DOUBLE DOWN SALOON 25th ANNIVERSARY VIDEO

This party was one for the ages. The Dickies … The Dwarves … Throw Rag … The Heiz … Dirk Vermin & The Hostile Talent … Shaun Kama & The Kings Of The Wild Frontier … Thee Swank Bastards plus emcee Jenn O. Cide. If you missed it, check out this amazing video.

WAFFLES AT TIFFANY’S

  SOME TWISTED FICTION FROM MY 2012 NOVEL-IN-STORIES VEGAS KNOCKOUT WAFFLES AT TIFFANY’S Brutal November rain punished the city.  A surprise purification that provoked power outages, crippled traffic and drowned small animals.  Gutters flushed east to west and west to east, wreaking havoc at the valley’s lowest point, the Las Vegas Strip.  But if the […]

12 DAYS OF DOUBLE DOWN SALOON CHRISTMAS

  sung to the tune of the holiday classic The Twelve Days Of Christmas On the 12th day of Christmas, my true love sent to me 12 Drunken Strippers 11 Mohawks Moshing 10 Midgets Puking 9 Bacon Bloodys 8 Jackpots Cashing 7 Cymbals Crashing 6 Toilets Smashing 5 Side … Show … Freaks 4 Kick […]

TIKI DRINKS FOR THE HOLIDAYS

Have a cool Yule with these delicious Christmas originals from Frankie’s Tiki Room in Las Vegas. SANTALOHA 1 ounce Cruzan 9 spiced rum ½ ounce Hana Bay 151 proof rum ½ ounce falernum ¼ ounce cinnamon syrup ½ ounce white grapefruit juice 2 ounces orange juice 2 ounces cranberry juice cocktail Build over ice in […]

DOUBLE DOWN SALOON TURNS 25

No one could have assumed in 1992 that this unassuming little gin mill in Las Vegas would evolve into the world’s favorite punk rock dive. A bar that invented the Bacon Martini and has served over one million shots if its signature drink Ass Juice. A mighty music venue where you can always expect the […]

VEGAS TABLOID

  MY NEW NOVEL IS IN STORES NOW   PICK UP A COPY TODAY OR, IF YOU DON’T FEEL LIKE GETTING OUT OF BED, IT’S ALSO AVAILABLE  NOW ON AMAZON     Sex, greed and cold-blooded murder highlight this crime fiction thriller about a wisecracking con man and his sideshow troupe of small time criminals, […]

BLOODCOCKS UK — JAPAN TOUR 2017

  BLOODCOCKS UK 2017 JAPAN TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED   SEE THE ONLY AMERICAN BAND NEVER TO PLAY IN AMERICA AS THEY INVADE JAPAN FOR THEIR DEAD GIRLS ARE EASY TOUR    

HOW LAS VEGAS BECAME A STAR

Beautiful leading lady opposite a ruggedly handsome leading man. Bad guys, comic relief, a little music ….. the whole formulaic magilla. Not unlike any other murder-infused love story of 1952. Except that this movie fueled America’s burgeoning curiosity about a mythical oasis where vices were virtues. Where fantasy was reality and a man could change […]

THE TEN BEST NOIR FILMS EVER MADE

The 15th annual Noir City film festival is going on now through January 29th at San Francisco’s historic Castro Theatre. They are screening 24 crime capers from around the world, so what better time to announce my list of the Ten Best Noir Films Ever Made. 1. THE KILLING – 1956 Directed by Stanley Kubrick […]

WHY DO WRITERS OBSESS ABOUT THE GREAT LAS VEGAS NOVEL?

Is To Kill A Mockingbird a better book than The Great Gatsby? Is Catch-22 better than The Grapes Of Wrath? Even in a society obsessed with winning, most people (awards committees not withstanding) have figured out that you can’t debate the merits of apples and oranges to find the best banana. That one writer’s work […]