Nightlife
The great electronic music debate
Deanna Rilling | Fri, Nov 6, 2009 (7:15 p.m.)
Friggin’ genres. From suomisaundi to Nintendocore, an electronic music primer for educated clubbing.
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One club, two worlds—Forbes Bar lives
Xania Woodman | Wed, Nov 4, 2009 (6:24 p.m.)
At a sprawling 11,000 square feet, Forbes is easily the largest and most opulent karaoke bar in Las Vegas.
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I Vant to Suck Your Vace
C. Moon Reed | Wed, Nov 4, 2009 (4:43 p.m.)
How do you make an emo douchebag look sexy? Give 'em fangs.
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Nite Bite: Planet of the Drums
Deanna Rilling | Wed, Nov 4, 2009 (11:57 a.m.)
In your face with some drum n bass! It’s been “ten f—king years” (their words, not ours) since Planet of the Drums formed and now they're coming to Vegas.
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A nice pair: Beer pairings as a nightclub alternative
C. Moon Reed | Tue, Nov 3, 2009 (12:20 a.m.)
At beer pairing dinners cropping up around town, suds and supper are a great match.
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Cabo Wabo—and Sammy Hagar!—coming to Vegas
Deanna Rilling | Mon, Nov 2, 2009 (5:37 p.m.)
One tequila, two tequila, three tequila—oooh! Sammy Hagar! The Red Rocker is bringing Vegas its own outpost of his famous Cabo Wabo Cantina complete with, you guessed it, plentiful amounts of Cabo Wabo Tequila.
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Have an Uneasy Halloween with DJ P
Deanna Rilling | Fri, Oct 30, 2009 (2:10 p.m.)
Some people have a closet full of Christmas sweaters. Some folks get worked up over turkey and stuffing. For DJ P, it’s the spooky spectacular that rocks his world. The veteran DJ is bringing his love for Halloween to Rain tonight.
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A Perfecto Halloween makeover
Deanna Rilling | Thu, Oct 29, 2009 (10:38 p.m.)
What’s blue and purple, nearly naked and doesn’t move for five hours? Weekly writer Deanna Rilling undergoing an otherworldly transformation.
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Everything but Ben Watt
Deanna Rilling | Thu, Oct 29, 2009 (3:15 p.m.)
Ben Watt is finally losing his virginity at 47 years old. His Vegas virginity, that is. Despite touring the globe as a DJ/producer (and part of the British band Everything but the Girl), somehow he’s never made in to Sin City until now.
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Getting it on (the record) with Pete Tong
Deanna Rilling | Wed, Oct 28, 2009 (7:30 p.m.)
You might think a DJ would consider hanging up his headphones as he approaches 50, but Tong shows no signs of stopping.
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Five questions with DJ Sasha (plus a few random ones)
Deanna Rilling | Wed, Oct 28, 2009 (6:30 p.m.)
Sasha (yeah, the same one who's name is usually followed by "& Digweed") is coming to Pure. But don't expect him to go all nostalgic with his set.
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Stop! Before you step out this weekend in your college Halloween costume (let it go already) read this
Team Hangover | Wed, Oct 28, 2009 (6:05 p.m.)
Today’s movies, TV, books and the blogosphere have clearly informed the public’s costume choices with all of HalloweenMart’s top five best-selling costumes coming from the greater media sphere.
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The Closet leads the pack on gay parties
Xania Woodman | Wed, Oct 28, 2009 (4:31 p.m.)
Celebrating its one-year anniversary, The Closet Sundays caters to the fashionable, attractive, poised and diverse, with every creed, color and sexual orientation represented—seriously, it’s like a casting call for Rent.
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Drinking with mermaids
C. Moon Reed | Wed, Oct 28, 2009 (2:35 p.m.)
Mermaid's Lounge at the Silverton is neither hip nor tacky, but there are mermaids. And sometimes that's enough.
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A rave double-take from a virgin and a veteran
Laura Davis, Deanna Rilling | Wed, Oct 28, 2009 (12:26 p.m.)
Experience Devil's Night XII through the eyes of a raving veteran and first timer.
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A&E
- Cirque reveals City Center show will be named “Viva ELVIS”
- Today Cirque du Soleil revealed that the new show opening in December at Aria Resort & Casino at City Center will be titled Viva ELVIS.
- Time to go for Wayne Newton?
- Newton could be a great host of a Vegas variety show. But he prefers to keep his show focused on his singing and not on his legacy. The result is sad.
- A Perfecto Halloween makeover
- What’s blue and purple, nearly naked and doesn’t move for five hours? Weekly writer Deanna Rilling undergoing an otherworldly transformation.
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Xania's Hot Spots - This Week's Special Events
- 2nd annual Vegas Election at The Bank (Sunday, Nov. 08)
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- Kim Vo salon giveaway at The Closet t Revolution (Sunday, Nov. 08)
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Cocktail of the Week
Nov 5, 2009
by
Xania Woodman
Beergarita
It was quite by happenstance that I came upon the beergarita, or perhaps it found me. I was blissfully unaware of the house-party staple’s existence until two glasses literally put ...
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