She's 25 feet tall, bright pink and has blonde pubic hair that sticks out as far as her breasts. And while no one will be trimming any cinder blocks down to size, an all-woman Pink Lady Paint Party is being planned next month to give the Goldwell Open Air Museum's "Lady Desert, the Venus of Nevada," a new coat of paint. After all, even multi-ton women love makeovers and we hear the Jolly Green Giant is ready to start dating again.
For more info, call 507-3559.
Calling Mr. Prufrock |
"Feed Your Soul or Destory It" warns the conveniently named Las Vegas Poets Dot Org website. With that dolorous tone, local versifiers had best sharpen their quills and get to scribbling for the group's first poetry competition. Categories include best male and female poets, best venue, best touring poet, best slam poet, best newspaper or alternative magazine that promotes poetry (Pick us! Pick us!) and more. Submissions are already being accepted online and the nomination deadline is November 30.
LOCAL CD |
Montecore
Montecore (1 star)
It's a shame we don't rate CDs based on the band's name, because this one (named after Siegfried & Roy's infamous tiger) would get five stars. Unfortunately, the music—a tuneless, poorly produced, badly played mess—doesn't live up to the clever moniker. The mix is thin, the musicianship is weak and the songs are interchangeably awful. It's better than a bite on the neck, but not by much.
DVDs |
Pirates (NR) (4 stars)
$49.95
Coming in at 129 minutes and featuring 300 special-effects shots, Pirates may be the most ambitious, expensive and entertaining porno ever produced. Besides having a plot that serves as more than a bridge between the 10 fiery sex scenes, what differentiates writer-director Joone's epic from almost every other adult film—and most Hollywood fare—is the technology used to create it. Pirates arrives in a multi-disc package that includes separate HD and HD-DVD versions and a full complement of bonus material. As such, it exists in a digital world light years away from the Hollywood mainstream.
The Complete Monty Python's Flying Circus 16-Ton Megaset (NR) (5 stars)
$199.95
OK, 16 tons might be exaggerating the true magnitude of this chronologically organized set of 16 discs, showcasing all 45 episodes of a sketch-comedy television series that really was "something completely different." Actually, the package is half the size it normally would be, thanks to space-saving Thinpaks. The set also includes Live at the Hollywood Bowl and Live at Aspen.
Crime Story: Season One (NR) (4 stars)
$39.98
Exec-produced by Michael Mann, whose Miami Vice was still producing big numbers for NBC, Crime Story is barely accorded a footnote in the official history of network television. Yet in the hindsight accorded by this boxed set of first-season episodes, it's possible to see the stylishly retro series' influence on Wiseguy, The Sopranos, The Shield and Homicide: Life on the Street, just as Crime Story seemingly owed a debt of gratitude to ABC's The Untouchables and Mann's own Thief. Also informing the drama were co-creator Chuck Adamson and lead actor Dennis Farina, both veterans of the Chicago Police Department, and craggy co-star John Santucci, himself a notorious Windy City hoodlum.