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.::A + E::.

Letting it ride
Back for its 13th year, Mike Previtt’s Cars, Stars & Guitars fest will feature a bevy of autos, bikes and boats; Turn the Page: The Premiere Tribute to Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band; and a silent auction and poker walk that will benefit the Injured Police Officers Fund. All well and good, but... >more

Three questions with Duran Duran’s John Taylor by Spencer Patterson
Last time I saw you play, in 2003, the band had all five original members back together. [Guitarist Andy Taylor left again in 2006.] Any disappointment that the full reunion didn’t last longer? From the point of view of the soul of the band, there was something wonderful about that... >more

Phil = love by K.W. Jeter
A look back at David Itkin’s stellar debut season with the Las Vegas Philharmonic

Regime change is often a difficult proposition, and not just when it comes to international realpolitik. Any time, anywhere, that new leadership gets installed, a pretty big bet is being laid down, with no certainty of a payoff. Case in point: Did anybody at the turn of the millennium think that les... >more

Big guys don’t cry
Jersey Boys is as timeless as The Four Seasons

By Jacob Coakley Before I saw Jersey Boys, I didn’t understand the adulation it received when it debuted in New York, and I wasn’t sure it could create the same excitement here. Well, that was then. This show’s got excitement all right, and it absolutely deserves it. The... >more

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.::Screen::.

Down from the mountain
Like his characters, David Mamet applies his code of conduct to an unforgiving world

By Theodore Witcher “Everything has a force. Embrace it or deflect it. Why oppose it?”

Thus instructs Chiwetel Ejiofor’s jujitsu teacher to an aging, bitter movie star played by Tim Allen in David Mamet’s latest, Redbelt, the celebrated dramatist’s 10th... >more

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.::Noise::.

Gone for good? by Spencer Patterson
Vegoose won’t be back in 2008, but how about after that?

Better than 50 percent. That’s the chance Ashley Capps gives to a future installment of Vegoose, the 3-year-old music festival that won’t be returning for Year 4 this October. “People can make of this what they want, but really all that’s happening is that we felt like this year we needed to push t... >more

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.::In Print::.

Failure and disenchantment by John Freeman
Pulitzer-winning poetry collections explore complex emotions

Failure: Now here is a subject one doesn’t see poetry address all that often—especially with such a warm, complicated embrace. To Philip Schultz, recent co-winner of the Pulitzer Prize for poetry, failure is not a pejorative but a state of being. Try to appreciate the bounty of the world, several of... >more

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.::TV::.

My fabulous 40 by Josh Bell
The Big 4-0 isn’t quite My Super Sweet 16 for the middle-aged

MTV’s My Super Sweet 16 is a fascinating, disgusting look into the most spoiled brats in America: rich, insanely entitled teens whose parents throw them lavish, ostentatious parties and who tend to whine and scream when they don’t get everything exactly their way. Its mesmerizing train-wrec... >more

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.::Comics::.

A forgotten culture war by J. Caleb Mozzocco
The Ten-Cent Plague chronicles the comic-book persecution of the 1950s

An artist would have been hard-pressed to find a less respectable way to make a living with their skills than the comic-book industry at its inception—it was a few steps up from sign-painting and pornography, but it was work at a time when that was hard to find. Naturally the field filled up with ta... >more

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.::Comedy::.

The Devil in Daniel Tosh …?
Coming from someone with a Comedy Central Presents special and Bill Hicks’ former manager on his side, 2005’s True Stories I Made Up CD was somewhat lackluster. Daniel Tosh almost came across as a more malicious version of Dane Cook. Then came his incendiary performance at the 2006... >more

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.::Stage::.

Eat it up
Cannibal! comes to Onyx

By Nick Divito It’s a musical about the only American ever convicted of cannibalism. There’s a love story between a man and his horse. It’s based on Homer’s The Odyssey. And it’s written by Trey Parker, of South Park fame. Cannibal! The Musical is a cur... >more

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.::Fine Arts::.

The muck starts here
Layers of paint reveal a familiar and intimate world

By Danielle Kelly I must confess that I have a hard time with paintings. It’s tough to go head to head with centuries of tradition and experience a painting on its own terms. So when I entered the diminutive Jennifer Marie Gallery last Thursday and saw San Francisco-based artist Ca... >more

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.::Taste::.

Simply terrific by Max Jacobson
American Grill keeps the menu basic but the quality solid

Even without the downturn in the economy, resulting in empty Strip hotel rooms during what is normally our peak season, and the high gas prices keeping California and Arizona tourists away, opening a restaurant geared to locals is a challenge. All this means that William Hong, who runs the front of... >more

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.::Horoscopes::.

Horoscope: Peggy Plots Your Planets by Peggy Allison
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. Thomas in the Virgin Islands and prepares personal astrological charts. Contact her at 340-774-2932, 340-513-3755 or at >more

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.::Books::.

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.::LAS VEGAS VOICES::.

I ate this:
Greg Thilmont: The man vs. the durian
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