After roaming around down at First Friday last week, some friends and I stopped
by the Art Bar on Main St. It's one of my favorite downtown bars.
First Friday is always cool, and The Art Bar is a kind of down and
dirty sort of club that is pretty rare here in Las Vegas... it's rare,
.....but definitely well done.
The Art Bar is cool for lots of reasons. They've got local artist
work featured on the walls ....which is for sale, great drinks...also for sale, great looking wait staff.... apparently not for sale, and
a lot of great local punk bands. When there's a great band cranked to 11, and you've got some liquor in you, you can't help but say, "fuck art, ...let's dance!!!" ....so we did!
The Pharaohs were there that night playing classic Punk and originals. After a LONG sound check and technical difficulties out of the way, they kicked some serious ass! If you get a chance to check them out, do it!
Here's a link to a clip of them playing at the Divebar busting the shit out of a strat.... dig it!
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.channel&ChannelID=144731793
So, there's also a stripper pole in the middle of the dance floor, which, by the way, is a standard in any classy Las Vegas establishment.... I think all the fire houses have them don't they? Not a lot of chics in there though.... Hmmmmm?
It appears that they've even got poles in every public bathroom in the city. They're just in a stall and horizontal.
Definitely not as sexy, but they're there!
Anyway, back to the Art Bar....
After I watched a few tanked female patrons take a spin on "the pole", I got thirsty.... Hey, what can I say, dizzy chics make me thirsty..... it happens. So while I was at the bar, I tried to get the barmaid to put one of the stickers on her chest, but sadly she wasn't gonna play along. I think I'll have to try again next week until she caves in.
So, since she wasn't cooperative, I had to put it somewhere. They've got a nice big banner outside there door that was just asking for it.
Sorry Art Bar.... I love ya, but Vegas made me do it!
