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Popular blog on wild Japanese street fashion, with a focus on Gothic Lolita Rococo Punk. Daily posts and photos, trend commentary, outfits and style profiles of Tokyo's craziest alternative designers and Visual Kei J-rock bands. By La Carmina, author
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MERRY HEAVY METAL NIGHTMARE BEFORE DIX-MAS! TWISTED SISTER 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS SPOOF SONG LYRICS, HOHNER MELODICA PIPER.
Merry Dix-mas! Happy Nightmare Before XXXmas! The Adventure Team made an impromptu pit stop at one of my favorite music stores in the world: Amoeba Records on Sunset Boulevard in LA. The indie music mecca has a vast used selection, $1 vinyls and ca...
PETA INTERVIEW ABOUT RESPONSIBLE CAT CARE & PET OWNERSHIP. LA CARMINA ON NOT WEARING FUR, SPAYING & NEUTERING SCOTTISH FOLD CATS.
Basil Farrow and I did an interview about responsible cat care for animal rights organization PETA2, which you can read below and here. (I left out the introduction, since you already know who I am, and included the answers that they omitted due to...
GIANT ROBOT LOS ANGELES GR2 GALLERY BOOK SIGNING: TOKYO THEME RESTAURANTS. BABY THE STARS SHINE BRIGHT SAILOR DRESS, INTERVIEW FOR BOING BOING ON WEIRD JAPAN.
Giant Robot kindly invited me to sign copies of my Crazy, Wacky Theme Restaurants book at the GR2 gallery in Santa Monica. V-fingers to good friends who came to support! Sailor collar Lolita dress: Baby, the Stars Shine Bright (from Closet Child H...
DJ SISEN & GPKISM PARTY, J-ROCK BANDS AT 2ND STREET JAZZ, HARLOW GOLD BURLESQUE SHOW, DANCES OF VICE TROUBLE IN TOYLAND.
While most of the world is snoring, fops and dandies are out doing what they do best — being 24 hour party people! Here’s a round-up of recent nigthcrawls, with help from La Carmina’s roving reporters in Tokyo, LA and New York. L...
CUTE YUMMY TIME IN LA TIMES, JAPANESE VERSUS GOTH FASHION INTERVIEW FOR LA WEEKLY, BENTO BOOK REVIEWS & POLAROIDS.
Los Angeles. Ah! What a heavy metal adventure. Serial killer art, fudge cake, a Zen garden, Twisted Sister Xmas, cosplay book signings and wearing each other’s clothes… hold tight for a deluge of photos! The LA book signings picked up s...
CUTE ASIAN POSES ARTICLE FOR CNNGO! V-FINGERS, CAT PAWS. ORIGINS OF FUNNY PHOTO HAND SYMBOLS IN ASIA, FOB HUMOR.
Oh, the things I do for my writing gig at CNNGo. I went around New York City with my camera, asking random people to do “the cheek punch” and “the horns face.” Then, I did the hand gestures myself. Voila: an Asian poses show...
TV NEWS: APPEARING IN NHK NEW YORK WAVE DOCUMENTARY ABOUT CUTE BENTOS! ROCKET WORLD STUFFED BEAR TO SUPPORT WILDLIFE PRESERVATION.
I’ve been juggling projects recently, and something awesome was just confirmed… NHK, Japan’s national public broadcaster, is shooting a 20 minute documentary about cute cooking that will focus on my work and book, Cute Yummy Time!...
TODAY SHOW TV APPEARANCE AT 30 ROCK, INSIDE NBC STUDIOS IN NYC. CUTE FOOD BREAKFAST DEMO ON LIVE NEWS TALK SHOW.
Once upon a time, I was a guest on the weekend edition of Today Show in New York — and the experience was like a fairy tale. The previous night, I stayed up late prepping for the food demo (unlike Cinderella, the neighborhood rats didn’...
HELLO KITTY SANRIO ANNIVERSARY: GYARU BEAUTY PARLOR PARTY IN LOS ANGELES. CUTE FOOD DEMO WITH BENTO CUTTERS, ANIMAL SHAPE CHEESE & CRACKERS.
I’m coming to Los Angeles to do a Cute Yummy Time book signing in late November! Details TBA, but need I say I’m bursting with excitement? I did two cute food demos and signings at New York’s Broadway Panhandler, a wonderland of ...
COURTNEY LOVE & HYSTERIC GLAMOUR BABY DOLL DRESS COLLABORATION. CUTE YUMMY TIME IN WOMAN’S DAY & METRO NY, JAPAN TREND SCOUTING.
