"Well....I dropped 30 grand on the Nugget slots, \nhad to sell my ass on Fremont Street...\n\nTom Waits knew what was up all those years ago and not much has changed.\n\nIt's changed, but it's the same. \n\nThere's a light show overhead, there's new casinos and the hotels downtown are looking much more upscale.\n\nBut the real Vegas grit is there, you can smell it in the air and feel it on your skin.\n\nDancing girls on the bars, a band at each end of the 'experience' and gawking tourists with their three foot plastic cups pushing strollers with passed out kids at 1am.\n\nIt's sometimes a little too real, but hey, I like that."^^ . . "11"^^ . . "9"^^ . "2012-08-16T00:00:00"^^ . "7"^^ . . "3"^^ .