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JUNE 4 - JUNE 10
- Legislature 2009 Winners and Losers
- Thank God it’s over—who got their way, and who got screwed? read article
- Come on, feel the noise!
- Exploring the city’s cover-band scene with the big-haired kings of metal read article
The Intersection
- Empathy ratings
- In choosing Sonia Sotomayor as his nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, President Obama said he was looking for a judge with empathy. Let’s apply ... more
- The Help Desk
- Assembly overrides Gov. Gibbons’ veto of domestic-partnership bill. Finally, same-sex couples can have the same rights and responsibilities that the 50 percent of successful married ... more
- Suggestion Box: The fight over city hall
- The fight over Las Vegas’ new city hall was resolved this week, with the state Supreme Court overturning an effort by the Culinary Union to ... more
- When the dust settles
- Nevada off-roaders have avoided meaningful regulation for years; it’s the last Western state not to have off-road vehicle titling and registration. But that’s about to change. more
- Wary Harry
- Reid’s numbers may be down, but can any Republicans beat him? more
- The Gods have spoken(6 comments)
- The talking statues at the Forum Shops are incomprehensible. These animatronic dinosaurs have been stammering on since 1992, and honestly, they should have hung up ... more
- Ask Dead Elvis: Who is “Gentleman Gus”?
- The new economy parking lot at McCarran Airport is located off Gus Giuffre Drive. Who was this Gus? Another corrupt local politician? more
- The Anti-Wynn(2 comments)
- I was a bit confused when I showed up at the Treasure Island on Monday for lunch with its new owner, Phil Ruffin, and his ... more
Nightlife
- And theeen?
- Ground control to major drama more
- It’s the hottest thing on the red carpet, sucka!
- Overpriced celebrity chew toys from Pure’s former managing partner? Stevie D. isn’t quite off the radar yet. more
- Mariel Zagastizabal—Sham-wow!
- Mariel doles out the good stuff poolside: frozen cocktails, cold towels and fresh-fruit kabobs, but that’s not all. more
- Acro-numb
- OMG, we’re LOFAO over WMD, LOL! more
Arts & Entertainment
- Truth in the synthetic
- The opening film at Cinevegas this year isn’t as high-profile as past offerings The Rocker, Hustle & Flow and Ocean’s 13, but like Ocean’s, it ... more
- Smartly, Supernatural aims to please casual Santana fan
- Legendary hippie rocker Carlos Santana and the Vegas tourist are on different wavelengths. more
- Animal Collective
- On Saturday night, I felt proud to live in Las Vegas. I rarely experience that sensation at rock shows. more
- Big bucks for famous bricks
- Elvis left the building long ago, but his nasal douche remains and is being offered to the highest bidder. So are 30 pairs of Ann ... more
- Completely pain-free
- You know it’s summer because USA is debuting another breezy, rather formulaic new drama that will be fun to watch but probably not occupy a ... more
- Beer in a book
- At 120 pages, B Is for Beer is just about the right size for a round-trip plane ride, and manages to fit a six-pack’s worth ... more
- Counting cards
- Artists from across the country were invited to create postcard-sized images reflecting the state or city in which they live. more
- The Brinkley Girls: The Best of Nell Brinkley’s Cartoons 1913-1940
- In 1907, 22-year-old Nell Brinkley moved to New York City and began drawing illustrations for the Hearst syndicate of newspapers. Her subject matter tended to ... more
- Rocksteady prescription
- If you ask, The Remedies will say they are the cure for musical hunger. Then they’ll admit their name stems from the preferred type of ... more
- So long to Skorch
- Local garage-rock group Skorchamenza, which has been together six years and released two LPs, will play its last show June 5, at Divebar. more
- Booming business(1 comment)
- Boomers after hours isn’t a spectacular place. It’s your typical dive-drinking establishment—everywhere, there are neon beer signs, televisions older than most teenagers and the acrid ... more
- Girly sounds
- Time to show some love to the girls who keep up with the guys in local music and a nod to chicks who’ve been involved ... more
- Doin’ the pasty hop
- Somewhere between dance move, workout and wardrobe (mal)function is the pasty hop—the bouncing, jiggling movement that causes the tassels on a pair of pasties to ... more
- It’s chili out there
- Contestants will battle it out in Red Chili, Chili Verde and Salsa categories, which require that chefs add no beans or pasta or other carbs ... more
Screen
- Hair of the dog
- The Hangover is vulgar comedy that goes down easy. For 100 minutes the movie offers a glimpse into the Vegas of myth, the one that ... more
- Rating The Hangover against a real Vegas night of partying
- How cute. Some tourists got effed up in Vegas. We challenge the next Vegas-debauchery movie to party local style-y. more
- Land of the Lost
- This ostensibly fun family movie features vulgar jokes a-plenty—if you ever wanted to see Will Ferrell douse himself in dinosaur urine or learn about the ... more
- Rudo y Cursi
- Y Tu Mamá También‘s power duo of Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna are back together, this time under the direction of Mexican filmmaker Alfonso ... more
- My Life in Ruins
- Nia Vardalos is a classical history professor-turned-low-budget tour guide, but begins to enjoy her job and find her Greek passion for life thanks to good ... more
Taste
- Eclectic pub fare
- Too much of a good thing is anathema in the restaurant world. So, in spite of the fact that I enjoyed myself at Bar Louie, the place puzzles me.
- Dogs come out at night
- It’s 3 a.m., you’ve been singing karaoke and swigging beers for hours, and now you need meat, preferably a New York-style hot dog with all the trimmings.
- Original is still best
- Coffee offered by a redheaded clown in a yellow jumpsuit should be extremely confident. Indeed, McDonald’s coffee used to make the waifiest of us feel like longshoremen.
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Soundcheck
- Rancid
- Although it’s been six years since Rancid’s last album, the Bay Area punks sound like they haven’t been away at all.
Read more... - Sleepy Sun
- You don’t need to hear Sleepy Sun’s debut album—or the high praise being heaped upon it—to get the sense this is a band worth investigating.
Read more... - Iggy Pop
- After a 40-plus-year musical career, Iggy Pop has earned the right to make Préliminaires
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Cocktail of the Week
Jun 4, 2009
by
Xania Woodman
Piña-pirinha
Pronounced like Caipirinha (kai-peer-EEN-ya), the Piña-pirinha (PEEN-ya-peer-EEN-ya), in just three ingredients, takes just the pineapple elements of a piña colada, spikes them (thank you, Skyy) and introduces them to the ...
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