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Three hours with Leonard Cohen at the Colosseum: Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009; Few convergences along this city’s strange, 65-year musical odyssey have been quite as peculiar as last Thursday’s pairing of reclusive folk-rock legend and center-Strip casino venue.
What is Surfer Blood?: Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009; Kooky kids who recorded their debut album in a university dorm room? Five non-surfing Floridians? Something else?
The man comes around: An interview with Beauty Bar owner Paul Devitt; Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009; An interview with Beauty Bar owner (and new manager) Paul Devitt.
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.
Death don’t have no mercy for musicians: Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009; Consider taking out life insurance before listening to these songs recorded just before their creators’ deaths.
Count on Dusty to reel ’em in: Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009; Less than a week after the first Las Vegas Rumble barely drew 30 bodies to the Aruba Showroom, a crowd of some 120 has flocked to the same room.
Built to Spill: There Is No Enemy; Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009; Doug Martsch sounds tired.
Mission of Burma: The Sound the Speed the Light; Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009; It’s time someone said it: Mission of Burma’s reunion phase has eclipsed the band’s original era.
Vegas' own Willy Wonka: Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009; 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.
Rumble, young bands, rumble!: A "mobile monthly party" is rolling on Vegas, and it's free; Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009; 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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Late-night thoughts on Leonard Cohen: Friday, Nov. 13, 2009; Cohen’s famously dark voice sounded far more fit than frail, creeping through the filled room.
Curtain call: Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009; Afghan Raiders serve up wild ending to Neon Reverb, fall edition
Not quite Themselves?: Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009; Neon Reverb’s headlining hip-hop duo isn’t quite what it was six months ago
Reeling ’em in: Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009; Back from California, The Skooners flex their drawing muscle
Mutual appreciation society: Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009; Warlocks, Martinez reunite—if only for one night
Busy feet: Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009; Woven’s Abagon pedals his way to Neon Reverb immortality
Adventures in spaz-dancing: Friday, Sept. 18, 2009; “That was like being in a tornado,” Jackson Wilcox of ACoSA declares after descending into the crowd toward the end of Neon Reverb, Night 1 at the Bunkhouse.
New Cloud rising: Friday, Sept. 18, 2009; A glimpse into Mike Weller's rocking future...
Unusual dreams: Friday, Sept. 18, 2009; Local folk act Dreaming of Lions "throws together" their opening Neon Reverb performance.
Top Chef: A quickfire judgment: Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009; The contestants don’t appear to have been chosen for their ability to party and frolic in a hot tub; collectively they seem like the most talented collection in the show’s history. And the first two challenges had nothing to do with buffets or steak & eggs.