For years, we thought the Cherry Poppin’ Daddies’ “Zoot Suit Riot” was just a celebration of, you know, zoot suits. Our mind was kind of blown when we found out it was based on a real event. This fact proves two things. One, we’re amazingly ignorant; and two, we’re easily impressed. That’s the winning combination that’ll take us far in life. The Daddies swing it at the Canyon Club inside the Four Queens tonight at 7 p.m. Click for more words and pictures »
Great. Now we’ll never get the tarred-and-feathered fetishists to leave the site. (Via myspace.com/thedeadlyseven)
Performance-punk septet The Deadly Seven take the stage at the Canyon Club inside the 4 Queens tonight at 9 p.m with The Adicts.
Imagine if GWAR were a bunch of mostly-naked chicks, and, you know, didn’t feature a guy named “Balsac,” and you’ve got a decent jumping-off point. Or you could just scope the video, which has some super tantalizing, highly arousing clips of a keytar in action.
The comedy scene in Vegas could best be described as, well, let’s say “amorphous.” Sure, you’ve got your share of practitioners and devotees, and a few outlets like Palace Station’s L.A. Comedy Club and The Bunkhouse’s Monday night open mics, but as far as bringing the Patton Oswalts, the Brian Posehns and the Paul. F. Tompkinses (Tompki?) of the world to town, it’s been a harder sell.
In an effort to create a mid-level venue for local up-and-comers who are beyond open mic and under-the-radar national talent, co-founders Bryan Bruner and Julie Seabaugh have organized Fear and Laughing in Las Vegas — although we suspect there’ll be at least 60 percent less ether usage than its gonzo namesake.
The show is tomorrow night at the Four Queens Casino’s Canyon Club at 9 p.m. for $15. Bruner will host and Brandon Muller is featured. Headlining is Nick Thune, who is a veteran of The Tonight Show, Comedy Central Presents and Los Angeles showcase Comedy Death Ray. We caught up with Thune to find out about building a comedy scene, what comics think of Vegas, and whether he and Dmitri Martin are going to join forces in an acoustic guitar-slinging comedy showdown. Click for more words and pictures »
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