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  • Tuesday, June 9, 2009

    The high top sneakers. The sun-kissed highlights. The big-ass brick phone. That’s right, kids. Zack Morris is back. And he was on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Monday.

  • Thursday, June 4, 2009

    “They’re popping their cherry in a wedding chapel!” laughed Cameo McCarthy. A fan of Glasvegas, McCarthy had been waiting for the band’s first Vegas performance with a bag of Tecates outside the Viva Las Vegas Wedding Chapel before the free show.

  • Nightlife

    Thursday, June 4, 2009

    Tired of just about every nightclub in Vegas? Create your own at Chameleon Studios. Behind an unassuming industrial façade lies one of the most gorgeous venues this city has ever seen. But most of us don’t even know it’s there.

  • Film

    Thursday, June 4, 2009

    How cute. Some tourists got effed up in Vegas. We challenge the next Vegas-debauchery movie to party local style-y.

  • Music

    Thursday, June 4, 2009

    Time to show some love to the girls who keep up with the guys in local music and a nod to chicks who’ve been involved since Ronnie Vannucci was in Attaboy Skip.

  • Nightlife

    Wednesday, June 3, 2009

    NYC’s former club kid, electroclash creator and DJ/producer Larry Tee is coming to Vegas to inject some sex back on the dance floor and chats about... well... certain things we can't mention in this tease.

  • Monday, June 1, 2009

    National Tattoo Day is June 3... or is it? We’ve yet to find proof. Kind makes you wonder which holidays are real and which ones someone just created for the sake of a sale…

  • Sunday, May 31, 2009

    Toting a coffin, I leave the building. Others remain with bandages covering fresh wounds while even more are still under the gun.

  • Tuesday, May 26, 2009

    Notes from Vegas’ first Love Festival: Moments we cherished, minutes you missed, or portions of the evening omitted from memory because you partied too hard.

  • Monday, May 25, 2009

    Direct from the Love Festival Pool Party at the Palms Sunday, the things that made us raise our hands… or eyebrows.

  • Thursday, May 21, 2009

    Once upon a time in a former Long Beach swap meet, people came to party. They called it Love Festival, and it was good. Now the dance music event is coming to Vegas and bringing Paul van Dyk, Carl Cox, Robbie Rivera, DJ Reza and more.

  • Tuesday, May 19, 2009

    With loud music bumping and the booze-a-flowing, we attempt to conduct the quickest interview ever with Dutch Producer/DJ Ferry Corsten at Wet Republic. And… Go!

  • Music

    Thursday, May 14, 2009

    When the guys in skinny jeans and girls with nothing but strategically placed electrical tape are gone, The day after... will no doubt still be playing its music—just as it has for the past nine years, and will again at the release party for CD number 5.

  • Nightlife

    Thursday, May 7, 2009

    The DJ/producer collaborates with some of the biggest names in the biz... and does it all without “fart-y basslines” or “crack head-y” beats.

  • Wednesday, May 6, 2009

    Who wants some Kentucky UNfried Chicken? ‘Cause Oprah’s buying! Print out your coupon today.

  • Music

    Tuesday, May 5, 2009

    A chat with the Grammy-nominated producer/DJ about "ludicrous" iTunes rules, Ibiza and what makes him dance.

  • Sunday, May 3, 2009

    The bar is full of zombies. Some drool. A few stare off with glassy expressions while blood drips from their teeth. They're here to help the hungry. Huh?

  • Wednesday, April 29, 2009

    Local liquor representative and DJ manager Steve Baach was killed in a car accident on April 17.

  • Monday, April 27, 2009

    Parties in Vegas have a shelf life. The Monday house event calls it quits tonight while it's still good.

  • Saturday, April 25, 2009

    With DJ AM taking Fridays and Paul Oakenfold's Perfecto on Saturdays, Rain is riding high. Other clubs are probably pissing themselves in fear right now.

  • Events

    Friday, April 24, 2009

    Pure's new resident chats about skeletons in the career closet, keeping tired tracks interesting and DJing during a live sex show... wait, what?

  • Nightlife

    Thursday, April 23, 2009

    A look at recent phenomena in the realm of dance music and DJing, ranging from the informative to the downright amusing.

  • Tuesday, April 21, 2009

    From wiping out in stilettos to gonaherpasyphilaids, it looks like sunburn isn't the only thing to be wary of this summer.

  • Sunday, April 19, 2009

    How does UK trio Above & Beyond make 3,000 people dance into oblivion? With insatiable energy and no lap top.

  • Friday, April 17, 2009

    He’s worked with Armin van Buuren and Tiësto, but most electronic dance music fans in Vegas have never heard of producer/DJ Roger Shah.

  • Thursday, April 16, 2009

    Not that we endorse pornographic light shows, but to each his own.

