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Nightlife
DJ Interview: Hip-hop’s affectionate leader Afrika
Bambaataa is (still) looking for the perfect beat
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Culture
A+E Year in Review: THE YEAR in TV, COMEDY and DVDs
We laughed—at 30 Rock and Doug Stanhope—and got our Blade Runner on, again
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Music
Rappers’ delight
Three of the biggest names in hip-hop vie for your holiday cash with stops in Las Vegas this week. A quick look at the contenders:
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Culture
A+E Year in Review: THE YEAR in BOOKS, FINE and PERFORMING ARTS
From an outraged attack on the free market to a Cirque-ballet collabo to a grabby show of once-local artists, 2007 brought us plenty of surprises
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Culture
A+E Year in Review: The Year in MUSIC
It was a good year for Of Montreal and Modest Mouse—and check out the jukebox loaded with our favorite singles of 2007
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Culture
A+E Year in Review: The Year in Movies
From the Coen brothers’ severe Texas to a top-notch Korean horror film, this is the kind of year 2007 was: Even Ben Affleck triumphed
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Reviews
Short Takes
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Literature
Hunter stories
Gonzo celebrates the life and work of outlaw journalist Hunter S. Thompson
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Dining
Adam’s Ribs
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Dining
Potato Valley Café
This enterprising little lunch spot centers on the lowly baked potato, here raised to heights thanks to a special oven that renders it crusty on ...
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Dining
Louis’s Fish Camp
Louis Osteen’s low-country cooking, from South Carolina, is a doozy. At his casual Town Square restaurant, which features a full-service bourbon bar, you’ll feast on ...
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Dream Zone
Dream Zone with Lauri Quinn Loewenberg
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Horoscopes
Horoscope: Peggy Plots Your Planets
Peggy Allison is the author of The Fundamentals of Astrology: A Comprehensive Guide for the Beginner. She is a professional astrologer who lives on St. ...
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Nightlife
Mash-Up
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Music
DJ Joe Cali
DJ Name: Joe Cali Real Name: Joe Cali Genre: House,electronica,hip-hop Year: 07 - present; Club: Red Rock Resort, LV Year: 93 - 94; Club: ...
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Culture
A morning at the opera
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Music
Five things to know about crust punk
With Conflict headed to town, we examine the subgenre the Londoners helped define
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Music
The Weekly Playlist: New Year’s resolution
A few songs to consider as you make plans for 2008 ...
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Music
Rounding up the iPod burners
Ten good tunes I neglected to pontificate about in 2007 (alphabetical, by artist)
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Features
My 2007
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Intersection
[Debate] Teachers vs. casinos
Representatives from both sides of the tax initiative issue make their arguments
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Culture
It (was) a mad mad mad mad year
Looking back at the accomplishments of pop culture heroes Britney, Paris and Sanjaya
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Las Vegas
Sal's Celebrity Selectors -- Week 16
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Las Vegas
Sal's Celebrity Selectors -- Week 16
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Music
30-second banana critic
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Music
Björk
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Culture
Doth anyone read anymore?
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Film
A bloody good time
Sweeney Todd might be the best movie of the year—if only the singing were better
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Film
The Great Debaters
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Film
The Kite Runner
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Reviews
Short Takes
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Entertainment
Strike alternatives
Escape the glut of reality shows with examples of the past’s great TV writing
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Nightlife
Mash-Up
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Nightlife
Beyond the Rope
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Music
DJ Brett Rubin
DJ Name: Brett Rubin Real Name: Brett Rubin Genre: Funky, dirty house Year: 07 - present; Club: Seamless Afterhours, LV Year: 06 - present; ...
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Dining
Potato Valley Café
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Dining
Louis’s Fish Camp
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Dining
Martinis
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Features
The long fall
A decade ago, Keon Clark was a star at UNLV headed to the NBA. Today he’s in custody in his hometown, facing prison time and ...
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Intersection
[Principles] Country but not God
Three questions with a Raelian who took God out of his citizenship oath
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Intersection
[Priorities] Go figure
Go figure: Statistics tell many (different) stories about gaming and tourism
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Horoscopes
Horoscope: Peggy Plots Your Planets
Peggy Allison is the author of The Fundamentals of Astrology: A Comprehensive Guide for the Beginner. She is a professional astrologer who lives on St. ...
