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Chad @ TAO Las Vegas

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About Me


Before I divulge anything about myself I would just like to make it explicitly clear that the creator of this "space" in no way endorses the products and views expressed in the advertisements on this page. Unless it's an iPod... iPod is GOD incarnate!!! All religions aside though, I dont have much time for MySpace these days and am still trying to set up my profile and all. Sorry I don't have pictures of myself half naked in the bathroom, this month's house anthem, and a cool pie chart that tells you which Spice Girl I am. Believe me when I say they're coming REAL soon.
Nonetheless, I can assure you that the lameness of my profile is in a direct inverse proportion to that of my actual life; I spend a great deal of time going out with my 3 dimensional friends, clubs, concerts, pools, I'm game for pretty much anything that's social.I've been in the Las Vegas nightlife industry for almost 4 years now and have played various roles in some of it's landmark venues & events, such as Body English, Rehab, Empire Ballroom, TAO, and most recently, VIP Services Manager at TAO Beach.
After a monumental first season I accepted a role in TAO's marketing department where I concentrate on event booking, brand development, network management and marketing strategy, with a particular focus on developing TAO’s online and digital efforts. Although I spend 5 days a week in the office, I also double as a de facto VIP Host for TAO Nightclub, and will eventually transition back to full time VIP Hosting/Managing as TAO Beach enters it’s 2nd season and our forthcoming nightclub/restaurant, LAVO, opens in the Venetian’s Palazzo tower this Summer. I graduate from UNLV in a year, with a degree in marketing and then... uh... and then.... uh... ummmmmm. Yeah. So that's all fine & dandy, but none of thats actually ME. It's just what I DO. So who am I then? Aharrr...
This might take a minute.
I'm the type of guy, that when I'm washing my hair in the morning, I tend to squeeze way more shampoo into my hand than I actually need. I guess that says that I want more out of life. Or maybe it says that I'm careless and speak in stupid metaphors all the time. Either way, I have really clean hair... Like most people, I was born an assemblage of mystery and contradiction that I have only begun to unravel. I still maintain the wide eyed fascination of a child and have a very keen interest in philosophy, politics, history and the sciences... any and all aspects of the human condition in general. Although it's entirely impossible, I want to write a book one day that pretty much explains the whole world away in a couple hundred pages and sets the masses of humanity straight. I've already started it and so far it sucks immensely...
In my experience, I find the brain to be the largest erogenous zone, and I've been assured that mine's one sexy bitch. I tend to be very skeptical of authority, conventional wisdom and anything involving faith. My feelings are that we should be teaching people HOW to think, not WHAT to think. A firm believer in "the golden mean," polarity and keeping a balance in one's life. I despise classifications and love frolicking in the grey area that abounds. If there is one thing I cant stand its zealots, overcompensators, and narrow minded people who think they've got the whole world pegged. I believe a true mark of intelligence is admitting how clueless you really are in the face of such vast wonder... I am deeply cynical at times, but in the healthiest of ways, and have long been a fan of irony, sarcasm and universal folly. I have way too many hobbies and responsibilities to keep up with and my time is a riddle that I don't have time to solve. My life gets pretty hectic sometimes, but when it comes down to it, I consider myself one of the most content, fun loving and well grounded people I know.

My Interests

I think i've already said enough..

I'd like to meet:


Hmmm... My first choice would probably have to be my long lost twin brother... that would be pretty wild. As long as he's not looking for money... or a kidney. OK, who else? How about a girl that I could have an actual conversation with without her staring at my junk every 20 seconds. Seriously ladies, eyes up top, have some class... So I guess now would be an ideal spot to slip in some sort of generic self-romanticizing notion about wanting to meet "real" people who can "stimulate" me. But the truth of the matter is... I know how to stimulate myself. uhhhh. And besides, every dipshit on the planet thinks that they're the real deal. Being overly critical of others doesn't make you any more "real" than your Mom's new boobs.

