Caught Between Rock And A Hard Place - the pitfalls of an embedded rock journalist

Rock journalism isn’t for the faint of heart. Though my suburban relatives may think that my professional life is a playground filled with hedonistic delights, they’re only partly right. There is a part of The Rock Life that is seedy, dark and filled with tragic stories of squandered brilliance and the leeching and blood letting [...]

Murs & Me: A Hip Hop Delight

Please enjoy the comedy stylings of Murs & MacLean…note: in solidarity of the writers strike, this interview was not scripted. If anyone wants to buy the rights to this slam dunk of a TV show, inquire within…
MURS & ALI MACLEAN, PART ONE
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A Tale of Two Warm Up Shows: She Wants Revenge & Hot Hot Heat

One of the perks of living in a high priced, high stress, high-octane city like LA or New York is The Warm Up Show. Often limited to friends and uber fans, or kept a secret until the last minute, the warm up show allows a bigger act to play in a small intimate setting and [...]

To Air Is Human: US Air Guitar Championships

The 2008 Air Guitar tour starts next month in a kitschy club near you
Before another air chord is struck, let’s all reflect on last year’s finals in Los Angeles, with yours truly covering the event:
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http://www.usairguitar.com/tickets.htm

Interviews: A Tribe Called Quest, The Pharcyde, Flogging Molly, Supernatural, DJ Zegon & Squeak E Clean

More interviews, more hot content, more Ali for your eyes to feast on.
A Tribe Called Quest:

The Pharcyde (part one of two):

Supernatural @ Rock The Bells Press Conference:

Flogging Molly (part one of five):

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Hanging with DJ Zegon and Squeak E Clean at their studio:

Alice Cooper, Blood, and Fog at the NME USA awards

I covered the red carpet at the first annual NME USA awards last Wednesday.

For those of you not familiar with NME, it’s a huge music mag in the UK…kind of like their Spin or Rolling Stone magazine. They have an awards show over there and now they’re bringing it stateside.
The trophies were handed out at [...]

Rock The Bells 2008 interviews: The Pharcyde, Murs, A Tribe Called Quest!!!

For whom the rocked bells toll
I covered the Rock The Bells press conference yesterday. Legendary line up including the reunion of both De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest.

Look for my interviews with: Pharcyde, A Tribe Called Quest and Murs.
Also, I sat down with my new bff, Pete Rock, at his Sessions show. [...]