Allison Duck
Story Archive
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Be the next MMA ring girl
Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009 A ring girl contract with MMA Xplosion is on the line. Come show off your bikini bod at Hawaiian Tropic Zone for a chance to win the top prize.
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What’s in a (band) name?
Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009 Are the booking agents at the Hard Rock trying to punk us or are Taintstick and Swollen Members really playing back to back shows at Wasted Space?
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3D porn is coming… at you
Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009 As technology advances, so does the porn industry. Tommy Gunn is out to prove that 3D porn is the next best thing if you can't get some real lovin'.
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Art
Holy Frijoles! Bean Boy puts art on glass
Friday, Oct. 2, 2009 Local artist Frijol Boy has applied his love of artwork to his job as a tattoo artist and a painter. He's taking it to the next level with a First Friday art show at The Gypsy Den.
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Dinner at The Peppermill with Dat Phan
Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009 Last Comic Standing winners like late night grub, too. Peppermill-style.
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Music
Wine + Lifehouse = potential for mass PDA
Friday, Sept. 25, 2009 Find out what happens when you mix 150 wines and sentimental Lifehouse tunes at the Rock 'n Roll Wine Amplified Festival. Our prediction: a mass make out session.
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Art
Palace Station is up to some monkey business
Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009 Who can say they have artwork on their walls from a real live monkey? If you check out Monkey Biz at Palace Station this weekend, you can join this elite club.
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Dining
Real men (and women) drink fruity beers
Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009 Leave the Natty Ice in the dorm room. It's time to start drinking like an adult!
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Comedy
Dat Phan: homeless to hilarious
Monday, Sept. 21, 2009 Comedian Dat Phan has the distinction of being the first winner of Last Comic Standing and one the Smithsonian Institute's Top 10 Most Influential Vietnamese-American Individuals, not bad for someone who used to be homeless.
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Preach it, brother Daniel
Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009 A lesson in embracing the new with Leopold and His Fiction.
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Anatomy of an Imagine Dragons super fan
Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009 Every band has a super fan, the one who never misses a show, is always up front and sings along to every word. For Imagine Dragons, that fan is Weston Brown.
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UFC 103: where to watch
Friday, Sept. 18, 2009 If you don't have plane fare to head to Dallas, watch all the UFC action right here in Las Vegas.
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Banter at Boomers
Friday, Sept. 18, 2009 When you already have a keytar, do you really need more cowbell?
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Entertainment
Taking the long road with Bonnie Raitt
Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009 The red-headed blues singer sees hope for the blues. You just have to know where to look.
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Neon Reverb: The complete schedule
Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009 Four nights and more than 100 bands - plan your Neon Reverb with this complete concert schedule.
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Las Vegas guide to Mexican Independence Day
Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009 Mexican Independence Day is just around the corner and concert venues and clubs around Las Vegas are bringing in the big guns to celebrate. Famous musicians like Marco Antonio Solis, Ricardo Arjona and Luis Miguel have come to croon and rock out. Comedians like Kiki Melendez, Polo Polo and Paul Rodriguez will have you laughing in the aisles and there is even bloodless bull fighting at the South Point. So don your sombreros and break out the red, white and green flags; it's time for a fiesta.
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A&E
Little person, big laughs
Friday, Sept. 11, 2009 Local comedian Tanyalee Davis has recovered from spinal surgery a year ago and is ready to bring on the laughs at Bonkerz Comedy Club this weekend with her hilarious blend of stand-up and storytelling.
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Dance
Arabian Nights in Las Vegas at the Bellydance Intensive
Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009 Bust out your bedlahs, it’s time to bellydance! If you didn’t already know a bedlah is the traditional bra top and belted skirt worn by many bellydancers, check out the Bellydance Intensive and Festival at Palace Station this weekend.
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Music
Aruban metalfest
Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009 Local promoter Pan thinks he can pack the Aruba Showroom by bringing in quality local and regional metal bands. Hence, this weekend's Metal Mayhem.
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Music
The return of Umphrey's McGee
Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009 Umphrey's McGee guitarist Brendan Bayliss caught up with the Weekly to discuss the art of stomach drumming and just when to end a 25-minute jam.
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Labor Day Weekend: The Definitive Party Guide
Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009 Forget hard work, Labor Day Weekend in Las Vegas is all about playing hard.
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MAGIC Afterparties: Your complete guide
Monday, Aug. 31, 2009 Forget the trade show floor. The real fashionable fun is at MAGIC parties that start up after the convention closes down.
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Art
Back to Berlin
Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009 The crowd at White Square Gallery’s final reception was as diverse as the work on the walls. Present: the dreadlocked hippie, the fedora-wearing hipster and the suit and skinny-tie set—all addressed as “my artists, my guests, my collectors” by owner Natasha Young.
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Never too young to give
Saturday, Aug. 22, 2009 With the many charity fundraisers going on this weekend, local bands have gotten the all ages scene involved with the giving at a Muscular Dystrophy Association benefit concert at The Farm.
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Local Music
Checking in on The Lazystars on the eve of their EP-release show
Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009 Timing is everything for The Lazystars. They'll tell you that themselves. In fact, that's what they told us on the eve of their CD-release show.
