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Comrade Grumpette's Pet Peeve of the Week
Believing You Can Fly
June 18th, 2013
I would not have joined the merry, famously YouTubed chorus of R. Kelly's "I Believe I Can Fly." Stuck for nearly four hours on the McCarran tarmac in that sweltering, someone-vomited, did-we-pay-extra-for-this Allegiant airplane last week, I would've sung: I believe we will die. Read more »
Green Felt Journal
Buckle Up for the Polercoaster
June 18th, 2013
This morning, Las Vegas learned about the Polercoaster, a proposed $100 million thrill ride that merges an observation tower—like the one at the Stratosphere—with a roller coaster—like the one at New York-New York. It didn’t take five minutes for the hype machine to swing into berserker mode. Read more »
Transportation
Gentlemen, Charge Your Engines
Tesla Stations on Their Way to a Desert Near You
June 18th, 2013
We like Teslas: They’re handsome, silent, fast and all-electric. The earth itself may love Teslas, for all we know. The problem, if you’d like to strap yourself into one and dash across the Mojave, has been that they give you slightly better range than strapping a couple of r/c models to your feet. Read more »
Seven Days
A curated guide to this week in your city
June 12th, 2013
Best game they don’t play in schools anymore? Dodgeball. Who didn’t love pelting that hated jock with a fat rubber ball? Relive the glory days of middle school from 8-11 p.m. at the Arts Factory parking lot Downtown. Read more »
The Fantastic Drunken Voyage
June 12th, 2013
Ever wonder about the science of intoxication? Laurel Pritchard does—a lot. The UNLV assistant professor of psychology studies behavioral neuroscience and psychopharmacology; in other words, how chemicals wreck your brain and body. She provides this blow-by-blow tracker of each drink’s effect on an average-size woman during a hypothetical night in our city’s famed bars. Cheers! Read more »
Found Material
Getting Union Jacked Around
June 12th, 2013
The NFL’s hypocrisy regarding betting continues to amaze. SportingNews.com highlights how the league will play two regular-season games this year at London’s Wembley Stadium, and is considering adding a third, despite sports betting being legal there. Read more »
Downtown
Turning Gold Into ... Gold
Renovations at the Gold Spike ditch the gaming, keep the vibe
June 12th, 2013
If I had a nickel for everyone who asks me what I think the Downtown Project’s ultimate goals are and how they’ll pan out over time, I wouldn’t have to do this for a living. Read more »
The Week
The Books Stop Here
With Stephens Press ceasing publishing, a valuable outlet for local authors disappears
June 12th, 2013
Whoever the next Kurt Divich is—that eighth-grader working on her fantasy fiction set in the Mojave Desert; the stay-at-home-dad polishing his manuscript on 1950s sports stars from Sin City—he or she won’t be discovered by Carolyn Hayes Uber, publisher of Stephens Press. That means he or she may not be discovered at all, at least not in the traditional sense. Read more »
The Sketch Pad
Wild, Cool & Sinning
June 11th, 2013
Hear the riff, man? Feel the beat? It’s all there in Peter Mengert’s creation, a hallucinatory nod to the city’s jazz scene, three cool cats blowing, plunking and singing their hearts out. Read more »
Ask a Native
You Can Leave the Rugrats at Home
Yes, there are family-friendly options here, but it's not an all-ages vacation spot
June 11th, 2013
Should tourists bring the kids to Las Vegas? This question has come at me numerous times, and in various forms, since last week’s “first timer’s itinerary” appeared—an itinerary that notably did not call out any kid-focused activities. Read more »
