Local singer/songwriters Meiko (MySpace) and Priscilla Ahn (MySpace) share similar qualities -- they are part-Asian (Meiko is quarter-Japanese and Ahn is half-Korean), and originally from back east (Meiko from Georgia and Ahn from Pennsylvania). So perhaps it was coincidental that both were booked in back-to-back shows last week at the Hotel Cafe in Hollywood, with Meiko onstage last Wednesday and Ahn last Thursday. Meiko, a one-time Hotel Cafe waitress, became a favorite of controversial......

Datarock, Hard Lessons, Schoolyard Heroes @ Safari Sam's The Exploited, Phantom Rockers, The Ghouls @ The Knitting Factory Donovan Leitch, Femmes & Phantoms, The Deserters @ Roxy Kate Havnevik, Kelly De Martino, Emma Burgess, Astrid Swan, Jaymay @ The Hotel Cafe The Dollyrots, The After Midnight Project, Kids of Widney High @ Key Club Thicker Than Thieves, Rupa & the April Fishes @ Temple Bar John West, Lauren Mayhew @ Viper Room Calla, Molecules......

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