FLASHBACK :: Japan 2011 : 20th Mooneyes Yokohama

Recently I noticed that the last time I went to Japan I posted some photos from my iphone, then promised that I'd post some more.

Old Japan Post

I broke that promise, and I am here now to redeem myself.

On this trip we not only went to Mooneyes, Buzz and I also went to Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe and Tokyo.

Whilst in Yokohama we caught up and met so many awesome people.  I loved this trip!


Here are the photos:

my favorite cafe in Kyoto.

we traveled around Kyoto by bike.  Kyoto in Autumn, so beautiful

 

Buzz reading Greasy Kulture magazine, at Nice in Kobe

Nice Motorcycle, Kobe

Ha ha, matching.  Keith Weesner.  I still wear this hoody. 
You can't see the sleeves in this shot, they were the main reason I bought it. The sleeves are so rad!

These girls were so cool

Was this the Dice Party?  Or a Mooneyes Party?  I cannot remember....
I do know it wasn't the Greasy Kulture Party that was in Tokyo.

Conrad singing with the band

This is just a small selection of photos of bikes that arrived.  You could just stand outside and watch the bikes arrive all day, and not go into the show.
I loved the fact that there were so many girls on these massive Harleys.  They looked so cool.

ha ha totally crazy.  There were so many bikes.

The carpark was really the place to be. I went to the carpark quiet late, many people had already left. This is just a very small selection of bikes that were parked. 
The car park is massive and was FULL of extraordinary bikes. 
Some people just go to the Yokohama show for the carpark.  I've heard that there has been some major complaints about the level noise from the hundreds of bikes coming and going from the show. So much so that this year Mooneyes will be closing the carpark. 
I am pretty sure that this move will make an impact on the show, how much is yet to be seen.

I really like the tank on this bike - nice paint job.

If  you're wondering, I am still going to Russia in a few weeks (about 6) - though my visa still isn't totally confirmed.
I'm getting excited and am looking forward to taking photos of stuff!  
When I mentioned in one of my last posts that I didn't have a plan, that was not totally true. I did have a plan, I've just found out that I'm not allowed to do any of it. One thing I planned to do was go to Sweden and check out a few things there, but it turns out my visa will not allow me to travel there if I am flying in and out of Russia.  Which is a bit of a bummer.  Nothing like a little problem solving, though.

Maybe I might stumble across secret awesome bike and hot rod scene in Russia.  You never know there might be one.

The other news I have involves Japan.  More on that another time......

Box of Videos

What is it about an abandoned box of videos that gets me all crazy!

On Monday afternoon someone put a box of old videos next to the LifeLine Bin, in the car park of my work place.
When I first saw it on the way to my car,  I couldn't take my eyes off of it. 
You know when you're walking, trying to check something out, without anyone knowing, without falling all over yourself in the process!

I was Desperate to see what movies were inside.
Sitting on top I did spy a copy of American Werewolf in London.
I kept walking to my car.

It was still there on Tuesday morning, it had dew all over it. 
It was still there when I left work yesterday, someone had rummaged through, shifted the contents.
I could see a copy of Faceoff.
I couldn't take my eyes off it. I needed to know what was in there!

It was still there this morning, and this afternoon.
 As I walked passed it today, I reminded myself that I don't have a video player, and I don't need those videos.  I tried to convince myself that I don't even need to know what was in that box.
It's pointless knowing, I told myself, besides there were people around.  They would see me bent over looking in that box, rummaging. They would think I was a freak.  Someone might take a photo, then put it on instagram hashtagged trashbaby, or something.

I imagined taking all the videos out and placing them on the road and taking a photo.  Then putting the photo on instagram, asking if anyone wanted the movies.  I wanted to find them a good home. That's not weird.

I kept walking.
How crazy, and I am still thinking about them!

Seriously, what do I think is in there, some ultra rare John Waters Movie.
I already have Pink Flamingos on DVD and VIDEO!! 

