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My heart just got all achey-breaky.\nThis next review is one that I\u2019ve been hanging on to for some time.\xa0 Listeners with excellent memories might recall that back in spring of 2022, when I submitted my first review to be read on the show, we figured out that my wife and I were at a show the previous week that Mark was also at. I\u2019m kind of in awe at how much has changed since then. I started as a regular contributor, then I attended my first Vegas Vacation, then we all started hanging out together on the many trips I\u2019ve taken to Vegas since, and then Keren got tired of reading my reviews on the show, and so now here we are recording together. So today, let\u2019s talk about the first time Mark and I hung out in the same room, even though we didn\u2019t know it at the time. Let\u2019s talk about X-Country.Okay, so let\u2019s get this out of the way. I like women. If women choose to be naked in front of me, I like that, too. As I type these words out onto the screen, it occurs to me that I probably cannot review this show without coming across like a dirty old man. But in the words of Popeye the Sailor, \u201cI yam what I yam.\u201d\xa0 So if you share or even merely tolerate my indulgences, then keep listening.\n\nI'm rooting for your team, miss.\nI\u2019ve said before that for me, going to see shows in Vegas is more for my wife than me. However, since I\u2019m the one who plans the trips, I\u2019m often the one who chooses the shows. As a result we occasionally see a topless revue because I want to, damn it. My wife does not object to this.\xa0 There\u2019s some tradition here. Vegas is where we let our freak flags fly.\xa0 Going back a few years to our first trip to Vegas as a couple, the first show we saw was \u201cFantasy\u201d at the Luxor. (Note: It technically was \u201cBrilliant!\u201d at the Neon Museum earlier the same evening, but that kind of depends on how you define \u201cshow.\u201d) So yeah, as a red-blooded straight male who loves Las Vegas, I\u2019m kind of a connoisseur of these shows, or at least I\u2019d love to be.\xa0 Since then, we\u2019ve seen Fantasy three times, X Burlesque, BurlesQ (you have to pronounce the letter \u201cQ\u201d in their name because who the fuck knows?), Rouge, and now X Country.Some words here about the change, the nature of Vegas, and regret: Like Mark, I consider myself a Vegas history buff. I never got to see any of the classic \u201cshowgirl\u201d type shows; Mrs. Jaydubs and I kind of discovered Vegas as a couple just a little too late and Jubilee, the last true showgirl style show, had already closed.\xa0 Now Crazy Girls is gone (they say it will return with a new home, but that\u2019s a song we\u2019ve all heard before) along with X Rocks and Sexxy at Westgate. This has created a sense of urgency in me that has me treating topless shows like Pokemon: \u201cGotta See Em All!\u201dSo if you\u2019re still listening, and have never seen a topless show in Vegas and would like to, let me share more about the overall experience. First, just do it. I think most are reluctant to see a topless show because they\u2019re worried about how they will be perceived. The audience is full of all kinds of people. Men, women, couples. Young people. Older people.\xa0 There\u2019s more women and more couples in the audience than one might think at first, and the women cheer louder. It\u2019s a hell of a lot of fun. Fantasy at the Luxor is probably my favorite. It has the nicest venue, the largest number of performers, and the most advanced choreography (which isn\u2019t really that advanced, but hey, boobs!) I think it\u2019s the longest running topless revue currently playing. We\u2019ve seen it three times, and you can expect a review for Fantasy soon. If it seems like I\u2019m providing a lot of context and haven\u2019t yet really reviewed X Country, you\u2019re absolutely right. Because how much can you say about a show whose entire premise is young women dancing in nothing but boots and g-strings? And that is basically what you get with X-Country. It\u2019s a fun, sexy show that got the Mrs and I warmed up for the evening. It served its purpose. We laughed, we cried, we got turned on, an