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Hi. Here's a random grab bag o' imagery from the Life Is Beautiful festival. 

Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips gets bubblicious in the crowd.

The Flaming Lips' stage set wasn't so much a light show as an interstellar tanning booth. 

A blast of confetti at OK Go, whose music is blasts of confetti.

A costumed performer in The Western. Her look was so convincing I thought she was going to shoot soft-serve from her fingertips.

Edoardo Tresoldi's wire sculpture, melding all kinds of deep ideas about fragility, movement and evanescence.

 

 

 

As a longtime journalist in Southern Nevada, native Las Vegan Andrew Kiraly has served as a reporter covering topics as diverse as health, sports, politics, the gaming industry and conservation. He joined Desert Companion in 2010, where he has helped steward the magazine to become a vibrant monthly publication that has won numerous honors for its journalism, photography and design, including several Maggie Awards.
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