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Everything you absolutely, positively must get out and do this week

Friday, 6 p.m.

USA Basketball at T-Mobile Arena Watch the world’s best (and certainly bestpaid) ballers take on Argentina as Carmelo Anthony, Jimmy Butler, Kyrie Irving and Kevin “Darth Vader” Durant gear up for the Summer Games. Also, Las Vegans get to see hoop stars at T-Mobile in our ongoing dream for an NBA team. $40-$1,600. –Brock Radke

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Paul Williams at South Point When Paul Williams joined Daft Punk onstage at the 2014 Grammys— to help accept an award for an album on which Williams was a guest vocalist and songwriter— it was a throwback moment for fans of an influential pop lyricist and composer who had permeated television and radio in the 1970s. $25-$35. –Kristen Peterson

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The Big, Big World of Garilyn Brune at the Center “I am sorry to report that Garilyn Brune died today.” The email was from collector Michael Feder, who brought the West Hollywood artist’s work out of storage and into the world when he curated an exhibit at the former RTZvegas featuring illustrations of big, beautiful drag queens and full-figured, rouged and bejeweled women. Steeped in pomp and lipstick glory, and wrapped in furs and super-sized sexy, Brune’s women plastered the walls—cartoons of raunch and elegance, wit and glamour. More magnetic was the artist himself; even though he was already ailing in health, Brune welcomed everyone at the exhibit’s opening with laughter and so much compassion that it only made sense this was the man celebrating the glory of being body-positive. Feder brought Brune to Las Vegas for that exhibit in 2013, the year before he died. Brune touched on a culture deemed unacceptable in his day. Fortunately, Feder brings Brune’s message of gender identity and physical acceptance once again to Las Vegas, this time at the Center. Free. –Kristen Peterson

Public Enemy leads the bill at the Art of Rap tour stop Downtown on Saturday. (AP Photo/Photo Illustration by Jon Estrada)

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The self-help/motivation industry has spawned many satirical artistic endeavors, including stage productions. Las Vegas gets its own starting this Thursday, when comedian Tom Rubin heads up this 75-minute, one-man show as the World’s Leading Failure Expert. Why have your hopes raised earnestly by Tony Robbins when you can have them sunk hilariously by someone able to awaken the loser within? Thursday-Monday, 7:30 p.m., $40. –Mike Prevatt

Rasar Amani is already one of the slickest frontmen in Las Vegas, so it’s fitting he’d play Gotham’s beloved, stealthy superhero in The Lique’s newly released video for “Batman.” It’s the first track off the jazz-based hip-hop crew’s upcoming album, Democracy Manifest, which drops Thursday with an event at Vinyl with Vegas all-stars Moksha, The Rockie Brown Band and Cameron Calloway. Manifest was a long time coming. In May, the Lique solicited fans for donations to fund the record (and a tour) through Indiegogo.com. “We named our album Democracy Manifest because it reflects the whole philosophy of our band: different people with different backgrounds coming together and creating something new, exciting and powerful,” reads its fundraising page. The quintet met its $5,000 goal earlier this month. The LP, and the show, will make people get up and groove. $10-$20. –Leslie Ventura

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BILL MAHER AT THE MIRAGE IF THERE WAS EVER A TIME TO WATCH HBO’S COMEDIC FIREBRAND SKEWER HIS RIGHT-WING TARGETS, IT’S DURING THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION. WITH DONALD TRUMP’S SPEECH HAPPENING ON THE EVE OF THE WEEKEND, EXPECT MAHER TO COME OUT GUNS BLAZING. (JULY 22 & 23, 10 P.M., $65-$87.) –MIKE PREVATT

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Soulful packages like this one don’t come through Vegas enough. The State Farm Neighborhood Awards weekend returns featuring a wide spread of events, including Keith Sweat and Charlie Wilson on Friday at the Events Center ($85) and a beach party at Mandalay’s lagoon-style pool with Jill Scott on Sunday ($100). The main event is the awards show itself, also at the Events Center, hosted by Steve Harvey with performances by The O’Jays, Erykah Badu and Maxwell (who just dropped his smooth, sexy, fifth studio album blackSUMMERS’night). $118-$158. –Brock Radke

A throwback hip-hop bill boasting the Sugarhill Gang (“Rapper’s Delight”), Kurtis Blow, former Furious Five MCs Grandmaster Melle Mel and Scorpio, Naughty by Nature, Queens duo Mobb Deep and EPMD (featuring MCs Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith and DJ Scratch) would be enough. But this NYC-area revue wouldn’t be complete without Long Island trailblazers Public Enemy. Chuck D has been a must-follow on social media as U.S. racial tensions reach a fever pitch, and hype man Flavor Flav is one of Las Vegas’ friendliest celeb residents. $28-$88. –Mike Prevatt

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SOULKITCHEN AT VANGUARD LOUNGE AND TECHNO TACO TUESDAY AT TACOS & BEER You can apply the when-it-rains-it-pours principle to many Vegas things, including special events within the house and techno scene, as this week’s two-fer demonstrates. On Thursday at 10 p.m., the long-running Soulkitchen celebrates our nightlife roots with two DJs who separately came from Chicago and helped build Las Vegas’ underground scene in the 1990s: Speedy and Jose 2 Hype. Five days later, Techno Taco Tuesday marks its second anniversary at 9 p.m. with Barcelona duo Fur Coat plus residents Bad Beat, Lance Le Rok, Pedro Flores, Rob Fernandez and Eder More. Free. –Mike Prevatt

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Pokémon Go has taken over because it’s innocent fun By Leslie Ventura

ith more active users than Twitter and Tinder, Pokémon Go has become the world’s most popular smartphone app since launching July 6. The augmented reality game has signed on more than 15 million people worldwide, many of them adults who grew up with the game (and later, cartoon). It uses Google Maps and the user’s camera to display Pokémon characters, and players can then catch Pokémon, collect Pokéballs at Pokéstops and battle Pokémon at Pokégyms—all of which are reallife landmarks and places. Sounds fun, right? But Pokémon Go has generated significant backlash. Aside from people generally thinking the game is stupid, there have been reports of people getting hurt while playing (like accidentally running into traffic), being targeted by muggers and playing in inappropriate venues (i.e., the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum). When played responsibly, though, Pokémon Go can be highly rewarding. Like going to the movies or playing other popular games, it’s a form of escapism—a cute one at that. If you’re playing, you need to stay alert and be aware of your surroundings. Don’t Pokémon and drive. If you’re using your pet or kid as an excuse to go to the park to catch Pokémon, make sure you’re actually spending time with them. Pokémon Go is getting people out from behind their computers and into the real world, and friendly interactions can mean a lot. Nonprofit Charity Miles, for example, has challenged users to raise money through their app while playing the game (if you leave the app running in the background, you can raise funds while you walk). In Muncie, Indiana, a local animal shelter is encouraging players to walk adoptable dogs while they play. Locally, there have been Pokémon Go meetups and pub crawls all over the city. You can find info on events and tips on Pokéstops around the Valley at the Pokémon Go Las Vegas Facebook page.

