Austin Music Source

By Mark

October 7, 2007 2:42 PM | Link to this

I personally think anything that draws people to consider moving downtown metro Austin is a good thing. If you don’t like these types of bars then stay out and be thankful that it’s drawing the people you dislike out of your bars. Austin needs to accept that it’s growing and if we’re going to grow then it’s better to grow up rather then out. It’s better for the environment, traffic, etc.. So I’m in favor of anything that draws people downtown whether it’s my taste or not. next we need baseball. www.austinmlb.com

By Austin

October 7, 2007 3:17 PM | Link to this

Is it illegal to throw tomatoes at people in line for this place? Maybe it will go away…FLIP FLOPS FOREVER!!!

By jt

October 7, 2007 3:37 PM | Link to this

Terrible idea, last thing we need here. Velvet ropes play to elitist, wanna be vibe, full of seen and be seen crowd, losers braying into their cell phones all night, bad and overpriced drinks, bottle service, best left to NYC and LA. Hope it fails miserably.

By Big Fan

October 7, 2007 7:17 PM | Link to this

I have visited Michael Ault’s concepts all over world. Each location is exceptional in its own way however Pangaea is by far his best. Downtown Austin is very lucky to have this kind of quality establishment. Can’t wait!!! Good luck Pangaea Austin!!!

By chris

October 7, 2007 11:47 PM | Link to this

This is the lamest idea since the Jump to Conclusions mat. This guy’s hair gel must be seeping into his brain. I hope this place crashes and burns and he has to go back to his yankee haven with the rest of his striped shirt wearing tools.

Austin is going to hell in a handbasket.

By Austin

October 8, 2007 4:41 AM | Link to this

Mark… I will address each of your points… Moving people downtown will not help environment/traffic. Do you really think people that can afford those condos will SELL their Land Rovers? The Environment is not helped, traffic is not helped and parking becomes more expensive because condo residents will pay $10-12 to park.

We don’t want these people in our city…not just our bars…STAY IN HOUSTON or DALLAS, oh and Mark Houston has an excellent baseball team the Astros. Maybe you should move there? Sounds like your kinda place. Tell your Yuppies friends too. KEEP AUSTIN WEIRD or at least laid back.

Oh and one last thing, Alamo…WHY put yourselves on Drunk Puck (6th) Street. Thank God for Lamar.

By Austinite

October 8, 2007 7:42 AM | Link to this

Big Fan = plant plant plant. Michael, why are you signing in under a pseudonym to hype your dumb overpriced club for scenesters with more money than common sense? Who cares about such elitist nonsense. Austin doesn’t “need” to do anything to cater to these California expat dimwits.

By BMEsco

October 8, 2007 7:59 AM | Link to this

Austin will not be kind to this place. Should have built it in Dallas. Would have worked perfectly there.

By val

October 8, 2007 8:36 AM | Link to this

There are enough I-wanna-be-in-Dallas people in this town to sustain this new place. Just look at the Belmont.

By td

October 8, 2007 8:44 AM | Link to this

I have mixed feelings about this. I tend to go to places like Antones and La Zona Rosa to hear good music. I doubt the bands I like would play at such a place or even be asked to play. I guess these folks need a place of their own but you won’t see me standing in line at Pangaeas.

By Phil

October 8, 2007 8:48 AM | Link to this

Another step closer to Sodom & Gamorah. Another useless waste of time. Thanks Mr. Ault for putting our carpenters to work building this memorial to decadence. I cherish the thought of the first beautiful young girl child, pumped full of your expensive liquor by some Hummer-driving frat boy spending his daddy’s money, throwing up on the expensive carpets.

By Dilz

October 8, 2007 11:52 AM | Link to this

OMG this like African theme is like so primal and just makes me want to get so wild and crazy and drink so many appletinis. Thats like one of my favorite things about Austin, its just so weird and unusual, like, you’d never see something like this in Dallas.

By Brandon

October 8, 2007 12:07 PM | Link to this

Phil, I wouldn’t really call Austin a modern day Sodom & Gamorah just yet. For one, those were two cities - the analogy works much better for Dallas and Fort Worth.

