Geoff Carter
Senior Writer
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Geoff Carter has been writing about Las Vegas since 1994, when he joined the staff of Scope, the alternative magazine that would later become the Las Vegas Weekly. He wrote for virtually every publication with “Vegas” in its name—including Vegas.com, the Las Vegas Sun and the self-published Geoff Carter Lives in Las Vegas and is Awesome —until 2002, when he took a ten-year “weekend” trip to Seattle. He returned to Vegas in May 2012 to become one of Vegas Seven’s senior writers and to be the editor of DTLV, the authoritative, yet mellifluous voice of downtown Las Vegas. His work has also appeared on MSN.com, in Time Out’s 1000 Songs to Change Your Life and in the Seattle Times. And he won an award once, but he gave it to his dad.
Recent Articles
Tour Buzz: Band of Horses, Hot Chip and Depeche Mode
April 15th, 2013
Gonna be nice to have Band of Horses galloping through Vegas for a night. From “Factory” to “The General Specific” to “Knock Knock,” this glorious Southern-fried indie rock outfit—which is scheduled to play poolside at the Cosmopolitan on April 20 ($25)—pretty much owns the sound of feeling at ease with yourself. I can think of few finer ways to begin a hot Vegas summer than with “Is There a Ghost” reverberating in my head. Band of Horses is part of the great influx of Coachella bands wiping their boots on our “welcome” mat, so let’s show them a good time.
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Concert Review: New Order With Johnny Marr
Boulevard Pool At The Cosmopolitan, April 11
April 15th, 2013
Before their show at the Cosmo, New Order was one of the least engaging live bands I’d seen. I last saw them live in their heyday—late 1987, following the release of Substance—and with the exception of Pater Hook, who wore his bass low on his body and hunched over like a caveman to play it, I’ve never seen a sheer personality void so perfectly embodied onstage. I mean, keyboardist Gillian Gilbert ate a fucking sandwich in the middle of the set. Sure, New Order 1987 could make the notes, but that hardly matters when said notes are produced by reanimated corpses.
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Meet Downtown's Ambassador of Good Chill
As head of a new Downtown watch, ex-cop Chris Curtis is ready to make sure we all keep it cool
April 9th, 2013
When we heard that the Fremont East Entertainment District was getting a Downtown Project-sponsored patrol called the Downtown Rangers and headed by an ex-cop, we imagined nothing short of a jackbooted paramilitary unit, armed with tasers and brass knuckles, marching up and down Fremont to popular indie rock and forcibly instigating “serendipitous interaction.”
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Being True to Someone Else’s School
March 26th, 2013
I get a good, lingering look at the former Las Vegas High School several days a week. I ride my bicycle past the current Las Vegas Academy on my way back home from DTLV’s Emergency Arts office, and every single time I think, “I wish I had gone there.”
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Tour Buzz: Tiger Army, Shania Twain and Tegan and Sara
March 25th, 2013
Psychobilly outfit Tiger Army plays the House of Blues on March 30, with Hillbilly Casino and the very fine Dale Watson sharing the bill ($37). I presume this is related to the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender, a weekend-long celebration of all the Bettie Page-looking girls who are too cool to talk to me.
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Tour Buzz: Def Leppard, Sevendust and How to Destroy Angels
March 18th, 2013
The year was 1987, and Def Leppard was washed up. We all thought so, anyway. The English pop-metal band had just come out with Hysteria, its first record of new material since 1984’s Pyromania, and we had all but forgotten them.
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Tour Buzz: Flogging Molly, Muse and Band of Horses
March 12th, 2013
Get your ass rocked global-style when Flogging Molly is joined by Mariachi El Bronx for a pre-St. Patrick’s Day dustup at the Cosmopolitan, March 16 ($35
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