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Showgirls Star Will Marry You In Vegas if You Help Get Her To NYC!

Or something like that. This came in from my inside source at Showgirls! The Musical!, which is coming to a gay club near you.

EDC 2012: The Underground Has Left The Building

Twenty years after rave culture first entered the American mainstream, the success of a festival like Electric Daisy Carnival makes one wonder: Can electronic dance music retain its warehouse roots and peace, love, unity and respect (PLUR) on this level? EDC, whose organizers claim they sold out th ... More >>

'Electric Daisy Carnival'

Liberace Will Be Played By Three People!

Came the release: "After seven years of writing, re-writing, fine tuning, and revelatory readings, Alexander DeJong's opulent and lush Liberace musical, All That Glitters will be presented in its pre-Broadway workshop from Tuesday, May 8 through Friday, May 11 at the Baryshnikov Arts Center." Seve ... More >>

Five Musicians Who Could Open Strip Clubs Way More Rock And Roll Than Vince Neil's Girls, Girls, Girls

Just in the nick of time—i.e., right before "Girls, Girls, Girls" dipped below the "20% of all music played in strip clubs everywhere" threshold—the Déjà Vu chain of strip clubs brought Motley Crue's Vince Neil on board to rebrand one of their Las Vegas locations as Vince Neil's Girls, ... More >>

American Fast-Food Chains Invade Russia; Eating Healthy Is (Gasp!) Expensive

​The lowly pickle, now an American staple, was once reviled as a vinegary, garlicky Jewish immigrant import. [NY Times] American fast-food chains have invaded Russia, where they can charge quite a bit more for food than in the U.S. [Business Insider] The team behind 1Oak in Chelsea will take ... More >>

Move Over, Teen Mom, It's Teen Magicians in Make Believe

The Foodie Registry Invites Married Couples to Hit Their Friends up for Dinner

​Couples in Hong Kong recently began turning to McDonald's to fulfill their twisted dreams of matrimonial bliss, and now a fast-growing website is making it possible for American couples to gain edible pay-off for their decision to wed.

The American Dream & Hunter Thompson's 'Fear & Loathing'

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. July 13, 1972, Vol. XVII, No. 28 The American Dream & Hunter Thompson's 'Fear & Loathing' By Lucian K. Truscott IV I was in the market for a used motorcycle a few weeks ago. Not a big one, but not a puny one, either: perhaps a 350 Hond ... More >>

WHAT A TRIP

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas turns 40

James Beard Awards Restaurant and Chef Semifinalists Announced

opentable.comThe product of blood, sweat, and tears​It's almost time for the Oscars. That is, the Oscars of the food world: the James Beard Foundation Awards. Today marked the announcement of the restaurant and chef semifinalists, who were chosen from a record 28,000 online entries. Finalists ... More >>

HIGH STAKES

Funnymen play serious poker for charity

Why We Don't Mind Shelling Out for Fancy Foods; Vegas More Expensive Than New York for Diners

​Economist and Brooklynite Eduardo Porter explains why New Yorkers are willing to pay for certain things -- like fancy coffee and hundred-dollar meals -- but not others in his new book: The Price of Everything: Solving the Mystery of Why We Pay What We Do. [NY Post] Josh Ozersky manages to go ... More >>

ON THE ROAD

Taylor Mac’s walkabout

GLEE ON CRACK

Get out those jazz hands

Thai Restaurants Are Everywhere; Welcome to the Era of the $20 Cocktail

​Two Florida establishments that use "Brooklyn-style" water are suing each other over the patent on the technology that makes it. The water is the key ingredient in authentic New York bagels and pizza dough. [NY Post] Orchards and apple historians are trying to reintroduce "heritage" or "heir ... More >>

José Andrés Goes Chinese-Mexican; Michael Pierre White Shills for Knorr

​The Lion's John DeLucie has big dreams: "I'd like to write observational stuff about my life. I have a studio in my house, and I want to play and produce music. I want to move to Hollywood and drive a convertible." [NY Post] José Andrés's China Poblano, the new restaurant in the Cosmopolit ... More >>

Todd English 'Out' at Juliet Supper Club; David Burke 'In' at Bowlmor

​Todd English is no longer affiliated with Jon B's Juliet Supper Club in Chelsea. The chef's menu was phased out a month ago and a new one by Mario Tolentino, who won an episode of Chopped, has been launched. [Grub Street] White House chef Cristeta Comerford and pastry chef William Yosses rec ... More >>

Fast-Food Chains Replace Teens with Robots; Calorie Labeling Forces Some Restaurants to Shrink Portions

​Yet another journalist asks why, if Alice Waters has been such a revolutionary in the local, slow food movement, do so some many people hate her. [LA Times] Fast-food chains that once employed teenagers to carry out the most mindless, repetitive of tasks are now turning to robots to do these ... More >>

So, You Want to Be Reamed By Donald Trump?

