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 […]
PLANET BLOODCOCK AVAILABLE NOW
PLANET BLOODCOCK AVAILABLE NOW The new CD from the Bloodcocks UK is available now from Squidhat Records on Amazon, iTunes and wherever music is sold. 14 catchy garage punk songs about monsters and kinky sex in outer space that will make you bop ’til you drop. This Las Vegas band that refuses to play […]
WOULDN’T IT BE NICE …
Wouldn’t it be nice if bacon cured cancer Wouldn’t it be nice to shit on the front porch of someone whose dog left a steaming pile on your lawn Wouldn’t it be nice if Brussels sprouts tasted like fried chicken Wouldn’t it be nice if the combined salaries of 20 teachers was as much as that of one […]