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⚡ Friday * The atmosphere should be, uh, electric at Shock Collar Comedy at Notoriety where, in grimdank dystopilicious fashion, you can zap the comics if they're not funny enough. * As long as we're mining a dark vibe: You can play a locally produced nuclear strategy wargame at
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MY NEW SLEEP schedule these days involves a deep disco siesta every afternoon because I've been up since like 3 a.m. due to a recently acquired Olympic badminton addiction. Thanks, Paris! The upside is that when 10 p.m. hits I'm wide-eyed and ready to
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YOU EVER HAVE one of those out-of-body moments when you're standing outside yourself, watching yourself with clinical curiosity and slight dismay, noticing something novel and strange and maybe a bit alarming about yourself from, like, a third-person perspective? Yeah, happened to me on July 29, 2023. I noticed
When I was young I promised myself I would never talk about the weather. But so often now I find myself starting conversations with, "Well 106 isn't so bad in the shade." We're in the Dog Days of summer. It's kind of
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SO TECHNICALLY FALL isn't until September 42nd or something but I'm taking any remotely perceivable dip in temperature toward "reasonably survivable" as equinoctial sanction to independently declare a change in seasons. Basically, it's fall enough for me! Which, as far as I&
Pardon any motion sickness, passengers. We've landed at our destination. Welcome to the new List! Eric's Trip is where you'll find a round up of fun music-oriented events around the valley, ranging from underground concerts to dance parties and meetups for collectors. Let'
"Some things are too hot to touch," Bob Dylan reminds us, "the human mind can only stand so much." In other words, welcome to August, suckas! Lest your brain heat-warp in the sous vide swelter of monsoon season, here are a few art and idea events
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BOULDER HIGHWAY cuts through a historic area of town called Four Mile (sometimes spelled Formyle). Way back in the 1930s, it was where numerous bars, gambling joints, and brothels took root after the feds forced Downtown’s infamous Block 16 to clean up its act. Basically, all that sweet Sin
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IF THERE WAS EVER a month to entertain yrself to utter, unrecoverable distraction in Vegas, it's August. It's still hot af, but also "muggy" – you know, that thing when the air turns into rich, suffocating Jergens. Here's a shovelful of distraction blippin&
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YEARS AGO, when social media was, well, social, I read on a “You know someone’s from Las Vegas when …” thread somewhere that saying “hella” is a dead giveaway. I got a little disproportionately excited. Not just because I felt validated as a Las Vegan (I’d been reflexively dropping
From Broadway-caliber productions at The Smith Center, Las Vegas Little Theatre, and Spring Mountain Ranch State Park to free shows at local libraries, there's something for every taste and budget.