​According to NBC's exuberant casting site, "Donald Trump wants to put America back to work!!!" (for real, three exclamation points), and as such, nationwide casting calls start tomorrow in New York City and Las Vegas. Which means, New Yorkers: Stay away from Trump Tower, unless of course you ... More >>

Olana's Albert Di Meglio Moonlighting at Trump Soho Hotel; How to Alienate Viewers: Recommend Cat Casserole

​Albert Di Meglio, the chef-owner of Olana, has not been getting paid since the restaurant filed Chapter 11 last year, and has, in the meantime, been working at the new Trump Soho hotel. [Eater] Bruce Buschel says "negotiations came to a grinding halt" with the two chefs, Jason Weiner and Eri ... More >>

Kathy Griffin Addresses Anderson Cooper's Sexuality!

Gaga for Gaga! And that Steve Buscemi—what a character!

Yes, I 'Actually' Like It

More music to love, loathe, fear, and tragically fail to avoid

The Rise and Fall of Internet Sports Bookie and Poker Pro James Giordano

From Bluff magazine to court, James Giordano was wired for success until Queens prosecutors captured him in their web

Mars Attacks!

From the Voice Archives: Vince Aletti Backstage with the Jackson Five in 1975

In honor of Michael Jackson, we're raiding our archives. Here's Vince Aletti, backstage at Radio City Music Hall with a 16-year-old MJ in 1975. In Love With the Jackson Five 'I'm more concerned that I didn't get their autographs than that I can't read any of my notes.' By Vince Aletti Mon. Feb. 1 ... More >>

Runnin' Scared's DeSio to Work for New Bronx Beep

John DeSio -- veteran reporter for many local pubs including New York Press, the New York Sun, and the Voice, and frequent contributor to Runnin' Scared -- has slipped the surly bonds of journalism and will serve new Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. as communications director. He is curren ... More >>

The Tao--and Dow--of Tao

When Eater reported on the New York restaurants that were among the highest grossing in the nation, I was astonished. I guess I expected Tavern on the Green to be there, but I never expected the list to be such a celebration of mediocrity. Number 5 on the list--grossing 24.4 million--was Tao, a midt ... More >>

Goodfella's Win "Best Pizza" Award; Totonno's Closed by Fire

The Staten Island Advance announces that local favorite Goodfella's pizzeria "earns title of 'world's best pizza,'" which will rile advocates of Lombardi's and Di Fara. They may content themselves with the news that this honor was bestowed, not in Brooklyn or Little Italy, but in Las Vegas, at the 2 ... More >>

Thousands Rally, TV Star Comes Out for Marriage Equality

John McCain's Vegas Getaway

Did a felonious ex–Giuliani aide pick up the tab?

Free Will Astrology: September 10 to 16

Raquel Tells How To Be Ageless Rather Than Aging

The Chihuahua of the Soul

The yapping dog that sums up the Mexican experience

Heartbreak of Darkness

AVN Adult Entertainment Expo, Day 2

Meet the porn-industry buyer

McDive

The original NYC Beauty Bar has expanded to the eyes of multiple beholders nationwide

Beauties and Beastliness

Weimar Vegas

Former figure skater and Japanese arranger revive standards bebop won't touch

Thimble Cities

Exposure

A trip to the New York Erotic Expo inspires advice for porn newbies

Saved?

CBGB's landmark fight; East Village freaks, live and on film

NY Mirror

Working a Wank-Fest

Ambition, airbrushing, and water-powered sex toys at porn convention

NY Mirror

Sadists! Masochists!

Painting à la Mode

Waiting for Labor to Rise

Can Unions Seize the Post-9-11 Moment?

Teen Angels

Thorns and Roses

Here she comes, International Ms. Leather