RAINBOW SILVER STATE Nevada has one of the largest per-capita LGBT populations in the country, according to a Gallup poll that states 4.3 percent of Silver State residents identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. Only six states and the District of Columbia had higher concentrations, with progressive states like Washington, Minnesota and New Hampshire falling behind. The stat is just one of many featured in UCLA think tank the Williams Institute’s

latest update of its LGBTStats Demographic Data site, which also lists the percentages of LGBT residents with children, race/ ethnicity breakdowns of LGBT people, LGBT gender ratios and socioeconomic indicators, including percentages of LGBT residents who are unemployed and have health insurance. Find out more about your LGBT neighbors at williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu. –Mark Adams

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DISARMING WITH WORDS Metro’s Harry Fagel strikes a chord with a viral poem about Dallas’ fallen officers

Black Lives Matter protestors march Downtown on July 16. Find our coverage of two peaceful weekend demonstrations Downtown and on the Strip at lasvegasweekly.com. (L.E. Baskow/Staff)

PAPER CUT-OUT PLAYGROUND Perhaps you’ve seen the photo of the Neon Museum’s La Concha lobby transformed into Marilyn Monroe’s famous flying skirt, or the High Roller reimagined as a bass drum. If you haven’t, you should. The LVCVA recently invited London-based artist Rich McCor to transform our wacky landmarks into art. McCor uses paper cutouts and a camera to turn everyday architecture into clever props—the Stratosphere becomes a butterfly; the MGM Grand’s golden lion, a kitten batting at yarn. “It’s a perfect destination for my style of photography—the entire Strip is filled with quirky architecture, colorful sights and extravagant features,” McCor writes in an email. “It’s the perfect playground for any Instagrammer.” Find more at instagram.com/paperboyo. –Kristy Totten

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It starts devastatingly: a police officer asking its audience, “When you got up today, did you say in some clear and offhand way that you wouldn’t be coming home?” What follows is two minutes of raw but resonant verse that not only honors fallen comrades, but the role and risk associated with the badge. “These are our protectors, our angels, our salvation in a world gone mad. Without them, chaos reigns, and the dark swallows the light in a gulping gluttony.” That isn’t the typical parlance of cops, but Harry Fagel, a longtime author and performer of poetic works, is renowned for being atypical. And despite nearly turning down the request by his department’s public information office to write something in tribute to the five officers killed in Dallas this month, the lieutenant might now be most renowned for “A Brief Note for Dallas” thanks to his performance of it, captured and shared by Metro. Its Facebook reach alone includes a quarter of a million views and more than 5,500 shares. “This was a response to a terrible tragedy in a way that maybe other police officers could say, ‘Someone is speaking my mind.’” Fagel says. “Maybe the regular Joe can see it and say, ‘Hey, this is the police officer’s perspective, this is how they feel about these type of things, it’s painful but [they] march on.’ To me, that’s a great thing, but I didn’t expect it to go viral and do what it’s doing. It’s crazy.” “A Brief Note” doesn’t overtly delve into politics, but Fagel nonetheless strove for balance and common ground in light of the ongoing, national tension between officers and the black community. In one verse, he expounds upon the rights of the protester; in another, the obligation of the officer: “We must always strive to be the light/To become more, to serve better, to know our fellow humans.” “I thought it was important to examine the entire issue, which gives it more strength because if we stay one-sided, we’re right back to where the problems lie,” Fagel says. “It says that in there because I recognize that people are frustrated. It’s almost a plea to say, hey, we’re not perfect but we’re working on it. We’re always trying to be better at what we do.” To read more of our interview with Fagel, visit lasvegasweekly.com.

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A SHIMMERING HALF-CENTURY AS CAESARS PALACE TURNS 50, IT REMAINS THE STRIP-CHANGING ICON IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN BY SARAH FELDBERG

n 1966, 385,300 U.S. soldiers were stationed in Vietnam, the first woman completed the Boston Marathon and race riots erupted in Chicago and Cleveland. The Beatles spent 17 weeks atop the charts, Muhammad Ali was boxing’s heavyweight champion, nuclear weapons were detonated at the Nevada Test Site and the U.S. lost—and found—a hydrogen bomb off the coast of Spain. In Las Vegas, meanwhile, hotel developer Jay Sarno was resurrecting Ancient Rome on a rough patch of dirt, building a $25 million casino hotel that launched a new era of construction and came to redefine the city. On August 5, 1966, Sarno welcomed Batman, Jimmy Hoffa and about 1,000 other guests to an “orgy of excitement” inside Caesars Palace. It’s hard to comprehend now what Caesars meant to Las Vegas’ nascent

tourist corridor when its fountains first began to spew. The resort that opened in 1966 had just 680 rooms (today: 4,610), but it was bigger in every sense than anything else in town. Caesars was grander, more luxurious and more flamboyant. It was an A-list playground, where Andy Williams valeted his kellygreen Rolls-Royce, civilians rubbed elbows with celebrities and everyone dressed like movie stars. Decades before what happened here stayed here, Caesars embodied that infamous attitude, shocking guests with its nude statuary and toga-clad “goddesses,” paid to pour wine down your throat or massage your temples. It was a Roman fantasy, risen from the desert like an outrageous oasis and ready to deal you in. “No other hotel compared,” says Benny Figgins, who started as a casino porter in 1966 and has worked at Caesars ever since. “Caesars Palace was the place

to be. It was special to work at Caesars. It was the crossroads of Las Vegas.” In many ways it still is. The modern Strip has grown up around Caesars Palace and in its model. Not only is the property at the geographic center of the tourist corridor, it has been the nucleus of the Strip, birthing numerous now-ubiquitous trends, from all-encompassing resort themes to luxury retail, celebrity chefs and resident headliners. “There are only a handful of properties in Las Vegas that have lasted 50 years, and only one that has lasted in a spectacular, culture-changing way like Caesars Palace,” casino president Gary Selesner says. “It has always remembered that its job was to not only provide luxury but provide entertainment and fun that you can’t get at home.” You could forgive a 50-year-old casino for showing its age, but Caesars still gleams. It remains a sensory

buffet, where gilded columns and muraled ceilings compete for attention with classic statues and polished marble. You can almost forgive Zach Galifianakis for asking, “Did Caesar live here?” in The Hangover. Figgins is a blackjack dealer in the Palace Court, the oval-shaped original casino from 1966, where he has handled the cards for 43 years. “Two weeks ago I was just looking around and I noticed everything was set up just the way it was the first day it opened,” Figgins says. “The craps tables are where they were the first day it opened; the pit is where it was. That’s about the only thing in the hotel that’s still the same.” That and Sarno’s founding philosophy: to make sure everyone who walked through its pillared entrance feel like a special person in an extraordinary place. Like Caesar coming home to his palace.

 The original uniform for the doormen was gladiator attire, including breastplates and capes. “Jay Sarno would come out and say, ‘I want to see you flourish those capes,’” remembers 50year valet Jim Dunbar. Then one of the gladiators’ capes got caught in a taxi. That was the end of the cape flourishes.

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MARCH 25, 2003

QUEEN CELINE “When the Colosseum was built and the decision was made to invite Celine Dion to sing 170 times a year, there weren’t two people in Las Vegas that would have bet that that would be successful,” Caesars President Gary Selesner recalls. But in its first year on the Strip, A New Day … grossed $80.5 million, according to Pollstar. The next year: $80.4 million. By the time her first residency wrapped in 2007, Celine had brought in $385 million and kickstarted the modern headliner trend still in full swing today.

