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MAY 14 - MAY 20
Sun and heat everywhere!- So where’s the power? read article
Masked and anonymous- Through the magic of silicone, Weekly writer Rick Lax becomes one of the elderly—with surprising results read article
The Intersection
- Tiny Little Rant: No lotto
- We’re not sure what’s ticking us off more—the fact that Gov. Jim Gibbons can’t remember whether he’s for or against state lotteries, or the fact ... more
Feel the space—and space, and space …- Yes, it’s all a bit obscene in this economy, these enormous houses with their dozen flat-screen TVs and their nouveau riche mediocrity of taste, but ... more
We need an (expensive) drink- As you read this, your state legislature is considering “sin taxes” on both tobacco and alcohol, both of which would hike prices way past your ... more
Two fantasies- Comparing the two most notorious documents connected to our city: Jay Bybee’s torture memos and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. more
- Tiny Little Rant: No lotto
- We’re not sure what’s ticking us off more—the fact that Gov. Jim Gibbons can’t remember whether he’s for or against state lotteries, or the fact ... more
Vanilla Mike?- Tyson brings the audience closer to the former “baddest man on the planet” than most are comfortable being. Will Rebranding Tyson for the age of ... more
Nightlife
The Back Alley Bar and beyond- Two nights, too many drinks, so many ways things could go wrong at Downtown Cocktail Room and the Back Alley Bar. more
Penthouse plays the Dead Man’s Hand, welcomes Crazy Horse III- Remember when a strip club was just a strip club? Fans of Penthouse and Obsession Afterhours already know those days are gone. But then, Penthouse ... more
John Good—Ridin’ high- Have you got a ticket to ride? John Good can ensure it’s the ride of a lifetime. For seven years he’s been manning the controls ... more
Arts & Entertainment
The day after … and the day after that and the day after that …- When the guys in skinny jeans and girls with nothing but strategically placed electrical tape are gone, The day after… will no doubt still be ... more
Walk. Look. Learn, dammit!- Hard up for entertainment but soft in the pocketbook? Maybe it’s time to get some fresh air and feed your head at the same time. more
High School Musical on crack - Glee, the extremely weird new show from Nip/Tuck creator Ryan Murphy, opens like it’s going to be High School Musical 4: a squad of high-school ... more
A Drifting Life- Yoshihiro Tatsumi was virtually unknown in the U.S. until 2005, when Drawn and Quarterly began publishing collections of his short works of gekiga, the term ... more
Artists in the making- Each spring, a fresh crop of young artists leave the nest, manically fluctuating between tentative curiosity and outright ballsiness while visions of art stardom dance ... more
Chatting with legendary lawyer Clarence Darrow- What was it like cross-examining your friend, legendary American lawyer William Jennings Bryan, during the famous Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925? more
Get jamming!- We wouldn’t have expected seats to be left for this, but they were at press time. more
It’s the truth: Leopold and His Fiction is back- Leopold and His Fiction, the San Francisco three-pieced who thrilled crowds at Neon Reverb, is back for two Las Vegas shows. more
Oh no, she didn’t- Damn, but Vegas looks good! And that’s about the best thing I can say about Katy Perry’s newest video, “Waking Up in Vegas.” more
Disco inferno- listening to Afghan Raiders work through their late-Saturday electro set, we wish the duo was set up behind the club—not in lieu of the monthly ... more
Empty space- It appears Wasted Space’s Tuesday-night experiment has ended, or mostly so. The club began hosting live “indie” nights aimed at bringing in locals last year, ... more
Green Day- Breakdown, another politically conscious rock opera, in some ways even more grandiose than Idiot, is a big album in every way. People looking for American ... more
The Crystal Method- Crystal Method has always been successful at merging electronic and rock music. Credit the onetime Las Vegans’ ability to sculpt fat techno beats, breezy ambient ... more
Booker T.- You might know Booker T. Jones from his star turn fronting Booker T. & The MGs in the 1960s, or from his days backing and ... more
Screen
- Four questions with Tyson director James Toback
- What was Mike Tyson’s reaction to seeing himself portrayed in the biopic Tyson? “He said, ‘It’s like a Greek tragedy; he only problem is I’m ... more
Punch drunk- Toback’s latest film, titled Tyson , is an intimate documentary about the director’s old friend, and Toback affords Tyson the same sort of indulgence he’s ... more
Not trashy enough- Trashy airport novels frequently make better movies than do works of serious literature, oddly enough. So you’d think that Dan Brown’s atrociously written—and yet compulsively ... more
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Taste
- Pita perfection
Okay, let’s not bullshit each other here. I’m not going to pretend I can tell you whether the food at Kabob Korner is “authentic” in the sense that it tastes like what you’d get in the Middle East. (Never been there.)- Feasting on bone marrow
- Toby Young arrived in Las Vegas last week. He can’t confirm whether he’s here to reprise his role as guest judge on Bravo’s Top Chef, but given the Rules of Television, which state that every reality program must have at least one British judge, it’s a safe bet.
- The happily-ever-after bar
Parasol up is the type of bar that looks best from the outside looking in. The bar is the adult version of a Christmas-toy display window that you can press your nose against and wish on.
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Booker T.
- You might know Booker T. Jones from his star turn fronting Booker T. & The MGs in the 1960s, or from his days backing and producing soul legends like Otis ...
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Green Day
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- It was never so much a matter of if, as when Earle would record an album covering Townes Van Zandt and he has lovingly worked up this 15-track tribute.
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Cocktail of the Week
May 14, 2009
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Xania Woodman
LBS Adult Root Beer Float
No, you haven’t died and gone to heaven. But yes, the classic soda-shoppe treat has gotten a Sin City makeover by LBS bar manager Marc Iwamoto, who pairs his very ...
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