I mentioned Twittering with Courtney Love in my last post. It’s a funny story: the Hole singer/actress found my blog because she loves Harajuku fashion, especially Gothic Lolita. In a typical OCD move, she flooded my Twitter inbox with messag...
CUTE YUMMY TIME BOOK SIGNING IN WASHINGTON DC! PHILLY METRO ARTICLE, LOLITA PHOTO SHOOT IN JAPANESE PARK.
Time for one of those méli-mélo posts. Moriawase, if you you prefer Nihongo. A random assortment of odds and ends, which often ends up being more exciting than something planned and straightforward! Here are some pro photos taken by Mitchell Fie...
TRAVEL CHANNEL TV SHOOT: ANDREW ZIMMERN’S BIZARRE WORLD! SHIBUYA CENTER GAI FAMOUS TOKYO STREET CROSSING, JAPAN CITY LIGHTS.
Ready? Set? Let’s begin the mad tale of my Travel Channel co-hosting gig! As you’ll recall, I was whisked to Tokyo in early October to be a guide on Andrew Zimmern’s popular new show, Bizarre World (airing in 75 countries!). The ...
CUTE YUMMY TIME BOOK TOUR SIGNING DATES ANNOUNCED! SCOTTISH FOLD BASIL VISITS HIS GRANDMA MIA FARROW!
Activist/actress Mia Farrow was in town to give speeches… and of course, she made time in her busy schedule to see her furry grandson! I smuggled Basil Farrow into her hotel room (fortunately, he didn’t “maoo” in the elevato...
CNNGO LAUNCHES WITH MY GREEN ASIA ARTICLE ON FRONT PAGE! BASIL FARROW WINS CUTE PET CONTEST!
Eeee! CNNGo has just officially launched! You may recall that I landed a new writing gig for an Asia lifestyle/travel/culture/AWESOME site spearheaded by CNN (see this post). The site focuses on six cities — Hong Kong, Mumbai, Shanghai, Tokyo...
THE BIG NEWS: LA CARMINA TO CO-HOST TOKYO EPISODE OF ANDREW ZIMMERN’S BIZARRE WORLD TV SHOW ON TRAVEL CHANNEL!
So… I’ve been hinting at an out-of-this-world announcement, and I wasn’t pulling your leg. It’s such a doozy that I can’t believe it’s happening… but it is. In October, I’m being flown to Tokyo… t...
TOKYO TRAVEL & WEIRD THEME RESTAURANTS INTERVIEW IN CHARLOTTE OBSERVER. PHOTOS OF ALICE IN WONDERLAND, VAMPIRE CAFE JAPAN.
Happy Sunday! How was your weekend? I’ve been working non-stop… hopefully I can break the big news to you on Monday. New Q&A in the Charlotte Observer about my Theme Restaurants book. I hear it’s now in stores and found on maj...
CUTEST SCOTTISH FOLD KITTEN! BASIL FARROW BABY CAT PICTURES: TIGER STRIPED FOLD-EARED PUREBRED KITTY. VILLAGE VOICE MENTION OF CUTE YUMMY TIME.
Look what Ronan digged up! It’s a photo of our Scottish Fold son, Basil Farrow, as a kitten! He used to be skinny and gawkish (now he’s a round Garfield). Basil’s foldy-ears were larger (he grew into them, I guess.) And his fur wa...
CUTIE FOOD IN MING PAO CHINESE NEWSPAPER! SCOTTISH FOLD CAT & LA CARMINA, JAPANESE BENTO BOX DECORATION NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, CUTE YUMMY TIME COOKBOOK.
Ai-yah! The Ming Pao, a leading Chinese-language newspaper, did a super cute feature on Cutie Food. The article includes two of my recipes from my cookbook Cute Yummy Time (brown rice penguin onigiri and panda tofu soba). My round-faced cat Basil Far...
NEW YORK TIMES WEBSITE ABOUT.COM POSTS FEATURE GALLERY OF THEME RESTAURANTS TOKYO BOOK. JAPAN MAID CAFE PHOTOS ON WEIRD NEWS BLOG.
New York Times website About.com posted a gallery and review of my new book, Crazy Wacky Theme Restaurants! It features my photos of Japanese maid cafes, Goth and monster themed restaurants and more. Come take a look on About.com: Weird News. Buck Wo...
PHOTO OF BASIL FARROW’S DAD: TWO CUTE BLOND GENIUSES! MOODYCHICK INTERVIEW, RIOT GRRL ALTERNATIVE BEAUTY TIPS MAGAZINE.
