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OCTOBER 29 - NOVEMBER 4
Fun death facts
- Several interns were killed in the making of this list read article
Death’s answer man
- The spokesman for the Valley’s largest mortuary talks about cremation, neckties and his first embalming experience read article
Sympathy for the skeezy
- A pickup artists’ “super-conference” reveals that most guys aren’t out to get laid—they’re just trying to fit in read article
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The Intersection
Oscar’s Pole
- This story is about a steel pole. It was supposed to be an inside joke, a dick joke actually, between Mayor Oscar Goodman and Raymond ... more
The dog days of Dora To
- For animal-rights activists, Dora To’s business was an example of pet-store owners purchasing their puppies from puppy mills—breeders that, although they may operate legally, still ... more
- Amen Corner: Spaying and neutering opposition
- You can’t imagine how relieved we were to hear that the city’s plan to make spaying and neutering mandatory is likely to face widespread opposition. more
A Wynn lose situation for Garth Brooks tickets
- Wynn is devoted to socialism-lite right here in Vegas in the form of his jihad against would-be scalpers of the tickets for the first 20 ... more
Is the Vegas dream gone?(1 comment)
- An audit forces a columnist to take a long, hard look back at the dream that was Las Vegas. more
Lettuce ladies and veggie dogs(1 comment)
- In an afternoon punctuated by false starts, ambulance sirens and skimpy green outfits, PETA, for better or worse, gave away hundreds of veggie dogs to ... more
Random photo of the week
- A little early, isn’t it? more
Terror in the produce aisle!
- What would happen if you took Lizardman out of the Fright Dome, out of Circus Circus and off the Strip? What would happen if you ... more
- The Help Desk
- Las Vegas ranks seventh on Forbes list of Best Cities to Retire In. Proving once and for all that Forbes lists are a result of ... more
Nightlife
Getting it on (the record) with Pete Tong(3 comments)
- You might think a DJ would consider hanging up his headphones as he approaches 50, but Tong shows no signs of stopping. more
The Closet leads the pack on gay parties
- Celebrating its one-year anniversary, The Closet Sundays caters to the fashionable, attractive, poised and diverse, with every creed, color and sexual orientation represented—seriously, it’s like ... more
Five questions with DJ Sasha (plus a few random ones)
- Sasha (yeah, the same one who’s name is usually followed by “& Digweed”) is coming to Pure. But don’t expect him to go all nostalgic ... more
Stop! Before you step out this weekend in your college Halloween costume (let it go already) read this
- Today’s movies, TV, books and the blogosphere have clearly informed the public’s costume choices with all of HalloweenMart’s top five best-selling costumes coming from the ... more
Arts & Entertainment
What Andre Agassi’s crystal meth use explains
- Suddenly, the tennis superstar’s mid-‘90s warddrobe makes sense. more
Paying off: Modern Science doesn’t squander pricey trip to CMJ
- Even under a low basement ceiling, Modern Science’s performance soared. more
U2 showcases classic past, passable present(4 comments)
- Do we really need stadium concerts anymore? Probably not, but if we have to endure them, then U2 is certainly the band for the job. more
- Death don’t have no mercy for musicians
- Consider taking out life insurance before listening to these songs recorded just before their creators’ deaths. more
‘Naked’ truth: Why ‘High Fidelity’ fans will hate Hornby’s latest
- Chick lit sucks. Rob would be ashamed. more
Fashion Rocks: Stylish clothing meets hard rock at Hard Rock
- John Varvatos believed there had to be a way to mix music, fashion and commerce together and keep it interesting. more
The aliens have landed
- Is V the new Lost? more
Screen
A makeshift memorial for MJ
- “This Is It” is an inadequate epitaph for the King of Pop. more
- Movies about the afterlife
- No, Dead Man Walking is not on this list. more
Trick ‘r Treat
- Trick ’r Treat deserves points for avoiding cheap thrills and excessive gore, but its limited old-school charms are not nearly as impressive as its inflated ... more
Taste
- Pie in the sky
Why Metro Pizza should thank us.
- Choose-your-own burger adventure
The idea is a fail-safe one: DIY burgers with plenty more to like.
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Lyle Lovett
- Lyle Lovett is holding back.
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Built to Spill
- Doug Martsch sounds tired.
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The Flaming Lips
- Embryonic feels willfully obscure, an album full of cluttered noise and sounds thrown together with little regard for, well, anything.
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OCTOBER 29 - NOVEMBER 4
Cocktail of the Week
Oct 29, 2009
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Xania Woodman
C’est la Vie
Well hello, gorgeous! But super-premium Oxley small batch dry gin has the chops to back up her bottle’s outer beauty. It took 38 recipes and eight years to develop the ...
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