Honestly I never cared about Vince Neil enough to know his history or that he claimed to not drink at all. If so, it would have been easy enough to call him out on that. He is a regular, with a glass in hand, around Vegas at receptions and events. I can’t vouch for what [...]
One of the many repercussions of BP’s destruction of a large chunk of ocean has been some locally and many nationally want to reconsider storing nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain less than 100 miles from Vegas. In fact, just as the government failed to finally kill the project, the Republican nominee for Senate in Nevada [...]
This poster was not created by me as a fantasy, but comes from the real Matador site. I have often lamented that most of my favorite bands skip playing Vegas shows on their tours. All is forgiven! Except for Drive-by Truckers or a Husker Du reunion, this show could be a lineup assembled from my [...]
(all photos: Lanie Crossman)
I am working on a couple projects. But some quick Vegas reads from obscure corners: This story from Computer World looks at one of two data centers in Venetian. I am so stealing this idea for a story. I have never been to a casino data center. That they exist is obvious looking back but [...]
(Lanie Crossman on Rio sky/floor show)
Want to watch drunken tourists all the time? Yes. You Vegas voyeur. There are a few live webcams capturing life on the Strip. Here is my favorite which covers the area around the MGM Grand. The description promises the “excitement” of Tropicana and Las Vegas Boulevard. That usually amounts to this sample picture. But I [...]
I went to check out Devo at the official debut of the new Crown Theatre/nightclub at Rio. This is the space that has hosted everyone from magician Mac King to Prince’s 3121 stand. I remain very excited by the independent booking of the club. I am less impressed by the mix of concert venue with [...]
This is an absolutely true story. In 2007 I got in touch with a major Las Vegas area drug dealer. Or, at least, he had been one. I met him years earlier at a party thrown by High Times magazine at Sahara. At the time, he had grow houses for pot all over Las Vegas. [...]
Stories are appearing all over the Internets that Paris Hilton’s latest love is Vegas nightclub personality Cy Waits. Cy and Jesse Waits are the twins behind much of the successful club activity at Wynn. You don’t read about them much these days in the media. Usually nightclub personalities like attention. But since the twins did [...]
