Dorothy Parker trapped in a Breck girl
I am lucky enough to be invited to lots of interesting events from the most rocking concerts to fringe to freak flag waving nights of hedonism. Sometimes, though it may be a bit off topic for me, I am offered a curiosity I just can’t pass up on. My friend, Harmon Leon, is the brilliant … More A Wolf In Ed Hardy Clothing – Behind The Scenes At The Pick Up Artist Summit
A KCRW affair is always a classy one. This year’s Halloween Masquerade did not disappoint. From the gorgeous setting at the legendary Park Plaza to the central casting styled beautiful people in costumes fit for a movie shoot, there was everything needed for a visual and aural bacchanal. The grand staircase of the Park Plaza … More Little Dragon, Sea Wolf, Shadow, Part Of KCRW’s Thriller Night
I’ve been re-inspired by my trip across the pond (more on this to come) and my attendance of a taping of the great Later with Jools Holland – the only show left which truly is ‘about the music’. I’ve pitched a music based show here in the states to countless networks for the past six … More Eat To The Beat – a new show with rock stars and appetizers
The crazy train has left the station…and either you were on it or you’ll have to wait until next year’s local trip. The Sunset Strip, long a place where spandex covered dinosaurs crawled between the Rainbow and the Whiskey has had a resurgence, mostly due to Roxy owner Nic Adler’s social media make over experiment. … More Getting It On & Taking It Off – Sunset Strip Music Festival 2009
Jim Carroll, punk poet and rock laureate of the Bowery, is dead. I am truly upset, though not entirely surprised. With his hard way of living on sex, drugs and rock and roll, 60 does seem like a respectable age. However, he was a talented writer and poet. Many people know his high school notebooks … More People Who Died 2009 – Punk Poet Jim Carroll Passes
Rock has a reputation for being a beer and whiskey kinda night. OK, maybe a rum and coke, then a shot of tequila, then eleventy beers kinda night. But somewhere along the way, I traded in my plastic tumbler for a wine glass. If I drink much at all, I strictly drink wine. It seems … More Sunset and Vines – Rock ‘n Roll Wine Uncorks At The Sunset Strip Music Festival
The host hazy and dusty race tracks are not the normal habitat of wolves. No, I picture wolves living in the misty mountain hops of vampire infested forests up in Northern America. But I wasn’t interested in spotting your average wolves. I was jonesing to see the kind of hard rock wolves who are native … More Wolfmother Serves Epicenter Festival A Cosmic Egg, Sunny Side Up
At the sweaty, smoky dust bowl they call the Fairplex in Pomona, I hid out in the Epicenter artist tent, getting spoiled with laser tag games, free lip gloss and massages. It’s not that I hate music or anything, it’s that other than a curiosity about Street Sweeper Social Club and a burning desire to … More Talking Robots, Ace Of Cakes & Police Academy With Aesop Rock
Demented And Sad But Social – John Hughes Breakast Club Tribute By Flux in LA By Ali MacLean By all outward accounts, I lived a charmed high school existence. An A student with long honey colored hair, I played soccer and was captain of the cheerleading squad. We even competed at a national level, which … More Demented And Sad, But Social – John Hughes/Breakfast Club Tribute By Flux In LA
Ut oh. Another reason to work out… A LOT. With electro tunes, ecstasy and Sparks, there isn’t much reason needed for nu rave kids to shed their clothes and rub up against each other on the dance floor, but Calvin has created another reason to wear nothing but one of those lame American Apparel bikinis … More Bikini Beats – Calvin Harris Makes A Humanthesizer
ALI MacLEAN 