Stories published July 16, 2009
Health hazards and heavy metal at the Killswitch Engage show
Josh Bell | Thu, Jul 16, 2009 (11:26 p.m.)
Somewhere in the midst of drinking, moshing and headbanging, Killswitch Engage is performing... and they are awesome.
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Not just “The Motorcycle Girl”: Jes can stand on her own
Deanna Rilling | Thu, Jul 16, 2009 (2:38 p.m.)
We’re not sure which is sweeter: her personality or vocals. Though it’s been tough for females to gain recognition in the dance music industry, singer/songwriter Jes has become one of the genre’s few breakout vocalists.
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Potter, Potter and more Potter
Josh Bell | Thu, Jul 16, 2009 (1:45 p.m.)
Las Vegas Weekly Managing Editor Ken Miller joins Josh to talk about Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince plus Watchmen on DVD.
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Robuchon on $89 a night
Xania Woodman | Thu, Jul 16, 2009 (midnight)
It's got to be the best deal in town: Complimentary limo to the Mansion and a three-plus-course dinner at Robuchon for just $89 per person.
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The Creole Julep
Xania Woodman | Thu, Jul 16, 2009 (midnight)
The 2009 Official Cocktail of Tales of the Cocktail was served up amid a gentle, passing Louisiana rainstorm last Wednesday as founder Ann Tuennerman kicked off the event outside New Orleans’ Monteleone Hotel.
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DVD spotlight: Ghost Month
Josh Bell | Thu, Jul 16, 2009 (midnight)
Local filmmaker Danny Draven’s shot-in-Nevada low-budget horror feature Ghost Month is an admirable effort to bring the atmospheric storytelling and mythological focus of Asian horror films to the American direct-to-DVD market.
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Adding significant value?
Scott Dickensheets | Thu, Jul 16, 2009 (midnight)
What is the value of creativity? Not in some artsy-fartsy, theoretical way, either: What’s it worth in dollars?
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The eyes have it
Xania Woodman | Thu, Jul 16, 2009 (midnight)
Nightlife’s newest secret weapon: Rogaine for eyelashes?
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The Dead Weather
Spencer Patterson | Thu, Jul 16, 2009 (midnight)
Quick survey: who wants to hear Chuck Berry shake maracas? Or Tom Morello blow a trombone? How about Eddie Van Halen at the xylophone? Great guitarists are best left … how best to say it … PLAYING THE FREAKING GUITAR!
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One station to rule them all
T.R. Witcher | Thu, Jul 16, 2009 (midnight)
With all the fuss about the proposed $4 billion DesertXpress high-speed train traveling only as far as Victorville, no one has given much attention to where the train would stop at the other end—Las Vegas.
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Man vs hot thai
The Weekly’s Brett McAfee tries Lotus of Siam’s Level-10 spiciness. That’s not a dry heat, people.
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Ask Dead Elvis: Where are the museums?
"I just relocated from the Big Apple, and I’m used to museums. What have you got here?"
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Topless, yes; crazy, not so much
Richard Abowitz | Thu, Jul 16, 2009 (midnight)
Crazy Horse’s stars are more natural than the silicone- and saline-sacked showgirls elsewhere. Otherwise, though, Crazy Horse Paris has not aged well.
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Dribbles and dreams
Mike Trask | Thu, Jul 16, 2009 (midnight)
Nearly 3,000 have crammed themselves into the Cox Pavilion to watch basketball. At 2 p.m. On a Monday. In July.
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Man vs. big food
E.C. Gladstone | Thu, Jul 16, 2009 (midnight)
What can i tell you? the signs said “Come Get Pounded.” Naturally, I had to invite Playboy's Miss July 2008, Laura Croft.
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Wednesday Comics No. 1
J. Caleb Mozzocco | Thu, Jul 16, 2009 (midnight)
Can superheroes save the troubled newspaper industry? No, no, they can’t. But Superman, Batman and their bosses at DC Comics can at least help provide a welcome and timely reminder of the newspaper format’s unique charms.
