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December 28, 2008 - 10:00 pm

Devil Doll at The Mirage

She calls herself Devil Doll, and truth be told, Colleen Duffy has a little bit of Lucifer in her lungs.

Singing in a sultry snarl over a shifting backdrop of sax-fired jazz, a near honky-tonk shuffle, hip shakin' rockabilly and plenty of stiff-upper-lip punk fire and brimstone, Duffy's an old school femme fatale worthy of becoming Bettie Page's spiritual heir.

To paraphrase AC/DC, hell ain't always a bad place to be.

See Devil Doll at 10 p.m. Sunday at The Beatles Revolution Lounge at The Mirage, 3400 Las Vegas Blvd. South. Tickets are $10; call 692-8383.

-- JASON BRACELIN

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The Associated Press

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Israeli soldiers sit atop an infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) positioned near the border with th ...

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By Jesse Bedayn The Associated Press

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By Jessica Hill / RJ

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Tim McCanon sits on the road with his dogs after being rescued by the Community Fire Department ...

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GOP Senate primary candidates include 2020 election deniers

By Jessica Hill / RJ

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