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Three questions with a distracted Joan Rivers (by speakerphone, during her manicure): Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011; Three questions with a distracted Joan Rivers (by speakerphone, during her manicure)
Comedian Carl LaBove still finding reasons to laugh: The stand-up says humor helps him through the dark times; Wednesday, March 16, 2011; Carl LaBove talks about how comedy has helped him overcome adversity
Size matters for Tanyalee Davis: Comedian's latest show previewed to a small—but boisterous—crowd; Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011; Tanyalee Davis is back with a show at the Clarion Hotel and Casino
Three questions with comedian Joe Rogan: Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011; Joe Rogan discusses his DVD, drunks and the apocalypse.
Three questions with comedian Aziz Ansari: Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010; Aziz Ansari talks about Criss Angel, his holiday plans and the good eats available here in Sin City.
The Fryer’s Club brings Vegas’ funny people together: Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010; Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: George Wallace, Grandma Lee and Carrot Top walk into Hooters...
The Fryer’s Club brings Vegas’ funny people together: Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010; Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: George Wallace, Grandma Lee and Carrot Top walk into Hooters...
Three questions with Bob Saget: Friday, Aug. 13, 2010; Saget like expletives, "Entourage" and Daniel Tosh.
Three questions with Bob Saget: Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010; Saget like expletives, Entourage and Daniel Tosh.
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work: Wednesday, July 14, 2010; This revealing documentary follows a year in the life of comedian Joan Rivers, who, at 75, still perceives herself as teetering on the edge of failure.
Three questions with international comedy phenomenon Russell Peters: Saturday, May 29, 2010; For the still-rising comedian, it's not a race. "There's no finish line."
Three questions with international comedy phenomenon Russell Peters: Wednesday, May 26, 2010; For the still-rising comedian, it's not a race. "There's no finish line."
The Hold Steady: Heaven is Whenever; Wednesday, May 12, 2010; Ultimately, "you can't go home again."
Gogol Bordello: Trans-Continental Hustle; Wednesday, May 12, 2010; Next to their raucous live shows, albums are hollow, pale imitations, and full-length No. 5 is no different.
Vegas shows SXSW how far its scene has come: Saturday, March 27, 2010; SXSW ’10 featured an unprecedented Vegas presence among its 2,000-odd participating bands.
Vegas shows SXSW how far its scene has come: Wednesday, March 24, 2010; SXSW ’10 featured an unprecedented Vegas presence among its 2,000-odd participating bands.
Johnny Cash: American VI: Ain’t No Grave; Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010; Funny how, when channeled through Cash’s world-weary baritone, songs about death sound like such downers.
Laughter is the best aphrodisiac: Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010; What happens when a sex club temporarily transforms into a comedy club?
OK Go: Of the Blue Colour of the Sky; Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010; Geek-chic pop chameleons OK Go have yet to surpass the blessing/curse bestowed by a couple of universally viewed, no-budget music videos that prized choreography over content.
10 Vegas acts to watch in 2010: Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010; From everyone's favorite Raiders to an 18-year-old yielding comparisons to Cat Powers, here's who to pay attention to this year.
The Justice League of Porn: A chat with AVN Awards Show co-host Dave Attell: Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010; Three-way! Attell will be "the ugly guy in between the two hot chicks" at the AVN awards.
Retaking Shape: After nine months, Love Pentagon returns: Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009; The space-age superhero outfits are gone, but the girls still rock.
Bee Movie the Band: Volcano Bear EP; Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009; Awful group name + head-scratching album title + gimmicky plastic magnifying glass with which to examine the no-smaller-than-anyone-else’s liner notes = Surprise! It's alright.
No Comedy Fest for you!: Down in the dumps? Could be because the annual mid-November Comedy Festival isn’t happening. So we programmed our own fantasy comedy bash ...; Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009; Awww. The annual Comedy Festival isn’t happening. We programmed our own fantasy comedy bash instead ...
New York, I Love You: Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009; I do not, however, love New York, I Love You.
Coco Before Chanel: Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009; As its name suggests, subtitled biopic Coco Before Chanel focuses on the “rags” aspect of Chanel’s rags-to-riches story.
Julian Casablancas: Phrazes for the Young; Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009; Why you'll root for this Strokes member.
Three questions with comedian Lily Tomlin: Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009; Lily Tomlin (and Ernestine) tries not to take herself too seriously, but don't tell the Academy that.
