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You don’t have to go gently into that good, porn-less night. Even though the Adult Entertainment Expo is wrapping up, there’s a last hurrah at the Hard Rock Cafe on the Strip, when Ron Jeremy is with the Sin City Sinners for the Paradise Visuals party. Don’t be sad, though. Your memories of porn stars will last forever. And be on the internet. Click for more words and pictures »

By Jason Scavone

No, seriously. Not related to Macy Gray at all. (Photos by Scott Harrison | Retna)

British singer/songwriter David Gray was at the Hard Rock Cafe last night. No relation to Macy Gray. Easy mistake to make, but we assure you that’s not the case. We actually thought he was an American Idol guy at first, but the crack research staff at Wikipedia assures us we were thinking of David Cook. The point of the story is, our working knowledge of British singer/songwriters is pretty bad.

By Jason Scavone

Scandavian name? Check. Breathy vocals? check. Bjork mode: engaged. (Photos by Scott Harrison | Retna)

Aussie popper Lenka — more or less Sydney’s answer to Bjork — was a the Hard Rock Cafe yesterday for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month’s Pinktober Rock ‘n’ Roll Fashion Show. Models included local media folk, and Zowie Bowie’s Marley Taylor, paired with cancer survivors to hit the catwalk.

We were just glad to hear Pinktober had nothing to do with coming up and/or getting the party started. For 30 whole days.

By Jason Scavone

(Photo by Scott Harrison. Additional photos by Erik Kabik | Retna)

YouTube phenom, 15-year-old Justin Bieber did a special performance at the Hard Rock Cafe Saturday with fans lined up and down the Strip for the show. Man, is there anything worse than someone who has success, fans and a career under 20? Then again, if we’re going to only have Kanye and Gaga as our entertainers, we may as well skip the Peter Pan Complex and go straight for the children.

From the grown-up singer files, Rob Thomas of Matchbox 20 was at N9NE Steakhouse for dinner with a coupleof friends. Joe Mauer of the Minnesota Twins and AL MVP lock entertained 10. Apparently this was the weekend to be here if you’ve been deposed from the baseball playoffs. Glee’s Mark Salling had dinner for two. Justin Berfield of Malcolm in the Middle sat on the mezzanine balcony at Moon.

Tao saw Jennifer Morrison and Amaury Nolasco come in for dinner. Stephen Dorff ate with Tao’s owners before heading to the club, where Floyd Mayweather Jr. was celebrating a friend’s birthday.

And, from the random file: Alice Cooper and Steve Miller had dinner at Simon inside Palms Place. Battle of the classic radio staples. If we got some REO Speedwagon up in there, we’d have had ourselves a party.

By Jason Scavone

This could be the new Audioslave. (Photos by Erik Kabik. Additional photos by Scott Harrison | Retna)

What better way to open a Hard Rock Cafe than with some of the best pipes in rock music? Chris Cornell did the grand opening concert at the new Strip cafe that opened with a ceremonial guitar-smashing instead of ribbon-cutting, with Holly Madison on lead. She’s like the Angus Young of this crew of guitar smashers. Unless, you know, actual Angus Young were to turn up. He’s always the Angus Young-iest guy in the room.

Also turning up were Fantasy newcomer Angelica Bridges, Peepshow’s Aubrey O’Day, Vince and Lia Neil, Chris Kirkpatrick, Zowie Bowie, Louis Prima Jr. and Tera Patrick because you absolutely can not have rock ‘n’ roll without porn. It’s a rule. Some might say it’s a rule we just made up, but we say those people are just a bunch of buzzkills.

By Jason Scavone

‘Here’s a little number called, ‘How I Broke Into The Louvre.’ ‘ (Photos by Erik Kabik | Retna)

Moksha, the jam band fronted by Carmen Sandiego, did the first show at the Hard Rock Cafe on the Strip. The audience got to enjoy the band’s eclectic mix of jazz, funk and rock while also learning an important lesson in geography after their singer stole a priceless objet d’art from Paris.

It all went downhill pretty quick, though, when some snot-nosed kids with a crappy Apple IIe busted in the place and started making crazy accusations. Can’t V.I.L.E. operate in peace for one stinking show?

By Jason Scavone

Childhood hunger can’t withstand the power of Playmates.

Holly Madison took her goddaughter to see Terry Fator at The Mirage last night. Tonight, she’ll trade the puppets for food at the Taste of a Nation fundraiser is inside the Hard Rock Hotel, featuring more than 30 restuarants, top chefs and mixologists. The event raises money for the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension, Project MANA, Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada and Three Square Food Bank to help fight childhood hunger. Tickets are $75 for general admission and $100 for VIP, and can be purchased here.

By Jason Scavone

Father and son, united in facial hair. (Photo by Scott Harrison | Retna)

Vinnie Paul Abbott, alongside father Jerry Abbott, was at the Hard Rock Cafe yesterday to sign copies of his book, Dimebag Darrell: He Came to Rock, a biography of his brother. Darrell, author of one of the most soul-crushing riffs of all time, was shot on stage in 2004 while he and Vinnie Paul played in Damageplan.

In other rock news, the follow up to 1993’s The Spaghetti Incident? — Guns n’ Roses Chinese Democracy comes out on Sunday. At least until Axl Rose melts down and has all the copies of the album pulled from Best Buy on Saturday night, say around 11:40 p.m.

By Jason Scavone