Las Vegas Sun

May 9, 2008

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From left, Nick Rhodes, Roger Taylor, Simon Le Bon and John Taylor make up Duran Duran, a band whose willingness to experiment with technology helped make it one of the most popular acts of the 1980s and a pioneer of music videos. "We knew that we wanted it to be something different from everything else out there," says Rhodes, founder of the band.

30 years later, still hungry
Q+A: Nick Rhodes, founder of Duran Duran: Icon of MTV generation speaks about longevity, technology and music piracy
Thu, May 8, 2008 (2 a.m.)
By Jerry Fink
Duran Duran turned on the lights — and cameras — for music in the ’80s by parlaying their tech savvy and cinematic good looks into stardom.
Artistic Director David Itkin, conducting the philharmonic's string section in rehearsal, says 'King David' influenced movie music.
Drama of biblical tale elevates music of ‘King David’
Philharmonic to perform piece written for biographical play
By Kristen Peterson
Nothing is quite so epic, dramatic and violent as a biblical tale. Bad decisions, unscrupulous behavior and tests of faith and loyalty are boldly defined in each character and his or her actions.
Safe Bets
History shows that filmmakers who put their money on movies made in and about Las Vegas usually come up winners — even if the films aren’t
By Joe Brown
The third in this summer’s cluster of Las Vegas-based movies opens today.
Opening act has Las Vegas spirit with British accent
Thursday, May 8, 2008
By Jerry Fink
Your Vegas hails from ... a small English market town northwest of Leeds.
Eclectic musical mix makes familiar sound
Thursday, May 8, 2008
By Jerry Fink
Singer Matt Bishop of the band Swtiches proclaims his group “a neurotic bunch of obsessive-compulsive weirdos.”
Top ‘popera’ names in Vegas lights
Fans can choose from 2 lineups, ticket-price ranges
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
By Jerry Fink
Good news for popera fans: Andrea Bocelli and Josh Groban are performing at Mandalay Bay in a star-studded concert with Michael Buble. And for the budget conscious, prominent female singer Romina Arena heads to the Cannery.
Local author Jarret Keene stands in an alley between Fremont Street and Carson Avenue in downtown Las Vegas on Monday. Keene is the co-editor of
Through the valley of darkness
‘Las Vegas Noir’ stories capture area’s seamy side
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
By Kristen Peterson
Of “Las Vegas Noir,” co-editor Jarret Keene says, "This is hard-core, dark Las Vegas crime fiction. It can shock you."
Mixed-media sculptures of famous sideshow performers are at the center of Holley Bakich's traveling sideshow art exhibit now at the Atomic Testing Museum. The handcrafted sculptures have leather skin, stitched-in eyebrows and eyelashes that give them an eerie human quality.
Sideshow stars fondly recognized
Exhibit pays tribute to their unconventional beauty and unmistakable humanity
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
By Kristen Peterson
Johnny Eck had no legs. Francesco Lentini had three. Julia Pastrana had legs, but like the rest of her body — face included — they were covered in dense black hair. A new exhibit features scupltures of them and other "human oddities."
The musical
‘Jersey Boys’ is all about the music
30 hits help tell Four Seasons’ story
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
By Joe Brown
“Is Frankie Valli still alive?” wondered the young guy in the seat in front of me. After he conferred with his seat mates — among the four of them, they pronounced the singer dead — an older woman whipped around in her seat and set them straight: “He sure as hell is alive!”
Revamped Pogo’s will be a cleaner place, maybe more musical
LOOKING IN ON: ENTERTAINMENT:
Monday, May 5, 2008
By Jerry Fink
Jazz fans and musicians stood wall-to-wall inside Pogo’s on the night before the neighborhood tavern closed temporarily so new owners could clean off some of the dust that has settled over the past 50 years.
Staging a comeback
Arizona Charlie’s plans to revive its showroom — once a proving ground for young artists
Monday, May 5, 2008
By Jerry Fink
Like the Phantom of the Opera, ghosts lurk behind the false wall in the 24-hour bingo parlor on the second floor of Arizona Charlie’s on Decatur.
Expo to introduce best-known, less-known arts groups
Friday, May 2, 2008
By Joe Brown
They’re turning the Liberace Museum into a megamall!
No crossing over
If you don’t speak Spanish, Juanes may be the biggest star you’ve never heard of — because he doesn’t sing in English
Friday, May 2, 2008
By Joe Brown
There’s an international superstar in town tonight. An ultramegastar, in fact.
He may fold ’em to just be Dad
Q+A: Kenny Rogers: With two boys at home, The Gambler mulls the final change in his chameleonic career: retirement
Thursday, May 1, 2008
By Jerry Fink
Kenny Rogers is still turning out hits. He can still hit the notes. But while The Gambler was riding on his tour bus in Northern Nevada, doing a phone interview, he casually mentioned he was giving serious thought to retirement.
An episode of
Fixed-game drama uses Rebels clip
UNLV should sue over ‘Law & Order’ show, sports footage seller says
Thursday, May 1, 2008
By Ron Kantowski
Here’s a new basketball play UNLV might consider: Filing a lawsuit against NBC and the NCAA for implying in a fictional TV show that the university’s team was involved in a game rigged by a referee.

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