Avenged Sevenfold is a new-school metal band with an old-school swagger and a fondness for hooks every bit as outsized as a proper rock god’s ego. Their latest disc is called “Nightmare,” and that’s most assuredly what it must represent for those with refined sensibilities: This is leering, sneering hard rock where subtlety is but a dream. See Avenged Sevenfold at 8 p.m. Saturday at The Joint at the Hard Rock, 4455 Paradise Road. Tickets start at $39.50; call 693-5583.
Leonard Cohen has one of those voices that could make a pineapple emote, cavern-deep and choked with longing. He sings of loves lost and found with an almost off-handed grace, his words soothing and stinging in equal measure. Call it uneasy listening. See Leonard Cohen at 8 p.m. today and Saturday at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, 3570 Las Vegas Blvd. South. Tickets are $49.50-$250; call 731-7333.
Here’s my interview with Kevin Spacey, who was at Planet Hollywood Resort for the premiere Wednesday of “Casino Jack,” which is based on disgraced super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
Stresses of a 21st century Christmas season getting you down? How about taking a break from crushing modernity by reveling for a few hours in the pleasures of an old-time holiday celebration?
Bad habits, so easy to come by, so hard to shake. Most of the time you just live with them, maybe don’t even notice them much.
Bakery Mi Pan, 2510 E. Lake Mead Blvd., North Las Vegas, received 20 demerits Nov. 23. Violations included eggs held at room temperature. GRADE: B.
