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<\/a><\/p>\nI can\u2019t blame her too much. It was Mariah\u2019s first time modeling oil paint and it kinda speaks to the surface factor inseparable from Vegas itself.
\n\u201cSure, I\u2019ll get naked for body painted performance art, Katie, is it?\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/a>Body Painted Mariah’s Backside<\/p><\/div>\n
My first shot from the cell-cam obscured her great smile, so she posed for me later in the hall. Thanks Mariah, and YOU are welcome!<\/p>\n
The night itself was a Thank You card from Area 107.9 to its Alien Nation audience. Sponsored also by Bombay Sapphire Gin, the drinks were scheduled to flow from 9 to 11, when the band was supposed to start.<\/p>\n
As always in Vegas venues, the crowd was an eclectic mix of touristas and true rockers. Several devotees waited patiently at the banister above the stairwell leading down to the meet-n-greet for radio winners. Without the proper wristband or laminate credentials, Joe Average was kept on the upper level.<\/p>\n
At 11:11, I decided to visit the hookah stand at the top of the staircase to sample a taste of the Apple\/Blueberry, White Grape and Mixed Fruit they had bubbling away. Yummy tokes!<\/p>\n
Finally at 11:47 the band manage to mosey onstage and a few minutes later dumpy Duncan, Area 107.9\u2019s Program Director and morning \u2018personality\u2019, introduces Pineapple recording artist \u201cLouie, the 14th\u201d!<\/p>\n
Singer Jason Hill starts in on Paper Doll backed by guitarist Brian Karscig\u2019s basic strum structure.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Louis XIV – Voodoo Lounge 11.2.2007 Las Vegas<\/p><\/div>\n
\u201cSing, sing me a song, bang me like the girls in Hong Kong \/ I know, I know I ain\u2019t correct but politics are so much better when there\u2019s sex.\u201d<\/p>\n
And that pretty well sums up LXIV\u2019s central thrust. Cock rock for the young, witty sensibility. Well-spoken lewd. Shrewd.No apologies needed. None offered. Just full throated odes to the trampling of teen queens.<\/p>\n
The San Diego based quartet was three on stage tonight with drummer Mark Maigaard playing a stripped down set with a white towel muting the snare. The starry-eyed ladies up front must\u2019ve inquired about bassist Mr. Ambrust III, since Jason offered, \u201cJimmy\u2019s at home sleepin\u2019. We couldn\u2019t get the fucker out of bed!\u201d<\/p>\n
Between songs, Jason straps on an amped acoustic guitar of his own, sweetly and sharply enunciating his path through Pledge Of Allegiance:\u201cMilkshake, milkshake, I love to feel you sweat\/you don\u2019t have to go to the pool if you want me to make you wet \/ Can you keep a secret, the best secrets are kept \/ and you\u2019re my best fucken secret yet!\u201d<\/p>\n
For A Letter To Dominique, Jason introduces, \u201cA song about a girl named Dominique. She used to come around my house and then one day she just disappeared.\u201d It translated well enough to the acoustic show but the album version is kinda simple and boring. Seemed to work tho for a trio of radio winners coyly vogueing up front, grinning and giggling their way.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Radio Winners<\/p><\/div>\n
They brought the tempo down for a new song, possibly called Traffic Control or Lookin’ Down. This one really showcased the femmy falsetto of Brian\u2019s backups (and sometimes leading vocals).<\/p>\n
<\/a>Brian Karscig of Louis XIV<\/p><\/div>\n
To me anyway, he sounds like a chick most of the time his mouth is open. Not that there\u2019s anything wrong with that! His input fits the music and tone perfectly when it\u2019s his time, like when he\u2019s quipping \u201cWind you up and make you crawl to me \/ tie you up until you call to me\u201d on Finding Out True Love Is Blind.<\/p>\n
Their hottest single happened to be the obvious crowd favorite, but also the short set ender. An intimate, abbreviated acoustic performance for radio fans known as the Alien Nation.<\/p>\n
LXIV lightly strummed and snared about a half hour of toned down Anglo-rock and was all done by 12:12. They left the stage with an offer to drink with everyone into the night and, \u201cThank you very much. We\u2019ve had a pleasure!\u201d<\/p>\n