Joe Brown

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Managing editor of Las Vegas Weekly, Joe Brown (6th most-common name in the U.S.) joined the Las Vegas Sun in 2008 as a reporter, critic and blogger focusing on entertainment and culture.

A writer and editor with more than 25 years of experience in print and electronic media, Joe worked previously as a writer and editor at the San Francisco Chronicle and The Washington Post before gambling on a move to Vegas.

Recent Stories (view all stories)

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Celine Dion rises again!
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
And so it was foretold that the second coming of Celine would bring with it a Rapture-in-reverse.

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What you should know about Scissor Sisters
Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010
They're shameless and not just for gays!

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Assessing "Jersey Shore's" season 2 situation
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
All eight of the original cast of preening, pumped-up young(ish) guidos and guidettes are back for more insta-nicknames, GTL, grenades and gorillas, creepin’, smushin’ and bangin’ the beat.

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Hot wet Vegas summer (just add water!)
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Water—in every form, from steam to ice—has become a primary form of entertainment.

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Summer sausage party! Meet Taco, The "Weekly’s" man of the season
Thursday, May 20, 2010
When it came time to stage our first summer swimsuit spread, our fancies turned to Vegas’ foremost party boy: Taco.

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The thrill of the chill at Minus5
The Mandalay Bay bar is both hot and... not
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Elvis makeouts and underwear parties inside the Strip's all-ice bar.

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Splashdance
'Le Rêve' is a fantastic wet dream
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
'Le Reve' is a fantastic wet dream.

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Face the "MUS.I.C." and dance
Jabbawockeez are the Strip’s great white-masked hope
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
They’re the newest stars of the Las Vegas Strip, but odds are you wouldn’t recognize even one of them if you bumped into them in a casino or in a buffet line.

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Liberace Birthday Week!
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Make sure you stop by the museum and toast the ol’ ivory-tickler.

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Hole
Nobody's Daughter
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
The sound is a continuance of Love’s Celebrity Skin, very West Coast polished and pro

Recent Blog Posts (view all entries)

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The Showgirl moves on: Bette Midler's exultant Vegas finale
Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010

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Remember "Dick in a Box"?
Friday, Jan. 8, 2010
The ultimate in convenience and portability for the man on the go...

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Open wide! A dentist makes oral sex a little safer
Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010
From oral protection comes better oral pleasure.

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'Project Runway' for your penis
Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010
Play doll - not just play - with your Johnson

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No-sweat Schwinn makes for easy riding
Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009
What could be less high-tech than the humble bicycle? Plenty, if said two-wheeler is Schwinn's Tailwind, an electric pedal assist bike.

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The loneliest booth at CES
Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009
You probably wouldn't know after doing a double-take at the unfamiliar sight of polished wood (and bookcases?) in these aisles, but the shelves and chests of drawers conceal electronic lifts that, James Bond-style, reveal hidden flat screen TVs at the touch of a button.

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Girls gone slightly wild at CES
Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009
Spotted at the CES Expo on Friday: The daytime shades-sportin' cameramen from "Girls Gone Wild" was marching a little squadron of girls-on-the-verge-of-wildness through the hallways of the Sands Convention and Expo Center.

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The robot with the mostess
Friday, Jan. 9, 2009
Why would grown men crowd around the PARO booth, jostling to get their time with a plushy baby seal toy? Because it's a robot, of course.

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I hate CES. Sorry.
Friday, Jan. 9, 2009
I just got back from spending 3 hours walking the expo floor, and -- although I'm as much of a gadget-hound as anyone, maybe more so -- I kinda hated it.

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Rehab says goodbye to summer
Friday, Sept. 26, 2008
We know what you did this summer. We saw you -- and we saw almost all of you -- sunning, strutting and shaking it every Sunday at Las Vegas' biggest, barest pool party, the afternoon fleshfest known as Rehab.

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