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FEBRUARY 26 - MARCH 4
- 25 lists about Jim Gibbons
- A carefully researched, somewhat randomly organized, entirely satirical, often accurate assemblage of minutia on Nevada’s governor read article
The Intersection
- Sun dance festival
- In a dance studio south of the Strip earlier this month, a long table of casting personnel sat at attention in a large mirrored room ... more
- In the worst of times … Do something!(2 comments)
- Last Friday’s announcement of the closing of the Las Vegas Art Museum officially inaugurates what some might be tempted to call the worst of times. more
- Bloody Marys?! Awesome!
- At 9 a.m. the hookers at the Chicken Ranch are dressed and ready. Usually they wear gowns and look intentionally, even zealously, girly. more
- Suggestion box: Bring the Oscars to Vegas
- After watching the witless farrago that was this year’s Oscars, we know what has to be done to save the dying franchise: Bring it to ... more
- The Help Desk
- Harry Reid won’t call for Sen. Roland Burris’ resignation, saying, “We’re just going to wait and see what’s going to happen.” If Burris’ nose begins ... more
- Swept away
- There are two ironies about the city of Las Vegas’ Downtown Beautification Office, which sends people with parking tickets, DUIs and domestic-violence offenses on to ... more
Nightlife
- Don Julio 1942 Cadillac
- For the Cadillac of margs, Isla’s Tequila Goddess (long may she reign) selected the Cadillac of tequilas to delight tequila connoisseurs with an affordable indulgence. more
- Swag bag confidential
- According to the IRS, the presenters at the 81st annual Academy Awards last Sunday, though donating their time and image, and despite being handed their ... more
- Let’s hear it for the boy
- He might not use six turntables or have a lady assist him in the booth when he plays the sample “Scratch With Your Titty” anymore, ... more
- Speaking of Ken Hall and legends
- Here comes the Nightclub & Bar Show and that means here comes the 11th annual Legends of Bartending Competition, called the “Superbowl of bartending.” more
- A dalliance with suburbia
- Sweet, sweet suburbia, how I’ve missed you. That’s what I thought as I pulled open the giant letter “V” on the door of Vintner Grill. more
Arts & Entertainment
- R.I.P. Canvas Cafe (2007-2009)
- Recessionary economy + historical odds against running a successful Vegas venue = doom. more
- How’s that new Joint?
- Meet the new Joint. Same as the old Joint? Not exactly. more
- A Frank appraisal
- Book by book, yarn by yarn, novelist T.C. Boyle has been assembling a fabulous and tawdry imaginative U.S. history. more
- Curses! (every last one in The Sopranos)
- Want to see 86 episodes of The Sopranos meticulously mined and compiled into a montage of nearly 5,000 curse words screamed, spat and muttered on ... more
- A muddled political “Cartoon”
- What to do with Cartoon? In the play, a cartoon world is held in stasis by Esther (played by Sara Spraker) and her powerful hammer. more
- That’s so punk rock
- This Friday at Wasted Space, punk-rock fans can channel their inner frontman and head up a band of seasoned punk vets—for three minutes, at least. more
- Thicket of art
- I read the other day that scientists are having trouble finding a way to illustrate the tree of life. The Contemporary Arts Center’s 20th Anniversary ... more
- Little Big Town
- With its layered four-part harmonies and rotating lead singers, this Nashville quartet draws as much from ’70s rockers like The Eagles and Fleetwood Mac as ... more
- Close encounter
- The frilly window valance, the unshaded lamps on the matching end tables, the family portraits of birthday parties and Boy Scouts … it just didn’t ... more
- Even better than the new thing
- On the occasion of the Weekly review of U2’s new album, No Line on the Horizon, a few staffers share their favorite tracks from Bono ... more
- An American in (Crazy Horse) Paris
- Onstage, Kristal D’Arc is another perfectly toned figure dancing around chains and pouncing on chairs. But there’s something you wouldn’t know from seeing her on ... more
- Spoofing Twilight(4 comments)
- The Hindi sisters have topped their Hillywood Show with a Twilight parody that earned more than 250,000 hits in its first week. “We’ve worked so ... more
- Life without Carolla(1 comment)
- Hey, even though the Ace Man is off the air, radio can still be fun, right? And they say television will rot your brain. more
Screen
- A rotten combo
- Waltz With Bashir has accomplished a remarkable film-ghetto hat trick, being simultaneously one of last year’s most acclaimed foreign films, one of its most celebrated ... more
- The man behind Madea
- While you were watching the Oscars, Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail was the No. 1 movie in America, pulling in $41 million at the ... more
Taste
- Great view, great food
- Last week I found myself in the United Kingdom, ushering four Chinese friends on a mini-tour.
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- Which God is mightier?
- Has the new wave of American heavy metal reached maturity? New releases from two of the movement’s top acts, Virginia’s Lamb of God and New Jersey’s God Forbid, beg the ...
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- U2’s transcendent days have gone the way of its youthful naivete. Still, the band’s willingness to take risks is a welcome change from the hermetically sealed authenticity of its previous ...
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Feb 26, 2009
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Xania Woodman
Don Julio 1942 Cadillac
For the Cadillac of margs, Isla’s Tequila Goddess (long may she reign) selected the Cadillac of tequilas to delight tequila connoisseurs with an affordable indulgence. Though traditionally enjoyed neat ...
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