NEEEEEEERDS!

FINALLY, for one night we can go somewhere where talking about Voltron for 45 minutes will be normal. We were going to do it anyway, but nouveau New Wavers The Spazmatics at Rok Vegas inside New York-New York make it a more nerd-friendly environment tonight instead of say, having the conversation with the cashier at the grocery store like we had planned. Naturally, it’s a nerd costume party too, with DJ sets from Robert Oleysyck, Alex Terranova and Freddy B. Click for more words and pictures »

By Jason Scavone

You could argue they wouldn’t tolerate Jive Turkeydom. You could also argue we just wanted to put up a pic of Sanford and Son.

Just admit it: Thanksgiving morning wouldn’t be complete without a pounding hangover. To properly kick off the start of a four-day weekend, Rok Vegas at New York-New York hosts Jive Turkey 3 with DJs Aurajin and Shr3d with a live performance from RnR. The SpyOnVegas Open Bar runs from 6 to 9 p.m. on the patio, and $59 rooms are available just so you don’t have to call your parents to bail you out from a DUI while they’re trying to watch a parade. Hit the link to get on the list.

By Jason Scavone

Apparently there’s a club that disagrees.

Ah, it’s that favorite time of the year for FM classic rock DJs across the land: Rocktober. Or, in this case, it’s the Roktoberfest. New York-New York’s Rok Vegas is celebrating by kicking off a series of Guitar Hero competitions tonight, Oct. 15 and Oct. 22. The grand prize winner scores Guitar Hero: Metallica for Xbox 360, two nights at New York-New York, bottle service at Rok, dinner for two at Nine Fine Irishmen and two tickets to the Dec. 5 Metallica show at Mandalay Bay. Plus, there’s a bonus SpyOnVegas.com Open Bar from 10:30 to 11:30 p.m. Channel your inner Kirk Hammett here. Click for more words and pictures »

By Jason Scavone

At one time, this was a society-shaking controversy.

Tonight’s a tough call. Revolution at The Mirage has Biz Markie, who Heineken decided need to be the official soundtrack for not drunk driving (which is pretty awesome, all things considered), but Rok Vegas at New York-New York has 2 Live Crew. How do they expect us to choose between “Just a Friend” and “Me So Horny?” Do they think we’re made of stone? It’s like trying to choose between which one of your children you like better. Oh, wait. The boy. That was actually easier than we thought it would be. Click for more words and pictures »

By Jason Scavone

Just once, bring the parachute pants back. Do it for us. (Photos by Scott Harrison | Retna)

If Rok at New York-New York had any problems, well consider them solved. Vanilla Ice was on the scene like police passing him up for dope fiends last night. While Ice has spent the last 19 years taking abuse as a fraud and a hack, everyone usually talks about how he talked up his thugness, or he wasn’t a particularly great rapper. No one ever points, though, that he was using the “lyrical poet/in case you didn’t know it” rhyme as late as 1990. Jesus.

Although we do need to point out that MC Hammer did a show here last week, and now Ice last night. Do you hear that, Gerardo? Vegas is calling.

By Jason Scavone

Photos of the elusive Vanilla Ice are as rare as that of Sasquatch. (Photo by Scott Harrison | Retna)

You thought he was just some kind of bogeyman your parents used to scare you into behaving. “Timmy, if you don’t clean up your room tonight, Vanilla Ice is going to come out from under your bed and eat you.” “Billy, eat your vegetables. Vanilla Ice can sense Vitamin D deficiency in children, and he snatches them up to live in his cabin in the woods.” Yes, we know. We’ve heard all the old stories. But Vanilla Ice is real, and he’s going to be at Rok Vegas inside New York-New York tonight. You’ve been warned.

• Andre Legacy and Dirt Nasty are at Revolution inside The Mirage.
• Wasted Space inside the Hard Rock Hotel does Wasted Wednesdays.
• LAX at Luxor does its Industry Night.
• The SpyOnVegas.com Open Bar is at Town Square’s Brio with Jeremy James from 6 to 9 p.m.
• Lavo inside Palazzo does Label Junkie.
• Luxor’s CatHouse presents Vanity Wednesday at 1 a.m.
• It’s a trio of Latin nights with Azucar at Red Room (3101 W. Sahara Ave.); Noches Latinas with DJs Muneco and Willie at the Thunderbird Lounge (1215 Las Vegas Blvd.); and Tropical at Club Aruba (1215 Las Vegas Blvd.) featuring DJ Muneco.
• Cheyenne Saloon (3103 N. Rancho Drive) features Surviving the Atomic Bomb, Interior Astronaut, Fractured vision and Unconfined at 9 p.m.
• Bunkhouse (124 S. 11th St.) holds Rhythm and Rhymes.
• AJ’s Tavern (3650 S. Decatur Blvd.) does karaoke with Frankie Almost at 9 p.m.
• Double Down (4640 Paradise Road) has The Tell Tale Heartbreakers, Thee Headliners and DJ Beelzebozo.
• Beauty Bar (517 Fremont St.) has L’Eighties Night.

By Jason Scavone

Everybody’s talkin’ all this stuff about him. Why don’t they just let him live?

Bobby Brown is getting on stage tonight at Rok Vegas inside New York-New York, so you know what that means: One lucky winner gets hooked on crack tonight. What? You said you always wanted to live like a celebrity, and now’s your chance. You could be just like Whitney Houston and strung out and locked in the bathroom. Click for more words and pictures »

By Jason Scavone

Celebrating the golden era of G-funk from 1992 to late 1992. (Photo by Hew Burney | SpyOnVegas.com)

The last time Warren G was here, he wound up getting stuck in an elevator after his show. Not even Nate Dogg could get him out, and that guy rides to Warren’s rescue like, all the time. Tonight, G will be performing at Rok Vegas inside New York-New York. Now if you’ll excuse us, we have to go listen to “Regulate” 15 or 20 times to get the song out of our head. You can imagine how hard this was in junior high when it was on MTV every 48 seconds.

By Jason Scavone

We’re just trying to cut down on headline characters. It’s the economy. (Photo by Al Powers | SpyOnVegas.com)

The medina will be both funky and cold at Rok Vegas inside New York-New York tonight. There’s probably nothing we can’t tell you about Tone Loc that you don’t already know. He released his hit album Loc-ed After Dark in ’89, he had a less-successful follow up Cool Hand Loc in ’91. He went on to found software giant Loc-rosoft in ’93, painted the Mona Loc-a in ’96 and starred in beloved sitcom The Fresh Loc of Bel-Air in ’97.

By Jason Scavone

Doesn’t look so lonely to us. (Photo by Hew Burney | SpyOnVegas.com)

Rok Vegas at New York-New York had DJ Class in last night to do “I’m the Ish” followed by stoner emo-hop performer Kid Cudi to come do a set that closed with “Day ‘n’ Nite,” the minimalist anthem for everyone who’s packing a bowl and feeling sorry for themselves. Check out the full set of photos over at SpyOn.

By Jason Scavone