Berlin
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Members of New York's techno semi-underground are accustomed to falling off the grid for their midnight to noon dance parties. But a soiree over the weekend surprised even some vets of the scene when, for one night (and morning) it transformed a downtown synagogue's basement into the most rollicking club in the city. More»
Ah Berlin, home of the libertine club kid, roving humanoid bratwurst cart and, now, the naked airport security protest! See the kinder smuggle some exposed sausage through Tegel aiport below (SFW, kinda)... More»
New Yorkers who complain that the city's nightlife is stuck in an endless rut, take heart: the party scene in Paris is just as anemic. Le Monde even declared the City of Light the "European Capital of Boredom." The only question is which city's nightlife will be the first to have both feet in the grave. More»
- Berlin may be the new New York, but could NY be the next Berlin? A look at our best underground Techno parties. [post]
- We get a detailed interview with Mark-Paul Gosselaar on NYC, tell-all books, and his latest gig. [post]
- Ivanka Trump's book party brings out the whole family. [post]
- Paperball Celebrates The Museum of Art and Design's One Year Anniversary. [post]
And, go to "THE PLAYGROUND" to find out what's going on tonight!
In Berlin, Nightlife Is A Church, And Techno Is Its Choir...How Do We Compare? A Detailed Look At NYC's Best Techno
If there’s one thing New Yorkers love more than New York, it’s complaining about it. Those weary of the city’s gentrified sheen often fix their rose-colored glasses on the vibrant ‘80s—artists! music! cheap rent!—while forgetting the decades’s woes. Berlin recaptures the frenetic cultural vitality of 1980s New York better than any other city. Broke artists squat in abandoned buildings. Graffiti proliferates. Music wails. The city’s 24/7 club culture is a democracy uncompromised by bottle service. In Berlin, nightlife is a church. And techno is its choir.
There are signs that things are coming full circle. The following parties, clubs and promoters replicate Berlin’s underground, afterhours club culture in New York, all to a techno beat: More»
[Cult figure signs autographs]. Quentin Tarantino and the cast of the purposefully mispelled Inglourious Basterds took a hop across the pond to attend last night's premiere in Berlin. Set in WWII-era Vichy France, the film features Jewish characters exacting vengeance upon their Nazi oppressors. Brad Pitt plays a soldier from Tennessee who organizes a ragtag group of Jewish-American fighters to stick it to the Germans, while Diane Kruger plays a popular German film star who is secretly a spy for the Allies. Inglourious Basterds first showed at Cannes in May, and will premiere in the U.S. on August 21. More»
[Julian Schnabel and Lou Reed sign copies of "Berlin". All photos by WILL RAGOZZINO for PMc.] Although the book (BERLIN) isn't slated for official release until July 14th, fans packed into Steven Kasher Gallery to get their early copies of Berlin signed by legendary rocker Lou Reed and artist Julian Schnabel. The 176-page hardcover title is a supplement of sorts to Lou Reed's Berlin, a 2008 musical documentary film directed by Schnabel which covers five nights of sold-out concerts in Brooklyn's St. Ann's Warehouse. More»
Vassili Verrecchia Shows Off His Favorite Things In His Paris Home
While his brother, Timothee, runs the NYC office, Vassili takes on the Paris-based side of things. To gain some insight to what inspires such a creative and entrepreneurial spirit, we asked Vass to show off some of his favorite worldly and sentimental possessions in his Paris home. See where Vass's travels have taken him...
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