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JULY 9 - JULY 15
- The brainy behemoth
- UFC heavyweight Frank Mir talks about breaking bones, being a father and getting massages in his underwear read article
- Look before you leap
- Sugar gliders are cute but high-maintenance pets read article
- Cocaine, porn stars and dissing Mariah
- Weekly writer Richard Abowitz looks back at 10 years of Sin City memories read article
The Intersection
- Our own Darwin Award nominee?
- A North Las Vegas fire captain is indicted for torching his own ride. more
- Dog, caller(4 comments)
- Our Q&A last week with Al the bounty hunter got quite a few people talking. Including the King of All Bounty Hunters himself, Duane “Dog” Chapman. more
- Suggestion box: Save victimless crimes for later
- You know it’s either election time or that some politician is looking to distract the public from their latest indiscretion when a strip club gets ... more
- ‘It’s easy to have an idea; it’s harder to implement it’(1 comment)
- The road to foreclosure hell is paved with ‘good faith.’ more
- An offer they will refuse
- The battle over the mob museum heads to court more
- Dude hooks like a lady(1 comment)
- Can male prostitutes legally work in Nevada? We may soon find out. more
- Bad things do come in threes(1 comment)
- A trio of the worst ideas in Vegas right now. more
- Ask Dead Elvis: Where was the gunfight for Viva Las Vegas filmed?
- Was it at an Old West amusement park on the outskirts of Las Vegas? Was it Old Vegas Ranch? Maybe Spring Mountain Ranch? Dead Elvis answers. more
- Random photo of the week
- Patriotic Donut! more
Nightlife
- Slushie solos
- “No extra shots this time,” said the tourist from Austin, Texas, as he handed over his empty 100-ounce tube o’ booze to be refilled. more
- Catching airwaves
- People from big cities around the world know Las Vegas clubs are some of the ultimate party spots. Thanks to a new dance-music radio show, ... more
- Hats off to Tales(1 comment)
- The big deal about the Big Easy’s big cocktail week . more
- Drink up! It’s safe to go back to Utah!
- Nevadans can breathe a sigh of relief—Utah is coming around! more
Arts & Entertainment
- Pretty as a pin-up
- Come a modern woman with flat hair and bare legs, leave a 1950s goddess fit to be painted on the side of a B-52 bomber. ... more
- Hoop dreaming
- Las Vegas might never be home to an NBA team, but how many cities can say they’ve got their own NBA league—even if it is ... more
- Guess who’s back in town?
- It’s a match made in female-stereotype heaven almost 40 years ago: Charo and Vegas. The boobs, the big blond hair, the campy flirty cuchi-cuchi whatever—Charo ... more
- A comeback America actually needs
- Which is more inspiring? Overcoming cancer to win the Tour de France, or overcoming prolonged exposure to Matthew McConaughey to accomplish the same feat? more
- Know what’s funny?
- Scan the list of big shots on the cover: Buck Henry, Al Jaffee, Bob Odenkirk, Paul Feig, Merrill Markoe, Larry Gelbart, Harold Ramis, David Sedaris, ... more
- The real biggest loser
- Only with TV’s representation of the overweight so monumentally out of whack could the condescending new dramedy Drop Dead Diva (Lifetime, Sundays, 9 p.m.) be ... more
- Adrift, together
- For years, I’ve admired Leah Craig’s pastel-colored portraits and Janet Greek’s detailed psychological tableaus. Their styles and focuses are different, but they’ve both done figurative ... more
- The Weekly list: Reincarnations we’d like to see
- From Lindsay Lohan to Jon and Kate Gosselin, we get Hindu on the ass of celebs and local figures in need of a second life. ... more
- Black Camaro’s Radio Capricorn
- KDIG, Vegas’ newest “radio station,” plays all Black Camaro tunes, all the time… with the exception of amusing DJ banter, commercials for your local illegal ... more
- Hardcore partying?
- FSP (somewhat) celebrates 25th (kinda) anniversary. more
- Jay-Z
- Watching Fabolous and Ciara lumber through uninspiring sets before Jay-Z took the stage Friday meant that the night’s success rested on Jay-Z’s capable shoulders. more
- The art of fighting
- Real ring magic can be found far from the limelight of arenas and TV cameras. more
- As Panic’s Ross and Urie part ways, we ask, what comes next?
- A few possible outcomes to the Panic! at the Disco break-up announced on July 6. more
Screen
- Oddly uncomfortable
- Before the first reel is over, Brüno assaults viewers—and given the country’s collective sensibility, “assault” is really the only possible word—with a Benny Hill-style cavalcade ... more
- Every Little Step
- Every Little Step is a documentary about dancers auditioning for a Broadway show about dancers auditioning for a Broadway show. more
- Blood: The Last Vampire
- You know you’re in trouble when a movie opens with an expository crawl that begins in the 1500s and includes the phrase “centuries passed.” Things ... more
Taste
- Bosa truly is No. 1
- Bosa 1 is a Vietnamese restaurant that doesn’t serve pho. But don’t let that deter you.
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Soundcheck
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- For an album by someone with such a ubiquitous pop presence, Cradlesong is curiously flat.
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- Electric Dirt injects serious juice into the wide-ranging collection of originals and choice covers.
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- As the project for which Krug composes almost single-handedly, Sunset Rubdown offers the truest barometer of his powers.
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Cocktail of the Week
Jul 9, 2009
by
Xania Woodman
Tropic Thunder
So, is it hot enough for you out there? Then why not slip into something refreshing and tropical that is just a tad more sophisticated than a mai tai or ...
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