Stories published October 7, 2009

Lead Photo Revolutionary party: The Z-Trip interview

Deanna Rilling | Wed, Oct 7, 2009 (6:56 p.m.)

Z-Trip. Fridays. Rain Nightclub. The DJ born Zach Sciacca talks about how he hopes to push the boundaries of Vegas club music, artwork by Shepard Fairey, on-stage jam sessions, and the passing of his friend DJ AM.

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Lead Photo It doesn’t suck: Lollypop’s Adult Nightlife

Xania Woodman | Wed, Oct 7, 2009 (6:24 p.m.)

Third time hopes to be a charm at another Vegas titty bar with not a trace of Eau de Victoria's Secret and which bills itself as "home of the free lapdance."

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Lead Photo Heidi Haldeman—On the dress-up lowdown

Xania Woodman | Wed, Oct 7, 2009 (5:56 p.m.)

“Cosplay is the act of dressing up as your favorite anime character," says Haldeman, who bartends in the Dragon Noodle Co.’s recently renovated Cosplay Lounge as a cosplay schoolgirl.

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After careful consideration

Team Hangover | Wed, Oct 7, 2009 (5:30 p.m.)

Pure Management Group’s new marketing campaign positions the company as “The Nightlife Pacesetter.” Team Hangover would like to respectfully take a guess at what may have landed on the cutting room floor.

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Lead Photo Vegas’ own Willy Wonka

Spencer Patterson | Wed, Oct 7, 2009 (5:22 p.m.)

Growing up in France, Lionel Clement created elaborate desserts with his mother, and dreamt of doing so on a larger stage. This weekend, the Wynn Hotel’s chief chocolatier will do just that at the prestigious World Chocolate Masters competition.

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Lead Photo Green Valley High’s “Laramie” raises eyebrows

Jacob Coakley | Wed, Oct 7, 2009 (5:01 p.m.)

An epilogue to The Laramie Project will have its world premiere on October 12—the 11th anniversary of Matthew Shepard’s death. The only place to see it in Nevada? Henderson’s Green Valley High School.

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Lead Photo Vince Vaughn: Pound-for-pound box office champion

Greg Beato | Wed, Oct 7, 2009 (4:45 p.m.)

In Hollywood, there are career penalties to pay for getting fat. Unless you're Vince Vaughn.

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Lead Photo Couples Retreat

Josh Bell | Wed, Oct 7, 2009 (4:37 p.m.)

Couples Retreat has no redeeming qualities whatsoever.

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Lead Photo Paranormal Activity

Josh Bell | Wed, Oct 7, 2009 (4:20 p.m.)

Paranormal Activity is at heart another haunted-house movie, albeit one that takes the time to think about the true nature of haunting.

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Lead Photo The Burning Plain

Josh Bell | Wed, Oct 7, 2009 (4:14 p.m.)

The Burning Plain is a dour, heavy-handed drama.

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Lead Photo ESPN’s 30 for 30 brings depth to unsung sports stories

Josh Bell | Wed, Oct 7, 2009 (3:58 p.m.)

30 for 30 proves that TV about sports can be artistic, thoughtful and moving.

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Lead Photo Melancholics and the infinite rock band

April Corbin | Wed, Oct 7, 2009 (3:54 p.m.)

Aging wannabe rock stars, Shrek and a brief encounter with Barenaked Ladies.

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Lead Photo Rumble, young bands, rumble!

Spencer Patterson | Wed, Oct 7, 2009 (3:50 p.m.)

A self-described “mobile, monthly party” traveling from Seattle and Portland down through San Francisco to Los Angeles and San Diego, the Rumble makes its first Vegas visit on October 11. And here's the best part, it's free!

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Lead Photo Onara

Pj Perez | Wed, Oct 7, 2009 (3:45 p.m.)

Not only does the band leap from metal to psychedelia to ska across the entire disc, but it also does it within individual songs, creating the rock equivalent of a bad mash-up.

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Lead Photo The Lazystars

Spencer Patterson | Wed, Oct 7, 2009 (3:40 p.m.)

The Lazystars must get laid a lot. Now, they have new bait that will likely net them female and male fans.

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Lead Photo Theory of Flight

Pj Perez | Wed, Oct 7, 2009 (3:32 p.m.)

Filled with pop hooks and yearning melodies engineered by The Killers’ fader-tweaker Mark Needham, Within Reach is as radio-ready a disc as any independent band could hope.

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Lead Photo Random photo of the week

Shelle Renee | Wed, Oct 7, 2009 (3:20 p.m.)

That's gonna take a lot of Raid...

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Lead Photo Alice in Chains

Josh Bell | Wed, Oct 7, 2009 (3:20 p.m.)