That being said, I get along pretty well with just about everybody... even total idiots. Given the nature of my line of work, I tend to know a lot of people. I have a VAST amount of friends, but only a few very close ones. I didn't join Myspace to find my next soul-mate of the month and I'm convinced that every girl I meet on here is really a creepy 55 year old man or trying to sell me penis pills and ringtones. I'm really just on here for networking, occasional bouts of people watching and keeping in touch with the almighty Tom...

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Music:

Instead of listing every decent musician I can think of, I figured I would just expell my basic philosophy and then you can use your imagination from there on. Ya dig?

Music is a HUGE passion of mine. I would sell my first born child for a $50 iTunes Gift Card... a full blown polyphonic prostitute. I've been playing guitar for about six years, DJing for four and have recently started experimenting with recording and producing music from my desktop. I suck at all 3 of them, in no particular order. And although I consider myself a pretty shitty musician, I do have impecable taste. My iPod is over 14,000 songs and a virtual gold mine.

I realize I may come off like one of those pretentious, know it all, auditory assholes, but I am appalled by most of what passes for good music these days. In my experiences, I've found one's taste of music usually reflects their creativity, inclination towards self discovery, and overall depth/range of experience; which in turn translates to every other aspect of their life. It truly does tell volumes about a person. Me and shitty music don't get along... and it's not a difference I'm looking to reconcile. I try to appreciate all types of music for what the artist is trying to accomplish, despite my own personal tastes. It doesn't have to be serious or even deep at all, but I prefer it when it offers a creative and original statement(other than bitchez, money and killing people. BORING. I do that shit everyday too...) It has to have a message, otherwise, whats the point?
I can appreciate everything from Elvis Costello to Public Enemy. Joy Division to Johnny Cash. Nine Inch Nails to Nina Simone. I'm not going to take the time to list every obviously great artist, so I'll do my top 5. Pink Floyd, Beck, Incubus, The Kinks, Modest Mouse and Bad Religion. OK, so top six.... screw you if you noticed.

A few new(er) bands heavy in my current rotation are Interpol, Kasabian, LCD Soundsystem, TV on the Radio, James Figurine, Sparta, The Mars Volta, Ambulance ltd, The Dandy Warhols, Hot Chip, The Greenhornes, DFA 1979, The Postal Service, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, Living Things, Voxtrot, The Avalanches, Spoon, The Whitest Boy Alive, Sigur Ros, The Presets, The Arcade Fire, Annuals, Bloc Party, The Ponys, The Rapture

Movies:

Anything directed by Tarantino, Kubrick or Richard Linklater (especially Waking Life.) Dumb and Dumber, Wedding Crashers, Rushmore, City of God, Lord of War, Office Space, Fight Club, The Departed, Fear and Loathing, Being John Malkovich, Donnie Darko, The Jerk, Garden State, Spun, Blow, Land of the Blind, Mail Order Wife, Tommy Boy, American History X, Ass Blasters 5 (kidding), A Night at the Roxbury, Made, Casino, DIG!, The Big Lebowski, The Fog of War, American Beauty, ect... A HUGE documentary buff... No special effects, gimmicks or excessive plots. Nothing is more powerful or can capture the true essence of life like a good documentary.

Television:

I like to watch random low budget shitty TV. The channels nobody watches. Some of those shows are the most unintentionally funny things I've ever seen.Since my schedule is kind of erratic, I dont have the opportunity to tune in same Bat-time, same Bat-Channel. So I like to buy series when they come out on DVD or iTunes and watch them at my leisure: LOST, Sopranos, The Wire, Family Guy, South Park, Pen + Teller: Bullshit! (smartest show on TV.), Californication, Mr. Show, Saturday Night Live, The Daily Show, Wonder Showzen, The Soup, Arrested Development, Entourage, The Ali G Show. And of course... CNN and random History + Discovery Channel programs.

