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"Don't Change" by @inxs_official as performed by @dreamcarmusic tonight @irvingplaza NYC. SUCH a good show! Congrats to the guys from @nodoubt: @tonykanal has never looked sexier or sounded funkier; @adrianyoungnd plays with crazy intensity (I caught his drumstick!); @tomdumontnd's guitar work shimmers. And @daveyhavok is the perfect frontman for this Bowie/Duran/Adam & the Ants-influenced outfit. (They covered "Moonage Daydream" too!) Check out their self-titled album, out now, ft. "Kill For Candy" and the killer "All of the Dead Girls". Oh, and get your butt to their live show! #dreamcar #inxs #nodoubt #afi #daveyhavok #tonykanal #tomdumont #adrianyoung #newwave #rock #music #concert #nyc #inxs (at Irving Plaza)

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Thanks @salonofficial for including me in their video about #chriscornell (see salon.com). When my husband woke me at 4 am with the CNN alert, I knew the show we'd planned -- which was to celebrate the legacy of another artist who left us on this date, Ian Curtis -- was out the window. Many people pulled together to remember Chris today on #Feedback @siriusxmvolume; I'm grateful for the contributions/memories of music journos Melinda Newman and Gavin Edwards, the friends I reached out to pre-dawn (@zenaburns @kittyfunpuppy...), as well as our many listeners/callers who were at #soundgarden's show last night in Detroit. Also, I'm proud to work alongside @thenotoriousn.i.k, Matt Ianni, Alex Sax and Roger Coletti -- our team got a little tighter today, I think. This is why we need a forum like Volume: It's a place to celebrate, and yes, sometimes mourn, our rock star heroes. #siriusxm #siriusxmvolume #ripchriscornell #grunge #seattle #salon #music #rock #salonofficial (at New York, New York)

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Dreamcar is a No Doubt/AFI bromance (as evidenced here by Tom Dumont and Davey Havok). It was a love fest when the new wave (albeit circa 2017) supergroup visited @thenotoriousn.i.k and me today on #Feedback @siriusxmvolume (ch 106). I'm obsessed with their new album -- the first four songs are a mudererer's row! Plus, I hadn't seen Tom, Adrian Young and Tony Kanal in eons. Oh, and Tony was wearing a helmet pin that said "Meat Is Murder." Can't wait to catch them at Irving Plaza NYC this week. Listen to the iview on the 12:15 pm est replay or anytime on demand. #dreamcar #nodoubt #siriusxm #siriusxmvolume #afi #daveyhavok #tonykanal #tomdumont #adrianyoung #music (at New York, New York)

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Nik and I were within one degree of Kevin Bacon this morning when the impressively coiffed actor visited #Feedback @siriusxmvolume to talk about his new Amazon show, I Love Dick, and -- of course! -- Footloose. Catch it on the replay @ 12:30 pm est or anytime in demand. #kevinbacon #amazon #footloose #siriusxm #siriusxmvolume (at New York, New York)

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OMG, YESSSS! "My story starts with me as a fan. And to be a fan is to know that loving trumps being beloved," from my Turks & Caicos vacation book #1, "Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl," by Carrie Brownstein, aka guitarist for rock pioneers Sleater-Kinney (and later, creator, writer and co-star of Portlandia). #carriebrownstein #sleaterkinney #portlandia #seattlesound #grunge #girlswhorock #music #books #musicbook #reads (at Turks & Caicos)

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Could this guy be any nicer, or more full of stories? Today @thenotoriousn.i.k and I hosted Dave Wakeling of #theenglishbeat, who played at the last night's premiere of the LIR doc, Dare to Be Different. Dave talked about his friendship with muso John Hughes (who gave him the foul ball from Ferris Beuller's Day Off), the advice Pete Townshend once gave him, and more. Listen anytime on demand #Feedback @siriusxmvolume ch 106. (PS, that's our producer Matt in the pic w/ us!) #davewakeling #thebeat #generalpublic #siriusxmvolume #siriusxm #music (at New York, New York)

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How I heart Orian Williams! The producer of one of my favorite films, the Ian Curtis/Joy Division biopic Control, @orianw was a joy to have in the studio with @thenotoriousn.i.k and me today on #Feedback @siriusxmvolume. For one, we have the same favorite bands (we met backstage at a #duranduran gig); for another, he's got all these passion projects in play -- like the young #morrissey film England is Mine, coming this Sept., and a movie about #jeffbuckley starring #reevecarney that Orian will be directing. For the three people in this picture, success is getting to tell stories about music everyday and call it "work." #musicislife #thesmiths #joydivision #neworder #siriusxm #siriusxmvolume #music (at New York, New York)

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Happy #recordstoreday! There's nothing like the smell of vinyl in the morning. Happy hunting! #recordcollector #records #vinyl #recordstoreday2017

