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In his lengthy journalism career, Pj Perez has written for nearly every major periodical in Southern Nevada, including Las Vegas Weekly, VEGAS SEVEN, Desert Companion, David, M Life magazine, and dozens of others. He edited the short-lived (but long-loved) alt-culture mag Racket, launched the entertainment gossip blog, DailyFiasco, and was an editor for Caesars Entertainment’s Las Vegas Blog. Nationally, his work has also been seen in TimeOut, Rolling Stone, and Art+Living. Perez was also a local editor for the Zagat Survey, and in 2017, he launched the lifestyle blog 52 Stories for The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.

2023

2022

2017

2016

2015

2014

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2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

  • “Electric youth” – Las Vegas CityLife, 05.08.08
  • “Raising the bar” – Las Vegas CityLife, 05.08.08
  • “Super Group” – First Friday Las Vegas Newsletter, May 2008
  • “Modern Living” – 944 Las Vegas, 05.08
  • “Sex Pistols” – HRH – Summer 08
  • “Get Funky” – First Friday Las Vegas Newsletter, July 2008
  • “Pump Up The Volume” – 944 Las Vegas, August 2008
  • “Hypnotic Tales” – 944 Las Vegas, 09.08
  • “Billy Idol” – HRH – Fall/Winter 08
  • “Miracle on Sixth Street” – 944 Las Vegas, 10.08
  • “Rok Vegas” – Six Degrees Las Vegas, November 2008
  • “Bikram Yoga Green Valley” – Six Degrees Las Vegas, November 08

2007

  • “An Unholy Union?” – Racket, 02.07
  • “A Modern Classic” – Racket, 03.07
  • “Runway of Broken Dreams” – Racket, 02.07
  • “Greaser’s Paradise” – Racket, 04.07
  • “Piercing Predicament” – Racket, 04.07
  • “Lounging Around” – Racket, 04.07
  • “The Birth of an Arts Collective” – Racket, 04.07
  • “Nuclear Powered” – Racket, 05.07
  • “Rockabilly Roundup” – Racket, 05.07
  • “Strippers and Porn Stars and Mud, Oh My!” – Racket, 05.07
  • “Waking Up to Revolution” – Racket, 06.07
  • “A Killer on the Road” – Racket, 06.07
  • “Transitioning on Canvas” – Racket, 06.07
  • “Think Inside the Box” – First Friday Las Vegas Newsletter, Summer 2007
  • “Stopover: Glastonbury Festival” – Racket, 07.07
  • “Workspace” – Racket, 07.07
  • “Raw Materials” – Racket, 07.07
  • “Stopover: Lollapalooza” – Racket, 08.07
  • “Clash Landing,” Racket, 08.07
  • “Vice Squad,” – Racket, 08.07
  • “No Laughing Matter” – Racket, 08.07
  • “Show + Tell” – Racket, 08.07
  • “Geek-A-Palooza” – Racket, 09.07
  • “Distrupting the Program” – Racket, 09.07
  • “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!” – Racket, 11.07
  • “Mass Appeal” – Racket, 12.07
  • “Raw Materials” – Racket, 12.07
  • “Painting in the Moment” – Racket, 12.07
  • “Children of the Neon: Native Son” – Racket, 12.07
  • “Tales From the Underground: The Born-Again Bachelor” – 944 Las Vegas, 12.07

2006

2005

2004

  • “Will Soderberg” – Las Vegas CityLife, 02.04.04
  • “Ani DiFranco: Educated Guess,” “P.O.D.” – Las Vegas CityLife, 02.18.04
  • “It’s only rock ‘n’ roll” – Las Vegas CityLife, 04.19.04
  • “Huntridge keeps its customers happy” – Las Vegas CityLife, 04.19.04
  • “Local bands get Warped” – Las Vegas CityLife, 05.06.04
  • “What’s all the Fuss about?” – Las Vegas Weekly, 06.17.04
  • “Warped Speed Ahead” – Las Vegas Weekly, 07.01.04
  • “Is Gay Vegas Coming Out?” – Las Vegas Weekly, 08.19.04
  • “And the envelope, please …” – Las Vegas Weekly, 12.23.04

