Andrew Kwasniewski, President of the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, was found dead yesterday by his wife in their Summerlin home. According to reports, it appears to be a self inflicted gunshot wound to the head. It is an ongoing investigation by the Las Vegas Metro Police Department and there should be more details at a later date.

71: Late Night at ‘After the Show’ — A Treat for Las Vegas Locals

[Get this, we recorded this show at 2AM! Why? Read the show notes below. . .]

This is the perfect example of what makes being a Las Vegas local so cool!  Every Monday night, starting at 11:00PM and going until 1:00AM Tuesday morning, a half dozen or more Las Vegas performers get together to perform for each other “After the Show”, that is, after their regular gigs.  Even better, Las Vegas locals are invited to join the fun for free.

I’d heard about After the Show for some time and wanted to see what it was all about for ourselves.  So, this special late-night edition of the Living in Las Vegas Podcast features our review of one of the coolest ideas in town.  Show notes:

• Weather Mid-90’s / LiLV Pool (Warm enough to dive in, cold enough to get right back out)
• LiLV Stuff
  • Listener Line: 206.312.0105
  • Sign up of Email Alerts (form found on right side of our website)
• After the Show
  • First, Let’s Talk TRAFFIC
  • What is this thing?
  • Host(ess) Cashetta
  • Famous Audience Members
  • Magician Jason Andrews
  • Comedian Keith Lyle
  • From Zumanity: Edie
  • Comedienne Shayma Tash
  • Larry Atello (Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding)
  • Christopher and S (Scapades)
  • Junebug (as Carol Channing)
  • Comedienne Cathe Jones
  • Rudy Uresti (KA & Le Reve)

Melissa just left a message on my office voice mail. . .Danny Gans, who was headlining at Encore (and was a long-time headliner at the Mirage) has died.

This is sad news.  He was a classic Las Vegas act. . .of which there really aren’t many left. 

According to TMZ, Mr. Gans died at 3AM in his home in Las Vegas.  The news agency reports that his wife discovered his body and called for help.

Danny Gas was 57 52-years-old.

Just wrapped up a fun meeting with Dave Courvoisier, one of the anchors for the local CBS affiliate here in Las Vegas.

I met Dave through my Twitter wandering and was immediately impressed with how nice and down-to-earth he is.  Besides anchoring the news (for which he has won an Emmy), Dave also runs a voice-over business that is growing quite nicely.  A visit to his website will demonstrate what a talented VO artist he is.  (I’ve always been impressed with folks who can deliver audio voice overs with a variety of styles.  On his website home page, there are four impressive examples.)

If you’d like to learn more about what Dave does, follow him on Twitter.