Thanks for always taking great pics and being a part of the VEGASinsight family!

And Vegasrex.com is about 180 degrees from this site’s purpose. A lengthy rant about Apple store customers and employees being somewhat offended by racy images on the store’s iMac display is … well, not really my cup of tea, but obviously it is yours, and Rex’s, and whomever else enjoys that.

VEGASinsight is not going to be that. I come from more than 15 years of editorial background and the site is written in adapted Associated Press style. My writers and I combine traditional journalistic methods with new media techniques for the site’s written and photographic presentation. On my personal blog, you’d see more stuff along the lines of VegasRex. But not here. That’s why this isn’t “VegasPj” or anything along those lines.

I absolutely do appreciate your comments and this is exactly the kind of discourse and exchange of ideas I’m trying to foster.

However, yes, in my narrow worldview, people who have nothing to hide don’t need the veil of anonymity. When I post comments on blogs or websites, I always identify myself and take accountability for my actions. The discourse falls a little flat when one party isn’t even identifiable. I mean, you could be my mom. Come on, mom, quit it! 😉

Let me know when you launch that site. I’d be interested in checking it out!

p.s. Your IP address indicates you’re in San Francisco. Maybe you live in Vegas and your IP is just routed through SF. Or maybe you don’t live here at all? Just kind of funny.

anyways, i was just expressing what i’d like to see in a vegas site. seeing as how you hardly get any comments from visitors, i’d say you should be thankful that i’m commenting at all.

compare your site to a site like vegasrex.com and tell me who’s succeeding and who’s failing.

i guess the only way to get a kinda website you want is to start one yourself. i think i’ll do that.

stay tuned.

First, you will notice that in the “about” content on this site, it reads, “So this site … covers the latest in local, independent and alternative arts, music, activism and culture.” Hmm. Arts, music, activism and culture. So if we stop covering “alternative music” (this is a problem?), well, then “fail” there.

Secondly, if you had actually READ the T&T article, you’d have realized it was critical commentary pointing out the ludicrousness of celebrity culture. And exposing the ridiculous monotony BEHIND the glossy veneer that most rubes get on TV and TMZ and Star magazine.

And lastly, what is “normal everyday Vegas?” Softball games? High school plays? A family picnic in Summerlin? There’s already media designed to cover that mundane stuff — they’re called neighborhood newspapers.

Meanwhile, if you’d bother to actually dig in to the site, we cover:

– Redevelopment on Maryland Parkway: http://www.vegasinsight.net/?p=81
– Student filmmakers: http://www.vegasinsight.net/?p=257
– Burlesque shows at dive bars: http://www.vegasinsight.net/?p=167
– And, oh yeah, even those places that sell those bound paper things: http://www.vegasinsight.net/?p=177

Just as there’s more to Vegas than what’s on the Strip, there’s more to it than what’s in your everyday life. We’re here to expose that other side of Sin City not just to the world, but more specifically to the locals, the ones whose narrow world view does not go beyond their Summerlin or Anthem gates.

stop worshipping the celebrities. cut back on the “alternative music scene”. write about normal everyday vegas happenings that locals experience. take your video camera and drive to henderson and other places away from the neon and glitter. show people that vegas is more than what’s on tv.