November 17, 2008

Election Night in Las Vegas

By Jake Anderson

On Tuesday November 4, as America eagerly awaited the results of its presidential election—as well as the Senate and House races and hundreds of disparate propositions up for vote all across the country—Antics posted up at the Beauty Bar in Las Vegas for our special election night congressional caucus.  Plus-sized television screens aired CNN’s holographic glory while party-goers flooded the doors, drooling at the mouth at the prospect of riding history’s coattails into Wednesday morning.  Funny Faces Photobooth joined us, bearing a box of political masks—on hand were Hillary Clinton, Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, Abraham Lincoln, and president-elect Barack Obama. Later, Eagles of Death Metal took the stage for ninety minutes of ruby rock.

Wednesday, Antics teamed up with The 5th Door at the Palms Hotel for the SEMA Kicker Action Sports Party; it was a night of mind-blowing BMX dirt jumps, snowmobiles, pit bike races, base-jumping (off the top of the Palms!!!), power tool expos, and I think I even spotted a few flux-capacitors.

Thursday night marked a strange fusion of the first glam-rock band, 70’s-era New York Dolls, with a Roller Derby extravaganza pitting the Notorious VIPs against the Tommy Gun Terrors.  The party also featured go-kart racing, photo booth fun, live screenprinting, Rock Band 2, and catered coconut shrimp.  Stay tuned to Antics TV for videos of all the recent escapades…

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