You have been warned

Yr. Humble Blogger will be rising shotgun again on the next edition of The Strip Podcast. A sinus headache is enough to sop me cold, so props to Steve Friess for soldiering on despite having one and a nasty cold to boot. IMO, it’s the best of three we’ve done, because we’re finally getting accustomed to each other’s particular rhythm. Regular co-host Miles returns next week and I can tell you he makes doing that show sound as easy as falling off a log, which is hardly the case.

Also, Friess’ amount of preparation far exceeds what makes it onto the air. Topics we didn’t get to include a scoop on the future of Peepshow, among other things, including the next wave of “Trailer Stations.” The latter didn’t make it into “Top Secret Tourist Tip of the Week,” but there’s still time.

Incidentally, if you hear I’ve eviscerated by a letter bomb, it’ll probably be because I dissed Danny Gans in the podcast and the notion that only Steve Wynn is (just barely) more deserving of “Walk of Fame” recognition. I guess it’s still too early to mess with the Legend of St. Danny, even though other people he preposterously outpolled are just as dead as he.

Speaking of Friess, one of last week’s “Quote[s] of the Day” has grown legs. It’s a lesson in why it’s not good to use verbiage whose meaning you don’t really grasp.

What does “Camp Vegas” mean? I dunno; it used to spell “Liberace” but that’s not what R&R Partners has in mind. Maybe something closer to “Don’t market to anyone over 30”? Or “Vegas: It’s not uncool”? You be the judge:

Instead of cutting its ad budget after this campaign has been crafted, maybe the Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority should be asking R&R boss Billy Vassiliadis to return the money he got paid to put assemble these off-the-rack ads. I didn’t like the Palms‘ “Poker Face” spot when it was introduced but it was way more imaginative than “Camp Vegas.”