My view of Vegas will always be molded by that of the hallucinatory
vision of Hunter S, Thomson, even though my own experience has not
ventured any closer than Sparks/Tahoe. The basic philosophy has not
changed, only the tech/presentation. Take what you can with both hands,
then get the f*** out while you can...
kent williams wrote:
"No offense to anyone who has to live and earn in the city, but the
tourist bit (i.e. the strip) is probably one of the most horrible
places I’ve ever been."
Horribly AWESOME you mean, right?
There are two ways to take Vegas: As a play by the rules, boring job,
2 kids, and van in the garage American, sincerely looking for some
spectacle and safe excitement. Or as someone who goes there because
you'd really rather walk into a Hieronymus Bosch picture.
If your idea of a good time out of town is a nice little room in the
Marais, walking around the Tuileries, and sampling from ten different
wines in a Montparnasse bistro, I think Vegas probably seems like the
world's worst place. It is the Epsilon/Delta proof that money can
ruin anything. If you are willing to be shocked and amazed by the
extremities of human ridiculosity, visit Vegas.
Fun fact about Vegas: It has as many Mormons as a percentage of
population as Salt Lake City, and a lot of those Mormons work the
strip.
On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 3:00 AM, Daniel Bean <daniel.b...@bbc.co.uk> wrote:
Vegas is where the money is:
http://www.spin.com/articles/EDM-las-vegas-kaskade-afrojack-steve-wynn-kaskade-SFX/
I was in Vegas a few weekends ago for a stag party which included visiting
XS, one of the venues in the article. Though Sherburne does an excellent job
of deconstructing the Vegas club phenomenon, he doesn’t even come close to
capturing the full horror of the place itself. No offense to anyone who has
to live and earn in the city, but the tourist bit (i.e. the strip) is
probably one of the most horrible places I’ve ever been.
From: Patrick Wacher [mailto:pwac...@gmail.com]
Sent: 10 October 2013 00:26
To: 313@hyperreal.org
Subject: (313) Richie & Vegas.
Thought this was funny and i thought i'd share...
Was listening to my Kraftwerk station on Pandora, and I get a audio ad
promoting Richie playing at The Cosmopolitan in Vegas... "late night set
3am-5am" ;) I guess Vegas is probably the Ibiza of the USA.
Certainly not expecting to hear this sort of promotion for Mr. Hawtin, had
to laugh none the less.
Carry on.
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