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Wise words from #johnlydon at tonight's premiere of the new PIL doc, "The Public Image Is Rotten," at #tribecafilmfestival. The film takes viewers behind his infamous "rotten" persona, revealing a surprisingly sensitive soul whose life has been defined a bout of meningitis that landed him in a coma for three months at age seven, as well as a mistrust of most people, having been screwed over by multiple bandmates and managers. "People think I'm hard as nails. I'm not -- I'm soft as butter," he said (cue his latter-day advert that screamed "sellout," but which he says paid for PIL's recent relaunch). #publicimagelimited #johnnyrotten #johnnylydon #sexpistols #tribeca2017 #tff2017 #punk #music #musicdocumentary #documentary (at Tribeca Film Center + Tribeca Screening Room)

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"I don't have an expiration date," Prince told #rollingstone during an unpublished 2014 interview. So, today, on the first anniversary of his passing, we're celebrating his life all day long on @siriusxmvolume ch 106. Thanks to Wendy Melvoin (@wigmusic), and our panel of #Prince fans/experts/former employees for helping us to remember him this a.m. on #feedback with your juicy stories: @usweekly's @iandrew1; longtime media and radio exec @zenaburns of the #moxiecoalition; manager and fomer Prince publicist Michael Pangotta (@reachmp); and @siriusxm's own @larry_flick, former consultant to Prince. Thanks also to my Prince fanatic cohost, @thenotoriousn.i.k, producers Matt & Alex, and the equally purple-passionate @thechuckarnold for this awesome tshirt. (Today's show can be heard on demand, btw.) #siriusxmvolume #siriusxm #ripprince #starfishandcoffee #wendymelvoin #therevolution #princeandtherevolution (at New York, New York)

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How many musicians have struck musical lightning thrice, with a trio of different influential acts?! All hail Vince Clarke, founder of #depechemode and #yaz (#yazoo if you're a Brit), who's about to release his 17th album, World Be Gone, with #erasure. We had him and #andybell (via phone!) on #feedback @siriusxmvolume today. #synthgod #siriusxmvolume #synthpop #electronicmusic #worldbegone #mute #muterecords #siriusxm (at New York, New York)

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My Star Wars obsession was in full, ahem, force today when Oscar Isaac visited @siriusxm. I was pretty bummed that I couldn't make it to Star Wars Celebration last week, so this little moment with Poe Dameron couldn't have been more perfectly timed. #theforceiswithme #starwars #thelastjedi #episodeviii #theforceawakens #oscarisaac #poedameron #siriusxm (at Sirius XM Radio)

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I was unexpectedly emotional when we talked with Julian Lennon yesterday. He's such a deep and beautiful human being who's been an environmental activist since at least 1991, when be sang about climate change before it was even a thing in his song "Saltwater." Now he's published Touch The Earth, the first of a trilogy of children's books meant to get kids to care about their home planet from a young age. Our interview -- in which he also talks about meeting up with brother Sean in NYC and perhaps even working together -- airs tomorrow on #feedback @siriusxmvolume ch 106. #julianlennon #childrensbooks #book #eco #ecofriendly #climatechange #activist #music #seanlennon #siriusxm (at Sirius XM Radio)

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Gorgeous spring day in NYC's West Village, so of course I had to stop by my old haunt @recordrunner on Jones St. As always, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan is the top seller (the cover was shot outside the shop), and vinyl hunters are excited for #recordstoreday, with the top requests being for special releases from The Cure, Bowie and Madonna. #recordcollector #recordcollection #recordcollecting #vinyl #records #music #albums #nyc (at Record Runner)

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Talk about larger than life! Behold the 14-story mural of #davidbowie we just happened upon in #jerseycity on Jersey Ave. #jerseylovesbowie #bowie #bowiefirever #ziggystardust #streetart (at Jersey City, New Jersey)

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It was wonderful hearing rock photog legend Mick Rock spin yarns about Bowie, Iggy, Lou Reed, Freddie Mercury, Debbie Harry, Syd Barrett and more during our Q&A following last nights'a screening of the doc about his extraordinary life, SHOT! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock. There's never-before-seen-or-heard video and audio of Bowie and Lou that will haunt you long after the film. #mickrock #mickrockdoc #mickrockshot #mickrockfilm #davidbowie #loureed #iggypop #debbieharry #sydbarrett #freddiemercury #photography #rockdoc #music #movies #documentary (at Metrograph)

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Tonight I'll be hosting a Q&A with another hero, rock photographer Mick Rock, following the 7 pm screening of his extraordinary new documentary "SHOT: The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock," at NYC's Metrograph. Rock (real name!) captured the most iconic images of Bowie (as Ziggy), Iggy (infamous backbend pic) and Lou Reed (Transformer cover) that made them into larger-than-life legends. I've seen the film twice, and it's quite a trip -- as the title suggests!. #mickrock #mickrockdoc #mickrockfilm #mickrockshot #bowie #iggy #loureed #music #glamrock #rockdoc #mustsee (at Metrograph)