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JANUARY 22 - JANUARY 28
- ‘The scale of this is too grand for words’
- Experiences from Washington, D.C., January 20, 2009 read article
- The states we’re in
- Examining the state of the Valley from four different perspectives read article
The Intersection
- Forbes to Henderson, North Las Vegas: Whatever
- Forbes, last month, has gone and named North Las Vegas and Henderson two of America’s 10 most boring cities. more
- Amen Corner: Facebook has potential!
- We owe a big thanks to Channel 10’s Mitch Fox for showing R-J columnist Jane Ann Morrison that there is “some potential in Facebook.” You ... more
- Suds and buds(1 comment)
- As with most things that come to Vegas, Beer & Blog originated somewhere else, in this case Portland, Oregon. more
- Which way to pork town?
- Barack Obama has been very careful in his choice of words up to this point, but he might have let slip more than he wanted ... more
- Lawyers, guns … and money(2 comments)
- A legitimate mob museum at the beautiful, restored historic old federal building Downtown would be an enormous success for Las Vegas. more
- The Help Desk
- Overweight, unkempt Joaquin Phoenix performs incoherent rap at Vegas nightclub, falls off the stage. Or as Britney Spears would call it, Saturday night. North Las ... more
- Stop driving on Red Rock
- Saturday. A beautiful, clear, crisp day. The kind that used to become magically more so the further out West Charleston you got. Today it’s not ... more
Nightlife
- Lawful liquor (1 comment)
- Las Vegans are used to getting it any time, any place (every place!), in any combination, at every volume and at any hour: booze. more
- The gift that keeps on pouring(26 comments)
- Ever wonder why people pay real money to give imaginary Facebook gifts like cocktails and presents? Princeton alums Patrick Ledbetter and Adam Ludwig did. more
- Beat this
- Happy fifth birthday, Beatport! What a perfect excuse to throw more events than a Vegas socialite. more
Arts & Entertainment
- Untrustworthy
- Trust Me is thoroughly mediocre, an occasionally entertaining look at typical office shenanigans that could easily be transported to a law firm or a software ... more
- Opening doors
- Ryan D’Agostino cold-called residents in some of America’s wealthiest neighborhoods to ask rich people how they got that way. more
- “Seeing” is believing
- The individuals assembled for You See are Left Coast art gods, key players in one of the many cultural shifts that erupted in California during ... more
- I read the news today, oh boy
- Cheap Trick, the rumor mill has it, might soon be residing at the Las Vegas Hilton, performing The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. more
- Smith Center drama
- At a projected budget of $475 million, the Smith Center for the Performing Arts is the biggest investment in the arts Las Vegas has ever seen. more
- Different times
- At a time like this, when the bubble has burst on Las Vegas’ collective psyche, it’s nice to recall the good old days of sun ... more
- Triumphant “Trojan”
- Trojan Women 2.0 is the type of theater that is easy to make fun of, but it is also the type of theater, for some ... more
- Pin some salmon to her dress
- Ruffled taffeta. Blue eye shadow. Tuxes that had taken one too many trips to the back seat of dad’s Olds. more
- Who are The Head Cat?
- Chances are you’ve never heard of rockabilly trio The Head Cat, who play Wasted Space this week. more
- Here’s looking at Casablanca
- Everyone’s heard of the Humphrey Bogart-Ingrid Bergman classic, and is probably familiar with its numerous quotable lines, but that’s no substitute for watching the film itself. more
Screen
- Lunch and a movie
- Local filmmaker Tom Barndt’s surreal short films have shown up at CineVegas and the Dam Short Film Festival, among other places, and last year he ... more
- Inkheart
- Like most fantasy-adventure stories, Inkheart, adapted from German author Cornelia Funke’s popular series of children’s books, strives to conjure up a long-forgotten world. more
- Allegory, with giant drooling wolves
- In TV ads for Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, scenes showing actress Rhona Mitra are edited in a speedy way that leaves just a little ... more
Taste
- Turkish delight
- I’ve been reviewing restaurants since 1984, and if one great cuisine has been sorely absent from my columns, it is the glorious cooking of Turkey.
- Sex > honey toast (but just barely)
- I take online restaurant reviews with a grain of salt, but when everyone agrees that a dish is so divine it warrants exclamation points, expletives and comparisons to sex, I yield to the communal will.
- Democratic Dr Pepper
- Dr Pepper promised everyone in America a free soda if Guns N’ Roses’ long-delayed Chinese Democracy was released in 2008.
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Soundcheck
- Leathermouth
- With the first release from his mad-as-hell side project Leathermouth, Frank Iero returns to his unruly roots with a nod to such precursors of social and political protest as Black ...
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- When you hear that Andrew Bird is back with all the bells and whistles, you can take that at its most literal meaning.
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- These Pitchfork-approved Seattleites fiddle with synths, an 808 drum machine and a Game Boy to produce a texture to the 8-bit side of IDM.
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JANUARY 22 - JANUARY 28
Cocktail of the Week
Jan 22, 2009
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Xania Woodman
The Lucky Pear
When the Pear Bureau of the Northwest put out a call for pear recipes and cocktails, decorated Vegas flair bartender and molecular mixologist Steve Dorsey (2008 FBA Blue Blazer mixology ...
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