1001: A Space Idiocy

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OPIUM has resumed flights to Uranus. Chip, the fresh cadet, reports from on board the Starship OPM73 as the crew celebrates 1001 shows and welcomes the newest perversely talented recruits who are helping make the galaxy a wonderfully idiotic place to travel.

All Vinyl, All The Time

By Los Angeles Times

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Like Superfrico itself, DJ Nina Tarr is eclectic, electric and tough to categorize. A skilled and highly sought-after DJ/woman-about-town, Nina has spun alongside the likes of Questlove, Thom Yorke, Nigel Godrich, Todd Edwards, Aquarium Drunkard and countless others. With her all-vinyl selections, Nina deftly blends funk, glam, afro beat, world, boogie, hip hop, new wave, electro, […]

Pop My Cork

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Nurse Chardonnay needs a drink! With opening night fast approaching, Gypsy from OPIUM takes time out from a grueling rehearsal schedule to reflect. She’s bouncing back after 18 months of pandemic hardship with a new act, a new costume and she’s ready to pop!  Luckily, cocktail superstar Leo Robitschek is setting up right next door […]

Come Out, Come Out!

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Do you hear that? It’s the sound of Las Vegas coming back. Only someone forgot to tell Lt. Harriet from the Starship OPM73. Now, if she could only find the rest of the OPIUM crew…

Absinthe Turns 10

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On April 1, 2011, an unknown entrepreneur with more money than sense erected a shaky spiegeltent on the forecourt of Caesars Palace and presented the first performance of a raunchy acrobatic show he promised would pull Las Vegas out of the gloom of the global financial crisis. “They” said the show wouldn’t last a week. […]

April Fools

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Some said it wouldn’t last six weeks but at last count, Absinthe was closing in on 10 years as one of the hottest tickets in Las Vegas. Here’s a look back at some of the silly, sublime ways we’ve celebrated the show’s April 1st anniversary over the years.