Hm. Wonder what Lutz will be dressing as … (Photo by Issac Brekken)

Oh, nonthreatening vampire fans, do we have a treat for you.> Tao and Lavo team up for the Veuve Clicquot Yelloween, with Twilight’s Ashley Greene and Kellan Lutz at Tao and True Blood’s Rutina Wesley and Sam Trammell at Lavo. It’s a veritable buffet of bloodsucking. It’s an orgy of O-positive. It’s a plethora of phlebotomy. It’s … OK, we’ll stop now. Anyway. It’s Halloween. You know what’s up. Click for more words and pictures »

By Jason Scavone

Living dead guy.

We’re starting Halloween the right way: With a man who made a career out of singing about the Munsters’ car. Rob Zombie plays the sounds of the season at The Pearl inside the Palms tonight. You know, like Andy Williams. If Andy Williams worshiped the devil. Click for more words and pictures »

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Mullet for the ages. (Photos by Denise Truscello)

Of all the rock concerts we’ve ever been to, this is the first one that started with the audience chanting “vagina.” This isn’t so much an indictment of Puscifer as it is a criticism of other bands. Shoulda thought of that first, The Beatles.

When Maynard James Keenan invoked Andy Kaufman, we should’ve guessed he had something tricksy planned for last night’s show at The Pearl.

We just didn’t anticipate he was going to go full-on, building the first half of Puscifer’s set around “Cuntry Boner.” He came out as Billy Burger, dueting with wife Hildy on twangified versions of “Queen B,” “Dozo,” “Sour Grapes” and “Rev 22’20″ — complete with lap steel guitar on an ironing board. And Chef Kerry Simon — in overalls no less — bringing the band cotton candy on stage. It’s grainy, but we even got a pic. It’s documented. Like the Sasquatch. Click for more words and pictures »

By Jason Scavone

So let’s get this straight. You battle cartoon versions of real-life “robot” DJs? This is getting meta.

Blush at Wynn Las Vegas is holding a release party tonight for DJ Hero, the game that puts you in control of … well, mostly a plastic crossfader. We tried it last week and we were a little unimpressed — and we’ll think nothing of spending hours on Guitar Hero for like some crappy Vampire Weekend song. Maybe it was just because we kept chasing the buttons on the record part of the controller until our wrist was bent all the way backwards.

They’re giving away a copy of the Renegade Edition of the game for the best costume tonight, which includes either a copy of the new Jay-Z and Eminem records or it only plays Styx’s “Renegade.” So, your dreams could finally be coming true. Provided you are Dennis DeYoung.

By Jason Scavone

(Photo by Al Powers | SpyOnVegas.com)

It’s less Don King than it is the Gotti kid, no?

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More like Debbie ABS-on, right? Or AB-bie ABS-on? Work with us here. (Photos by Al Powers | SpyOnVegas.com)

Give credit to Debbie Gibson. She could’ve just gone as the devil for Halloween, but she decided to go as Britney Spears going as the devil. At least that’s what we think is going on here.

She was on hand for Tao’s Halloweighties party last night along with boyfriend Dr. Ruteledge Taylor, who clearly missed the part where we told to be careful about being the dude in a couples’ costume lest you become just an accessory.

Gibson rocked the ’80s party with “Shake Your Love” and “Out of the Blue” for a crowd that included Twilight’s Ashley Greene and Kellan Lutz and Sorority Row’s Briana Evigan (who, apparently, didn’t impress Rob Zombie in the remake). Evigan ’80s-ed it up in spandex, although she could’ve just brought her father, Greg, that big car-chair and Paul Riser to have the best My Two Dads costume anyone could ever dream of.

Over at Lavo, Cheryl Burke and boyfriend Max Zagorski had dinner, as did Fame’s Walter Perez. We assume Burke was still basking in the Newton afterglow.

By Jason Scavone

Oooh, someone’s going to get headdress inferiority complex.

If Mufasa looked a little wobbly on stage to the Brits, that’s because we sent our own personal gin bomb, Mayor Oscar Goodman, during his goodwill mission to London to promote British Airways new nonstop service from Heathrow to McCarran. The colonies say hello, Jolly Old.

Hizzonner went to check out The Lion King at the Lyceum Theater. But we know his secret mission was to distribute Martinis to the cast so disappointed theatergoers in Blighty would jet off to Mandalay Bay to see a sharper performance. You can fool most everyone, Mr. Mayor, but we’re onto your masterful scheme here.

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General Maynard, reporting for duty. (Photo by Erik Kabik | Retna)

For fans of both gourmet cooking and boundary-stretching prog-ish metal, Maynard James Keenan is your man, as we found out when we chatted with him that he’s under the tutelage of Wynn chef Alex Stratta. Kennan is at The Pearl tonight with Puscifer to kick off the band’s first national tour. Click for more words and pictures »

By Jason Scavone

They’re coming to get you, George.

A while back, we were at the TromaFest at Bunkhouse. It’s not the biggest joint in the world or anything, but holy good God were there some horror fans out there. If people are getting so excited about The Toxic Avenger that they leave their house covered in fake blood when it’s winter, imagine what Halloween weekend is going to be like at the Palms?

Fangoria magazine is doing the Trinity of Terrors film festival, headlined by Slipknot’s 9 p.m. show at The Pearl Halloween night. But the meat of the event is horror movie heavyweights coming out, starting tomorrow at 5 p.m. with Night of the Living Dead creator George Romero doing a meet-and-greet. We’re hoping to get some good tips on how to survive the coming Zombiegeddon.

Also doing photo-and-signing sessions with fans, plus Q&As will be Malcolm McDowell (A Clockwork Orange, Rob Zombie’s Halloween remake), Bruce Campbell (Evil Dead 1 & 2, Army of Darkness, Bubba Ho-Tep, former CineVegas screener My Name is Bruce) and auteur John Waters doing his one-man show “This Filthy World — Filthier & More Horrible.”

Several films will be screened at the Brenden Theaters, including a RiffTrax showing of House on Haunted Hill tomorrow at 10:30 p.m. RiffTrax is the online-only project of former Mystery Science Theater 3000 helmer Mike Nelson. The full schedule of events is here. They’re even giving Roger Corman a lifetime achievement award. It’s about time someone did. Now let’s see what we can do for Dino De Laurentiis.

By Jason Scavone

This costume could win you $5,000. Or get you skinned in a puppy mill. (Photo by Jessica Blair | SpyOnVegas.com)

It’s getting so close you can taste it. And it tastes like candy corn crammed into fun-size Snickers. (Actually, we’ll be right back. We have to go try that.) Halloween Week is already in full swing, but tomorrow is like the Christmas Eve of … All Hallow’s … um … Eve. We didn’t really think that metaphor through.

The third annual Taoloween celebrates the release of Saw VI with a $5,000 costume contest, and Zombie Billy Mays says: “But wait! That’s not all! BRAAAINS!” Tao has added $1,000 categories for scariest costume and sexiest costume. Plan ahead, too: Get on the list with an RSVP here.

By Jason Scavone