You don’t have to settle for a roof over your head. (Photo by Bryan Steffy)

Cisco and Shwayze along with Jason Smith kick off two days at Tao for Chris Young’s birthday tonight. They’re doubling down at Tao Beach tomorrow, when Dirt Nasty hosts. So that gives you options as to whether you prefer your chill-out identified pop bands indoors or outdoors. We love having options. Click for more words and pictures »

By Jason Scavone

Leggy, like the best women.

We do so love a good mystery. Especially when it’s the mystery of the missing tequila style.

Casa Dragones is a newcomer to the ultra-premium market that blends pure agave platinum with a hint of extra anejo. It’s not going to come cheap — at $275 a bottle and $45 a glass at Mesa Grill — but then, mysteries usually don’t.

“Most tequila makers do a blanco, reposado, anejo, extra anejo. But there is one other style, joven, that’s the forgotten style of blue agave,” said Casa Dragones rep Robert T. Pittman. Click for more words and pictures »

By Jason Scavone

That, is apparently, how low you can go. (Photo by Jessica Blair | SpyOnVegas.com)

Skatemageddon explodes tonight. Between RollerCon and tonight’s Down & Derby at Rain, Vegas is Ground Zero for anyone who straps wheels to their feet. We’re looking at you, bear-riding-a-unicycle. Tonight, it’s the Pants-Off Dance-Off with DJ SHR3D as RollerCon attendees get in for free. Plus, they save on tips because you don’t have to valet a pair of skates.

By Jason Scavone

(Photo by Tony Tran | SpyOnVegas.com)

Frosting, as it turns out, leads a pretty good life.

By Jason Scavone

DRAW … all your cash.

Of the times you could be leaving your laptop somewhere on the Strip, we wouldn’t recommend this weekend. The Black Hat Security Conference is going on at Caesars Palace right now, for legit computer security pros. While its cousin, Defcon, for all the hackers — er, H4Xz0rs — kicks off tomorrow at the Riviera. So how do you get this party started, nerd-style?

By making ATMs spit cash on command. Oh, Jesus. Hacker Barnaby Jack found a way to rig ATMs so he could make them jackpot out all the dough on command. Or just collect all your banking info. None of us are safe. Click for more words and pictures »

By Jason Scavone

Fishnets, skirts and punching? Yes, please.

Bruise season is open for business. RollerCon kicks off. The roller derby convention does its skating business at the Las Vegas Sport Center and has its first event tonight at the Double Down with DJ Rex Dart. They’re doing parties there every night, will be involved with tomorrow night’s Down & Derby at Rain, and put on the big show Friday night with the Black and Blue Ball, a costume affair at the Tropicana pool starting at 9 p.m. Click for more words and pictures »

By Jason Scavone

At least Jim Gray wasn’t following him around. (Photo by Jessica Blair. Additional photos by Tony Tran | SpyOnVegas.com)

Earlier today, ESPN posted, and then spiked, a story about LeBron James’ weekend at Tao and Lavo. Deadspin, ever vigilant about the Worldwide Leader, caught it and posted a cached version of the story by Arash Markazi, who was among James’ crew Saturday night.

Why the there-it-is, there-it’s-gone treatment? Well, Darren Rovell says it had nothing to do with anyone from James’ camp. Deadspin reports that ESPN gave a half-assed excuse about how it was never supposed to be published in the first place.

While we’re certainly not ones to say a kiss-and-tell job is beyond the pale, anyone who’s spent more than 10 minutes in a club knows that the whitewash was about as overreacty as overreactions get. Click for more words and pictures »

By Jason Scavone

Nope. We won’t ever get tired of Vampire Louie.. (Photo by Tony Tran | SpyOnVegas.com)

When Louie Anderson takes over Bonkerz at Palace Station Sept. 7, he’ll be on stage doing Louie: Laughing Out Loud Semicolon Closed Parenthesis. Or, Louie: LOL ;) to its friends. It’s apparently the first show in Vegas history named by a 17-year-old girl via text message. We suppose Louie: My Mom Totally Said I Have To Get Off Facebook Now was a little verbose.

Tickets for the Tuesday-through-Saturday show will be $49.95 with a $99.95 VIP package that includes souped-up seating, signed swag and a meet-and-greet. It’s a little cheaper for the basic billet than his Excalibur show, but the VIP experience is steeper — they were $54 and $79, respectively. Locals and hotel guests can nab a $15 discount.

By Jason Scavone

Much like dating, you don’t have to just eat it already.

Are you one of those people who knows what they want? When you crave a chicken parmesan sandwich for lunch, as specific as that is, do you have to have one, even if you have to drive 25 minutes down the road? Do you always get what you want because you know what you want and, hell, you deserve it? And when you don’t get it, do people think you’re picky? (Ed. note: They could also think you’re a pain in the ass. Let’s not rule that out.)

Of course, I’d use a food example, but hey, if I don’t get animal-style fries from In-n-Out or a chorizo burrito from Roberto’s every week, you don’t want to be around me. I get cranky if I can’t satisfy my food cravings. Anyways, I can relate to Type A personalities who have to have what they want, and won’t settle for anything less. Food is easy, but when it comes to dating, getting exactly what you want in a person is a bit harder. (Ed. note: Actually, “animal style” is still appropriate in either case.)

People know what they look for in someone they’d ideally like to date for a long time. But what if you’ve been doing the dating thing for a long time, and you still haven’t found someone you really like, and no one seems to live up to your standards? What do you do then? (Ed. note: Drive to Pahrump.) Do you need to loosen what you’re looking for? You might know what you want, but should you just start learning to take people as they come? Click for more words and pictures »

By Stephanie Sims

(Photo by Roman Mendez | SpyOnVegas.com)

And now, another Great Moment in Dudes Almost Getting Kicked in the Face.

By Jason Scavone