Books:

I read like a MOFO. I have a tendency to juggle 5 or 6 books at a time. For the most part, I like to read for content, not entertainment. I can't stand murder/mysteries and cheesy romance/drama novels. I enjoy a lot of philosophical, science(natural and social)and political books. Mostly Non-fiction, but some fiction, as long as it provokes the mind. I'm sure I could go on forever here, but I'll try not to. A few of my reccomendations are: The Seven Mysteries of Life, The History of Western Philosophy, Sex Drugs and Cocoa Puffs, What Every American Should Know About The Rest Of The World, Straw Dogs, The Spike, Radical Evolution, A Peoples History of The United States, Breaking Open the Head, Freakonomics, No Logo, The Virtue of Selfishness, 10 Things You Cant Say In America, The Jesus Mysteries, The End of Faith, The God Delusion, A Brave New World, 1984, The Brothers Karamazov, War and Peace, A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius, Geek Love and anything by Hunter S. Thompson, Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club, Choke, Haunted) Kurt Vonnegut (Cat's Cradle, Siren's of Titan.) or HOWARD BLOOM (The Lucifer Principle, Global Brain, The Soul in the Machine.) Brilliant writers!! I also have a tendency to randomly read the dictionary, almanacs, ect. I tried to read all the Encyclopedias once, but I only made it about half way through the A's. (Did you know that an Abolone is a type of snail with 5 assholes?)

Heroes:

All of the great minds that have shaped this world for the better. Good teachers and good parents.

My Blog

No Thanks, Einstein

Originally written circa October 2007   So I had about 19 shots of tequila last night&   I know right?  I might have been slightly over-served.  I'm sure I had good reason, li...
Posted by Chad @ TAO Las Vegas on Mon, 26 May 2008 02:19:00 PST

Laugh It Up

Laugh it UpOriginally Written - 07/12/05So my DVD player just fell off the top of my TV and broke (Let's not even get in to how that happened), I was half way through this really good movie, so I had ...
Posted by Chad @ TAO Las Vegas on Thu, 08 May 2008 01:56:00 PST

Hey Kids: Win a Chance to Smoke Crack with Steve-O!!!!

So for the last week, every time I log on to this God forsaken MySpace there’s this advertisement to "Win a chance to party with Steve-O."  The website is called PartywithaStar.c...
Posted by Chad @ TAO Las Vegas on Sat, 29 Mar 2008 06:03:00 PST

Field Goal Practice in Antarctica

I have two primary fears in my life.  Number one is being eaten by a shark.  I think most people are born with that fear automatically encoded into their DNA.  Granted I may b...
Posted by Chad @ TAO Las Vegas on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 05:40:00 PST

Bamboozled!!

        So here's the problem I have with fast food   It really has nothing to do with the food per se   It's more of an issue with the people wh...
Posted by Chad @ TAO Las Vegas on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

My Latest Brush With Death

Burning to death has got to be one of the worst ways to die. If I ever was to burn to death, I would hope that it was over something really important, like saving a baby, or my DVD collection& But I p...
Posted by Chad @ TAO Las Vegas on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 11:28:00 PST

The Spaceship Leaves Tomorrow

So I was driving around the other day and I got stuck behind this car with a New Hampshire license plate. I had never noticed before, but apparently the state motto they imprint on all their plates is...
Posted by Chad @ TAO Las Vegas on Sun, 08 Jun 2008 08:29:00 PST

Bus Stop Barney and The Fanny Pack Hooker (Updated)

As some of you might remember, I wrote a bulletin a few months ago about Bus Stop Barney. Since then the situation has broadend a little, and I felt it was probably time for an update on our old ...
Posted by Chad @ TAO Las Vegas on Tue, 11 Apr 2006 05:48:00 PST

100 Self Help Books You Could Do Without

100 Self Help Books You Can Do Without(This is from the November issue of Radar magazine.)1. He's Just Not That Into You: He's Into Your Hotter, Less Whiny Friend 2. Tuesdays With Maury Povich 3. Seve...
Posted by Chad @ TAO Las Vegas on Sat, 24 Nov 2007 07:57:00 PST

The Poison Diet

So a friend of mine got food poisoning this weekend.  That got me to thinking about some of the times I’ve gotten food poisoning in the past, and the literal shit storm that follows. It rea...
Posted by Chad @ TAO Las Vegas on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 09:08:00 PST