MEMORIES OF A CHAMPION SUGAR RAY LEONARD ON FIGHTING AT CAESARS PALACE

“I just remember going to Caesars Palace and watching Muhammad Ali and watching other great fighters, and it was always magic in that arena. You fight in Vegas, Caesars Palace in particular, and you’ve made it. That’s like the Oscars. So major. The beautiful thing about it was that it was always packed, always full. And there were always other celebrities and famous people there. It wasn’t just a fight; it was an event—a highly anticipated event. You see your face all over, not just billboards but the signs, your name up in lights. You walk into that casino and it’s like, wow. There’s such an electricity, there’s such an energy that is in the air. People just don’t know what it requires to be in that ring. First of all, to have gotten the courage to step in that ring with a [Tommy] Hearns or [Marvin] Hagler or Roberto Durán or [Wilfred] Benítez. You’re standing in there, and your left eye may be closed or you may have a cut over

your eye or you’re just exhausted because there’s so many rounds—I’m talking about 15 rounds back in the day—and it’s 100 degrees outside. All those things are major experiences. And I live with that. I feel that. I remember looking at Tommy Hearns, I remember Roberto Durán’s breath and what it smelled like. I remember those key things, those incredible memories that will live with me forever. You push yourself beyond the human body. You push yourself so hard, and you know there’s nothing better than winning that big one. You win that big one and it just resonates throughout your body. I couldn’t wait to read the paper the next morning. They ask if I miss boxing. I don’t miss boxing, I miss the camaraderie. I miss that motion of having your hands raised.” .......................................

 “I told my wife to get a bondsman, a lawyer, newspaper reporters and my nicotine gum.” –Rusty Erickson, who was questioned by state gaming agents after his 19-year-old son won $1,061,811 on a Million Dollar Baby slot at Caesars Palace. The underage gambler was denied his windfall, and the Erickson family lost their subsequent suit against the casino. (Source: people.com.) ....................................... DECEMBER 1992

INCEPTION OF A SCENE  Wolfgang Puck is widely credited with launching the modern dining era in Vegas when he opened Spago at the Forum Shops in 1992. What brought Puck to the Palace? He was hungry. As Spago Vegas opening executive chef David Robins recalls, boxing fan Puck regularly visited town to catch the fights. When he complained that there was nowhere to eat on property, the casino president had an easy answer for him: Open a restaurant. Puck did one better: He created a dining destination that earned $12 million in its first year and proved that Strip visitors wanted more than chicken dinners and cheap steaks. “We did wild numbers in the early days,” Robins says. “We would cook from 5 o’clock till 1 in the morning because there was a line out the door.” But Spago did encounter some perception problems initially. “Ironically, the first day we opened was during the rodeo in December. Cowboys kept walking up to the line and saying, ‘Where’s the buffet?’”

The Bacchanal Room, circa 1970. (UNLV Special Collections/Courtesy)

A TRUE BACCHANALIA  $11.50. That was the original price for dinner at the Bacchanal Room, the legendary gourmet room inside Caesars Palace presided over by Las Vegas’ first celebrity chef, Nat Hart. The equivalent of spending $85 today per person, that tab included a sevencourse meal with appropriate wines served by so-called “goddesses” who offered complimentary massages with your meal. Historian and Nevada State Museum Director Dennis McBride, who grew up in Boulder City, remembers dining there with his parents when he was 11 years old: “Oh my gosh. It was like an orgy. I just remember plate after plate, piled with stuff that I’d never seen in my life. It was new on every level. It raised the bar for everything.” .......................................  Day 1 employee Jim Dunbar spent 21 years as the graveyard shift valet at Caesars Palace and met plenty of the casino’s celebrity guests on the job. “Lots of times Fats Domino would come out and say, ‘I lost all of my money. Jim, lend me $5.’ I think he still owes me $5.”

“IT REALLY DID SEEM LIKE YOU WALKED IN THERE AND YOU WERE ABSOLUTELY GONE FROM LAS VEGAS. YOU WERE IN THIS REAL ALTERNATIVE UNIVERSE.” –DENNIS MCBRIDE, NATIVE LAS VEGAN AND DIRECTOR OF THE NEVADA STATE MUSEUM

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Evel Knievel was unconscious for a month after his attempt to jump over the Caesars Palace fountains in 1967. (Las Vegas News Bureau/Courtesy)

December 31, 1967 & April 14, 1989

Smash and soar

“Faulty landing ruins exhibition” That surprisingly stoic headline in the Las Vegas Sun on January 1, 1968 hints at one of Caesars’ most memorable flops: Evel Knievel’s bombastic attempt to jump a motorcycle 150 feet over the Caesars Palace fountains and the equally dramatic crash that sent the young daredevil careening off his bike and into Las Vegas lore (not to mention the hospital). About 10,000 people witnessed Knievel’s pelvis-shattering return to Earth, but 5-year-old Robbie Knievel was not among them. Knievel’s son was home with a babysitter that night, but 10 years later he made a decision: He’d complete the stunt that had sidelined his father. It took more than a decade for

Robbie to get permission to try the jump—and rider Gary Wells suffered his own brutal failure in the intervening years—but on April 14, 1989, another red, white and blue-clad Knievel revved his engine and faced the Caesars fountains. “There’s always a worry. Every time there’s a different place, different take off, different landing. Sometimes it’s cockroaches, sometimes it’s butterflies, but mostly it’s cockroaches,” Robbie Knievel said recently. He calls that moment in the Vegas spotlight—in front of a crowd of 50,000, broadcasting live on Showtime with spectators hanging off the buildings—“the biggest night of my life.” And when Knievel hit the ramp, he didn’t just live up to his father’s legacy or conquer the specter of Caesars Palace. He flew.

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‘’It was a heavyweight fight, and I was the only guy who got knocked out.’’ –James Miller, aka the Fan Man, who paraglided into the seventh round of a bout between Evander Holyfield and Riddick Bowe at Caesars in 1993. Miller died in 2002.

August 5, 1966

Work in progress: When Caesars’ 48-hour grand opening party kicked off, the resort was still under construction. As the New York Times reported on August 8, 1966, “Guests checked into assigned rooms only to find that carpenters, plumbers and carpeting crews were still at work in them. One of Hollywood’s leading television executives was advised by a chambermaid to check into another hotel because, ‘They don’t even have enough sheets here.’”

