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Tokyo chicks tear up Thunderbird Lounge
Saturday, March 13, 2010 Bo-Peep brings its loud rock, crazy costumes and don’t-mess-with-this attitude to Neon Reverb.
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Cigar guitars and missing musicians
Friday, March 12, 2010 Unexpected results with Super Fuzz and the D.F.C. Experiment.
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Music
Midnight blues: The Pines fight the law, and win (for a minute)
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Sometimes, 15 minutes isn't enough time.
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Architecture
Accidental phallus
Friday, Feb. 26, 2010 Were a penis-shaped home's builders porn stars or locals with an eye for design?
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Music
Folktrician night is all about the stories behind the song
Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010 Turk's is hardly the "newest, hottest, rock club lounge" advertised, but it has its charm.
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Music
Trainwrecks strives to succeed where others could not
Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010 A train wreck is rarely a good thing.
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Music
Love is in the air: No fan is too young for this Ministry
Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010 Everyone wants to marry Meg Vitale.
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Local Music
The Rumble was a jungle
Monday, Feb. 8, 2010 With a lineup screaming dance party extravaganza, Sunday night was one of the most successful crowds the Rumble has pulled.
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Entertainment
Meatheads goes 'Meatballs'
Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010 Joke-slinging comedians vie for laughs at the neighborhood-bar-turned-comedy-club two nights a week.
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Music
Shattered Canopy: Pacific pull rips promising trio from our midst
Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010 Hey Portland, stop stealing our musicians!
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A&E
Drag queens, drugs and disease: Green Valley High welcomes 'Rent'
Monday, Feb. 1, 2010 The PG-13 version performed by the students was toned down from the award-winning Broadway production.
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Local Music
Listening for Neon Reverb's lineup
Friday, Jan. 29, 2010 Festival-goers get a say in the fourth installment of the Downtown music festival in March.
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Music
New-look Mad Cap
Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010 And then there was one … original member of The Mad Caps.
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Nightlife
Don't break the seal ... or else!
Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010 While your bladder may not thank you for playing Daddy Mac's special Fright night drinking game, your wallet certainly will.
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Local Music
Twin Brother unplugged
Friday, Jan. 22, 2010 Twin Brother's scaled down acoustic set at Mocha Joe Coffee proved a pleasant surprise.
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Local Music
New song, new sound for the Lazystars
Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010 Local indie-rockers The Lazystars are kicking off the New Year with their first show of 2010 at the Hard Rock Café on the Strip.
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Music
Introducing Pet Tigers, your new favorite ’80s outfit
Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010 If VH1 has taught us anything, it’s that everyone loves them some ’80s.
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Art
Cops and controversy at first Third Friday
Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010 Small crowd but still enough to draw the attention of the authorities.
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Music
Happy Campers still smiling after all these years
Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010 Punk’s not dead, just old, according to “Master J,” Happy Campers’ drummer Jason Losey.
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Local Music
Surprise! Killers playing at a club near you
Monday, Jan. 11, 2010 Vegas superstars The Killers gave a surprise performance Sunday at Bellagio’s The Bank nightclub.
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First Friday
Double the pleasure, double the fun
Friday, Jan. 8, 2010 Taking place on the same streets and benefiting the same cause, Third Friday may appear to be similar to First Friday, but it’s projected to vary slightly.
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Grateful for the Griffin's new groove
Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010 Oh, let us count the ways we love this downtown bar.
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New Years
My midnight: How the Weekly spent the last few moments of 2009
Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010 Is it midnight yet? Is the open bar over? And where the heck is our midnight kiss?
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New Years
Bands, beads and fried zucchini; New Year's Eve Bunkhouse style
Friday, Jan. 1, 2010 Uncharacteristically early crowd helps benefit local festival while ringing in the new year.
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A&E
Revelers ring in the new year at Fremont Street Experience
Friday, Jan. 1, 2010 Ringing in the New Year at the Fremont Street Experience may not have been free - $10 for locals and $20 for out-of-state visitors - but Downtown revelers were out in full force to enjoy the experience
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Music
The latest Smigel spectacle
Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009 Hand puppets, found-sound enactments, coffee bongs and spam-poetry readings.
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Local Music
Three strikes and ... you're not out: Local bands get another round at Neon Reverb
Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009 With the local band pool being more kiddie than Olympic in size, mixing things up can get tricky.
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Local Music
Musical good will (and missing fruit snacks!) at 'Thor' DVD release
Monday, Dec. 21, 2009 Free shows are always good, but free snacks would have been even better!
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Music
Here, there and everywhere with The Study Band
Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009 After its short but successful stint in Vegas, the indie band is moving on again.
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Music
(Twin) Brother’s gonna work it out
Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009 “Nerdish” new local outfit sounds very un-Vegas.
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Local Music
A sneak peek at the next Neon Reverb
Friday, Dec. 4, 2009 All-ages shows and a New Year's bash are in the works for Neon Reverb.
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Noise
Armed with new songs and a new lineup, the (Action) Cat is back
Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009 They say that cats have nine lives, and in action cat’s case, they at least have two.
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Music
Back where it began
Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009 Newish local band The Rooks lands Griffin residency.
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Warm Coronas and other signs of success
Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 The Weekly goes to Yayo Taco to find out how Invisible Children get seen.
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A&E
Lunch, served with style
Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 Forget cafeteria food, these lunch trays up for bid carry more important things.
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Calculating freaky factors with Monster Zero
Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009 What do you get when you add-up yellow faces, tarot cards and keytars? A frightening final score!
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Lessons from Green Valley's "Laramie Project"
Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 Green Valley High School student's overcome all the drama of "The Laramie Project," with the message of human rights.
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Dining
Organic alien anniversary
Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009 Sunrise Coffee prepares to celebrate their one year anniversary with alien burritos, organic coffee and some puppy love.
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Fine Art
From haute to hot: Full frontal ambush at fashion show
Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009 Wearable art turns into wearing nothing at all during Hot Hot Haute 2 fashion show.
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Nightlife
A rave double-take from a virgin and a veteran
Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009 Experience Devil's Night XII through the eyes of a raving veteran and first timer.
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Local Music
A Tale of Two Bands: The melodic and the neurotic
Friday, Oct. 23, 2009 If The Study Band were Dr. Jekyl, Neon Death Ranger would be their Mr. Hyde.
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A little love for the underbirds
Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009 Birds of a feather flock together at the Henderson Convention Center in honor of their tropical heritage.
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Noise
Meatheads are out, tight-jeaned hipsters in at Meet Lounge
Friday, Oct. 16, 2009 Sports bar by day, music venue by night: Meet the west side's newest entertainment option.
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Entertainment
Bending over backwards at the Nevada Yoga Regionals
Monday, Oct. 12, 2009 Bow pose, wheel pose, rabbit pose, no these aren't the latest Kama Sutra positions - they're the forms being taken on stage in Town Square.
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Six good reasons to put Art in the Park on your calendar
Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009 Boulder City extravaganza Art in the Park shouldn't missed next year - or the year after that...or the year after that...
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Music
A night with Ming, digital Ping and the monkey man
Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009 L.A. electro-poppers Ming and Ping are a duo, almost.
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Chaos at Cursive
Friday, Sept. 25, 2009 This high-adrenaline second showing may have left us bruised, but it was worth the battle wounds.