2003

2002

  • “Sifting through the trash” – Las Vegas CityLife, 01.10.02
  • “Too many fish in the pond” – Las Vegas CityLife, 02.28.02
  • “All that you can’t leave behind” – Las Vegas CityLife, 03.28.02
  • “Aftershocks die down at Tremorz” – Las Vegas CityLife, 04.04.02
  • “Never mind the bollocks” – Las Vegas CityLife, 04.11.02
  • “Anderson to repon the Castle” – Las Vegas CityLife, 04.18.02
  • “Tremorz faces more ups and downs” – Las Vegas CityLife, 04.25.02
  • “Vegas au go-go” – Las Vegas CityLife, 05.16.02
  • “So young, so cool” – Las Vegas CityLife, 2002 Local Music Issue, 05.30.02
  • “Building a foundation,” “Electric youth” – Las Vegas CityLife, 06.06.02
  • “Hustlers of culture,” “It’s about time” – Las Vegas CityLife, 07.04.02
  • “The return of Question 2” – Las Vegas Mercury, 07.04.02
  • “A tale of two venues” – Las Vegas CityLife, 07.18.02
  • “The beat goes on” – Las Vegas CityLife, 07.25.02
  • “Killer buzz,” “Music as metaphor” – Las Vegas CityLife, 08.08.02
  • “Got Bent?” – Las Vegas CityLife, 08.15.02
  • “Bigotry hits home” – Las Vegas Mercury, 08.15.02
  • “AWOL suffers one-two punch” – Las Vegas CityLife, 08.22.02
  • “All for the music” – Las Vegas CityLife, 08.29.02
  • “Parts on parade” – Las Vegas CityLife, 09.26.02
  • “The once and future past” – Las Vegas CityLife, 10.10.02
  • “Star signs” – Las Vegas CityLife, 10.17.02
  • “Dinosaur music reigns at A.J.’s Pub” – Las Vegas CityLife, 10.17.02
  • “Spooktacular” – Las Vegas CityLife, 10.24.02
  • “Sun sets on Mars” – Las Vegas CityLife, 10.31.02
  • “Junkyard Live gets junked,” “Creed adopts local homeless youth charity” – Las Vegas CityLife, 11.07.02
  • “It’s a grrrl thing” – Las Vegas CityLife, 11.14.02
  • “Ani DiFranco – So Much Shouting So Much Laughter” – Las Vegas CityLife, 11.21.02
  • “The writing’s on the wall” – Las Vegas CityLife, 11.21.02
  • “Internalized rage” – Las Vegas CityLife, 11.28.02 (Audioslave)
  • “Indie Orleans?” – Las Vegas CityLife, 11.28.02
  • “Thunderbird blues” – Las Vegas CityLife, 12.05.02
  • “Local heroes: Frank and Karoline DeFrancesco” – Las Vegas CityLife (6th Annual Local Heroes Issue), 12.19.02

2001

  • “Huff releases European single” – Las Vegas CityLife, 02.08.01
  • “Excon ready to rock USA” –Las Vegas CityLife, 03.08.01
  • “Silence of the Femmes” – Las Vegas CityLife, 03.15.01
  • “Clearing the air” – Las Vegas CityLife, 05.03.01
  • “Urban Living”- Las Vegas Mercury, 05.04.01
  • “Goth bands: distracting to strippers?” – Las Vegas CityLife, 05.24.01
  • “Selling The Band” – Las Vegas CityLife, Cover story, 2001 Local Music Issue – 06.07.01
  • “LVPunk calls it quits” – Las Vegas CityLife, 07.19.01
  • “Pacifists make lunch, not war” – Las Vegas CityLife, 08.16.01
  • “Next up-Acoustic Jam: The Movie” – Las Vegas CityLife, 08.30.01
  • “Nightlife also bears the burden” – Las Vegas CityLife, 09.20.01
  • “Journey to the end of the night” – Las Vegas CityLife, 10.07.01
  • “Junkyard scheduled to close” – Las Vegas CityLife, 11.08.01
  • “Local black community gets a new voice” – Las Vegas CityLife, 11.08.01
  • “Rainstorm” – Las Vegas CityLife, Cover story – 11.22.01
  • “Junkyard rebirth on the horizon”- Las Vegas CityLife, 12.06.01
  • “Tropics Bar becomes latest live music casualty” – Las Vegas CityLife, 12.20.01

2000

  • “Gothclubbing” – Las Vegas CityLife, 09.14.00
  • “Sin City gets a guide to sin” – Las Vegas CityLife, 09.27.00
  • “The Big, the Bad, and the Zero” – Las Vegas CityLife, 10.25.00
  • “Gothic renaissance?” – Las Vegas CityLife, 11.16.00
  • “State of the Underground” – Las Vegas CityLife, 11.23.00

1993

  • “Racism, Music, & Love” – Scope Magazine, 02.93