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Slade Vegas

It isnt my fault if you put me up on a white horse

About Me


In my short life lived, I have been able to watch life destroy death and death implore life. Which, in a sense, I could say that would be the same. But what is it about the location of life that makes it so interesting? Why as humans, are we so damned concerned with LA or NY or for that matter... Las Vegas?
Any book you read on Las Vegas consists of some topless dancers point of view or some bouncer gone poker expert teaching you the tricks of the trade. Here’s a tip. Vegas wasn’t built on winners... That’s all we ever need to know. So I couldn’t and can’t understand how these 'no names', these 'every dayers' who don’t care about the message they are sending out there, are making the cash and havin the life. What took hundreds of pages to tell us about a game that cowboys played for fun I just summed up in one fucking sentence?!?!?!?!
Despite my annoyance for the lack of culture surrounding this city I realized something. Las Vegas will always lack a sense of fullness because this is an oasis. This is the escape route from anything “real”.
Your girl left you... Go to Vegas.
You need to get away from the kids... Go to Vegas.
You need to put a gun to your head... Go to Vegas.
You need to blow some cash on women and drugs... You can go anywhere, but why not... Go to Vegas.
This is a city that speaks to no one based on the fact that no one trusts anyone. This is a city that was built on the idea of debotchory and mayhem, on beautiful women and lounge acts, on cash and whiskey. But what this city has become is a home to everyone who enters it. People forget that in the shadows of the neon, life ends and life begins all with out paying homage to the all mighty strip. Those are the stories that I will write about. Fuck the fame, Fuck the money... I just want to tell stories.

My Interests

Im interested in being interesting. Im interested in finding why people act the way they do. Whether it's for reasons of love passion hate or misunderstanding.
Im interested in becoming the next best thing, while at the same time, Im not sure if thats what I would be able to handle.
I'm interested in Music, art, passion, life, self destructive habits that create moments of fun and a life time of stories.
I know Zombies will attack and I know what weapon and where to head toward when it happens.
You think I'm kidding... Look at our human nature... We are so going to need to own a lot of knifes and flame throwers.
I hate moody people only because they are selfish people.
If you want to start anything with me... make sure you finish before I get to you... I will make sure you are finished 6 ft under my boots. Obviously I let nothing go. No one is perfect and I blame everyone for that.
I am "number" obsessed. It's more sad than interesting.
I love Ink. I love hidden Ink and I love women who are covered in Ink... it's a sickness, but I love it.
I think the hottest things are artists, musicians, women who are kinda boyish, older men who dominate conversation and eyeliner.
I say "really" and "sad face" alot.
I have man and lady crushes.
When I make a few bucks off my book... I'm going to take off across the country driving to places that I would have never gone to before... Except Mississippi.
I have a sad obsession with BANKSY works. The idea that the images take center stage in a time where all we care about is the name on the painting... makes him interesting, humble, and to myself, a true artist.

I'd like to meet:

I want to meet the artists. I want to meet the writers, bass players, guitar players, drummers, singers! I want to meet the struggling creator that feels he or she can change the world with what they do. I want to meet the man or woman who is doing what they love just because it is all they know how to do.
If I can help you...even better.
Through GVegas Productions I can and will create artistic Bios and interviews to throw you toward different sections of fans and listeners, readers and artists. If you are interested message me!
If you have gotten my business card through a random encounter around town... I will make a deal with you based on the fact that I don't give them out to just anyone.

Music:


Punk-90's-Rock-Glam-Classic Country-House-Trance-Funk-Hip Hop-R&B-World
But honestly my biggest inspiration is 70's punk 80's punk and believe it or not psudo pop punk attempts at music. Mostly its the image that the attempt at making music the anti rock in the 70's in England. The message that fell behind the music was the most important portion of that movement and for anyone to deny that is ignorant.
I want to listen to music that makes me want to change the state that I am living in. I want peace to chaos, I want anger to fear, I want love to lust.
Good music can change your perspective on most anything.

Movies:

Post-apocoliptic-Zombie-Horror-Classic-Gore-Underground-clic he-Thriller
If one movie had all that in it, I would die.

Television:

True crime docs-history channel-cartoons-90's sitcoms.

Books:

How bout writers: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Voltaire, George Orwell, Mary Shelley, J.D. Salinger, Bram Stoker, Anthony Burgess, C.S. Lewis, Virginia Woolf, Ken Kesey, Kurt Vonnegut, Harper Lee.
"If you would be a writer, first be a reader. Only through the assimilation of ideas, thoughts and philosophies can one begin to focus his own ideas, thoughts and philosophies." ~Allan W. Eckert

Heroes:


"Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

My Blog

Happy Graduation Day Little Brother

Today Is the day for celebration. Today is the day for smiles and congratulations. My little brother, the kid I grew up with, the boy that used to play 'doo doo doo' with the old paper towel roles an...
Posted by Slade Vegas on Sat, 17 May 2008 09:40:00 PST

Damien is a horrible name for a 4 year old

Today I had a goal to spend time alone. Something I’m not great at what so ever, but I wanted to put forth the effort. Today, however, was not meant for being alone. As a drop Skokie off t...
Posted by Slade Vegas on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 10:03:00 PST

Easter and its many meanings

Easter, also called Pascha, is the most important religious feast in the Christian liturgical year. It is believed by the Christians to be the resurrection of Jesus, which Christians believe occurred ...
Posted by Slade Vegas on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 04:09:00 PST

Labels and symbols make the world go around

So many times I hear how individuals hate "classifying" themselves or they dis-like putting people/music/anything really into sections of this that or the other; and you know what, for a long time so ...
Posted by Slade Vegas on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:44:00 PST

stagnant waters do not equal content living

I have based the whole idea of my book around the fact that cities around the world including the one I was born, raised, and live in are filled with doubt, desperation, and a fear of being content. C...
Posted by Slade Vegas on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 05:50:00 PST

Rants Rambles and Shambles

Why do you guys read what I have to write?  Frequently I just delete it as soon as it leaves my finger tips anyways.  It seems these days I have so much to say and so little to write about.&...
Posted by Slade Vegas on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 04:47:00 PST

I guess this is growing up

Im 24 years old.  I have moved 11 times since college, I have always embraced the idea of never owning more than what you can move out in the dark in an hour.  I always lived with the wrong ...
Posted by Slade Vegas on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:53:00 PST

Im no Nikki Sixx, but I have a book! Or will have one

You know it's becoming more and more apparent that when I tell people who I am, it isn't the idea that I am a writer, they are more interested in knowing if my name is really Slade. "Hi I'm (insert a...
Posted by Slade Vegas on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 09:05:00 PST

Local Music revue from 7-30-07 to 8-04-07

So with in the last few nights Skokie and I were able to run around this city getting to see a few local shows. Now mind you, it seems that the local scene in Las Vegas has taken a turn for the worst ...
Posted by Slade Vegas on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 03:03:00 PST

Interview 15: Warner Drive

I tend to end up at the Double Down quite often in the later hours of any night. The normal scene would consist of a band trying to be what they aren't, just so that they can be ridiculed from the on ...
Posted by Slade Vegas on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 06:01:00 PST