Japanese fiancee of Waterboys frontman Mike Scott faces obscenity charges in her homeland
The “vagina artist” fiancee of Waterboys frontman Mike Scott has been convicted of obscenity charges in Japan.
Megumi Igarashi, 44, Japan’s self-proclaimed “vagina artist”, escaped a prison sentence over her controversial artworks and was fined just over £2,500.
Igarashi, who is known as Rokudenashiko or ‘Good for nothing girl’, has created works such as a Lady Gaga model and a full-sized kayak modelled on her private parts.
Scott, 57, whose hits include The Whole of the Moon, met Igarashi for the first time in 2014, when a campaign to protest against her arrest by Tokyo police on obscenity charges caught his attention after gaining widespread international publicity
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Controversial Artist Rokudenashiko to Marry Waterboys Frontman Mike Scott – Interest – Anime News Network
Rokudenashiko (“Good-for-Nothing Child”), the pen name of Megumi Igarashi, announced on Nico Nico Douga on April 19 that she will marry Michael Scott, the lead singer of the British-Irish rock band The Waterboys. She is 44 years old, he 57. The wedding is scheduled for this autumn, and the couple plans to live in Ireland afterward.
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R.I. musician Paul Geremia has stroke; fundraiser for him at 60 percent of goal
An online fundraising effort for Rhode Island musician Paul Geremia has reached 60 percent of its $20,000 goal after less than two days. Geremia, 70, suffered a serious stroke in June.
PROVIDENCE JOURNAL October 3, 2014
By Andy Smith
An online fundraising effort for Rhode Island musician Paul Geremia has reached 60 percent of its $20,000 goal after less than two days. Geremia, 70, suffered a serious stroke in June.
As of 6:23 a.m. Friday, the fund had raised $12,725 on youcaring.com. (To donate, go to youcaring.com/paulgeremia.)
The acclaimed country blues guitarist and singer is staying in Rhode Island with a friend, Janet Isserlis.
“We’re moved and stunned and grateful beyond words,” she said.
Isserlis said the money is needed for caregivers and for medical costs not covered by insurance.
“People keep asking ‘what can we do?’ ” she said. “We’ve heard about people trying to organize benefits, but not everybody can get to those. So we thought it was important for people to have a way to donate online.”
Isserlis said donations have been coming in from all over the world. She said she’s not sure what will happen once the $20,000 goal is reached.
“It never occurred to me that it would come in this fast,” she said.