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Dream Zone
Lauri Quinn Lowenberg | Thu, Jul 16, 2009 (midnight)
Last night I dreamt that I was performing an autopsy on this dead body. Other people were there performing autopsies on other bodies, but they all had instructions. I did not and didn’t know what I was doing.
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Anatomy of a dish: The Fat Elvis
Sarah Feldberg | Thu, Jul 16, 2009 (midnight)
Food can trigger all sorts of reactions in people—joy, disgust, curiosity, comfort. When RM Seafood Executive Chef Adam Sobel created the bacon, banana, chocolate-filled egg roll called The Fat Elvis he was going for nostalgia.
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Pass the crab legs!
E.C. Gladstone | Thu, Jul 16, 2009 (midnight)
Ah, the venerated Las Vegas buffet. Tourists frequent them, residents are un-budge-able in their opinions of the best of the best, and one writer has eaten at more than his fair share. Enjoy the buffet ratings bonanza.
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The next big sting: Planet Hollywood fined for tenant’s behavior
Xania Woodman | Thu, Jul 16, 2009 (midnight)
Oooooh, Privé, you're in troooooooouble... $750,000 worth of trouble.
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Daughtry
Josh Bell | Thu, Jul 16, 2009 (midnight)
For a guy who owes his success to an over-the-top TV talent contest that’s spawned the goofy likes of William Hung, Bikini Girl and Sanjaya, Chris Daughtry sure is dour.
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Food: better with beer
Sarah Feldberg | Thu, Jul 16, 2009 (midnight)
Walk into nearly any California beer bar worth its hops, and you’ll see a No. 5 beckoning you at the bar. That 5, surrounded by a metal circle, is the tap for Racer 5 IPA, Bear Republic Brewing Company’s award-winning, hops-heavy signature beer.
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Musseling in
T.R. Witcher | Thu, Jul 16, 2009 (midnight)
Native to the Ukraine, quagga mussels turned up in North America in the Great Lakes in 1989, and then eventually hitched a ride by boat to Lake Mead. Apparently, they really like it here.
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In the age of miracles
Stacy J. Willis | Thu, Jul 16, 2009 (midnight)
It seems that trash is calf-high here in the homeless corridor on Main, jammed between tents and makeshift encampments. You find yourself wishing for a broad-scale miracle, because practical solutions seem elusive.
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O’Horten
Mike D'Angelo | Thu, Jul 16, 2009 (midnight)
One of the most reliable crowd-pleasers, in multiplexes and arthouses alike, is the tale of the long-suffering conformist who finally cuts loose and embarks upon a series of whimsical adventures.
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Nice try, Lindsay
Josh Bell | Thu, Jul 16, 2009 (midnight)
Breaking news: Lindsay Lohan is acting again. When was the last time that happened?
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Fast-rising Dragons
April Corbin | Thu, Jul 16, 2009 (midnight)
Armed with catchy tunes and industry know-how, these Utah transplants are going places
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A Limp return
Josh Bell | Thu, Jul 16, 2009 (midnight)
This week marks Limp Bizkit’s first U.S. performance with its original lineup in eight years, a free concert at the Pearl. It should come as no surprise that Fred Durst & Co. are still a bunch of prima donnas.
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Capital stooges
Stacy J. Willis | Thu, Jul 16, 2009 (midnight)
On a breezy day, Gov. Jim Gibbons stood on a grassy lakeside and announced, using sports metaphors and rambling vagaries, his resignation. For the good of Nevada. He wore a sharp red jacket, black skirt and heels; hair in a neat barrette.
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Bee keeper
Jacob Coakley | Thu, Jul 16, 2009 (midnight)
Joe Hynes and Amanda Kraft, as William Barfée and Olive Ostrovsky, are touching and funny, learning to flirt while showing off their spelling prowess. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is one of the funniest, warmest shows you’ll see in Las Vegas this year.
