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 was [...]
November 3, 2009
Categories: dj, electronic, entertainment, fashion, music, nightlife, parties, spin, turntablism, urb magazine . Tags: DJ Shadow, 45s, cupcakes, thriller, the shining, kcrw, Michael Jackson, sea wolf, edward sharpe, Garth Trinidad, Jason Bentley, little dragon, halloween, masquerade, Park Plaza, the legendary park plaza, costume ball, The HAngover, Zach Galifianakis, Amadeus, trance, Bikrams, day of the dead, skeletons, central casting, Kojis, Sprinkles, border grill, blu blockers, glitter, feathers, fur, vegas, neo-gothic, Kool Haus, Gothenberg, Evita, siouxie, New Moon, Teen Wolf, jack white, meg white, big bird, super mario bros., alex brown church, jonestown, manson, manson family, pioneertown, polyphonic spree, Ima robot, golden shower, joshua tree, moses . Author: aliontheair . Comments: Leave a Comment
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 – [...]
August 16, 2009
Categories: dj, electronic . . Author: aliontheair . Comments: 1 Comment
When I heard that The Juan MacLean was in town, I knew I had to talk to him, not only to chat about his new album The Future Will Come, being part of the uber cool electro mafia: DFA Records, but also to finally figure out how the hell we are related. Two MacLeans from [...]
June 22, 2009
Categories: dj, electronic, entertainment, host, interviews, music, nightlife, parties, publishing, show biz, spin, technology, turntablism, vj . Tags: ali on the air, ali maclean, dj, obama, vinyl, serato, lcd soundsystem, kurt cobain, The Juan MacLean, DFA records, The Future Will COme, Silver Apples, Gloucester, Boston, Jerry Springer, Juan MacLean, Happy Home, Death From Above, mp3, DJ Hero, Human League, grace Jones, Bookashade, Alan McGee, BP Fallon, Agaisnt Depression, Peter Kramer, Providence, Happy House, Marc Bolan, Drakkar Noir, Old Spice . Author: aliontheair . Comments: Leave a Comment
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 [...]
June 19, 2009
Categories: dj, electronic, entertainment, host, music, news, nightlife, parties, rock, rocknroll, show biz, tv personality, urb magazine . Tags: 3rd street promenade, ali maclean, ali on the air, Antiquiet, bat for lashes, ben christophers, bjork, car wash, cemetery parties, Coachella, conor mcnicholas, dark crystal, dodgeball, edward scissorhands, elvis costello, glasvegas, hollywood forever cemetery, ice sculpture, james allan, jeans, kcrw, kira, leonard cohen, Lucky Brand, lucky brand neighborhood soical, misshapes, Natasha Khan, neighborhood social, nme, paul cantelon, rab allan, ramada, ray bans, spirit animal, squeak e clean, suds, tom morello, wurlitzer, zither . Author: aliontheair . Comments: 1 Comment
Not only does this tribute feature my childhood hometown musical hero, Black Francis, but it also boasts Maynard from Tool, The Flaming Lips, A Place To Bury Strangers, Chantal from Morningwood and my favorite San Francisco Silverlakers, Film School.
Plus it was produced with love (and rockets) by Christopher the Minister from Sirius Radio and the [...]
June 2, 2009
Categories: dj, electronic, entertainment, music, news . Tags: ali on the air, ali maclean, film school, silverlake, sirius radio, the pixies, tool, Love and Rockets, tribute album, flaming lips, maynard, maynard from tool, puscifer, morningwood, black francis, frank black, a place to bury strangers, shepard fairey, phil jaguiri, swinghouse studios, daniel ash, dandy warhols, ali amclean rock journalist . Author: aliontheair . Comments: 3 Comments
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 [...]
April 16, 2009
Categories: dj, electronic, entertainment, hip hop, host, interviews, music, news, nightlife, parties, politics, rap, rock the bells, show biz, turntablism . Tags: ali maclean, Ali MacLean on Antiquiet, ali onthe air, Antiquiet, atmosphere, breakin, cabbage patch, electric boogaloo, hip hop, joachim phoenix, Key Club, labels, living legends, Murs, murs and me, murs for president, music festivals, paid dues, paid dues festival, president of the united states, press conference, rap, rappers, rock the bells, sit com, slug, star trek, taco bell, will i am, wolverine . Author: aliontheair . Comments: 3 Comments
Nico Vega, LA based and openers for The Von Bondies, hung out in the dressing room and answered some of my questions.
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April 2, 2009
Categories: dj, electronic, entertainment, fashion, host, interviews, music, nightlife, parties, politics, rock, rocknroll, tv, tv personality, vj . Tags: Aja, album, album release, ali maclean, ali on the air, Billy Corgan, congress, downloading, downloading music, eponymous, free downloads, hollywwod, interviews, lion, Los angeles, music, music news, myspace, myspace music, myspace records, Nico Vega, obama, plitics, rock, social networking, sunset strip, sxsw, The Roxy, tom anderson, tour, von bondies, whiskey . Author: aliontheair . Comments: 2 Comments
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!
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April 2, 2009
Categories: dj, electronic, entertainment, host, interviews, music, news, nightlife, parties, show biz, tv, tv personality, vj . Tags: accidents will happen, ali maclean, ali on the air, Antiquiet, backstage, christy hunt, cmon cmon, concert, denis leary, depressed, detroit, don blum, eddie murphy, firefighters, furries, fx, grunge, health, healthy, hollywood, indie labels, indie rock, interviews, jason stollsteimer, john wayne gacy, labels, leann banks, Los angeles, Love hat and then there's you, majordomo, meet dave, morose, murder, music news, pale bride, party, plushies, premature ejaculation, rescue me, shout factory, sire records, sunset strip, sxsw, the beach, the klupms, The Roxy, The Von Bondies, tour, tv, tv show, warner brothers, we are kamikazes . Author: aliontheair . Comments: 1 Comment
On a rainy Friday, I visited with Dave of Chromeo at his hotel for a little chat. Poor P Thugg 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.
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March 21, 2009
Categories: dj, electronic, host, interviews, music, news, show biz, technology, turntablism, tv personality, urb magazine, vj . Tags: 80s, a track, ali maclean, chromeo, Columbia University, Daryl Hall, Daryl's place, Dave, electro, Fancy Footwork, female rock journalist, Hall and Oates, interviews, Key Club, Los angeles, Michael Jackson, Mommas boy, Montreal, music interviews, music journalist, music news, Needy Girl, New York Cit, P Funk, professor, shes in control, shows, synthesizer, talk box, Tenderoni, urb magazine, videos . Author: aliontheair . Comments: 3 Comments
