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JUNE 12 - JUNE 18
In the beginning, there was CineVegas- Reflections on the festival’s first year from organizers, participants and attendees read article
On the go go- Abel Ferrara discusses a pair of new works playing at CineVegas read article
Taking a stand- Legendary Las Vegan Hank Greenspun gets his due in a new documentary read article
The Intersection
The heavenly hitter- Lerner’s in the makeup chair, readying for his next commercial, whose campy script calls for Lerner to narrowly escape an oncoming car. Lerner is the ... more
Oil’s not well- Sales are down. Tips are off. Work is disappearing. The national unemployment rate climbed to 5.5 percent from 5 percent in May, the largest jump ... more
Battle of the Titans- With the recent death of a sixth construction worker at the CityCenter construction site, the comparisons between the enormous project and its spiritual brother, the ... more
- Nevada’s gay duh(4 comments)
- Next week, when Californians start allowing same-sex couples to legally marry as a result of a recent state Supreme Court ruling, the Golden State will ... more
- So what’s the good news?
- Floods in the Midwest? Rotten tomatoes? Gas price record du jour? Enough already! We’ve reached our saturation point. We gathered the Weekly staff together for ... more
An Oscar-worthy state- Oscar Goodman is, as everyone knows by now, the Happiest Mayor in the World. And why shouldn’t he be? He’s in charge of one of ... more
- The Help Desk
- City to turn up thermostats one or two degrees to save $6,000 a month. Also, city employees now allowed to wear G-strings and tear-away pants ... more
Nightlife
Empire update: a “Weekly” exclusive(1 comment)- A new 3 a.m. afterhours event at Tabu every Friday and Saturday, beginning July 4 with DJ Times’ America’s Best DJ party featuring Prada Haus, ... more
The great DJ debate(1 comment)- Turntables? CDJs? Laptops? Ask any DJ his or her opinion on technology within the industry and be prepared for responses almost as heated and passionate ... more
- We don’t need no education
- I leave Bob for Aaron. Then to Daniel and Ron… I feel rather like a swing slut. Along the way we learn some tricks, or ... more
Arts & Entertainment
Sound and vision- As doo-wop plays over the KUNV 91.5-FM airwaves on Saturday night, Chad Martinez gets ready to switch things up a bit. more
- Just ducky
- John Duck was 10 years old when he first heard Duane Eddy’s 1958 hit “Rebel Rouser.” more
They are the champions, my friend - Dennis Mitchell is the Beatles fan who will not let it be. Dan “Big Daddy” Lea is the Harley guy who, upon laying the bike ... more
Beauty marks on the “Beast”- “Bat Days” is a yearly weekend when hundreds of goths dressed in their best black finery descend en masse on Disneyland. That these misfits, depressives ... more
Amplifying the Senses- Installation art can be defined as the use of various media to modify a particular space in order to create a visceral and/or conceptual experience. ... more
How the West was won- Cowboys are, of course, a mainstay of American culture. So it’s curious that more attention isn’t paid to the animals that kept them off their ... more
Interstate…hate?- Will STP break down before they reach Las Vegas? more
Sex Pistols- “Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated?” Johnny Rotten’s final words could scarcely have been more irritating as his Sex Pistols exited the Joint at ... more
Ladytron- French electroclash artists may be a dime a dozen, but who else save the deceptively innovative four-piece responsible for 2005’s seductive Witching Hour would deliver ... more
Guitar Hero- Mere Mortals bass-guitar bombshell Mimi Star knows a thing or two about good ol’ U.S. rock ’n’ roll. more
The Orb- It’s easy to forget that Orb songs such as “Blue Room” and “Little Fluffy Clouds” were revolutionary back in the early ’90s, especially because band ... more
Screen
Planet B-Boy- It’s got to be hard being a breakdancer, or b-boy, as illustrated in Lee’s compelling documentary Planet B-Boy. Most make almost no money, and very ... more
Hulk resmash!- Five years ago, audiences worldwide were less than bowled over by Ang Lee’s self-consciously arty take on Marvel’s most wantonly destructive superhero, which often felt ... more
Not quite happening- At this point, M. Night Shyamalan’s press coverage has so overshadowed his filmmaking that to many, a review of his new film The Happening is ... more
Standard Operating Procedure- Morris returns with this gripping, grueling documentary on the Abu Ghraib controversy, but thankfully, it’s less a typical angry, unpleasant affair than a movie sprinkled ... more
The Return of “Them!”- My love of movies began with the monster genre, specifically those shown during the “Creature Features” on Saturday afternoons in the 1970s. Dracula, Frankenstein and ... more
Chelsea on the Rocks- Maverick director Ferrara may not seem like a documentary kind of guy—doing research, interviewing people, following up on leads, etc. Yet Ferrara found a way ... more
Before the Rains- It’s 1937 in Kerala, India. English spicemonger Henry Moores (Roache) is building a new road to a treasure trove of spice. Local villagers T.K. (Bose) ... more
Four questions with “Visioneers” star Zach Galifianakis- Visioneers star Zach Galifianakis talks about comedy, peeing in close quarters and relying on eye movement for his latest film which will screen as part ... more
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- Martini mania
Most of us in my field like to think of ourselves as knowledgeable in terms of predicting trends, as well as the potential success or failure of a concept when we are faced with it. But nothing can explain the frenzied response that has characterized Blue Martini, a new restaurant …
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Earlimart
- Is there a more underrated Los Angeles band than Earlimart? While fellow Silverlake darlings Sea Wolf and Silversun Pickups dominate the spotlight, Aaron Espinoza and Ariana Murray have spent the ...
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Sigur Rós
- Something’s rotten in Hopeland. Or, at the very least, something’s different, judging from the final track on Sigur Rós’ fifth album, Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust.
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The Watson Twins
- If your knowledge of the duo formerly known as Black Swan begins and ends with Rabbit Fur Coat—Chandra and Leigh Watson’s alt-country effort with Rilo Kiley’s Jenny Lewis—you’d be forgiven ...
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Cocktail of the Week
Jul 3, 2008
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Xania Woodman
Dirty Blonde Cocktails
“Sweet” doesn’t even begin to describe the full impact of a Dirty Blonde Cocktail, Sunday night, where five ladies and one somewhat bewildered guy sampled the DBC variety pack. The ...
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