Miss Murgatroid
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Alicia J. Rose is a photographer, filmmaker and musician based in Portland, Oregon. Her photography has been featured in Rolling Stone, XLR8R, V, Elle, Spin, Sunset, Filter, Fader, Portland Monthly, NY Times, Wall Street Journal, Sunset and many others. A photograph she took of chef Naomi Pomeroy, of the Portland restaurant Beast, holding a dead pig, received significant attention and was honored with a 2008 PDN Photo Annual Award and a multiple page spread in Elle Magazine. Rose has directed music videos for Cake, Corin Tucker, Bob Mould, Menomena, Laura Gibson and others. She completed her narrative short film debut The Gift of Gravity in 2014, and created the comedic web series The Benefits of Gusbandry. She is currently in pre-production on her first feature film project - the music/narrative/hybrid "A Kaddish For Bernie Madoff" in collaboration with poet/musician Alicia Jo Rabins.
Rose is also a musician, known in her recording career as Miss Murgatroid, an accordionist, singer and drummer. She has released five full-length albums, three credited solely to Miss Murgatroid and two collaborations with vocalist and violinist Petra Haden entitled Bella Neurox and Hearts & Daggers. She currently plays accordion, synth and drums in Portland band Party Witch with drummer Shawna Gore.
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