Richard Abowitz
Richard Abowitz is a writer for the Los Angeles Times, the Las Vegas Weekly, and Rolling Stone. He writes the blog and print column Movable Buffet for The Los Angeles Times.Recent Stories (view all stories)
- Note to Vegas: Stop playing it safe
- Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009
- Why saving Las Vegas will come down to entertainment that's both cheap and essential.
- Big Star
- Keep an Eye on the Sky
- Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009
- Keep an Eye on the Sky is the grail for Big Star diehards.
- The fantastic journey of Angelica Bridges
- To court and back to stay onstage in Vegas
- Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009
- To court and back to stay onstage in Vegas for Fantasy at the Luxor.
- Is poetry making a comeback?
- The lack of expectations has actually helped a long-ignored art form survive
- Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009
- The lack of expectations has actually helped a long-ignored art form survive.
- Loving Leonard: The Cohen songs we’ll never get enough of
- Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
- Weekly editors weigh in on the Leonard Cohen selections we'd gladly keep on repeat.
- George Wallace
- Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
- George Wallace has often been complimented for his marketing savvy, his skill as a promoter and his friends who jump up to guest with him. But lost sometimes is the amount of talent he has as a comedian.
- Time to go for Wayne Newton?
- Wayne Newton remains an iconic draw, but shaky vocals and a stubborn streak detract from his latest show
- Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
- 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.
- Fashion Rocks: Stylish clothing meets hard rock at Hard Rock
- Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009
- John Varvatos believed there had to be a way to mix music, fashion and commerce together and keep it interesting.
- New media hits the Strip for Podcast-a-Palooza
- Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009
- The second annual Podcast-a-Palooza brought three of Vegas’ most popular podcasts together to question Gordon Absher, a vice president at MGM Mirage, who complained about the inaccuracies of new media.
- Matt Goss and Zowie Bowie try to breathe new life into a Vegas oldie—with mixed results
- Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009
- Matt Goss and Zowie Bowie are trying to reinvent and revive lounge for Las Vegas. Neither is a total pioneer.
Recent Blog Posts (view all entries)
- Late-arriving Paris has quite a pair -- 300, in fact
- Wednesday, July 30, 2008
- Wrath doesn't live here anymore: Inside the Libertine
- Tuesday, July 22, 2008
- Obscenity undefined: Stagliano reflects on his indictment
- Monday, July 14, 2008
- Paris! Welcome to Sage Vice
- Monday, July 7, 2008
- The Tao of Donovan (in a Las Vegas penthouse)
- Wednesday, July 2, 2008
- Lust in a time of recession
- Monday, June 30, 2008
- Even in troubled times, entrepreneur says this bud's for you
- Friday, June 27, 2008
- Vanishing
- Tuesday, June 24, 2008
- Complaints and consequences
- Tuesday, June 24, 2008
- Dylan: Father and Son
- Friday, June 13, 2008
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