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THINGS YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT PLAYING CAESAR AT CAESARS PALACE Marvin Hagler (left) and Tommy Hearns get fired up during a January 1985 news conference hyping their April 15 middleweight title bout at Caesars. (Elise Amendola/AP Images)

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 He called the “Miracle on Ice” and the earthquake-interrupted 1989 World Series, and for legendary play-by-play man Al Michaels, a 1985 middleweight bout at Caesars Palace ranks among the top sporting events he’s covered: “It was ‘Marvelous’ Marvin Hagler against Tommy Hearns, and as Sports Illustrated said on its cover the following week, ‘Eight minutes of fury.’ The first round, in the minds of many longtime observers, was the round of the century. I’ll never forget it, and I’ll never forget how jazzed I was and how jazzed the crowd was and just the electric feeling that you can only get at a great championship fight.” (Source: 2015 Premier Boxing Champions press conference) ....................................... JANUARY 1, 1992

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 That’s the average number of people who visit the Forum Shops at Caesars Palace every single day. “It’s a long day,”

concedes Maureen Crampton, director of marketing and business development for the shopping center. Retail wasn’t always a foregone conclusion on Las Vegas Boulevard. Before Simon Property Group broke ground on the Forum Shops, the idea of a luxury mall on the Strip was laughable. People didn’t come to Vegas to shop. They came to gamble, and maybe they’d pick up a shiny watch if they won big in the casino. But when the Forum Shops opened at Caesars, decked in marble and statuary and topped with a cloud-covered ceiling that changed before your eyes, the proof was in the emptying shelves. “There were actually stores that were running out of inventory and had to overnight inventory from other locations,” Crampton says. Twenty-four years later, there’s still a waiting list for potential tenants, and it’s still the topselling enclosed mall in America based on revenue-per-squarefoot. But the real proof of the Forum Shops’ pioneering success is

visible outside Caesars Palace, in the landscape of high-end retail all over the Strip. “We were the originators,” Crampton says. .......................................

After 20 years ‘wearing the armor,’ Read Scot lets us in on some of the big man’s secrets

You roll with an entourage. Caesar doesn’t stroll the casino solo. He parts the tourist seas accompanied by Cleopatra, two Egyptian guards and a pair of muscle-bound centurions who yell, “Make way for Caesar,” over the slots. It’s easier than saying, “Excuse me.”

The armor is no joke. “When you put on the chest plate you’re like a turtle, you can’t slouch. It makes you stand very straight. You can look at yourself in the mirror, and you think, I really look like I’m out of that era.”

Caesars may never cross paths. Multiple actors play the role of Caesar at the same time, but never in the same place. “It’s like having two Mickeys in the same room.” The universe would probably implode.

 Every year, the Bacchanal Buffet goes through 634,550 pounds of crab legs and 87,600 pounds of clarified butter. That’s like 106 elephants each carrying about three Brock Lesnars. .......................................

BEFORE IT WAS CAESARS PALACE, SARNO’S CASINO WAS DUE TO BE DUBBED THE DESERT CABANA. DOESN’T QUITE HAVE THE SAME RING TO IT.

You have your own toast. “May all your years be full of cheers, may your pain be only Champagne and may your love and life reign as long as the Roman Empire ruled.”

It’s the best job. For Scot, playing Caesar wasn’t just work, it was a chance to be the host with the literal most (ahem, an entire palace), and to give guests and team members an extra hit of magic. The last time he put on the regalia was for the internal new-hire video, so he gets to welcome new staff to Ancient Rome a la Vegas. “I bleed Caesars,” he says. Hail that.

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PRETTY NEW PIECES BEAUTY & ESSEX BRINGS WHIMSY AND SEX APPEAL TO DINNER AT COSMO BY DEBBIE LEE tep inside Beauty & Essex and your initial reaction might involve a dash of self-doubt. A postage stamp-sized, pawn shop-themed retail spot acts as a front for the restaurant, offering no hint of what lies beyond an unmarked door. Fortunately the reveal is a knockout. There’s a sexy interior literally draped in bling (walls are made up of necklaces swinging from gilded frames), equally stunning servers and—most importantly—a creative and well-executed menu to match. The restaurant is an import from New York City, and its chef, Chris Santos, offers guests the same approachable-yet-globally inspired comfort food served at the original location. To start, there are playful tomato soup dumplings ($18). They’re served on Chinese spoons and wrapped like shumai, but with a grilled cheese and bacon filling, the flavors are pure Americana. From a “Jewels on Toast” menu, we sampled Maine lobster rolls ($19)—three precious, finger-sized bites of chilled claw meat tossed with a confetti of crisp vegetables and tarragon. Fans of red sauce cuisine might BEAUTY & ESSEX initially sneer at a deconstructed The Cosgarganelli ($22.) The bowl of pasta mopoliarrives with an artful (or pretentious, tan, 702depending on your perspective) ar737-0707. Daily, 5 rangement of chili flakes and cheese p.m.-1 a.m. on the side. But a hearty ladleful of lamb Bolognese and a rich whipped ricotta topping will remind you of nonna at first bite. Slightly less impressive is the pressed jerk-spiced chicken ($27.) The meat is juicy, and a bed of polenta is creamy as promised, but it could use a little more Caribbean kick. A luscious peanut butter pie sundae ($14) has just the right texture, and crunchy bits of crushed pretzels add a welcome hit of salt with each bite. Beauty & Essex replaces the former French bistro Comme Ça, but both share a similar spirit. It’s a pretty place for pretty people to nibble and sip—a perfect fit for the Cosmopolitan.

The Maine lobster roll trio highlights a fun Beauty & Essex menu. (Jon Estrada/Staff)

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Howard Samber has Pub 365 fully loaded in the beer department. (Christopher DeVargas/Staff)

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The Tuscany Suites and Casino’s new beer-centric bar boasts a rotating list of 365 brews—40 of them on tap—and its exceptional selection is researched and diverse, with choices to please amateurs and aficionados. But what might be most exciting at Pub 365, which opened July 8, is the name behind the roster … and what isn’t on the menu quite yet. Tuscany food and beverage manager Howard Samber also happens to be a brewer, and not only did he design Pub 365’s list, but his Able Baker beers are on the way. NATIVE BREW The Able Baker name might be familiar if you attended Motley Brews’ 2014 beer festivals held Downtown, where buzz of the budding brewery’s Atomic Duck IPA might have covered more ground than its rubber-ducky mascot. The operation stopped serving its beers shortly after those events, but Samber has partnered with a yet-to-be-announced local operation to contract-brew Able Baker’s suds. “We’ll oversee the quality and the control and the brewing process, but we’re going to be working on someone else’s equipment,” says Samber, adding that the deal is with one of the scene’s “heavy hitters.” Until Able Baker kegs are delivered to Pub 365, there

are still plenty of reasons to saddle up to a stool in its warm, welcoming taproom, which also features wine and cocktails—beertails included—and a full food menu. But back to the brews, right? Current draft selections include locals CraftHaus’ citrusy and bold Jean Claude Belgian ale and solid regional selections like the Swami IPA from San Diego’s Pizza Port. Plus, the list of more than 100 bottles and cans features imports (including what might be the best Belgian array in town), fun finds from favorites around the country (Brooklyn Brewery’s Sorachi Ace Saison) and, of course, local love (Tenaya Creek, Bad Beat, Big Dog’s, Joseph James and CraftHaus are currently featured). Beer snobs should be especially excited by the “unicorn” list, which according to Samber will be populated with rarities and unique finds for the discerning hops hobbyist. Samber, who insists he can’t choose one favorite brew, says he’s looking forward to offering his customers such a vast variety. “I think every time you walk in, what I’m most excited for is that there would be a new option, a new beer to sample, a new beer to try.”