Speaking of John Waters. A week or so ago,  after writing the post about my hair , I was the mood for watching Cry Baby.  So I did.  Then I watched it the next night, with the Directors commentary on.  It was the first time ever, that I've watched a movie with the commentary running.

I don't believe there many voices out there I would want to hear jabbering over a movie I want to watch.

John Waters voice is so smooth, and he is so trashy and so funny.  He can get away with spoiling my movie time with a bit of yak-ity-yak. 

Well that  is it for the time being.

Remember when : The First time I went to Japan!

In 2 months today, I will be going to Russia - if all goes to plan (actually I still don't have much of a plan for what I am going to do in Russia)
I'm getting a little nervous about this trip,  mainly because of the tension between Russia and the UN, not knowing  the language, not having a firm plan and I am also worried that my natural sense of curiosity might just land me in jail.  Maybe I've watched too  many movies - yes!

When I was growing up all I wanted to do was travel.
I spent loads of time traveling around Australia with my family.  My father raced a 14 foot skiff, so we were quiet often left to our own devices.  My younger sister and I would spend our time exploring each major city.   I loved the exploring, not knowing what was around the corner.  So many adventures!

So it's surprising that the first time I went overseas was only a few years ago.
I went to Japan, with one of my dearest friends, Maryanne.  She had been there already a number of times on her own, she'd also traveled to LA on her own, where she road a push bike wearing a skirt.  She's always so fabulous, the prefect traveling companion.  

Here are some photos of that time I went to Japan.

 This is at the airport before we caught our first flight, I was so excited - my first Duty Free.  It was a bottle of Cointreau, of course!

 On our way to Studio Ghibli

 Love the guys dancing on the stage whilst the singer is on the floor with the crowd!

 At the show we met the guy that ran TombStone, a tiny tiny Bar in Tokyo. He invited us to his bar.  A few nights later we thought we'd check it out.

The guy who ran the bar (Sorry,  I cannot remember his name, from now on I will refer to him as TGWRTB ) told us about a huge car and motorbike show in Yokohama, he played us a dvd and told us that the owner of the bar goes every year and is friends with loads of people there.

As the night progressed we started requesting different music to be played, TGWRTB told us a good friend owns a bar where he'll play any record we want.  We left Tombstone, TGWRTB gave us stickers and a copy of a picture that he had drawn,  to explore Tokyo some more, we ended up at Punk Rock Bar, TGWRTBs friends bar.  I returned to that bar a few years later with a different crowd, and a very different experience.  That is another story for another time, fun times!

 The first time I ever saw Flamingos in real life!

Maryanne and I, she always looks so fabulous!!

Girl News : Hair News

Oh Happy First Day of May.....

Ok, so, if you know me IRL, you know what my hair looks like. If not here is an example of what I look like now. 
This is one of the most recent photos of myself, it's taken at the Murderdrome Premiere late last year. I am with one of my co-post-apocalyptic Flash back Girl, who is also one of my best friends Monique.
(I am the one with the black and white hair and cleavage showing)

I don't have many photos of myself. This is one of the most recent

Earlier this year I decided to go blonde - all over.

This means I need to grow my hair out.  So for the next few months - year (?) I am going to have crazy re-growth hair.  Whilst I wallow in that crap and pretend it's not happening I am going to dream of what my hair will look like once it is ready.

This is what I want it to look like : I LOVE THIS HAIR

When I get Blonde Hair I will do more of this.  And this

And this

If I get tired of waiting for it to grow, I may get this.  Though I really don't want to do this

Another "Dear God CUT IT NOW!" Look.

Love the Wanda Woodward look

Traci Lords looks so Fabulous here

Let's hope I don't turn out like Hatchet-Face!!

 Back in the old days I'd use my comic books to work out how I wanted my hair. Tank Girl was always a great inspiration.

I did my hair like this once, though I ended up shaving it all off, the fringe was annoying

Now you can use websites like this one : Tumblr page called Hair Inspiration

I stole most of the images I used for this blog post from the above mentioned website.