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Twista
Ben Westhoff | Thu, Jul 16, 2009 (midnight)
Guinness World Records once declared Chicago emcee Twista the world’s fastest rapper, and the title of his eighth studio album, Category F5, is intended to portray his speed and ferocity.
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Peggy plots your planets
Peggy Allison | Thu, Jul 16, 2009 (midnight)
Chill out. This may be your time to let go of what is not working. Make room for the new.
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Off-Strip with Stratta
Sarah Feldberg | Thu, Jul 16, 2009 (midnight)
The multilingual, James Beard Award-winning chef of Alex and Stratta has a thing for cheap Mexican. As long as it's made just right.
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Happy birthday, Kid Meets Cougar
Spencer Patterson | Thu, Jul 16, 2009 (midnight)
A chat with the local indie couple/band on the occasion of this week’s debut CD release show.
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Vision quest
T.R. Witcher | Thu, Jul 16, 2009 (midnight)
Komkrit Thusanapanont’s ethereal, light-infused landscape photography of the American Southwest proves that the most spectacular thing about Las Vegas is not the Strip but the majestic Wilson Cliffs in Red Rock Canyon.
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Scratching the surface
Rick Lax | Thu, Jul 16, 2009 (midnight)
I spent $25 on Matthew Sweeney’s book The Lottery Wars: Long Odds, Fast Money, and the Battle Over an American Institution, but I wish I’d spent it on instant-win scratch tickets instead.
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Son Volt
Annie Zaleski | Thu, Jul 16, 2009 (midnight)
Alt-country legends Uncle Tupelo broke up in 1994. That’s an important fact to note, because nearly every review of Son Volt—the band fronted by ex-UT vocalist/guitarist Jay Farrar—still mentions Wilco.
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Stellastarr
Kristyn Pomranz | Thu, Jul 16, 2009 (midnight)
On Civilized, Stellastarr returns to its upbeat refrains, albeit on uneven footing.
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Overheard at the Regional Justice Center
Jerry Miller | Thu, Jul 16, 2009 (midnight)
The jury selection process: AKA Shameless excuses by absurd people.
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Design at the crossroads
T.R. Witcher | Thu, Jul 16, 2009 (midnight)
Despite its reputation, Las Vegas is, visually speaking, a surpassingly orderly place. The Strip anchors the city’s fantasy side, and the low-slung subdivisions and shopping centers hold down the rest.
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Digital integration
Danielle Kelly | Thu, Jul 16, 2009 (midnight)
Now, with swift manipulation, not only can Sarah Palin’s face be seamlessly Photoshopped onto the body of Ted Nugent, but a photograph can also be shifted to look like a painting. This is all rudimentary Photoshop, but where does it leave a painter of images?
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Raise, fold … Or tweet
Steve Friess | Thu, Jul 16, 2009 (midnight)
Twitter is giving new life to the World Series of Poker.
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Hush, Mr. Hampton
Stacy J. Willis | Thu, Jul 16, 2009 (midnight)
Oy. It’s a given that John Ensign is unethical and should get gone. Right now, it’s poor, poor pitiful Doug Hampton who’s annoying the hell out of us.
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The Help Desk
Las Vegas Weekly Staff | Thu, Jul 16, 2009 (midnight)
- John Ensign’s parents paid $96,000 to his mistress and her family.
- You know, it’s like that old saying: The family that prays together pays together.
- Las Vegas Hilton celebrates 40th anniversary.
- Word has it their guest had a real good time.
- Las Vegas man wins court battle over “HOE” license plate, saying it was short for “Chevy Tahoe.”
- Paving the way for us to finally get that “DILL DO” license plate for our Cadillac Eldorado.
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Hot, wired
Richard Abowitz | Thu, Jul 16, 2009 (midnight)
At the time, Amaryllis was 17, Matt 28. The two began to post their sex life on a website available to subscribers for $19.95. Matt and Amaryllis do not see themselves as pornographers.
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