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METHOD Combine all ingredients for the sangrita into a pitcher and add salt to taste. Stir to combine, cover and refrigerate until ready to serve. Rim 3-ounce serving glasses with Chile Aleppo/ lime salt. Serve with tequila shot.

If your only experience with tequila shots includes licking salt off your hand and a lime wedge between your teeth, let us introduce sangrita. It’s a traditional Mexican accompaniment to blanco tequila, meant to be sipped alongside the shot as both a chaser and a palate cleanser. Somewhat reminiscent to a Bloody Mary, sangrita is rich, spicy, slightly sweet and pairs perfectly with a good tequila. And while lesser-known in the U.S., sangrita is a mainstay among tequila lovers in Mexico.

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ike plenty of other Southern California teenagers, Sam Vogel developed a love of music playing guitar and jamming in rock bands with friends. But as he got older, things changed. “I was into everything from classic rock to heavy metal. My big influence was Metallica,” says the rising star DJ known as Jauz. In electronic music, he found creative independence, “a venue to express myself musically that I only had to depend on myself with. … If I can write a good song, that’s all I have to worry about.”

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Jauz has become one of mainstream EDM’s most sought-after DJs, working with Skrillex, Diplo and, most recently, Tiësto, with whom he teamed to release “Infected” July 15. It’s an adrenalinefueled track featuring Jauz’s hard-andheavy handiwork. “When I first started meeting all these people, I was super starstruck,” he says. “Now I’m at the point where I go out to dinner with Tiësto and The Chainsmokers and all of our girlfriends, and its like we’re going out with friends for a normal dinner. If I told 16-year-old me that was a thing

that could happen, I would literally laugh at myself in the face.” Known for blending genres and moving fearlessly beyond musical trends, Jauz takes a big step toward stardom with his new Las Vegas residency Off the Deep End, which will see him play Omnia, Jewel and Hakkasan. It’s easy to see why he’s been able to defy the odds and quickly move toward the top of the heap; a go-getter spirit influences everything he does, from spinning in the booth to gambling in the casino. “One thing [Tiësto] and I share in common is that we love to play craps,” he says. “For me it’s not about making money; it’s about having a group of friends around a table and having a good time.” Whether or not you spot Jauz at the tables, don’t pass him on the decks. Jauz at Omnia at Caesars Palace, July 26. –Leslie Ventura

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aby I got me/And that’s all I need/Only friend I need/ Playing on my team. Iggy Azalea likely wrote those lyrics from her latest electro-hop smash “Team” before her public split with LA Laker Nick Young, but the empowering words could be perfectly suited to describe the rapper and model’s next chapter.

Series appearance; and headlining at Hakkasan’s new venue Jewel, where she’ll perform July 23.

This year is shaping up to be a big one for the Aussie: the anticipated release of her sophomore album Digital Distortion; a TV gig down under judging talent on X Factor Australia; highprofile performances like her Good Morning America Summer Concert

“Team” might be Azalea’s first solo single in a few years, but its top-10 placement on Billboard’s Hot Rap Songs chart suggests she still can spit some serious rhymes.

“I’m performing ‘Team’ this time around but [I am] playing at Jewel again in [August],” Azalea said. “My album will be out then so I’m sure the second show will include an expanded and newer setlist.”

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debut album, The New Classic, scored four Grammy nominations, and smash hit “Fancy” topped Billboard’s Hot 100. Right behind it was Azalea’s “Problem” collaboration with Ariana Grande. Azalea is a musical force to be reckoned with, which makes it pretty easy to side with Team Iggy. Iggy Azalea at Jewel at Aria, July 23. —Mark Adams For our full interview with Iggy Azalea, visit lasvegasweekly.com/industry.

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ou’re in Vegas at a really good restaurant, and there are so many there. It’s like discovering a new world when you find a new one with good friends. Then you know you’re gonna go out, or maybe you’ll just find a place to drink and chill out, or are you gonna hang in the casino? Usually it’s a bit of all that. You’ve always got that one friend who can’t get off the tables, so you sit and watch them for a while, drinking as you’re watching, and girls are going by so you’re flirting and talking. Someone comes around and says ‘Let’s go over here,’ and you just go, not even thinking. You’re indoors so you don’t know what time of day or night it is, and then it’s morning. It’s 11 a.m. Time to go to sleep so you can do the pool party later. You can never be bored in Vegas.” Instantly recognizable supermodel and actor Tyson Beckford might want to add “poet” to his résumé, because he summed up so much about what’s great about Las Vegas. And he knows what he’s talking about. One of his recent visits had

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rom its upstart days slinging grub around the Valley from a big red food truck to its current, ideal location in the Chinatown district, Fukuburger is nothing less than an icon of late-night Vegas eats. Founder Colin Fukunaga has evolved the idea of an all-American burger with some Japanese twists through several iterations since launching his truck in Las Vegas in 2010, including specialevent catering, mega-sized food festivals and restaurants in Hollywood and on the Strip. But the one constant has always been the simple understanding that after a night of partying, nothing hits the spot quite like the Tamago burger, a sizzling, juicy beef patty topped with a fried egg, furikake, crispy onions and house-made teriyaki and wasabi mayo sauces.

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Of course, the bacon-laden Buta, the mushroom-stacked Kinoko, and the spicy Karai with its habanero kabayaki sauce are equally satisfying, along with the original No. 1 Fukuburger with American cheese, lettuce, tomato, onions and Fuku sauce. At the Chinatown spot, which opened in the fall, not

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f I ask you to meet me for a cocktail at Red Rock Resort, you might assume we’ll get together at the shimmering Lucky Bar in the casino’s center, or perhaps take in the grandeur under the Swarovski chandelier in the Lobby Bar. There are lots of lovely options, but this time we’ll drink at the Onyx Bar, located just up those lobby staircases across from the regal T-bones Chophouse. Why? Because Red Rock just revamped Onyx into the ultimate whiskey and cigar experience.

We’ll eyeball that 10-person VIP room for a future event while exploring the bar’s selection of one-of-a-kind barrel-aged whiskeys and vast menu of bourbon, rye and single-malt scotch, including some hard-to-find varieties from Canada, France, Japan and Taiwan. You’ll probably experiment with Onyx’s new signature cocktails, like a classic Blood & Sand with Johnnie Walker Black or the funky Carnivale with cachaça, aperol and fresh lemon sour. I might try a whiskey flight, in search of the perfect pairing for a Padron Family Reserve Maduro. We’re going to be here a while.

