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Electric Destination

By Mosi Reeves | April 27th, 2011

"Good morning, Las Vegas!" says Nick van de Wall, better known as Afrojack. It is 1 a.m., but the night still rages at Surrender, a nightclub in Encore. Several hundred revelers have waited two hours for this 23-year-old rising star to appear, chanting “Afrojack! Afrojack!” The warm-up act, DJ Milo “Mighty Mi” Berger, has just finished building anticipation to a frenzy by deftly weaving a contemporary electronic pop mix while dropping remixes and “edits”—old pop chestnuts retrofitted with a post-millennial beat—of classics such as Madonna’s “Holiday.”

Paul Oakenfold

By Elizabeth Sewell | April 28th, 2011

Paul Oakenfold laughs when asked what he thinks about being an elder statesman for electronic music. The 47-year-old British-born DJ certainly has the rights that honor. During his quarter-century in the business, he was named the world’s best DJ in 1998, and earned Grammy nominations in 2004 and 2007.

Radical Common Sense

By Brian Sodoma | April 28th, 2011

I’m proposing a hefty property tax hike to fund education. Nevadans have the potential to rake in an extra $170 to $280 million in the next two years for education, and it may only cost each household $25 a month—less than a gym membership.

Exit the Legend

By Andy Samuelson | April 28th, 2011

Every fight fan has a favorite Randy Couture story. It’s hard not to, considering the 14-year veteran and five-time UFC champion has seemingly been chiseled in as one of the faces on mixed martial arts’ Mount Rushmore since his first win, at UFC 13, in May 1997.