  • Nightlife

    Thursday, April 16, 2009

    Some yahoo at the Rio pulls the fire alarm, but the crowd is determined to keep dancing at VooDoo Lounge.

  • Music

    Wednesday, April 15, 2009

    Who can mix 40 tracks in an hour, play multiple parties a night, and still find time to create killer dirty beats? Sounds like Dutch producer/DJ Laidback Luke.

  • Sunday, April 12, 2009

    The crowd in the 3400 room at Jet is abysmal on April 6. The majority of warm bodies drinking $17 vodka/Red Bulls have no idea the winner of the International Dance Music Awards for Best DJ two years in a row is in the back room about to begin his set.

  • Music

    Thursday, April 9, 2009

    Considering that this was Miami, it sure looked like Vegas. People were wearing hats for Hard Rock’s Rehab pool party, a chick in a Revolution Lounge tank top was grinding in the corner, and to the left, a Wet Republic logo strained across a nice set of implants.

  • Friday, April 3, 2009

    Maybe the air's clearer at 18 stories about Miami Beach, or maybe famed DJ and producer Kaskade was just speaking our language when he stopped to talk to the Weekly about vinyl, vocals and the art of the remix.

  • Wednesday, April 1, 2009

    Plans for the new Blithe mega-club currently underway at 200 E. Harmon Avenue include a locals-only VIP area, top International DJs and... a bouncy house?

  • Music

    Thursday, March 26, 2009

    In vegas, it’s rare to catch genuinely talented “chicks with decks.” Female DJs headlining at our city’s hot spots usually have some sort of gimmick—a Playboy Playmate, the purported No. 1 topless DJ from Russia or just another pretty face to draw a crowd—while skill takes a backseat to sensation.

  • Tuesday, March 24, 2009

    The disco ball-shaped trophies will be handed out to nightlife industry elite minus the pomp and circumstance in Miami this year.

  • Saturday, March 21, 2009

    I smell like a stripper. I’ve slept a maximum of five hours in the past two days. I’m pretty sure my friends are planning an intervention for my addiction/dependence on Amp energy drinks.

  • Friday, March 20, 2009

    Dutch DJ and producer Fedde le Grand will bring some "filthy tech-y grooves" to Rok Vegas this Sunday. Sounds good to us.

  • Monday, March 16, 2009

    “It’s ‘My nipples are going to be hard’ kinda weather,” says Colton as he sips on a mojito during the first pool party of the season at Bare.

  • Friday, March 13, 2009

    America’s Best DJ Christopher Lawrence praises Vegas at Body English

  • Tuesday, March 10, 2009

    Nothing compliments a new swimsuit like a pair of gloves and a heavy winter coat, but despite chilly temps Vegas' hottest pools are still opening.

  • Music

    Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009

    He might not use six turntables or have a lady assist him in the booth when he plays the sample “Scratch With Your Titty” anymore, but Bad Boy Bill is still shaking things up.

  • Nightlife

    Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009

    Team Hangover had better things to do than attend last week's "Blondetourage" party at Tao. Here's what:

  • Monday, Feb. 2, 2009

    Comfort, interesting food and cultured music will combine starting this Wednesday at Taste, a new weekly experience at Café Soleil.

  • Friday, Jan. 30, 2009

    Hey bouncers, bartenders, and even bachelors! You might be thinking there's a sudden surge of teens and prostitots with a batch of fake IDs circulating the Valley attempting to fool the industry and cradle-robbers alike with their new-fangled fake IDs, but think again.

  • Nightlife

    Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009

    Forget acoustic guitars and hippies singing “Kumbaya.” A Vegas rally needs dance music!

  • Nightlife

    Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009

    Triple XXX Vitamin Water plus vodka is now one of my favorite drinks, thanks to Scott Kirkland and Ken Jordan.

  • Nightlife

    Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009

    Happy fifth birthday, Beatport! What a perfect excuse to throw more events than a Vegas socialite.

  • Music

    Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009

    Just because something says “alternative,” don’t expect to see a crowd swaddled in flannel. Alternative Tuesdays, which kicked off this month in the House of Blues Courtyard, will be an “open format” show.

  • Music

    Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009

    More stressful than the SATs. More dramatic than the relationship between the head cheerleader and the football star. Of course, we’re talking about choosing which high-school band to support in Las Vegas’ semiannual-ish Bike Rack Battles.

  • Local Music

    Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008

    Who needs midnight mass when you can drink juice called ass? The Double Down Saloon held its annual White Trash Christmas Party on December 24, and the ultimate dive bar filled with orphans stuck in town.

  • Nightlife

    Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008

    I was hoping for pearly gates and a scantily clad celestial choir. Instead, the roller-hockey rink where the much- ballyhooed dance party “Heaven” was held on December 20 was virtually empty.