Riviera Las Vegas to Close Doors

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Riviera Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas
Riviera Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas

With no shortage of sadness, we can confirm that our doors will close at noon on May 4, 2015. We greatly appreciate the expressions of fondness and loyalty for ‘The Riv’ from our guests since ground first broke in 1954 and through the years. More importantly we want to acknowledge and applaud our associates who have worked to create enduring memories for all of our guests. This is what will be remembered long after the walls have come down. We look forward to making the coming weeks fun, exciting and memorable.

More to come…

Pathologically Political Paul McCartney Picked the Wrong Pony to Run with at Grammys.

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8:49 PM Update (below)

McCartney & West
McCartney & West

Paul McCartney needs to call out jackass, Kanye West and insist that he apologize to Beck, the Grammys and to the general public… Then West should be banned from all awards shows for 5-years.

One reader says:
“Really and it’s not racial? Taylor Swift and Beck are white bread and mayonnaise. Also, It’s doubtful that Kanye West would show that level of disrespect to someone like Springsteen or Tom Petty.” He seems to pick on those who are slight of build.

C’mon McCartney, DO THE RIGHT THING
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More thoughts on the Grammys:

AC/DCs Highway to Hell was extremely strong, power, power, power… I’m still not sure how one gets a “Season ticket on a one way ride.” Oh well it doesn’t matter I’m giving them a pass.
LL Cool J hosted the awards show more like he was calling a wrestling match or hosting a cheap rock & roll show in the 70s. “MAKE SOME NOISE” “I CAN’T HEAR YA'” Very little class…
Madonna – Less is more
Annie Lennox – Killed it! Very appealing…
TONY BENNETT AND LADY GAGA – added old-time class…
Pharrell Williams – Can’t help but being Happy! Seems like a nice guy but what’s with the “Call For Philip Morris” outfit?…

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The secret Sinatra past of Bob Dylan’s new album

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latimes.com
By GUSTAVO TURNER

A rare Los Angeles Times photo of Frank Sinatra in 1947
A rare Los Angeles Times photo of Frank Sinatra in 1947, leaving a Beverly Hills courthouse after charges against him for allegedly slugging columnist Lee Mortimer were dismissed. (Dick Oliver / Los Angeles Times)

Bob Dylan has a new album coming out Feb. 3, “Shadows in the Night,” a collection of pop songs about romance, heartbreak and other existential themes written by other songwriters.

But whatever you call this labor-of-love project, there’s one thing Bob Dylan does not want you to call it: his “Sinatra covers album.”

These are old songs, written between the early 1920s and the early 1960s, some of which have become bona fide jazz standards (“Autumn Leaves”), others of which were minor hits when they were first recorded (“Full Moon and Empty Arms”), and there’s even the odd gem (“Stay With Me”) that has been overlooked by audiences since its first appearance on an obscure single.

All these songs have one thing in common: They were recorded by Frank Sinatra at some point (in some cases, several points) in his career.

“I don’t see myself as covering these songs in any way,” Dylan said in a statement last December. “They’ve been covered enough. Buried, as a matter a fact. What me and my band are basically doing is uncovering them. Lifting them out of the grave and bringing them into the light of day.” Read more…

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February’s full Moon is traditionally called the Full Snow Moon because usually the heaviest snows fall in February.

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From The Old Farmer’s Almanac

February’s full Moon is traditionally called the Full Snow Moon because usually the heaviest snows fall in February.

February’s full Moon is traditionally called the Full Snow Moon because usually the heaviest snows fall in February.

Hunting becomes very difficult, and so some Native American tribes called this the Hunger Moon.

Other Native American tribes called this Moon the “Shoulder to Shoulder Around the Fire Moon” (Wishram Native Americans), the “No Snow in the Trails Moon” (Zuni Native Americans), and the “Bone Moon” (Cherokee Native Americans). The Bone Moon meant that there was so little food that people gnawed on bones and ate bone marrow soup.

Old Farmer’s Almanac
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