Nightranger

We overheard plenty o’ cellphoney hipster hissy fits outside Spaceland last week, as TheRaveonettes’three-night stand meant serious wait time for those without tix. Many stood in line beneath the June gloom during opening bands GramRabbiton Tuesday, and Nashville wunderkinds BeYourOwnPetand local vamps SheWantsRevengeon Thursday — all just to sample the Raves’ Pretty in Black bites. (Wednesday night’s slated opener, AmusementParksonFire,canceled at the last minute due to one member’s “extreme illness.” [Possible germwarfarebyTheArcadeFire?—ed.]He’s better now, and we hear APOF may even pop up with an unannounced gig soon.) Slipping through a cluster of smokers and door-hangers — including S’Lake rock gods KeithMorrisand StevenMcDonald— Nightranger caught Thursday’s set, which was captivating as always, especially during Elke Sommer–esque singer SharinFoo’sversion of “My Boyfriend’s Back.” (Though she shoulda sung the “hey-la, hey-la” parts instead of using a recorded track!) We hear partner Sune?RoseWagnerhad his time to shine with a DJ set at the Beauty Bar’s Fucking Awesome later that eve — which, by the way, is ending its long Thursday run in a couple of weeks, with promises of more rock stars behind the decks as a goodbye gift. Fucking A. Due to extreme illness, we missed two major Eastside happenings over the weekend (Hang the DJs at the Echo, where we heard everybody moved their feet and felt united by a surprise JuniorSeniorset, and the “Paygoism” [say what?] party featuring PhantomPlanetand their poised-for-O.C.-stardom school chums TheLikedowntown). [Are TheLikethenewPhantomPlanet?Justwondering.Also,doesanyonerememberLikeCola?—ed.]But we did party hearty at the latter’s rehearsal space, Swinghouse (also practice home of TheDonnasand JerryCantrell),where our pal LeslieGardnerof punk couture T-shirt company Smashing Grandpa celebrated her B-day with well-wishers, including HenryRollins’HarmonyinMyHeadradio-show sidekick HeidiMay,artist LouisCannizzaro,RunRunRun’sXanderSmithand crooner CoyoteShivers.Coyote tells us he’ll soon be heard along with GilbyClarke,SteveJonesand DavidJohansenon an upcoming NewYorkDollstribute album and seen in a couple of indie flicks, including BoysandGirlsGuidetoGettingDown,about Hollywood/Silver Lake’s social swirl. Wonder if there’ll be any scenes outside Spaceland?