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- Okay, so now what?
- It’s time to find out what change really looks like read article
- 24 things we won’t have to think about again
- Our scrapbook of fond campaign highlights read article
- Things we learned from the campaign
- Things we’ll never forget … and a few we wish we could read article
The Intersection
- “Sexo” sells
- The only English words in the ad were, “table dance: $10.” It was on Page 23 of El Mundo, the valley’s oldest Spanish-language weekly. more
- “I Voted” freebies: Thanks but no thanks
- We noticed that chains such as Starbucks were giving out free coffee on election day for voters. more
- Porn again
- The XXXChurch ministers to people addicted to porn, largely by attending porn conventions and handing out literature. more
- What happens with Wanda …
- This column was supposed to be about Criss Angel’s new theater. In short, the theater is terrible. So instead, this column is about Wanda. more
- Perception and panic!
- There’s no need to be talking about the possibility of bankruptcies on the Strip—this city is a brand: “Vegas.” What else should the vice president ... more
- Tapped out(1 comment)
- Water from Lake Mead turned up in a surprising place: several Walmart stores in the Bay Area. more
Nightlife
- Pacha scopes out Vegas, Miami (our vote is for Vegas)
- Here in mid-global economic meltdown Vegas we may see pigs flying and temperatures in hell approaching freezing, but Pacha New York’s operating partner Eddie Dean ... more
- All hallowed out
- It’s like when Christmas decorations go up two months in advance—you just get sick of it by the time the holiday actually rolls around. more
- All the rave
- I encounter my first group of Fabulous festival-goers: slender boys, not a day over 18, shirtless and wearing tiny backpacks. more
- Finally seeing green?
- Oscar Goodman, Hamlet and a Trekkie walk into a bar … It hasn’t happened yet, but could be possible in the near future at the ... more
Arts & Entertainment
- Kind of Blu
- Trumpeter James Barela was looking for material that he could “play a thousand times, a million times, and it still feels as fresh as the ... more
- Poker with “priceless” stakes
- The winner of the World Series of Poker’s Main Event finals table gets to take home a duffel bags of cash and commemorative bling. It’s ... more
- Fall from grace(1 comment)
- The good news: Criss Angel Believe is as bad as—or worse than—you’ve heard. In a couple weeks when Cirque du Soleil slashes ticket prices, go ... more
- Garfield minus Garfield
- Jim Davis’ comic strip cat/licensing cash cow Garfield famously hates Mondays and, less famously, birthdays. So how’s he coping with turning 30 this year? The ... more
- Partners in choreography
- One of the recent highlights of the local dance scene has been the unique collaboration between the high-concept Cirque du Soleil and the classically oriented ... more
- The future is now
- By the time we get to 2017, we may indeed be forcing convicted criminals to outrun sadistic gladiators with souped-up chain saws on national TV. more
- Return to Eastwick
- John Updike conjured a trio of Rhode Island women—Sukie, Lexa and Jane—who become witches after divorcing. Single and suddenly free, they wreaked havoc on a ... more
- The cat’s pajamas, Primm edition
- Mistress Lily leads the six beautiful Kitties in a lively song-and-dance routine so tasteful you almost forget about the topless aspect … until a bra ... more
- Magalie Chacon as a Spermatine in “Mystere”
- Even without her colorful costume, Chacon gets identified around town as a Cirque performer. more
- Pyramid scheme
- In July 2007, Luxor announced a $300 million renovation to undertake the seemingly perverse task of taking the Egyptian theme out of the pyramid-shaped resort. more
- LVW to RS: We’re bigger than you!
- Change arrived in the mail: Rolling Stone. Well, it said Rolling Stone on the cover and had the same middle-of-the-road music coverage inside. But it ... more
Screen
- Utopian and despairing
- Rachel Getting Married, an emotionally wrenching family melodrama with a uniquely paradoxical tone, at once utopian and despairing, easily ranks among the year’s best films. more
- Role Models
- Role Modelsis a thoroughly audience-friendly movie, a predictable, formulaic buddy comedy with a feel-good message. more
- Anita O’Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer
- It’s that smile, those lusty teeth, somehow coy and seductive, warm and haughty. It’s a lush “I don’t give a damn” smile. more
- Soul Men
- No matter what else is going on in Soul Men, it’s difficult not to be moved by the posthumous performances of Bernie Mac and Isaac ... more
- Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
- Melman becomes the giraffes’ doctor, Gloria is seduced by a hippo lothario, Marty blends in with the zebra herd, Julien tries to become king of ... more
- Repo! The Genetic Opera
- Any movie that stars both Sarah Brightman and Paris Hilton seems destined for cult status, and the most surprising thing about Repo! The Genetic Opera, ... more
Taste
- Vegans beware!
- Looking around at the throngs eating giant slabs of meat with fervor at the new Texas de Brazil, my thoughts turned to Nero, who allegedly played the lyre while Rome burned.
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- Ryan Adams & The Cardinals
- Doofy name; comfortably well-worn alt-country grooves. On the fourth album with his backing-band-turned-full-collaborators in as many years (meaning he’s actually slowing down a bit), rock’s favorite troubled troubadour finds himself ...
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- There was a very short period, around 1996-1997, when you couldn’t tell Richard D. James’ Aphex Twin project from Tom Jenkinson’s Squarepusher project.
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- When Mike Weller performed in my living room in February, he fashioned a makeshift guitar strap out of a shoelace from my wife’s closet.
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Nov 6, 2008
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Xania Woodman
The Obamarama and The Maverick
Essentially, The Obamarama is just a blueberry lemonade and The Maverick is just a raspberry white tea…but when, in the history of politics, has anything ever been plainly stated?! At ...
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