Red Rock Resort is known for its multitude of available experiences, but this one is as refined as it gets. Onyx Bar at Red Rock Resort, 702-797-7517. Sunday-Thursday 4 p.m.-midnight, Friday & Saturday 4 p.m.-2 a.m. –Brock Radke

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hen LAX launched its Throwback Thursdays party, the Luxor club couldn’t have chosen a more appropriate DJ to anchor the fun. DJ R.O.B. has lived in Las Vegas since 1976, scored his first paid gig in 1982 and has played an integral part in the way Vegas sounds and dances since before there were nightclubs on the Strip. “I was working black R&B clubs when I was 16 and 17 years old. I’d come home at 4 in the morning and then go right to school,” says the DJ/producer born Robert Hathcock. “Being a DJ then was a novelty. I was cutting and scratching and doing things I didn’t

know existed elsewhere. The DJ is such a commodity now, but back then it was something people wanted to watch, seeing the DJ manipulate the vinyl.” Times have changed—especially in Las Vegas—but R.O.B.’s skills remain in high demand. Besides performing, programming and consulting for various venues, he has produced top-rated Vegas radio shows, edited music for various productions and even finds time to lead his Funk All Stars band (from behind the drum kit) for special events and concerts. When LAX execs approached R.O.B. about guest performers at Throwback

Thursdays, he “came up with a list of artists from the ’90s and early 2000s, plus a little ’80s golden era, and they’ve used a lot of those names,” R.O.B. says. “It’s been working.” Appearances by Vanilla Ice, Kid ’n Play and others— blended with choreography from LAX’s “fly girls” dance squad—have turned it into a hot night. “And it’s not just hip-hop. I could be Spice Girls to Salt-NPepa—pardon the pun—or Backstreet Boys to NWA. That’s the gamut, and it’s working.” Throwback Thursdays with DJ R.O.B. at LAX at Luxor. –Brock Radke

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JEW EL 7/22 Jason Derulo. 7/23 Iggy Azalea. 7/25 Lil Jon. 7/29 The Chainsmokers. 7/30 Steve Aoki. 8/1 GTA. 8/5 Lil Jon. 8/6 Swizz Beatz. Aria, Mon, Thu-Sat, 702-590-8000.

TAO 7/21 Chris Paul. 7/22 Enferno. 7/23 Eric DLux. 7/28 DJ Five. 7/29 Four Color Zack. 7/30 Politik. Venetian, Thu-Sat, 702-388-8588.

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7/22 Brooke Evers. 7/23 Steve Powers. 7/24 DJ Five. 7/29 DJ E-Rock. 7/30 Bassjackers. 7/31 Claude VonStroke. 8/5 Scooter & Lavelle. 8/6 Party Favor. 8/7 Eric DLux. Mandalay Bay, Thu-Sun, 702-632-4700.

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How does beloved British comedy Ab Fab translate to the big, American screen?

Josh Bell runs down the baddest bad guys in Star Trek film history. Feel the wrath.

Why EODM matters, beyond the Paris attacks. And how OMD got Pretty, pretty fast.

Las Vegas Little Theatre takes on modern Pan production Peter and the Starcatcher.

When and where to catch Dead Prez, Leslie Jones and the USA men’s hoops squad.

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THE KING AND I Winner Ted Torres, left, celebrates with runner-up Dwight Icenhower during an Elvis Presley tribute-artist contest at the Images of the King: Las Vegas festival at Sam’s Town on July 17. Torres took home $5,000 in prize money. (Steve Marcus/Staff)

ON THE WEB Dixie Chicks and Twenty One Pilots concert reports. Star Trek Beyond and Ice Age: Collision Course film reviews. A CAC exhibit exploring the link between art and science. Matt Damon talks Bourne and more. And a tomahawk-filled journey through CombatCon. Find it all at lasvegasweekly.com.

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By Josh Bell

t’s fitting that the central storyline of Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie hinges on the supposed massive popularity of someone whose fame peaked in the ’90s, since the movie itself feels like a relic of a past era, and not in a good way. In the U.K., sitcom Absolutely Fabulous was hugely successful in its initial run from 199296, and the cast has periodically reunited for TV specials and additional short seasons (the most recent in 2012). In the U.S., though, Ab Fab is at best a cult phenomenon, thanks mainly to its airings on Comedy Central in the ’90s (it has since aired on Oxygen, BBC America and Logo). So this theatrical movie is a bit of a victory lap for star/creator Jennifer Saunders, co-star Joanna Lumley and the supporting cast, but that kind of selfcongratulatory send-off only works if the audience has enormous inherent goodwill for the characters. This movie may test the patience of even the most ardent

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie tests the limits of nostalgia

Ab Fab fans with its dated, often regressive humor, its the authorities after Edina accidentally almost kills endless parade of celebrity cameos and its aimless, model Kate Moss (whose fame is so great, apparbloated plot, which never once feels like it ently, that this act sparks a global outrage). should be stretched beyond the length of a Once Edina and Patsy head to Cannes aaccc single sitcom episode. to hide out, along with Edina’s teenage ABSOLUTELY Still, there was a time when insecure, granddaughter Lola (Indeyarna DonaldsonFABULOUS: narcissistic publicist Edina Monsoon Holness), the movie completely loses its THE MOVIE (Saunders) and her even more selfway, with a string of tone-deaf jokes and a Jennifer Saunders, centered best friend, fashion editor half-hearted attempt at suspense (Edina’s Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha. DiPatsy Stone (Lumley), were very funny to perpetual wet-blanket daughter Saffron, rected by Mandie watch, and occasionally a bit of that comes played by Julia Sawalha, and Edina’s ditzy Fletcher. Rated R. through in the new movie. The humor in assistant Bubble, played by Jane Horrocks, Opens Friday in select theaters. the show, especially in the early days, was attempt to track the two women down). The at the expense of Edina and Patsy and what direction by British TV veteran Mandie terrible people they are, but as the characFletcher (who helmed a few episodes of the ters have become pop-culture icons, Saunders (who Ab Fab TV series) does little to expand the sitcomwrote the screenplay) seems to have a tougher time level visual style, and the characters look out of place cutting them down. Instead, they’re portrayed as enwhenever they leave the familiar confines of Edina’s dearingly clueless, bumbling through fashion shows apartment. Like the show itself, they’re probably best and parties and finding themselves on the run from off remaining where they came from.

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Zachary Quinto, Sofia Boutella and Karl Urban (from left) in Star Trek Beyond. Head to lasvegasweekly.com for our review. (Paramount Pictures/Courtesy)

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Khan Noonien Singh (Ricardo Montalban), Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) Widely considered the best Trek villain of all time, Khan is fascinating thanks to his tragic nobility, his quest for vengeance against Kirk consuming him until he becomes desperate and even pitiable.

General Chang (Christopher Plummer), Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) Plummer gives the Shakespearequoting Klingon military leader an air of erudite menace, and his actions are motivated by a righteous commitment to preserving his planet’s indigenous culture.

The five greatest Star Trek movie villains of all time

The Borg Queen (Alice Krige), Star Trek: First Contact (1996) The calm, seductive embodiment of the cybernetic Borg collective is like something out of a horror movie, using the weaknesses of Picard and Data against them as she attempts to assimilate all of humanity.

John Harrison (Benedict Cumberbatch), Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) Making Harrison an alternate version of Khan was a poor choice, but he works well as a villain on his own terms, deviously manipulating the Enterprise crew and then ruthlessly hunting them down when they no longer serve his needs.

STAR TREK BEYOND Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban. Directed by Justin Lin. Rated PG-13. Opens Friday citywide. See our review at lasvegasweekly.com.

