absolute debauchery

last year i headed down to austin for SXSW and to help launch austinist amongst other things (party, eat good mexican food, drink avocado margaritas, music music music). this year i'm headed back down to throw an austinist + gothamist day party. i'm going to put up a final post about that soon, with all the details, final lineup, etc. but right now, i want to tell you about something i haven't mentioned yet...

the afterparty.

i, along with about 15 other people, have been working for the past 2 weeks on pretty much the most awesome afterparty ever. it's called absolute debauchery and that's the flyer to the right. there will be performances by grand national (London), the cloud room (NYC), forward russia! (UK), and gogol bordello (NYC).

after that there's a sweaty, raucous dance party courtesy of austin's car stereo (wars), learning secrets and finger on the pulse. toronto's scandal scouts will be roaming around in sultry costumes,  there will be amazing video projections from super!alright!, a troupe of fire dancers performing unbelievable pyromaniac feats on the patio out back (seriously, i'm not kidding), and gift bags stuffed with...stuff!

the most important part (i know you readers) there is a complimentary open bar ALL NIGHT. there will literally be hundreds of bottles of vodka, truckloads of red bull, barrells of beer, and other stuff that'll make you do things you regret the next day.

where is this magical wonderland of debauchery going to take place? sandra bullock's twenty-thousand square foot warehouse, which during SXSW will be dubbed the red bull house. it has things that i don't even know what they are, such as: "reactive video walls, live re-mash interactive instruments, LED flora sculptures"...yeah. so all of that sounds pretty sweet, huh? the best part though...well...it's a secret. i swore not to let it spill, but it's good. real good.

so you wanna come? i'd love for all of you to be there, but the space can only hold so many people, so you must rsvp. i'm going to direct you to the separate guestlist for the -IST network, which you can find here:

[Online RSVP for Absolute Debauchery]

the list closes once we reach capacity, so sign up if you are going to austin. i'll be passed out against the wall at approximately 2:30am, but if you come by...say hi (aaron joseph sturmthal bergman i'm looking at you)!

Comments

[Aaron joseph sturmthal bergman]

You know, I'm starting to not believe them with this whole "check back tomorrow" thing.

[Aaron Bergman]

Seriously, is there any chance of getting in to say hi?

[jen]

i'll be announcing something about the afterparty soon. the day party is open though, no rsvp needed.