Paying off: Modern Science doesn't squander pricey trip to CMJ: Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009; Even under a low basement ceiling, Modern Science's performance soared.
A comic's guide to parenting through guilt and manipulation: Vegas-bred Elizabeth Beckwith has evolved from stand-up comic to family author—and she’s not complaining; Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009; "I get nostalgic for the autumns of my youth, growing up in New York City. Riding my bike past the brownstones on the way to school. And then I remember that I grew up in Las Vegas. The only things falling onto the sidewalk are exhausted hookers. And they’re a lot harder to ride your bike over.”
The Originators: The Originators EP; Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009; The Originators appear to have settled into the role of surf-beaten bar band coaxing the final foamy spurts from the ska keggerator.
Karen O and the Kids: Where the Wild Things Are; Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009; It’s moody stuff, subtle in its shifts, and deceptively untamed.
Paramore: Brand New Eyes; Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009; Suffice to say touring with No Doubt left an impression on Paramore.
Monsters of Folk: Self-titled; Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009; They call their supergroup Monsters of Folk—“they” being Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst, My Morning Jacket’s Jim James, She & Him’s M. Ward and producer Mike Mogis - but they are more than the sum of their parts.
Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson: Break Up; Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009; The concept—moony singer-songwriter records intimate series of duets with Page 1 starlet.
It Might Get Loud: Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009; The heavily hyped documentary with Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page, U2’s The Edge and consummate lo-fi band whore Jack White fails to rise above meandering, minimal-effort vanity project.
The Used: Artwork; Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009; Loosely grouped around the concept of self-hatred, the 11 pop/hard-rock hybrids are as raw, dark and unpolished as the band allegedly intended. But they’re also surface-deep and uninspired.
Bill Cosby's stand-up statistics: Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009; 0: Similarly legendary comics who unspool spellbinding, self-deprecating stories with such authority, originality or world-weary wisdom.
Soul Power: Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009; Power’s colorful footage follows James Brown, B.B. King, The Spinners and others on their journey from an airport Holiday Inn through a mid-flight jam to a homeland they’ve never seen.
Orderly Progression! At the Disco: Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009; On Friday night, Panic 2.0 was just another skinny-tie-and-dark-vest-clad emo-pop foursome. The exclamation point may be back, but the enthusiasm behind it has yet to return.
Patrick Wolf: The Bachelor; Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009; Fourteen tracks filter legend, history, sci-fi and modern personal introspection, yet all the pick-and-choosing establishes a sweepingly timeless mood.
Two-act disco: Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009; Already locked into one-upmanship coming off their July split, the current Panic! At the Disco and ex-Panic members— founders of new band The Young Veins—both released new singles on July 28. Coincidence? Nah.
The Vermin: The Exciting Sounds of Al Martino; Thursday, July 30, 2009; Shake well, garnish with raised middle finger, serve chilled.
Adelitas Way: Thursday, July 23, 2009; he Virgin Records debut from “local” frontman Rick DeJesus & Co. is a glammed-up, dumbed-down ode to beating the odds and living to play generic, testosterone-charged Dude Rock another day.
As Panic’s Ross and Urie part ways, we ask, what comes next?: Thursday, July 9, 2009; A few possible outcomes to the Panic! at the Disco break-up announced on July 6.
Levon Helm: Thursday, July 9, 2009; Electric Dirt injects serious juice into the wide-ranging collection of originals and choice covers.
Hardcore partying?: FSP (somewhat) celebrates 25th (kinda) anniversary; Thursday, July 9, 2009; FSP (somewhat) celebrates 25th (kinda) anniversary.
Regina Spektor: Far; Thursday, July 2, 2009; Day-to-day micro-narratives are, for Spektor, far more interesting aspects of the human condition, with the giddily off-kilter, domestic-bliss bounce of opener “The Calculation” and clap-happy “Folding Chair” serving as par for the course.
Chatting with Artie Lange: Thursday, June 25, 2009; "I had a bad cocaine problem in the ’90s. The last five years have been heroin. Opiates and booze. I think I’ve gotten to the point probably where I got with coke."
HighDro by the numbers (June 17 at the Bunkhouse): Thursday, June 25, 2009; "I grew up in hard times. I got into reading, I got into reggae, and it completely changed what I felt. People always said, ‘Oh, you should make music.’ It wasn’t until I noticed the sad condition that I felt hip-hop was in that I really did want to start making music."