{"id":1259,"date":"2014-09-16T09:36:08","date_gmt":"2014-09-16T16:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slowsuburbandeath.wordpress.com\/?p=1259"},"modified":"2014-09-16T09:36:08","modified_gmt":"2014-09-16T16:36:08","slug":"viva-las-vegas-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/annapirhana.com\/?p=1259","title":{"rendered":"Viva Las Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is a sweltering desert town where the temperature is on low broil setting.
\nTo detract from the crippling heat,\u00a0 some resorts have been given names associated with bodies of water or seaside resorts.\u00a0 With air conditioning blasting from every corridor,\u00a0 the heat is tamed for bits,\u00a0 in between the shuffling between unevenly paved cement and puddles of vomit.<\/p>\n

This is where selfies come to fail when cell phone owners, \u00a0single fisting their iPhones as they juggle their tall Margaritaville drink with their freehand, run into poles, \u00a0signs, \u00a0strangers or asphalt as they laugh through another evening of drunken revelry. \u00a0But there are no regrets here, \u00a0especially is a potential cash cow like a slot machine is nearby to fund a newer phone.<\/p>\n

Casinos used to have plenty of $1 slots.\u00a0 Now it is the penny machines that dominate the floors,\u00a0 although some of those require a minimum fifty cent bet. With so few gamblers compared to the crowds during pre-recession America,\u00a0 the casinos have to flex their creativity to attract the budget pocketbook.<\/p>\n

But Vegas still moves onward.<\/p>\n

I saw Michael Jackson’s One last night,\u00a0 the Cirque de Soleil tribute to the King of Pop.\u00a0 Amid the dazzling acrobatics and impossible feats of flexibility and dance,\u00a0 I discovered my own dislike of all Michael Jackson music post his “Off The Wall” album.<\/p>\n

We also watched “Divas, ” the legendary drag show at The Quad. I enjoyed all the lip synching and,\u00a0 thanks to “Rupaul ‘s Drag Race, ” marveled at the expert tucks. \u00a0I saw the show a few years earlier, \u00a0before Rupaul ‘s show and the term “werk” became popular, \u00a0and the couples seated at our table looked as if they had been tasered., their shock a female impersonators so pronounced that I felt an exorcism in their future. \u00a0With drag shows now part of our mainstream entertainment, \u00a0the crowd seemed savvy and grateful. \u00a0This really is the best show in town.<\/p>\n

As the people sitting behind me kept singing along with all the Top 40 songs used in both shows,\u00a0 I felt like an old lady who was too far behind the times.\u00a0 I stopped listening to pop hits in high school,\u00a0 transferring my audio allegiance to fill albums and alternative music.\u00a0 Nothing is alternative in this world anymore,\u00a0 thanks to the Internet.\u00a0 Vegas irons it out and makes it into a palatable live MTV video.<\/p>\n

In between,\u00a0 the homeless sit on streets. One man with a long beard wore a bra and tutu. Even he had more style than I.\u00a0 Sigh.<\/p>\n

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