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Space Oddities - Looking For Rock In All The Weird Places

by Ali MacLean

In this town, it's easy to get jaded. Every club or party these days seems to need to top some pinnacle of bacchanale... a regular night with drinks and music just wont do. A warehouse rave is just ordinary. It has to be louder, harder, faster: rollerskating parties, dodgeball parties, plastic surgery parties, parties where you're in a video game, parties where you come as your spirit animal, parties in a subway car, parties in the b

Hate-mongering, whether it be with a gun in a museum, or hidden behind a computer screen in the blogosphere is dangerous...what is the solution?

Freedom of Speech is our right in this country. But when comments and slurs incite violence, how do we stop it, combat it, temper it? Ideas? Comments?

R.I.P, Stephen Tyrone Johns. You are a hero and your steps to protect others in the face of hate won't be forgotten.

Carina Round is my favorite female performer today. Her live show was phenomenal tonight - and every night I've seen it.
She is about to leave my other faves like her (PJ Harvey, Auf Der Maur, etc) in the dust.

Here's one of her softer songs. Check her out!!

Mike Doughty led the one-of-a-kind Soul Coughing in the 90s, one of the original “alternative” rock bands, and one that really tested the limits of the genre, with improv jazz, odd samples and glitch-punk experimentation.

Soul Coughing broke up in 2000; Doughty was battling a heroin addiction when he wasn’t battling band mates over credits and publishing money. Doughty however, didn’t break pace, continuing on as a solo artist, selling handmade CDs from the stage at gigs before running into Dave M

Antiquiet's Ali On The Air talks to Tech N9ne at the Rock The Bells 2009 Press Conference about his independent success, the two new Tech N9ne albums coming this year, and how the near-fatal bus crash in 2003 has changed his perspective on his work.

Ali On The Air talks to Tech N9ne at the Rock The Bells 2009 Press Conference about his independent success, the two new Tech N9ne albums coming this year, and how the near-fatal bus crash in 2003 has changed his perspective on his work.

Antiquiet & Ali On The Air backstage at The Roxy with all-girl "supercovergroup" Chelsea Girls.

Hot girls. Sexy talk. Bawdy rockin' fun.

We caught up with Murs at the Rock The Bells Press Conference at the Key Club last week, to talk about the label relationship he continues to have- at arms length- as well as well, a bunch of bullshit, frankly. Such as why complaining about the government is no different from complaining about bad service at Taco Bell, and which Summer blockbuster the comic book nerd is most looking forward to (Star Trek!). We may have started a new hip hop beef while we were at it. Well see if Joaquin Phoenix responds.

Nico Vega, LA based and openers for The Von Bondies, hung out in the dressing room and answered some of my questions.

Backstage of the Roxy with my Bondies.

The conversation went from fascinating to silly to downright awkward. But we all had make up sex afterwards.

Enjoy the lunacy of me and the Von Bondies!

My Antiquiet interview (in the bathroom) with Nic Adler of the Roxy. We chat about Ticketmaster, twittering and social media in the rock club world.

Part Two!

My Antiquiet interview (in the bathroom) with Nic Adler of the Roxy. We chat about Ticketmaster, twittering and social media in the rock club world.

Mike Doughty led the one-of-a-kind Soul Coughing in the 90s, one of the original “alternative” rock bands, and one that really tested the limits of the genre, with improv jazz, odd samples and glitch-punk experimentation.

Soul Coughing broke up in 2000; Doughty was battling a heroin addiction when he wasn’t battling bandmates over credits and publishing money. Doughty however, didn’t break pace, continuing on as a solo artist, selling handmade CDs from the stage at gigs before running into Dave Ma

On a rainy Friday, I visited with Dave of Chromeo at his hotel for a little chat. Poor P Funk was deathly ill so we sent him to his room with hot liquids and sat down to talk about Dave's Fancy Foot work, and of, course working with Daryl Hall of Hall and Oates.