Shinzon (Tom Hardy), Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) A prefame Hardy makes this somewhat silly villain (a clone of Picard) into a haunted outsider who’s been mistreated his entire life and has become obsessed with the man he views as both his father figure and his natural enemy. –Josh Bell

Like Patrick Jean’s “Pixels,” David F. Sandberg’s “Lights Out” is a dialogue-free, ultrashort (a little over two minutes) film that went viral online a few years ago and led to a featurefilm deal. Unlike Jean, Sandberg got to direct the feature based on his short, and he didn’t have to cast Adam Sandler in the lead role. But “Lights Out” is similarly tough to adapt to feature length, with the simple, straightforward hook of the short losing its impact over the course of 80 minutes. Still, Sandberg proves that he’s decent at creating scares, and audiences just looking for a handful of jump moments might find Lights Out satisfactory. Everything around those moments is pretty weak, though, with screenwriter Eric Heisserer struggling to build a story around the single basic scare of Sandberg’s short. The image of a mysterious entity that only appears when lights are turned off, getting closer each time, is undeniably creepy, and Sandberg and Heisserer find a handful of clever variations on it over the course of the movie. The expositionheavy back story for why such an entity is targeting depressed mother Sophie (Maria Bello), her adult daughter Rebecca (Teresa Palmer) and her young son Martin (Gabriel Bateman) is less effective, and its abrupt resolution ends up cutting off any potential larger themes. That’s not a problem in a two-minute short, but a feature needs something beyond brief periodic jolts of fear. –Josh Bell

aabcc LIGHTS OUT Teresa Palmer, Gabriel Bateman, Maria Bello. Directed by David F. Sandberg. Rated PG-13. Opens Friday citywide.

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birds of play Three reasons to see Eagles of Death Metal, beyond the obvious By Jason Bracelin

t’d be a tragedy if the Eagles of Death Metal became synonymous with tragedy. They’re among the most revelrous, life-affirming bands in rock ’n’ roll, and yet, after gunmen left 89 dead at one of their gigs in Paris last November, they’re now linked to one of history’s worst terrorist attacks. Helping the band put all that behind it is but one reason to see EODM this week at the Hard Rock Hotel. Here are three more:

Eagles of Death Metal frontman Jesse Hughes preaches the gospel of rock ’n’ roll like no other. Hughes just might be rock’s most zealous evangelist, a true believer who prophesizes from the stage with the mouth-frothing fervor of some wide-eyed street preacher—only in Hughes’ case, he’s predicting the fall of various ladies’ undergarments in place of brimstone. Dude’s not just a motormouth, it’s as if his tongue is propelled by the kind of booster rockets that sent spacecraft into orbit. Thing is, the guy is as earnest as he is impossibly energetic. “What good’s a heart if it ain’t on your sleeve?” Hughes asks on “Heart On,” the title track from the band’s third full-length. Over the course of four albums, EODM has made it its business to render that question a rhetorical one.

The show’s on a Friday night, and this bunch is like the end of the work week incarnate. The Eagles of Death Metal’s repertoire isn’t just posited on letting your hair down, it’s about shaking that dirty mane until fun-blockers like good judgment, inhibition and self-consciousness are jarred loose from cerebellums. The band’s catalog is one prolonged invocation to cut loose, with Hughes panting and purring in a near-falsetto whinny over bump ’n’ grind guitars meant to get hips and fists shaking alike. Work hard, play hard? These guys render the two indivisible.

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The Story of ‘If You Leave’ OMD’s Paul Humphreys explains how the Pretty in Pink hit came together—fast

“w Jesse Hughes and the Eagles of Death Metal soar into town for a Friday-night pool show at the Hard Rock Hotel. (Barry Brecheisen/AP Photo)

When it comes to getting lucky, attending an EODM gig works 60 percent of the time, all the time. Just how libidinal and heavy-breathing is the EODM canon? Well, when the band plays the Hard Rock pool, expect the windows of all those bedroom suites to get fogged up from the outside for a change. If rock ’n’ roll can be likened to an aphrodisiac, this is Spanish fly with the wings of, well, an eagle. “I make dick-shaking, titty-wobbling, good-time, let’s-getdown, what’s-up-girl music,” Hughes told entertainment website Consequence of Sound in 2015. Time to shake and wobble, Vegas.

EAGLES OF DEATH METAL with Beware of Darkness, The Dirty Hooks. July 22, 9 p.m., $27-$30. Hard Rock Hotel pool, 702-693-5000.

e got the script from John Hughes, and he said, ‘Okay, write a song for this bit.’ So we did, and we spent two months agonizing over it. We were just about to go on tour with the Thompson Twins—we had two days before the tour started—and we got off the plane in LA and had a message from John Hughes: ‘Please contact us immediately.’ “We spoke to John, and he said, ‘Listen, guys, I hate to tell you this, but I’ve changed the whole end of the film, and your song doesn’t work. Have you got another one we can have?’ And we said, ‘John, we’re going on tour for two months, and we’ve only got two days!’ And he said, ‘Don’t worry. I’ll book you into one of the best studios in LA.’ So Andy [McCluskey] and I basically sat in this studio for 24 hours straight—I was on piano and Andy was scribbling words—working out tunes together. We wrote ‘If You Leave’ in 24 hours. We did a quick

demo of it, stuck the cassette in a cab, sent it to John and went to bed. Two hours later, the phone rings, and it’s John Hughes saying, ‘Love the song, get back in the studio and record it.’ We had to do this whole thing— write it and record it— in two days. And that was ‘If You Leave.’ I have no idea how we did it. I barely even remember writing it, to be honest. It was such a high-pressure situation. But I was so thankful for it, because ‘If You Leave’ was better than the song that didn’t end up in the film.” –Annie Zaleski For more of our interview with Humphreys, visit lasvegasweekly.com.

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark opening for Barenaked Ladies with Howard Jones. July 22, 7:30 p.m., $38-$75. Downtown Las Vegas Events Center, 800-745-3000.

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Comedy Mirage Bill Maher 7/22-7/23, 10 pm, $65-$87. Leslie Jones 7/29, 10 pm, $44-$65. 702-792-7777. Orleans (Showroom) D.L. Hughley 7/22-7/23, 8 pm, $44-$65. 702-284-7777. Rio Shaquille O’Neal All Star Comedy Jam 7/217/22, 7:30 pm, $74-$140. 702-777-2782.

Performing Arts Historic Fifth Street School The Princess and the Pea 7/21, 10:30 am, $3. 401 S. 4th St., 702-229-3515. Las Vegas Little Theatre Peter and the Starcatcher 7/21-7/23, 8 pm; 7/24, 2 pm, $25. 3920 Schiff Dr., 702-362-7996. Onyx Theatre Debbie Does Dallas: The Musical 7/217/23, 8 pm, $23. 953 E. Sahara Ave., 702-732-7225. Super Summer Theatre Memphis 7/21-7/23, 8 pm, $13. Spring Mountain Ranch State Park, 702-594-7529. Theatre in the Valley The Magic of Lion 7/23, 2:30 & 8

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pm, $10-$15. 10 W. Pacific Ave., 702-558-7275.

