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.)
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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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JAPANESE DECORATED CELL PHONES HOW-TO TUTORIAL. DIY LAPTOP DECORATIONS, CUTE MOBILE CHARMS & STRAPS, SAMSUNG FOREVER TOUCH SCREEN PHONE.
My cell phone had a cracked screen and dented case from the zillion times I dropped it. Time for a replacement. I’m too poor for a Blackberry or iPhone (the plans are so expensive), but I’m very pleased with my new Samsung Forever. Texting-wise, the touch screen is a vast improvement.
A new mobile means… time to customize! First, I peeled away the protective plastic covers and turned OFF the keytone sounds (two of my pet peeves). Then I bought a new ringtone — Combichrist’s All Pain Is Gone — because I like industrial, and for the laugh factor (when someone calls, the phone screams, “This is the dayy, the dayy I dieeeee! Alll painn is gonnnnne!”). Next, I took a photo of my squishy Scottish Fold cat and set it as the wallpaper.
The best part: decorating the backside. I looked at blinged-out Japanese cell phones for inspiration (above). However, I didn’t want anything too three-dimensional, such as a plush teddy bear or giant strawberry — it would surely come off. And I didn’t want to buy new craft materials.
So I covered my mobile with Alice in Wonderland stickers and gems from Daiso and Tokyu Hands. I coated the bare areas with glitter nail polish, taking care to avoid the camera and stay within the lines. Finally, I painted several top coats with clear nail polish, to make sure the stickers adhered. (Tip: open the windows. How I was woozy from the fumes!)
You may remember my laptop and notebook decoration tutorials. (Click here to refresh your memory.)
My new laptop runs circles around the old one, but it wasn’t sufficiently heavy metal. While at Magic clothing tradeshow in Vegas, I picked up free stickers from Goth and alternative clothing brands. I stuck them on my laptop lid; ta-da, J-rock computer. (Isn’t Basil Farrow’s mouse toy scary? It looks so real.)
You can decorate your Nintendo DS case, hair clips, cell phone straps… anything in your possession! (Check out the Fancy Pocket examples above.) All you need are basic kawaii/decora items such as stickers, charms, nail polish, gems, beads, glitter… and your imagination.
Have you tried decorating your laptop or cell phone? Do you have a photo of your pet as your mobile’s wallpaper?
PS: come check out my latest CNNGo articles…
† The 5 worst (meaning best) Asian bad-girl b-movies. Pinky Violence Japanese killers and kung fu madams!
† 10 moments of pure Asian geek brilliance. Rickshaw robots and otaku choreographed dancing changed the world. Or didn’t.
Song of the Day #331: Combichrist – All Pain Is Gone (What is your current ringtone?)
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