Black Gives Way to Blue doesn’t sound much different from the two solo albums guitarist Jerry Cantrell released a few years back, continuing the Alice in Chains legacy of sludgy, sometimes catchy hard rock.

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Lead Photo The Clydesdale

Josh Bell | Wed, Oct 7, 2009 (3:20 p.m.)

A little more of Overton, and a little less goofing off, would have made Clementine as rewarding an experience as The Clydesdale’s excellent live shows.

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Tapes and Tapes: Michael Jackson or Bill Clinton?

Las Vegas Weekly Staff | Wed, Oct 7, 2009 (3:18 p.m.)

Can you tell which of these quotes come from The Michael Jackson Tapes and which from The Clinton Tapes?

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Ask Dead Elvis: Old Vegas films

Dead Elvis | Wed, Oct 7, 2009 (3:16 p.m.)

I saw a film a few months ago, Moon Over Las Vegas. It wasn’t very good, but it was interesting to see the look of Vegas before Bugsy Siegel made it the more modern Vegas. Anything before that?

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Lead Photo Stupak’s true legacy

T.R. Witcher | Wed, Oct 7, 2009 (3:09 p.m.)

The Stratosphere helped create, and continues to complement, Naked City.

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Lead Photo The end is near, and ugly, in the intense fiction of Scorch Atlas

Nina MacLaughlin | Wed, Oct 7, 2009 (3:07 p.m.)

Scorch Atlas is less post-apocalyptic than it is contemporary, less aftermath and more in the heat and squelch of a horrid, horrifying end.

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Lead Photo Paramore

Julie Seabaugh | Wed, Oct 7, 2009 (3:01 p.m.)

Suffice to say touring with No Doubt left an impression on Paramore.

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Lead Photo Introduction to obsession

Richard Abowitz | Wed, Oct 7, 2009 (2:58 p.m.)

If you don’t know anything about the poetry world, The Anthologist remains a fascinating if lightly plotted study in obsession, creative ambition and the quirks of the human mind.

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Lead Photo A week of woe thanks to Ensign, Sanford and the Las Vegas entrepreneur

Ken Miller | Wed, Oct 7, 2009 (2:51 p.m.)

We swear we’re not superstitious, but we can’t help but wonder why when bad things happen, it’s usually involving a number associated with musketeers, blind mice and adventurous sexual escapades.

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Lead Photo Economy be damned! Downtown gets a new gallery

T.R. Witcher | Wed, Oct 7, 2009 (2:24 p.m.)

Place Gallery opened last week and the new space suggests that the local arts scene here is starting to turn around.

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Tiny Little Rant: Gay “Rights”

Las Vegas Weekly Staff | Wed, Oct 7, 2009 (1:59 p.m.)

To allow same-sex couples “some” of the rights married couples share but still not allow them to be legally married is absolute chickens--t.

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Lead Photo Hendertucky Tough

Scott Dickensheets | Wed, Oct 7, 2009 (1:48 p.m.)

Downtown residents are upset by the lack of respect their neighborhood gets. Try living in Hooterville, NV.

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Lead Photo Sin City brain wreck!

Chuck Twardy | Wed, Oct 7, 2009 (1:34 p.m.)

How do you improve a city? Make writer Chuck Twardy move away. It worked for Vegas.

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Lead Photo Still in the Biz: Markie a crowd-pleaser at Pure

Deanna Rilling | Wed, Oct 7, 2009 (1:32 p.m.)

It's been 20 years since Biz Markie's "Just a Friend" rocketed up the charts, but as the rapper proved Tuesday night at Pure, some songs just never get old.

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Lead Photo After 23-year career, singer/dancer says farewell to the Strip

Richard Abowitz | Wed, Oct 7, 2009 (1:20 p.m.)

Stephanie Dianna Sanchez has no hard feelings about leaving Fantasy. She understands: That's show business.

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Lead Photo Camp Rodriguez Dead or Alive: sci-fi, elephant tusks and … John McCain?!

Danielle Kelly | Wed, Oct 7, 2009 (1:09 p.m.)

Ominously lit and oddly campy, Dead or Alive, You're Coming With Me has a darkness that gives way to a playful sense of humor, sharp sociopolitical interest and a cool ’80s reverence.

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Lead Photo Talking art, commitment and legal niceties at the Biggest Tattoo Show on Earth

Rick Lax | Wed, Oct 7, 2009 (12:54 p.m.)

Rick Lax traveled to the Biggest Tattoo Show on Earth and felt naked... very, very naked.

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A&E

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Olympic gold medalist and Season 8 “Dancing With the Stars” champion Shawn Johnson and Grammy Award-winning DJ Afrojack watched “Le …
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Superstar singer and actress Jennifer Lopez and Marni Walden, Verizon Wireless executive vice president and COO, appeared together at The Venetian …
Punk Rock Bowling interview: Flag drummer Bill Stevenson
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