Category Archives: Reviews

Top 5: “Viva Las Vegas”

March 24th, 2011 | Posted in Reviews

5. 4. 3. 2. 1.

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Corporate report: A ‘Britney Spears’-Femme Fatale Review

March 23rd, 2011 | Posted in Misc, Reviews

Britney Spears will be in Vegas Friday to record a video for her new disc, Femme Fatale. Listening to the tracks, I am struck by the fact that Femme Fatale is quality product. In another period the term corporate rock was used to disparage user-friendly groups like Journey, Kansas and Foreigner. But those bands seemed [...]

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Review: A first listen to the new MJ disc,”Michael”

December 7th, 2010 | Posted in Reviews

“Michael,” the second posthumous Michael Jackson release comes out later this month. The disc has already leaked on the Internet. And, MJ, based on the evidence here was not ready with new material at the time of his death. Unfortunately the singer’s financial situation does not allow for that to be the end of the [...]

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Hard Rock: shuns Vegas’ ReHab, wants that Guy Lombardo image

September 24th, 2010 | Posted in Editorial, Misc, News, Reviews

Perhaps the Hard Rock brand owner needs to listen to some rock songs and read some rock history. The Hard Rock casino is not connected to the national Hard Rock chain. The Hard Rock casino has use of the name. Easy short hand: The Hard Rock in Vegas is where John Entwistle of the Who [...]

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Brandon Flowers: new wave without hairspray

September 15th, 2010 | Posted in Reviews, Vegas concerts

Ever wonder what Flock of Seagulls would be like without the hair? I’ve been trying–starting with the title track, “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas”– to find at least one good thing to say about Brandon Flowers’ first solo disc, Flamingo. I failed.

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Rave review for Cirque’s “Love”

May 12th, 2010 | Posted in Productions, Reviews

Broadwayworld.com has just given a rave review to the Beatles themed Cirque show, Love, at Mirage;  the show opened in 2006.  Reviewer Laura Heywood concludes: “The entire show is entrancing, a 90-minute spectacle that transports the audience into a kind of Wonderland that I, for one, did not want to leave.  With the timelessness of [...]

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“About a Mountain” short on “When”

February 24th, 2010 | Posted in Misc, Reviews

Just read “About a Mountain” by John D’Agata. There are still very few books more ambitious than travel guides about Las Vegas. I think ”About a Mountain” is the most surprising and interesting since film critic Dave Thomson’s “In Nevada” (1999). My one serious complaint is that for a new book it seems oddly dated. And, even worse, seems dated [...]

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What does Donny Osmond do between the sheets?

February 11th, 2010 | Posted in Reviews

I loved  “Donny & Marie” show at Flamingo. That is a sentence I never thought I would write. I am sure the show has not changed since I saw it last year, and so it must be me. Actually they do put on a stronger and tighter show than the last time I saw them. [...]

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Art Review by the Las Vegas Courtesan

February 9th, 2010 | Posted in Reviews

Often it is said I know the real Las Vegas. And, sometimes I do. And, sometimes like the rest of you I read about it on the Internet. Here is one of the places I learn. Let me warn readers in advance this is a link to a site with adult content including erotic self-portraits. [...]

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Garth Brooks Takes Requests

December 13th, 2009 | Posted in Celebrity, Headliners, Reviews

“Time in a Bottle,” a fan in the balcony called out. “I wrote that,” Brooks joked. He then played the song and a couple other Jim Croce songs for good measure. The audience loved it. I lost count of the standing ovations. By any standards, Garth Brooks opening in Vegas was a huge success. Country [...]

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