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Liberation: Being the Adventures of the Slick Six After the Collapse of the United States of America
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Mr. Playboy: Hugh Hefner and the American Dream
- by Steven Watts. Wiley, $29.95 read article
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The Intersection
Sarah smiles in Henderson—in a sea of American absurdism
- If you don’t think about it at all, it makes perfect sense. One minute you’re eating Kettle Korn outside the Henderson Pavilion, waiting for Sarah ... more
Mooselini look-alike contest proves to be a bipartisan affair
- The Sarah Palins were getting tipsy. There were 13 Palins, in bikinis and other outfits that you would freeze in if you wore them in Alaska. more
No-brainer(1 comment)
- Let’s begin with what Barack Obama is not. He is not what they say he is, of course: a socialist, a friend of terrorists, a ... more
More cops in ’09
- Metro may be seeking as many as 400 officers a year over the next nine years. The question is not only whether we need all ... more
A dwarf and the seven Snow Whites
- I’ve always dreamed of going to the ball dressed as a Disney princess. However, my childhood fantasies of happy endings never included latex. more
No ado about something
- As momentous occasions go, this one should have been a big deal. And yet, until a friend who works there mentioned it last week, I ... more
- The Final Pieces
- Adventurer Steve Fossett’s downed plane was found October 1, 2008, in the mountains west of Mammoth Lakes, California. more
Nightlife
What this town needs is more tiki
- “The place is going to be very authentic but with a hint of Vegas kitch,” says Double Down Saloon owner P Moss. A menu of ... more
The secret life of… …liquor locker VIPs
- Membership has its privileges. Hordes of ’em! more
Sunrise or bust
- “It’s 8 a.m. Do you know where your soul is?” I scan that final text and switch my phone off. I reek of smoke, booze ... more
- Don’t say this. Ever: “Google me.”
- But if you absolutely must, then at least Google yourself first and make sure that the first 10 items are porn-free. more
Arts & Entertainment
Interior designs
- Judging by these small studies of interiors, it seemed that Mary Connelly had never lived in a home she hasn’t wanted to paint. more
‘Like a bomb going off’
- “It’s almost like there’s a bomb going off underneath you every time they open the gate. …” To Donaldson, sitting on top of a quivering ... more
Three reasons to check out Fabulous
- A rave in the Orleans Arena. Sounds … interesting. Strange as the setting might seem, however, the lineup for the Fabulous festival ought to excite ... more
Political cartoons
- Americans are more fired up about this presidential race than most, and that excitement has apparently carried over into mainstream comics. more
Anamorphosis
- Wanna totally freak out your neighborhood? Blare this out into the street while kids are trick-or-treating. more
Jimi worship
- Covering a Jimi Hendrix song is quite the risky venture; after all, a lot of folks consider him rock’s all-time greatest guitarist, and his voice ... more
Ginsberg, Germans and solid gold
- “We’re gonna see if we can pull off the full version here,” Mikey cautions as 22 revelers go impressively batshit for apocalyptic closer “Future Thinkers.” more
Trying their (lady) luck(1 comment)
- Chemical Ex plans to make Vegas’ arts scene a “big-ass orgy.” From which planet has this group descended? more
Capital ideas
- Artforum writer and California College of the Arts instructor Glen Helfand recognizes the whiff of desperation and the spit-shine of nostalgia in our declining empire. more
Please kill me (in a ridiculously convoluted fashion)
- A Saw marathon culminating in Saw V sounds like a good idea, right? Wrong. more
The new West’s outlaws
- The era of bootlegging ended long ago, but true cocktail aficionados will tell you if you want something done right, sometimes you gotta do it yourself. more
Sign of the times
- Vegas is all about signage, but something about the splashy new sign that went up on top of the Vdara condo tower at CityCenter doesn’t click. more
A brief, opinionated guide to Las Vegas’ used-book stores
- Dead Poet Books is friendly and cool, with enough books to browse for hours. more
Let There Be Night: Testimony on Behalf of the Dark
- Darkness is so many things: It’s where the imagination is free, it’s where mysteries hide, where dreams rule, it’s what allows us to see the stars. more
Life, letters and Las Vegas
- If you want to have a conversation about writing and Las Vegas, it would be hard to find a better-matched pair than Douglas Unger and ... more
Screen
High-toned trash
- For all its highbrow trappings, Changeling is in fact the most compulsively watchable piece of trash Eastwood has ever made. Much of its breathless allure ... more
A “Porno” with heart
- With Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Smith has fully appropriated both the Apatow aesthetic and one of Apatow’s top collaborators, actor Seth Rogen, while ... more
I.O.U.S.A.
- If I.O.U.S.A., a documentary about the national debt, doesn’t sound particularly sexy, well, maybe that shouldn’t matter, given the current financial mess. more
RocknRolla
- It’s easy to accuse Guy Ritchie of making the same movie over and over again, but in the case of his latest, RocknRolla, that may ... more
Taste
- Getting your goat
This comely little place does breakfast, Mexican specialties and American-style sandwiches, so the kitchen is quite ambitious. And to quote Marc Antony, when he eulogized Julius Caesar, ambition can be (in this case only sometimes) a grievous fault.
Horoscopes
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Wednesday
2008-11-05
Henderson
Wine bottle signing with Tool's Maynard James Keenan at Henderson Whole Foods
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Wednesday
2008-11-05
Theater
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Wednesday
2008-11-05
UNLV
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Thursday
2008-11-06
UNLV
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Thursday
2008-11-06
Central
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Thursday
2008-11-06
Theater
The Beckett Festival presents Escurial by Michel De Ghelderode
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Friday
2008-11-07
Xania's Hot Spots
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Friday
2008-11-07
Xania's Hot Spots
Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson at Pure for 6126 Holiday Collection fashion showcase
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Friday
2008-11-07
A night of laughs with two of TV's funniest leading men
Comedy
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Saturday
2008-11-08
East
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Saturday
2008-11-08
Downtown
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Saturday
2008-11-08
North Las Vegas
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Monday
2008-11-10
Joe Satriani and Mountain perform live
The Strip
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Monday
2008-11-10
The Strip
Living Room Lounge at Prive presents Dirty Vinyl House Sessions
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Monday
2008-11-10
DJ Chris Adams spins commercial dance, house and hip-hop
Top 40
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Tuesday
2008-11-11
Central
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Tuesday
2008-11-11
Xania's Hot Spots
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Tuesday
2008-11-11
Downtown
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Soundcheck
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Dead Confederate
- The Georgia sons’ MySpace page lists three primary influences: On the Beach (a Neil Young album), Meddle (Pink Floyd) and Bleach (Nirvana).
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Snow Patrol
- For an album with such a high-wattage title, the follow-up to the multiplatinum-selling Eyes Open comes off a little dim.
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Secret Machines
- Even with the departure of powered-by-plutonium guitarist Ben Curtis, Secret Machines’ new album is full of nervous energy.
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OCTOBER 30 - NOVEMBER 5
Cocktail of the Week
Oct 30, 2008
by
Xania Woodman
Twix
"Please take one" signs never work with trick or treaters, nor do they work with Twix. Too-too scrumptious, with layers of chocolate, caramel and crispy graham cracker cookie, Twix bars ...
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