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Live Music

Planet Hollywood (Axis) Jennifer Lopez 7/22, 7/23,

THe Strip & Nearby

Sayers Club Flashgang, FTAA, Isaac Lee, Jay Zen

7/27, 9 pm, $95-$219. 702-777-2782. Brooklyn Bowl The Offspring 7/24, 8 pm, $45-$75. Linq, 702-862-2695. The Colosseum Reba, Brooks & Dunn 7/22-7/23, 7/26, 7:30 pm, $60-$205. Caesars Palace, 702-731-7333. Double Down Saloon Full Garage, Antidon’ts 7/21. Civil Disgust, Agent 86, Out of Order, Roni Lee Group 7/22. Cause of Death, Whatever That Means, Tic Tocs, Harriers of Discord, Yours Cruelly, Twisted

B2B Almo 7/22. Matt Morgan 7/23. Shows 10 pm, free. SLS, 702-761-7618. Stoney’s Rockin’ Country Olivia Lane 7/22, 7 pm, $5. Steve Bogard, Jesse Lee Levin 7/23, 7 pm, $15. Town Square, 702-435-2855. Topgolf (The Yard) Soul Asylum 7/22, 9 pm, $20$35. 4627 Koval Lane, 702-933-8458. Vinyl The Lique, Moksha, The Rockie Brown Band,

Ladies, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Howard Jones 7/22, 7:30 pm, $38-$199. The Art of Rap ft. Public Enemy, EPMD, Mobb Deep & more 7/23, 7 pm, $28-$88. 200 S. 3rd St., 800-745-3000.

free. 3939 Spring Mountain Road, 702-222-3196. Mah Jongg World Championship 7/22-7/24, times

Krieger 7/23, 9 pm, free. Vegasexperience.com. The Griffin Couches, Special-K 7/27, 10 pm, free. 511 Fremont St., 702-382-0577. The Smith Center (Reynolds Hall) Chris Botti 7/26, 8

Artifice, 1025 S. 1st St., #100, 702-489-6339. Neighborhood Awards 7/23, 7 pm, $118-$158.

pm, $59-$99. The Ronnie Foster Trio 7/24, 2 & 6 pm,

Summer 7/23, 4 pm, $25-$130. Franks & Deans

$20-$35. 361 Symphony Park Ave., 702-749-2000.

7/23, 10 pm, free. Hard Rock Hotel, 702-693-5000.

Beware of the Darkness, The Dirty Hooks 7/22, 9 pm, $27-$30. 702-693-5000. House of Blues Strange Mistress, The Forget Me

Backstage Bar & Billiards Cash’d Out, The Rhyolite Sound 7/21, 8 pm, $10-$15. The ConWaves, Leaving Springfield, Demi Vie, We Are Pancakes

Count’s Vamp’d Puddle of Mudd 7/23, 9 pm, $20Cox Pavilion Dead Prez, Rebel Diaz 7/23, 9 pm, $38$54. 702-739-3267.

7/22, 8 pm, $5. Arise Roots, Iya Terra, Ital Vibes,

Dive Bar Dehumanized, Dysentery, The Genocide

Burden on Society 7/21, 7:30 pm. Mandalay Bay,

Blvd Roots, Lady Reiko, Bounce Cruz 7/23, 8 pm,

Architect, Lethal Injection, Phalloplasty 7/21, 8

702-632-7600.

$10-$15. 601 E. Fremont St., 702-382-2227.

pm, $10. Agent Orange 7/22, 7 pm, $15. East Side

Beauty Bar Smoke Season, Caught a Ghost 7/22, 8

American Rejects, DJ Spider 7/23-7/24, 7:30 pm,

pm, $8-$10. Warn the Duke, Jerk 7/23, 8 pm, free.

$45-$250. Mua He Ruc Ro 3 7/25, 9 pm, $20-$185.

Black Milk, Nat Turner Band, Hassan, Jessica

Hard Rock Hotel, 702-693-5222.

Manalo 7/27, 8 pm, $10. LA Witch 7/28, 8 pm, free. 517

Mandalay Bay (Events Center) Keith Sweat, Charlie Wilson 7/22, 6 pm, $85-$125.

Fremont St., 702-598-3757. Bunkhouse Saloon Grandpa vs. Prowler, Dead

Neighborhood Awards Show ft. Maxwell & more

Sara 7/23, 8 pm, $10-$12. Spindrift, Jesika von

7/23, 7 pm, $118-$158. (Beach) Kip Moore 7/22,

Rabbit, Demon Lung, DJ Jacob Savage 7/26, 7

9 pm, $36. Chase Rice, Josh Abbott Band 7/23,

pm, $10. 124 S. 11th St., 702-854-1414.

9 pm, $32. 702-632-7777.

Downtown Las Vegas Events Center Barenaked

Swingshift Sideshow 7/27, 8 pm, $15. Fremont Country Club, 601 E. Fremont St., 702-382-6601.

$25. 6750 W. Sahara Ave., 702-220-8849.

Nows, Sheiks of Neptune, Candy Warpop, A

The Joint Blink-182, A Day to Remember, All

Mandalay Bay Events Center, 702-632-7580. RollerCon 7/27-7/31, times vary, $79-$249. Westgate Resort, rollercon.com.

Everywhere Else Downtown

$25-$124. Venetian Theatre, 702-414-9000. Music & Memory Fundraiser 7/23, 8 pm, $10.

8 pm, $20-$35. Alan Cumming 7/23, 6 pm & 8:30

Cameron Calloway 7/21, 8 pm, $10-$20. DigiTour

Hard Rock Hotel (Pool) Eagles of Death Metal,

vary, $250-$665. Westgate, 702-732-5111. Miss Teen USA 7/27, 7:30 pm; 7/29, 8 pm; 7/30, 5 pm,

pm, $29-$99. (Cabaret Jazz) Serpentine Fire 7/22,

10 pm, free. 640 Paradise Road, 702-791-5775. 702-761-7617.

6725 Lee Canyon Road, leecanyonlv.com. Golden Tiki Anniversary Celebration 7/24, 6 pm,

Fremont Street Experience (1st Street Stage) Robby

Black Sole 7/23. Thee Swank Bastards 7/27. Shows The Foundry Joe Nichols 7/22, 7 pm, $29. SLS,

Birdies & Beers 7/23, 8 am, $20-$40. Lee Canyon,

Agents, Rundown Kreeps 7/23, 9 pm, $5. Tartar Control, The Quitters, Jerk, Time Crashers 7/24, 9 pm. 4110 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-586-3483.

Sports Future Stars of Wrestling 7/22, 5 pm, $15-$25. Silverton, 702-263-7777. Las Vegas 51s vs. Reno 7/22-7/25, 7 pm, $11-$16. Cashman Field, 702-943-7200. USA Basketball vs. Argentina 7/22, 5 pm, $40$1,600. T-Mobile Arena, 702-692-1600.

OMD Theatre Iconoclasm, Toxin, Vile Child, Grim Reefer 7/23, 8 pm, $10. Trippy Muzik, Major Bank, Charley Brownn, Audo V., Dela Phantom,

Galleries

Duke Nukum, Frederick Daniel & more 7/24,

The Center Garilyn Brune 7/23, 6 pm, free. 401 S.

6:30 pm, $9-$15. 953 E. Sahara Ave., 702-742-4171. South Point (Showroom) Paul Williams 7/22-7/23, 7:30 pm, $23-$32. 702-796-7111.

Maryland Parkway, 702-733-9800. Clark County Government Center Christopher Jones Thru 9/9. Reception 7/22, 6 pm. 702-455-7030.

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