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Tonight we played with Aloke at Niagara. It is a bar in NOHO that let us play in its "tiki" room, which is essentially a basement. Walking into the show, Aloke mentioned they had to get things wrapped up by midnight because they had to turn off the music. This made me a bit nervous since rock shows traditionally do run late. I had to park the van, so I was a bit late catching the last song of the first band, Dogme 95. The Americans were next and started a bit late. They were pretty cool. It was a rock sound that reminded me of Sonic Youth without the noisy/art aspect. We were up next and tried our best to make things quick. There were a ton of people, so getting setup was a bit slow. Aloke rocked out afterward but despite our attention to the time they did get cut off. That was lame, but Aloke was a good sport about everything. What was really crazy was the guy that played Kurt Cobain in Last Days was hanging out. We found out that he was friends with Aloke and had our CD before the show. All in all a great night. Thanks to Aloke for setting up the great show.