While many music fans know Del Marquis mainly as the power pop guitarist for the band Scissor Sisters, Marquis has been showcasing a deeper artistic approach in his recent solo work. Marquis’ newest project is a large scale release including three separate albums that dropped over the past six months starting with HotHouse, then Character Assassination, followed by Litter to Society and the final culmination Runaround (released tomorrow, September 22nd). The release is not just music minded, the entire four album set is meant to be viewed as one piece; a fully integrated multi-media project featuring music, short form video, and long form “intersode” videos such as The Third Rail. Promising to entertain fans of filmmakers like Fritz Lang, The Third Rail combines themes of oppression and a dystopian vision of the future with an abstract sci-fi feel. Here, Del takes our Pop Quiz.

The dissonance you feel in your gut when you pair “Pirate” and “Love” couldn’t be more perfect. Sprinkle in a glob of garage-surf-punk blanketed with the sharpest of black atmospherics, and you have yourself Norway’s very own Pirate Love. After coming off a huge European tour with Serena Maneesh, the band made a mid-June stop off in Toronto for North By Northeast, before switching gears and making a thunderous maiden trip to NYC for shows in support of their just album, Black Voudoun Space Blues. I was able to catch them at their summer Piano’s show where they pounded out psyche-punk tunes, coming across as a cross between Brian Jonestown Massacre and Turbo Negro. Obviously influenced by their visit to America, the lead singer, David Dajani, appeared on stage in a cowboy hat and daisy dukes. Check out his answers to our Pop Quiz after the jump.

Tommy Saleh, creative director for New York's Soho Grand and Tribeca Grand hotels, is the mellow curator of coolness who's been keeping both downtown institutions grand since they opened in 1996 and 2000, respectively. With a keen eye for talent, the soft-spoken, Egyptian-born Saleh consistently hosts the most groundbreaking musicians, artists, and scene-making cultural figures at his twin lairs. If you run into Saleh at a party in New York or LA or Istanbul or Marrakesh or London -- you know you're in the right place.

Dagny Mendelsohn is the front woman representing the 11 total owners at Macao Trading Company. She hails from the other serious foodie city, San Francisco, once she set foot in New York, she learned the heart of the restaurant business from one of the best, Keith McNally. She embraced the underground hipster scene from being part of APT, as well as gaining an education from the fashionistas (a.k.a. Richie Rich). At Macau, she brings it all together under one roof with dinners for people like Perry Farrell, Mick Rock and Morimoto.

Albert Trummer is the Austrian bar chef and brains behind Chinatown operation Apothéke. With business-minded partner Heather Tierney, Trummer serves his liquid medicine from behind the bar to an eager clientele night after night at the booming corner spot on Doyers Street. While growing up in his family's restaurant in Austria, Trummer learned his way around the bar and turned his father's private club into a booming hotspot at the age of 15. He's since worked for the likes of David Bouley, the Chambers Hotel, Home Bar on Shelter Island, and 60 Thompson. The master mixologist speaks about who does nightlife best, the apothecary premise and his plans for the future. And for a special video clip, he even mixes up his famous flaming inferno beverage for BlackBook's Cayte Grieve and Eiseley Tauginas.

Sandra Ardito heads sales, marketing and special events for KO Hospitality Management (Cooper Square Hotel, Empire Hotel, Hotel on Rivington, and Chelsea Hotel in Atlantic City). We met the hospitality connoisseur at the Cooper Square Hotel to get the scoop on the Hamptons Memorial Day hotspot, the Reform Club Inn (suites and private cottages in Amagansett), working for Ian Schrager, and why we should stay at Cooper Square (besides the fact that it's the location of the Bjork's afterparty tonight).

Is this the first hotel KO has developed?
No, we did the Empire Hotel on 63rd Street, and we did the Chelsea Hotel in Atlantic City for Paul Sevigny and Matt Abramcyk. For those hotels, I would describe us as the hired guns.

What happens when three young brothers from Winnipeg bust into dad's basement album stash and co-opt his precious vinyls of London Calling, Who's Next, and Get Yer Ya-Ya¹s Out? You have Inward Eye, a classic power-pop trio following up opening two tours for The Who with the release of their debut EP and a live assault on the USA. Drawing on influences from The Jam and The Clash to their new pals and tourmates Townshend & Daltrey, and hailed by critics as "the next big thing," the Brothers Erickson -- Dave (vocals/bass), Kyle (guitar/vocals), and Anders (drums) -- are finishing up their first full-length set for release on RCA later in the year. Last week, via Eric Ervin Presents, they played at Fontana's with the Littl'ans, from the UK, and local band the Reckless Sons. Who knew that Winnipeg had three strappingly handsome six-foot dyanmos who would dazzle the world with their music and raucous stage presence, not their hunting and hockey skills? See the proof in our Pop Quiz.

Serge Becker is a partner in New York dining and nightlife staples like The Box, Joe's Pub, Café Select, and La Esquina. His stake in the nightlife industry began as art director at Area and continued with his involvement in some of the city’s most exclusive spots (MK and Bowery Bar). Currently, he's taking a break from nightlife and exercising his green thumb.

How did you start in this business?
I started as Eric Goode's art director at Area, doing art installations. There were six or seven of us that were the core group.

Randy Scott tells BlackBook about RDV— his newest nightlife muse, being considered the Kevin Bacon of the Industry and the social importance of the lounge.

What is your current project?
I am involved in the whole complex on 13th Street between 9th and Washington which is now, Kiss and Fly the nightclub, Bagatelle the restaurant and the third space, which is the lounge, is the new project called RDV. Abbreviation for Rendez-vous. Bagatelle is one of the most successful restaurants in New York. Remi Laba and Aymeric Clemente are the partners and great to work with. I was brought on to head the lounge. RDV is a plush lounge—it is the gem. We are just doing friends and family now, but we will be opening shortly. We did a party for Josh Lucas and another for Quincy Jones. We hired a mixologist, Thierry Hernandez from Bar du Plaza Athénée in Paris, and we are following his formal steps of service.