Polly’s work is a celebration of human sexuality, pleasure, empowerment, and experimentation. Her expansive approach includes writing, sculpture, immersive spaces, events, and performance.

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Text Polly at (702) 996-4243 to get connected with her community

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John Wayne Comunale writes weird horror books. He travels to Horror conventions across the country slinging books, meeting people, and making lasting connections with those who read my work and calls Sin City Las Vegas his home. And check out his band, johnwayneisdead

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Joe Reed was born to build businesses. The entrepreneurial spirit in him burns bright and his track record is better than many entrepreneurs can admit with confidence. Even though business comes easy for Joe, life itself has been more of an act of survival. He now owns WLVS Den Kava Lounge in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Read the cover story on Joe Reed written by Shwa Laytart at vegascannabismag.com

Follow Joe Reed on Instagram at @reedbiz2.0

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Katherine Yeske Taylor is a longtime New Yorker, but she began her rock critic career in Atlanta in the 1990s, interviewing Georgia musical royalty such as the Indigo Girls, R.E.M. and the Black Crowes while she was still a teenager. Since then, she has conducted thousands of interviews with a wide range of artists for dozens of national, regional, and local magazines and newspapers, including Billboard, Spin, American Songwriter, FLOOD, etc. She is the author of She’s a Badass: Women in Rock Shaping Feminism. Now available for purchase at http://www.bookshop.org/shop/avantpop

Follow Katherine on Instagram at @kyt_in_nyc

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With a commitment to creating and curating surprising forms of visual art, Attaboy has forged a varied career, often fusing subversion with disconcerting whimsy. On this episode, Shwa Laytart interviews Attaboy, artist and Co-Founder Hi-Fructose Magazine.

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Kelly Garni’s journey has taken some very unusual turns along the way. His roots are based in the music business starting at a very young age. At fifteen years old, he and his best friend, Randy Rhoads, formed legendary heavy metal group, Quiet Riot.

On this episode, Shwa Laytart interviews Kelly Garni, Musician, Photographer and Artist. It was the early nineties when Kelly moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, to pursue a new line of work. It was here, that he became a professional commercial photographer, specializing in photographing Las Vegas’ models and entertainers.

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On this episode, Shwa Laytart interviews Abel Horwitz, Producer and Co-Writer of "Abandon", an immersive horror show exploring the depraved mind of the Marquis De Sade, playing at Vegas Theatre Company.

Writer, producer and performer, Abel Horwitz has found a career in the subversive. In 2013 he helped create Urban Death: Tour of Terror at Zombie Joe’s Underground Theatre, which quickly became one of LA’s top haunted houses. In 2014 he started Serial Killer Speed Dating — actual speed dating, but hidden among the daters is a “serial killer” just dying to meet them.

Abandon is playing at Vegas Theatre Company starting October 5th, 2023

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On this episode, Shwa Laytart interviews Jarret Keene, author of "Hammer of the Dogs"

Jarret Keene earned his Ph.D. in creative writing at Florida State University. A beloved and highly sought after professor, Dr. Keene is an assistant professor in the Department of English at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas where he teaches American literature and the graphic novel. He has written a travel guide, a rock-band biography, poetry collections and edited short-fiction anthologies including Las Vegas Noir and Dead Neon: Tales of Near-Future Las Vegas.

Set in the wasteland of post-apocalyptic Las Vegas, Hammer of the Dogs is a literary dystopian adventure filled with high-octane fun starring twenty-one-year-old Lash. Hammer of the Dogs celebrates the courageousness of a younger generation in the face of authority while exploring the difficult choices a conscionable young woman must make with her back against a blood-spattered wall. It’s a story of transformation and maturity, as Lash grapples with her own identity and redefines the glittering Las Vegas that Nevada is known for.

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On this episode, Shwa Laytart interviews Joel Riojas, author of "The Green Wizard".

Joel Riojas is an army veteran living in Las Vegas, Nevada, who was originally born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. Joel grew up on the south side, in a community called the Back of the Yards, on Forty Seventh and Wolcott. Joel Riojas has written other books such as Twenty-Three that many have viewed as a creative adventure with twists and turns. Others viewed it as a great story that gives you time to escape and enjoy a nice read. Joel really enjoys writing, taking someone on a journey, and inspiring them in hopes of leaving them excited to read more. Joel Riojas draws his inspiration from his family, life experiences, and his array of friends. Joel Riojas lived in Alaska, Anchorage, for six years and while traveling throughout the state it was an awe-inspiring experience that drove Joel to explore different ways to express his creativity.

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On this episode, Shwa Laytart interviews Elise Krentzel, author of "Under My Skin". Elise was a teenage music journalist who toured on a press junket with Kiss to Japan.

Elise Krentzel's fast paced memoir, Under My Skin has earned #1 new release in these categories: Biographies of Rock Bands, Music Business, Rock, Composers & Musicians, and Jewish life. See and Hear the Writer Rebel Elise Krentzel read from her memoir Under My Skin - Drama, Trauma & Rock n' Roll. Elise has had an extraordinary life filled with high tragedy and comedy, unbearable and courageous.

Starting as a teenage music journalist who toured on a press junket with Kiss to Japan, she achieved several firsts worldwide. She was the youngest Bureau Chief for Billboard Magazine in Japan at 21; introduced punk rock to the Japanese market through her promotion agency; founded a digital publishing company specializing in travel guides with GPS on CD-ROM pre-internet in Europe; had one of the first travel blogs in 2000; created an AIDS awareness non-profit in South Africa aimed at teenagers, and had her first and only love child in her forties. She runs EK Editorial and Coaching, a business specializing in ghostwriting, book coaching, and editorial services for authors.

Elise is working on her second book in her memoir trilogy, A Rogue Entrepreneur - How She Did It Around the World, to be released in 2024. After living in five countries on three continents, she returned stateside in 2008 and moved to Austin in 2011, which she calls home. elisekrentzel.com

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