Monthly Archives: November 2010

Criss Angel: anyone can be Criss Angel (for a price)

A friend e-mailed to tell me she had seen a pathetic infomercial of Criss Angel hawking his magic kit. There is a pretty amusing clip of him doing same on some shopping network. My head got dizzy as host and magician could not even keep clear if the kit was a $250 value or had [...]

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See Roger Waters perform “The Thin Ice” in Las Vegas

You can download the audio of the concert here (if you are able to handle bittorrents and FLAC).

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Review: Michael Jackson’s “Breaking News”

Some have argued Jackson is not the singer on “Breaking News.” I am convinced Jackson’s voice is on the track (apparently heavily augmented by posthumous studio trickery). The sound might be constructed around a punched up vocal never meant for release by Jackson.  But this is not a clip job. Jackson’s signature is clear from [...]

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Las Vegas new City Hall: $150 million wasted

“O! reason not the need,” King Lear cried when challenged about how much stuff and how many helpers a retired king needs to get by on. Las Vegas like a former monarch losing sanity in a Shakespeare play also does not think need is an important standard when it comes to spending money. Last month [...]

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Rod Stewart in Vegas: See for yourself

Footage posted from Rod Stewart’s opening show at the Caesars. If you are a fan of Stewart’s you probably don’t care that his voice sounds just awful on “Forever Young.” The chorus is painful as he gets inaudibly weak or his voice skitters off kilter.  Mike Weatherford teases out the question of Stewart’s vexed relationship [...]

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AOL Travel pick: Go to Vegas like it’s 1999?

AOL Travel has picked the Top 5 Casinos in Vegas. And, what is amazing is the exclusion of every resort built over the past decade. Despite the Carl Sagan money spent, those billions upon billions of dollars, resulting in a massive oversupply of new rooms on the Strip, AOL Travel does not recommend  that you [...]

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“Will Ferrell taking over Celine Dion’s show in Vegas”

Not exactly fact checked by Letterman. Dion did not take a break from her Vegas show for her twins. Her show closed with no set plan to return. The replacements announced: Cher (hard to forget since she is still performing) and the middling Midler show. Dion’s show closed, and she is returning with a new [...]

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