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Dream Zone
Dream Zone with Lauri Quinn Loewenberg
I have this recurring dream where a shadowy male stands beside my bed. I think I’m awake, but I’m dreaming. It seems so real and ...
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Intersection
[Marketing] Treasure hunting
System of a Down drummer creates comic adventure extravaganza
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ENCYCLOPEDIA VEGAS: BRIEF ENTRIES ON EATING, ART AND FUNKY THINGS
Holiday Season pre-penance
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Nightlife
Mash-Up
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Music
DJ Jose 2 Hype
DJ Name: Jose 2 Hype Real Name: Jose Gutierrez Genre: House,electro-house,Latin house. Year: 03 - present; Club: Tabu, LV Year: 03 - 05; Club: ...
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Dining
Louis’s Fish Camp
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Dining
Martinis
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Dining
Waverly’s Steak House
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Culture
A blog you should visit
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Culture
[Essay] Get back (in the day)
When hearkening to ‘the day,’ when are we speaking of, exactly?
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Comics
The best space-trucker cooking opera of the year
James Stokoe serves up a hearty genre stew for his debut dish
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Legendary mediocrity
I Am Legend starts well before falling apart
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Reviews
Short Takes
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Music
Recent stopover: Tool at the Joint, May 5, 2006
“[Frontman Maynard James] Keenan has also loosened up a little since the band’s last tour, hitting the stage shirtless, sporting a mohawk, aviator sunglasses and, ...
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Entertainment
Talking without writing
Ellen DeGeneres and Carson Daly attempt to soldier on in the face of a writers’ strike
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Literature
Me, me, me.
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Literature
‘The great existential mystery’
Steve Friedman finds poetry in the strange lives of sportsmen
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Features
It’s a very merry atheist Christmas
How the godless could learn a few things about consumerism from Christians
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Features
Beauty school
Learning about societal pressure, Bette Midler ads and cool free stuff at UNLV’s Defining Beauty conference
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Intersection
[Need] Praying for shelter
Is the Salvation Army’s $1.7 million chapel helping the homeless?
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Culture
Give me a fat, pagey book
Writers want leather-bound evidence of genius, not digital
devices
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Horoscopes
Horoscope: Peggy Plots Your Planets for the week of Dec. 13 - Dec. 19
Peggy Allison is the author of The Fundamentals of Astrology: A Comprehensive Guide for the Beginner. She is a professional astrologer who lives on St. ...
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A fantastical allegory (but don’t tell anyone)
The muddled Golden Compass pulls its punches
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Dining
Fix it yourself!
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Features
(Moderately) Thrilling Tales of (Mildy) Risky Exploits!
To really learn about this band on the rise, we force A Crowd of Small Adventures to live up to their name
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Music
DJ Eric D-Lux
DJ Name: DJ Eric D-Lux
Real Name: Eric Delatorre
Equipment: MacBook Pro, Technic's 1200's, Rane mixer, Serato
Year: 07 - present; ... -
Dining
Waverly’s Steak House
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Dining
Planet Dailies
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Dining
Martinis
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Dining
From Hell to Green Valley
Reality-show chef lords over Italian menu with a touch of down-home flair
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Nightlife
Nights on the Circuit: Exploring the Canyon Club
Okay, it’s a tad dirty, but that’s just so hot right now!
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Nightlife
Mash-Up
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Entertainment
Tuesdays with Mommy
Surprise! Mitch Albom’s For One More Day peddles warmed-over sentiment
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Music
In memoriam: Kevin DuBrow (1955-2007)
Vegas music icon Mark Slaughter remembers his friend and colleague
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Music
Soundcheck
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Music
The Weekly round-up
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Film
Short Takes
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Comics
Doing Dare
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Culture
First Friday
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Intersection
[Fun] Like air guitar, but dirtier
Vegas’ first (and hopefully not last) air sex competition
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Features
The Dark Side of the Palomino
The famed North Las Vegas gentlemen’s club is tainted by murder, twice over
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Intersection
The Strip Sense: An appreciation of Celine
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Horoscopes
Horoscope: Peggy Plots Your Planets for the week of Dec. 6 - Dec. 12
Peggy Allison is the author of The Fundamentals of Astrology: A Comprehensive Guide for the Beginner. She is a professional astrologer who lives on St. ...