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Industry Insiders: Michael Ault, International Spy

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Tari Ervin

Industry Insiders: Michael Ault, International Spy Michael Ault, owner of the Pangaea clubs in Austin and elsewhere and the man behind legendary New York clubs like Spy and Chaos, checks in with the scene (New York) where he once reigned.

How did you start in the nightclub business? Growing up in Palm Beach in the 1970s, every night was a party. All the families on the social scene were expected to host large events at their homes, mostly charity balls and large dinners. Both my mother and father's family took this ethos to extreme lengths. So as a child, most of what I recall were large parties, planning, logistics, caterers, florists, car parkers, bands, guest lists, phone books, and fun. No one ever considered them "businesses," because they weren't, but they were extremely complicated productions to produce and promote. To be completely frank with you, I'm not certain that I was ever really a component of the nightclub business. In many ways, the concept of a business and "party" are often mutually exclusive. If you're concentrating on the business, you'll often lose sight of the party. And naturally the reverse is invariably true. But to answer your question, my first clubs as an owner were Merc Bar and Surf Club.

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Austin City Limits: Day One

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Resalin Rago

Austin City Limits: Day One After flying south with Jakob Dylan (he, sprawled out across two leather seats in first class; me, flanked by two big-boned passengers in coach), I arrived in sunny Austin, TX for day one of Austin City Limits, a 3-day music festival with eight stages, local vendors, makeshift head shops selling custom-made glassware, countless cans of beer, and about a jillion bands.

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Openings: Austin

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Bryce Longton

Doc’s MotorWorks (Academy Dr.) - Large, loud groups down local craft beer at some grease monkey's former garage.
The Soup Peddler (South Austin) - The Soup Nazi's free-spirited, alchemist antithesis bike-delivers to "soupies" who order a week in advance.
Threadgill’s (South Austin) - Cosmic-cowboy ephemera from the birth of the Live Music Capital of the World is worth the trip.

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New BlackBook Guides: Atlanta to Washington DC (and Much More)

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BlackBook

imageWe're pleased to announce a considerable expansion to our list of BlackBook guide cities. In addition to thousands of restaurant, nightlife, and hotel profiles already online for New York, Miami, Chicago, and Los Angeles, we've added coverage for Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Dallas, the Hamptons, Honolulu, Montreal, San Francisco, Toronto, Vancouver, and Washington DC. We're just starting some of these, but all will be ramping up over the coming weeks. And that's not all -- soon, you'll see online BlackBook guides for Paris, London, Milan, Seattle, Berlin, and more. Stay tuned.

Perez Spends ‘One Night in Austin’

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Nick Haramis

imageRiffing off of his namesake’s skin flick, “Queen of All Media” Perez Hilton hosted “One Night in Austin” at Palm Door (which itself might be riffing off of the Cannes award—actually, scratch that, we’re in Texas). In addition to headlining guests Robyn and N.E.R.D., the show featured web darling Katy Perry and preppy boy band Chester French (who Perez claims to have discovered), as well as Dragonette, Riskay, and Ultraviolet Sound. There was also some really heinous hair. See for yourselves: Click here for full gallery!

Photography by Alexander Wagner

Tapes ‘n Tapes at SXSW!

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Nick Haramis

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Minnesotan indie rockers took the Cedar Door stage last week at SXSW. Said the photographer of the event: “Lots of cheap beer and rocking.” Amen. We’ll let the pictures speak for themselves. Click here for full gallery!

Photography by Alexander Wagner

Simian Mobile Disco Lights Up SXSW

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Nick Haramis

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Simian Mobile Disco played the Free Yr Radio party at La Zona Rosa last week, along with Times New Viking and Yeasayer. Free cornbread and beans were served before the show. Seriously.

Photography by Alexander Wagner