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Harry Basil’s in town, hide the Krazy Glue
Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009 Rodney Dangerfield acolyte and prop comic Harry Basil has a 25-year Vegas history stretching all the way back to a "band of zanies" taking over The Dunes. Still zany, Basil is back.
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Carrie Snow's mom is meaner than your mom
Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009 Comedian Carrie Snow has written for Roseanne Barr and joined the comedy fraternity with her role in The Aristocrats but now she's in for another interesting career path: writing about her "crazy" mother.
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The tale of the (mix) tape: UFC 101’s walk in music
Sunday, Aug. 9, 2009 Once the fighters enter the Octagon, UFC bouts are all about blood, holds and well-aimed fists, but sometimes their walk to the ring and the music that accompanies it is as interesting as the brawl itself.
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Q&A with new UFC Octagon girl Natasha Wicks
Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009 From a Las Vegas farm to the UFC Octagon, new ring girl Natasha Wicks is all natural and proud of it.
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UFC 101: Where to watch
Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009 If you can’t afford the plane fare to Philly, you can still watch UFC 101 right in your own backyard at these local bars and casinos.
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Pay to be played: Local bands can donate for radio airtime
Friday, Aug. 7, 2009 KOMP 92.3-FM is trading radio airtime for donations to the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Feeling charitable?
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Comedy
(More than) three questions with comedian Bryan Bruner
Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009 Bryan Bruner, former host at the LA Comedy Club at Trader Vic’s, left Las Vegas for the bright lights and bigger options of New York City. Now, he's back for a night of laughs.
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Playing themselves: Country duo Third Town leaves impersonating to go original
Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009 Local band Third Town is a little bit of country, a little bit of rock ’n’ roll and a little bit Nashville Star, too.
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The “happiest mayor in the universe” makes a birthday wish
Saturday, Aug. 1, 2009 Mayor Goodman entered the VIP pre-party for his 70th birthday bash to 50 Cent's "In Da Club." In case you weren't aware, our mayor is a p-i-m-p.
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Priceless frocks from a Flawless designer
Friday, July 31, 2009 Designer Camille Flawless has made her mark on the couture fashion scene of Las Vegas by outfitting celebrities and putting local beauties on billboards to advertise her Flawless designs.
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It’s Thorogood’s microphone and he’ll do what he wants to
Monday, July 27, 2009 George Thorogood proved he's still "Bad to the Bone," and a cougar magnet, at his show with Jonny Lang in Primm.
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He’s still bad to the bone
Friday, July 24, 2009 George Thorogood has been "Bad to the Bone" for years and has no plans to stop, unless you steal his guitar.
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From cruise ships to comedy clubs
Friday, July 24, 2009 Big Tony Esposito has been cranking out the jokes since his days as the big kid on the playground. He'll bring his Southern and Italian-inspired humor to Bonkerz Comedy Club at Palace Station this weekend.
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Comedy
Gabriel Iglesias: fabulously fluffy
Thursday, July 23, 2009 From All That to headlining his own gigs, comedian Gabriel Igleasis has kept it fluffy and of course, funny.
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It's all in the (tarot) cards
Monday, July 20, 2009 Breathing some fresh air into the local improv scene, Matt Donnelly's Celebrity Tarot Lounge will blend comedy with celebrity secrets via tarot card readings leading to hilarious improvised scenes.
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television
H_SN’T CH_NGED _ T _LL!
Sunday, July 19, 2009 Can I buy a vowel? Vanna White and crew are in Vegas taping for Wheel of Fortune, and we got the glamorous co-host to spill on wardrobe malfunctions, doing Playboy and her favorite guest of all time.
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Flightstyles of the rich and weightless
Sunday, July 19, 2009 On Saturday, a specially modified Boeing 727 taking off from McCarran International Airport left Vegas and gravity behind.
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Calling all party people: LMFAO opens Las Vegas video shoot to public
Wednesday, July 15, 2009 The DJ/rapper duo are taking over Tao Beach this Thursday to film the video for booze-anthem "Shots," and you're invited to make a cameo.
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"Winning is not the only thing that creates a champion.”
Sunday, July 12, 2009 With UFC 100 behind her and her husband, Jennifer Mir has a message for Brock Lesnar.
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Can we get a little mood music, please?
Sunday, July 12, 2009 From Blur to Sara Brightman, UFC 100's walk in music spanned an interesting melodic range.
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Snoop does it "bigg"
Friday, July 10, 2009 Somehow, we've resisted the urge to copy edit the Doggfather's less than stellar grammar. Primm, Dre and the Laker Mobile, straight from the Dogg's mouth.
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UFC Fan Expo: Fans and fighters weigh in on UFC 100
Friday, July 10, 2009 Predictions from Randy Couture and Lyoto Machida and tech savvy jock straps mark the first day of UFC's fan expo.
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UFC 100: where to watch and where to party
Friday, July 10, 2009 UFC 100 is a fightcard not to be missed. Find out where to watch all the big bouts and where the fighters will be partying after they bash each others' faces in.
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A different kind of ladies' night
Friday, July 10, 2009 On the eve of the historic UFC 100, Tuff-N-Uff presents Tuff Girls, an all-female MMA card at the Orleans Arena. This ladies night won't involve cosmos or manicures.