MAGIC tradeshow in Las Vegas. We hit it off, and hung out several times, including at the Alice in Wonderland party at Bar Sinister.
It was great to catch up again with Kent, and meet Diamond from LA Weekly. He’s had a hard time since his dad died unexpectedly last year. But the Pink & Black Attack is back, and the Amazing Race is on!
The Amazing Race’s new special season premieres Sunday at 8pm on CBS (they’re headed first to Australia). Kent and Vyxsin are are having a screening party in Los Angeles, and you’re invited. Join them from 6-11pm in Burbank; details are on Facebook.
PS: Got a new TV hosting and arranging job… in Tokyo! Details on my blog soon. I’m also in a Norway TV promo right now (a commercial for the Ari & Per travel show that I co-hosted in Japan). My episode airs Feb 25 on NRK.
Japanese Word of the Day: Hakihaki = Eagerly
Song of the Day: Stravaganza – Hold Me On Your Heart (1986 Hi-NRG Italo Disco. Anyone seen the new RuPaul’s Drag Race yet? Who are your favorite contenders?)
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SEXY COSPLAY COSTUMES! ANIME BURLESQUE SHOW AT BORDELLO BAR, LA. SAILOR MOON, PIKACHU, EVANGELION GIRLS STRIPPING.
What happens when you combine anime (Japanese cartoons) with burlesque (girls taking their clothes off)? Anime Burlesque: a sexy strip-show from LA’s Devil’s Playground troupe. (All photos except the final cam-whoring ones are taken by my Pirate First Mate, Naomi Rubin.)
Sebastiano and I were invited to max-capacity show at Bordello Bar in Los Angeles. Obviously, we had to wear revealing anime outfits too.
La Carmina is wearing: Sailor costume dress, gifted from Lip Service. White bead and gold bracelet, gifted from RJ 1959. Tattoo tights, gifted from Artisan Socks.
Seba is wearing: a variety of items gifted from Lip Service. I like the “little schoolboy” snap-button shirt.
The girls wore meticulous cosplay outfits: Trixie from Speed Racer, Rei Ayanami from Neon Genesis Evangelion. And then took it all off on stage!
LA Weekly kindly reserved us front row seats, and bought us spiced rum.
A performer needed to borrow my chair, so I sat on my vampire-boy.
Each disrobing was set to upbeat anime music. The Speed Racer driver got high kicks and a happy ending.
Sailor Moon and Evangelion’s Rei bare it all.
A lapdance from Pikachu proves to be a dangerous prospect.
We loved the cheeky twist on burlesque, and the girls’ happy attitudes. Courtney Cruz organizes monthly burlesque shows in LA, with themes such as Star Wars and Edible Girls. Check out the site to catch the next one.
How did I do my makeup? I fully lined my eyes with blue eyeliner, and put sparkly black eyeshadow on the outer edges. I stuck on fake bottom lashes and blue gems around the eyes. My hair was still back-combed and poofed from NOH8 photoshoot, so I tied it in pigtails.
NEWS AND UPDATES!
† I’m on a TV commercial in Norway! It’s a promo for NRT’s Ari & Per travel series; I co-hosted their Tokyo episode about host clubs and Japanese love. The program airs Feb 25; I’ll post photos and stories soon.
† Several exciting TV hosting projects are nearly finalized. Check my blog for announcements soon.
† I was profiled and photographed for a Spanish book about Coolhunting. It’ll be in stores Sept 2011. (Find out more about my coolhunting firm.)
† So glad you liked my first Huffington Post article. My Huff Post blog is now up — will you kindly “Like” and “Fan” it? Pretty please?
What’s your reaction to the Anime Burlesque photos? Do you like seeing Seba and me in funny cosplay outfits? Please take a second to check out and Like my Huffington Post blog page.
Japanese Word of the Day: Hameru = Insert, put on
Song of the Day: Rice – Lovers
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