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The Lawrence Arms - Las Vegas Country Saloon - 5/24/13

The Lawrence Arms Las Vegas Country Saloon Friday, May 24 While I'm thrilled at the opportunity to see Devo and FLAG live (at Punk Rock Bowling), The Lawrence Arms are the main reason I'm in Las Vegas right now. The gritty Chicago punk band hasn't performed in Phoenix since a Chaser's show in 2009, ... More >>

Virgin Airlines Takes Flirting To a Whole New Level (Literally) With Seat-To-Seat Drink Service

Singletons, rejoice! Sir Richard Branson -- as in the English business mogul and owner of the Virgin Group -- wants to help you get lucky. And not just lucky in a win-the-lottery sense. No, he means Mile High Club kind of lucky. In fact he's so dead set on helping you out that he prepared an instruc ... More >>

Oasis Affair @ W Scottsdale Hotel

From Print: Blogs Teased in Our June 14 Issue

EDC Vegas Pulls Plug on Music Due to High Winds

See more EDC Vegas coverage: EDC 2012: House Music Beef With DJ Sneak Plays Out in Steve Angello's DJ Set EDC 2012: Coachella or Electric Daisy Carnival: Which One is Better? EDC 2012: Calvin Harris Plays CDs of Himself Singing Slideshow -- EDC Day 1 Slideshow -- EDC Day 2 [Update at 2:48 a.m]: ... More >>

Electric Daisy Carnival Las Vegas Coverage Ahead

This weekend, traveling EDM festival Electric Daisy Carnival is coming to Sin City (you know, Lost Wages, the "Crown of Clark County," the "Entertainment Capitol of the Word," or plain old Las Vegas), and we're going to be there keeping tabs on the debauchery for those who aren't participating in it ... More >>

Three Things to Eat, Drink, and Bake This Weekend

BBQ, beer, peaches -- sounds like the makings of a spectacular time! This weekend is packed full of fun outdoor food events and you better get outside and take advantage of 'em before even just the though of stepping one foot outside gives you a sunburn. Here's what's on our plate this weekend. ... More >>

Punk Rock Bowling: Now With Way More Broloaf

"Remember, what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. Except herpes. That shit'll come back with you."-- Jeffrey Tambor in The Hangover. Las Vegas' epic Memorial Day Weekend Punk Rock Bowling Festival just got a little more epic: Our favorite local party boys Broloaf have been added to the bill. And i ... More >>

Buff 'n' Stuff

First Five Bands Announced for Punk Rock Bowling 2012

The term "punk festival" conjures up images of bratty tweens with asymmetrical haircuts crowd surfing at Warped Tour. Remember when Warped Tour actually had punk bands and was, you know, good? It may seem like a bygone era, but the annual

Rep Your Hood: Zia Records Is Now Taking Submissions for Local Compilation CD You Heard Us Back When

Ah, Record Store Day. Not only is it a time for audiophiles around the world to celebrate the music pushed by countless independently-owned record shops around the world, but it's also a time of special vinyl and CD releases. This year, Zia Records will be commemorating the occasion with the relea ... More >>

Power 98.3's DJ M2 Takes Second Place at Red Bull Thre3style Nationals in Las Vegas

Garth Milan/Red Bull Phoenix's DJ M2 competes in the Red Bull Thre3style national finals last night in Las Vegas.It was a case of "close but no cigar" for DJ M2 last night in Sin City. Despite putting on an impressive display of spinning and scratching on the decks, the Phoenix turntablist king came ... More >>

Las Vegas 48 Hours Festival: The Best and Worst of the Debauchery, Bands and Backstage

​48 Hours Festival was insane. Picture this: more than 20 heavy-hitting rock bands, VIP pool cabanas in the middle of a Vegas parking lot, and lounges with such names as Debauchery and the Godfather, moonshine, strippers, and massages, all fenced in at the Luxor Festival Grounds in Las Vegas. ... More >>

DJ Michael James on the Life of a Wayward DJ

​DJ Michael James is record-hugging transient of sorts. The Cream Stereo Lounge resident DJ divides his time between his home in Scottsdale, Los Angeles and Las Vegas, occasionally venturing off the west coast to perform gigs in his hometown of Miami. All of the traveling hasn't sucked his en ... More >>

Radiation Therapy

Fatboy Slim Talks Las Vegas, Detroit, Quitting Drinking, and How Cool Americans Think They Are

​ Norman Cook, a.k.a. Fatboy Slim, has been rocking beats hard since the late '70s, when he played in bands like Disque Attack and the Housemartins. He achieved mainstream popularity in the '90s, when "Praise You" blew up as a radio staple. In recent years, Cook has focused on production, stepping ... More >>

Feb. 14 In Blogs: Kyrsten Sinema, Coronado, Calexico, CityScape, and Wade Ridley

​​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:

Bruno Mars Settles For a Fine and Community Service

​After facing charges for cocaine possession in September, Bruno Mars is taking a plea deal, according to MTV News.He's scheduled to appear before a judge in Las Vegas on February 4, a week before the Grammy Awards. He will be pleading guilty to his charges.As long as Bruno Mars, whose real name i ... More >>

Meeting Rick Moonen, and Other Las Vegas Adventures

​Some friends have asked for a food report on my recent weekend jaunt to Las Vegas, so here you go, foodniks. First off, here's proof (um, not really) that I met chef Rick Moonen, who almost immediately asked me if I do my job anonymously, and later joked that he could make a killin ... More >>

Celine Dion Gives Birth to Her 2nd, 3rd Children

Celine Dion gave birth to twin boys over the weekend, according to Billboard. Despite having just popped out more kids and, ahem, getting old, Dion is still booked for a three-year concert stint in Las Vegas. Oh, and her nine-year-old son will be a teenager soon. Actually, speaking of old peop ... More >>

Faces Forward

Portraiture heads into the future at TCA

Real Talk

Musician weaves old tapes into bona fide folk

Airia Nightclub in Chandler Opens This Weekend With A Three-Night Party

​There's been plenty of hubbub and hype over Gila River Casino's chic new Wild Horse Pass Hotel opening up this weekend, with plenty of attention being paid to the plush Airia Nightclub, and with good reason. According to the press release being sent out by its proprietors, the Las Vegas-style ( ... More >>

Snow Birds: They're Coming in Droves! Phoenix/ Scottsdale Ranks 11th in Travel Desinations For the Remainder of '09

www.scottybud.com​As we sit on the cusp of kissing the daunting 110 degree days goodbye for eight glorious months, we can be certain of one thing: They're coming.That's right; as the majority of the country prepares to freeze its ass off for the rest of the year, as Phoenicians we prepare for the ... More >>

Hot Links: Fires in Tucson, Bullets in Butts, and Meteorites

A fire burning in the Baboquivari Peak Wilderness area near Tucson has grown to 5200 acres. The blaze, dubbed the Elk Horn Fire, was about eight percent contained by Sunday...A Valley man is in critical condition after he was stabbed at a trailer park in Glendale. The man, 53, was reportedly returni ... More >>

Chow Bella Road Trip: Raku

The tiny counter at RakuI don't get people who hate Las Vegas. What's not to love about a city devoted to modern-day Roman-style excess, with interesting restaurants at every turn? I just got back from a long weekend there, and I can't think of any better destination to take you far  ... More >>

Lone Butte Casino to Host "American Idol"-Style Televised Talent Show

Think you're better than some of the colorful people on American Idol or think you're Arizona's next Jordin Sparks? Well, you have a shot to prove it next month at Chandler's Lone Butte Casino. The casino will host "Lone Butte Lucky Break," the first in a series of televised talent shows, at 8 p. ... More >>

The Killers Coming To Dodge April 16

The big show announcements just keep coming. Earlier today we had Fall Out Boy and a host of buzzing bands (Gaslight Anthem, Black Lips) now we've got The Killers on April 16 at Dodge Theatre. Tickets for the Las Vegas faux-indie act's show go on sale next Friday. Tickets at LiveNation.com.Oh, and i ... More >>

Hot Links: Arizona Gets Fewer New Border Patrol Agents; GOP Asks Napolitano Not to Sign Orders; Tumor in Brain is Fully Formed Foot

The Arizona Republic has analyzed the distribution of new Border Patrol agents and come to the conclusion that our state is getting screwed. Janet Napolitano has one foot in Washington D.C. and one hand on a pen in Arizona as she prepares to sign an executive order ... More >>

Lucky 13

Chester Bennington and crew celebrate indie success

Hot to Trot

Latin lovers lock steps at saucy dance fest

Lil' Christmas present

Make A Wish

Rave all night in the Cell Block

Brickhouse of Flying Paint

Grand Designs

Even the Ayatollah would dig this stuff

Panic! at the Disco

Filibust a move

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Casino Arizona at Talking Stick

Best Game In Town

Cholla
in Casino Arizona

Smell Me About It

Food writers put their noses to the test

Trouble in the Sac

Nevada's wastewater is causing sex problems in fish. But will Arizona get screwed by the solution?

Flashes Emergency Edition

Haute Streak

Picasso / Le Cirque

Second Helpings

Second Helpings

Breaking Even in Vegas

SECOND HELPINGS

KIDNEY PINCHTALES OF AN ORGAN-THEFT RING ARE THE STUFF OF URBAN LEGEND, POLICE SAY

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WHEN BRUCE BABBITT SURFACED AS THE TOP CHOICE FOR THE U.S. SUPREME COURT, A WASHINGTON, D.C., NEWPAPER PLAYED FAST, LOOSE AND SLOPPY WITH HIS PAST

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STUFFED INSIDE THE NEWLYWEDS' BED IN VEGAS WAS...A LOT OF ROT