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 it’d [...]
September 8, 2009
Categories: dj, entertainment, host, interviews, music, nightlife, parties, rock, rocknroll . Tags: ali maclean, ali on the air, beer, California, chardonnay, coffey, Dashboard Confessional, Everclear, festival, Foundation room, gang of four, grenache, grotto, house of blues, indie rock, Ingrid Michaelson, Jack Johnson, Low vs Diamond, MGMT, muscat, ncork, neu, Pat Monahan, peaches, pinot grigio, pinot noir, red wine, reggae, rhapsody, rock n roll wine, sommelier, sommeliler, sunset strip, Sunset strip music festival, swinghouse studios, syrah, VIP, whiskey, wine, wine tasting, zinfandel . Author: aliontheair . Comments: Leave a Comment
Les Paul passed on today. Most of the men (and chicks) I know wouldn’t be standing on a stage today if it weren’t for this man. A moment of silence for the man who helped us create so much music…
From Gibson.com:
New York, NY…August 13, 2009…Les Paul, acclaimed guitar player, entertainer and inventor, passed away today [...]
August 13, 2009
Categories: entertainment, host, music, news, rock, rocknroll . . Author: aliontheair . Comments: Leave a 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
The people at Worn Free Tees had the ingenious idea to license and recreate old soft worn in rock tees that have been seen on some of the greatest rock n roll stars of our time. Culling from the archive photos and closets of legends like Joey Ramone, John Lennon, Debbie Harry, Joan Jett, Kurt [...]
June 19, 2009
Categories: dj, entertainment, fashion, host, interviews, nightlife, novel, rock, urb magazine, vj . . Author: aliontheair . Comments: 2 Comments
Dammit, I wish I still had my 1974 Chevy Monza. She was an old beater, white, with wood paneled interiors and an 8 track player. I only had 4 cassettes I picked up at a garage sale: Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack, Foghat, Sweet and some musical (Chess?), but it was a bad-ass car. Not that [...]
June 5, 2009
Categories: entertainment, host, interviews, music, news, nightlife, rock, rocknroll, urb magazine . Tags: 3 of clubs, ali maclean, ali on the air, aruba, Band of skulls, beemer, black keys, brody dalle, chevy monza, courtyard studios, emma richardson, foghat, hamer museum, heart, iroc, lollapalooza, radiohead, rumble at the three of clubs, russell marsden, shangri-la music, spinerette, sweet, vine street, viper room, white stripes, wolfmother . Author: aliontheair . Comments: Leave a Comment
When I was little, I used to pour over my Dad’s records, which were mostly divided into two camps: Beatles and Rolling Stones. I loved the colorful Beatles record jackets, especially Magical Mystery Tour and Sgt. Peppers. The Stones records intrigued me; I knew the zipper on Sticky Fingers records was something I wasn’t supposed [...]
June 1, 2009
Categories: dj, entertainment, fashion, host, music, nightlife, parties, show biz, turntablism . Tags: Air Supply, ali maclean, ali on the air, Ambrosia, america, Andy Samberg, Baker Street, Beatles, Bowie, Cape Cod, champagne, cheese and crackers, Chewbacca, Chicago, chromeo, congos, Daryl Hall, deck shoes, Doc Spyders, Doobie Brothers, easy like sunday morning, Fleetwood MAc, Full Sail, Gerry Rafferty, Go Your Own Way, Hall and Oates, hollywood, Im On A Boat, jackson Browne, K Tel, Key Club, Knights Of Monte Carlo, Korg, Loggins, Loggins and Messina, Magical Mystery Tour, marina, Marthas Vineyard, Miami Vice, Micahel McDonals, nautical themed, pina colada, preppy, Queen, radio host Ali MacLean, ride like the wind, riuniti, Robbie Dupree, rock journalist Ali MacLean, Rolling Stones, Rosanna, star wars, Sticky Fingers, summer breeze, tequila sunrise, Toto, tv host, writer Ali MacLean, Yacht Rock, yuppies . Author: aliontheair . Comments: 2 Comments
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 [...]
May 11, 2009
Categories: dj, entertainment, host, interviews, music, news, parties, rock, rocknroll, show biz, urb magazine, vj . Tags: 27 Jennifers, 90's, ali maclean, ali on the air, alt rock, Andrew Scrap Livingston, ATO Records, Bonaroo, Boxers, briefs, Busking, castle, Dave Matthews, depression, drunks, economy, estate, female music journalist, female rock journalist, Gatsby, gold, Golden Delicious, inspiration, Jar, metals, Mike Doughty, music, New York, on tour, Question Jar, rock journalist, Scrap, Skittish, songwriting, soul coughing, subway station, tour, vlaze, yaddo . Author: aliontheair . Comments: 1 Comment
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