We’ll start with a cute tangent: doesn’t Basil Farrow looks just like his daddy? The blond hair, the intense eyes, the pouts – wahhh! And now, the contest winners. Thank you for over a hundred contest entries. lisa42 wins the Alessi...
MY BIRTHDAY PRESENT: NINTENDO DS LITE & PHOENIX WRIGHT ACE ATTORNEY! RECENT PRESS FROM NINETEEN74 & MARK BATTY PUBLISHER.
“Wahhhh! Daddy got mommy an insane birthday present. A Nintendo DS Lite in rose metallic and the Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney video game!” “I prefer to sit on the pink tissue paper and play with the string. But I sniffed the adorab...
THE VANCOUVER PROVINCE SUNDAY PHOTO FEATURE: SCOTTISH FOLD BASIL FARROW & LA CARMINA DISCUSS CRAZY TOKYO THEME RESTAURANTS.
Basil Farrow and I are in the newspaper today! Even if I wear full Gothic makeup, my cat steals the show with that signature “Farrow pout”… Big thanks to The Vancouver Province for interviewing us about what we like to do on our Sun...
CUTE YUMMY TIME & LA CARMINA IN THE NEW YORKER: BOOK BENCH DEPARTMENT REVIEW OF JAPANESE KAWAII COOKBOOK.
I have a funny mention in the New Yorker Book Bench Department (published July 13, by Andrea Walker), which you can read above and here. I’m tickled pink that my “earless cat” Basil Farrow is mentioned! He is, after all, a character...
TOKYOTOPIA INTERVIEW: HARAJUKU SUBCULTURES, TIPS FOR LONG FLIGHTS TO JAPAN, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TOKYO VISITORS.
You meet good people through Twitter! I’ve been chatting with TokyoTopia, a fabulous resource for Tokyo travelers. Unlike most tourist sites, TokyoTopia’s advice on cheap hotels is easy to navigate, and the sightseeing recommendations are...
BASIL FARROW & LA CARMINA IN COLUMBIA COLLEGE TODAY! UNIVERSITY ALUMNI MAGAZINE PROFILE OF YOUNG AUTHOR-DESIGNER.
Happy Canada Day! July is going to be a killer month. I’m in TOKYO with several exciting projects planned, my Theme Restaurants book comes out (although you can already preorder it), several national TV/radio appearances are planned for the rel...
CRAZY, WACKY THEME RESTAURANTS TOKYO: BOOK COVER UNVEILED! WORLD’S WEIRDEST RESTAURANTS, JAPAN MAID CAFE PHOTOS BY LA CARMINA.
I received the final book cover of my Crazy Wacky Theme Restaurants book and it’s eeeeeee kawaii! I’m so happy! Mark Batty Publisher is known for its fab fonts and design sensibility, and I’m thrilled at how the cute-meets-strange ...
JPOPEXPRESS INTERVIEW WITH LA CARMINA ABOUT JAPANESE THEME RESTAURANTS BOOK, CUTE COOKING, TOKYO FASHION.
Jpopexpress, a wonderful website about Japanese music and pop culture, very kindly asked me to do an interview (posted here). Alas, the drama llama came calling because the article originally referred to me as a “Lolita expert” (now chang...
METRO.POP WOMEN’S FASHION & STYLE MAGAZINE: FEATURE ARTICLE ON LA CARMINA.
I rarely enjoy fashion magazines that don’t contain kanji, but I heart Metro.POP. Dubbed “the magazine for the rest of us,” Metro.POP contains gorgeous layouts of progressive fashion, art, design, music and more. On May 19, the maga...
LA WEEKLY ARTICLE ON LA CARMINA & DIENZO GOTHIC ARTIST, SCOTTISH FOLD MEDITATION CUSHIONS ON MODERNCAT.
“Hot off the press!” has become an anachronism, hasn’t it? Now that the Net is our primary news source, we should be yelling: “Top of the RSS!” Today, in LA Weekly: Liz Ohanesian interviews artist Dienzo about his new e...
VAMPIRE PAINTING OF LA CARMINA: DIENZO SOLO GOTH ART EXHIBIT AT HYAENA GALLERY, LOS ANGELES OPENING PARTY.
Tomorrow night, in Los Angeles… La Carmina’s bloody portrait by DIENZO shall be unveiled! Muaahahaha! (Isn’t the painting remarkable? Blood-stained fingers and razor teeth… as the Brits would say, I’m chuffed!) DIENZO ...
