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Urban Kimono

KimonoSOUL:)

About Me

What Is Urban Kimono?Urban Kimono is a marriage of East and West. The name reflects the founder's creative process, inspiration and personal style aesthetic.The Vehicle Urban Kimono,LLC is a multi- service creative entity offering professional make- up artistry, fashion & wardrobe styling, image renovation, as well as custom illustration and design. Urban Kimono strives to combine uncanny creative vision, natural artistic ability and professional techniques to create and refine existing beauty in a manner which is original, inspired, and unique. Through this vehicle and services offered, we seek to maintain and enhance the inner beauty and esteem of our clients by utilizing the best products and techniques available to refine and polish his/her existing brilliance..

My Interests

art/ anthropology/ religious history/natural medicine & herbs/ world health issues/ the environment/ historical costume /cooking/ martial arts/illustration/ anime/ sci fi/ Japanese stuff/ world music/hip hop/ reggae/ jazz/ dance/far away places/wacky people

I'd like to meet:

artists, designers, actors, models, photographers, creative entrepreneurs, venture capitalists ( muhhahaha)

Music:

MF Doom ( Orris root Powder!!) Nina Simone, Count Bass D, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Sergio Mendes, Baba maal, Blackalicious, Jazzyfatnastees, John coltrane, Miles Davis, Etta James, Stevie Wonder, Mbemba Bangoura, Rokia Traore, chaka khan, Mad Lib, Phoebe Snow, mongo santamaria, Fela Kuti, j-zone, j- live , Eddie Palmieri, Irakere, Ndambi, hieroglyphics,pharoahe monch,mos def, billie holiday, 8ball MJG, UGK....dirty south underground, Coleman Hawkins, Babatunde Olatunji, Mamady Keita, Nina Simone, Thievery Corporation, Supreme Beings of Leisure, Dr. Buzzard and his Original Savannah band, Billie Holiday, Cool Breeze, NWA, Too Short, Osunlade, Omar, Julie Dexter, Manu Dubongo, King Sunny Ade, Yousou N'Dour, Ayub Ogada.... this list is endless......

Movies:

action, sci fi, horror, thrillers, Anime, indie flicks, anything with more cowbell!!)

Television:

KILL YOUR TV !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Books:

Favorite reads: Kindred/Octavia Butler, Sula/Toni Morrison, Beloved/Toni Morrison, Bailey's Cafe/Gloria Naylor, We Were the Mulvaneys/Joyce Carol Oates, Memoirs of a Geisha- Arthur Golden, The Parable of the Talents- Octavia Butler, A Wrinkle In TIme- madeleine L'Engle, Roll of Thunder,Hear My Cry, Ludell & Willie , The Shell Seekers,

Heroes:

my ancestors, my parents & grandparents, my brothers

My Blog

Check out this event: Soul Session cP30

Hosted By: Old Soul edutainmentWhen: Friday Feb 09, 2007 at 9:00 PMWhere: Radio, RadioIndianapolis, IN 46202United StatesDescription:Old Soul edutainment Click Here To View Event...
Posted by Urban Kimono on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 02:42:00 PST

Root mOVEments: FEB. 2007

Hosted By: Old Soul edutainment & Twin PeaksWhen: Wednesday Feb 07, 2007 at 9:00 PMWhere: The Jazz Kitchen5377 N. College AveIndianapolis, IN 46205United StatesDescription:Old Soul edutainment Cli...
Posted by Urban Kimono on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 02:34:00 PST

Check out this event: Root Movements: Featuring Tish Lyndsey & Batalyst

Hosted By: Twin Peaks & Old Soul entertainmentWhen: Wednesday Dec 06, 2006 at 10:30 PMWhere: Jazz Kitchen5377 n. College avenueIndianapolis, IN 46205USDescription: Twin Peaks & Old Soul enter...
Posted by Urban Kimono on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 11:02:00 PST

Soul Session ZERO

Hosted By: Old Soul EdutainmentWhen: Friday Nov 24, 2006 at 9:00 PMWhere: Therapy Nightclub & Lounge605 E. Market StreetIndianapolis, IN 46202USDescription:Old Soul Edutainment Click Here To View ...
Posted by Urban Kimono on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 02:01:00 PST

I'm up to 3 a day .....

Cups of Green Tea, that is.  It has officially been one month since I quit smoking, and I've found drinking tea, especially green to be a great way to curb the nicotine cravings, appetite, and to...
Posted by Urban Kimono on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 01:53:00 PST

Public Service Announcement ( approved by Denton Robendalt)

I find it hilarious that random men are hitting me up because they *think* that I am  the lady in the picture: "Carmen Jones" bka Ashton Deary, 20-  something  actor -in- training.I fel...
Posted by Urban Kimono on Sat, 28 Oct 2006 12:37:00 PST

Carmen Jones in Technicolor, Black & White ...

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Posted by Urban Kimono on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 12:17:00 PST

Come see Carmen Jones at CAU !!!!!!!!

      Clark Atlanta University Players present:        &nbs p;   CARMEN JONES, the musical When:    October 19t...
Posted by Urban Kimono on Sun, 15 Oct 2006 12:40:00 PST

R.I.P Dr. Who

  Harrison Wesley Bentley Jr.Jan. 22, 1977-  Sept. 5, 2006         &n bsp;         &n bsp; &...
Posted by Urban Kimono on Thu, 21 Sep 2006 09:41:00 PST

7 faces, 14 sets of eyes, 10 string bikinis and 2 ROCKSTARS

Model Mayhem, or A Day in the Life of  Urban KimonoRockstar Energy Drink Shoot @ Hush Nightclub7:00  I called l Manda( my contact person)  to find out where this "Pink " nightclub was. ...
Posted by Urban Kimono on Mon, 04 Sep 2006 02:39:00 PST