I see Austin as more of a contemporary Nineveh - a mighty capitol city whose downfall was a result of its own pride. And let’s face it, Phil. Austinites are nothing if not unbearably proud of the bohemian lifestyle here. I was talking about this very thing the other day with the barista at Whole Foods over some organic loose-leaf yerba mate.

But who knows, you could be right. If the first person to get turned away from the line outside of Pangea on opening night looks back and turns into a pillar of salt, I’ll apologize.

By Michael Crabtree

October 8, 2007 12:09 PM | Link to this

I find it painfully ironic that the front page has this kind of shallow superficial bull$h!t and the very back page has a story about a long time resident leaving Austin because of it. He’s right you know: progress for the sake of progress is the logic of the cancer cell.

By Nomoreipo

October 8, 2007 2:17 PM | Link to this

I love the wording of the question has “Austin evolved enough to support such an exclusive nightlife scene,”. Since when has evolution been defined as becoming like LA or Dallas?

By Lame

October 8, 2007 2:45 PM | Link to this

Why do people insist on glorifying people like this Ault guy? What is the point of this article? None of this is new to Austin, it’s the same thing as Cuba Libre, Vicci, Belmont, etc etc etc. Clearly this guys ego isn’t big enough already. Why are you people so excited that you are about to give him lots of your money to wait in line with a bunch of douchebags and buy overpriced weak drinks? He’s a rich elitist who opens lame clubs so he can make money off other rich elitists. I don’t care if you go, but why do we need to read about it. The only reason that his clubs are so exclusive is because he says they are exclusive, and you put it into print.
And why does everyone keep complaining that the Alamo is moving to 6th St? Too many drunk people and not enough parking? Sounds exactly like the old location in the warehouse district, why do you think he is putting this club there.

By Glen

October 8, 2007 3:36 PM | Link to this

Yawn… no thanks.

By Scott

October 8, 2007 3:56 PM | Link to this

“…posse-friendly bottle service…” Nuf said. Big a*s thumbs down. The guy obviously has enough $ to keep it afloat for some time…but hopefully, after the luster wears off in 1-2 yrs, sales will dip so low that he’ll just yank it out.

By Lynny

October 8, 2007 4:18 PM | Link to this

Give me Saxon Pub any day over that type of place.

By Dave

October 8, 2007 4:26 PM | Link to this

Austin has plenty of room for a place like this. It certainly doesn’t detract from anything, it just adds something else to the mix. I may well not ever go there, largely because I can’t stomach the idea of waiting outside a club in a sad pageant of rejected losers. But I am in that area often. So I will enjoy ogling the seen. And think of the celebrities! Perhaps Ault can sang an appearance by Brittany for the opening. She could hand over her kids to the TYC for the evening and show us provincial folk how to par-tei.

I hope Ault succeds there, and makes lots of money. And I hope that the Austinistas that work for him make good money too. What’s not to like about that?

By extrapinch

October 8, 2007 6:29 PM | Link to this

kind of sad …. this club is a parody …it could work if the music is banging and they take it the bohemian route..keep it accesible..but clearly they dont intend to do that…wild game on the walls? Thats just what I want to do ..go out and revel in the big game hunter’s magnificent prowess over watered down drinks while listening to cheesy house…They better recognize if they wanna survive in the ATX

By With'a

October 8, 2007 9:18 PM | Link to this

The velvet rope thing is snobish but, hey if thats what he wants he’ll (hopefully) be paying the city taxes to do so. I would never step foot in such a place (hmmm…the good old days of African saffari & white dominance…no thanks) but, there are some cromags who go for such things. We can only hope that CA slips beneath the waves of the pacific soon and places such as this follow soon after.

By LostinAustin

October 9, 2007 9:34 AM | Link to this

Do. Not. Want.

By James

October 9, 2007 12:59 PM | Link to this

You got to be kidding right? That is a loaded question. NO ONE in their right mind wants this in Austin. If you ever have gone out in Austin you would know one of the greatest features is not having bullshit elitiest clubs like this one.

GO BACK TO DALLAS and take your valet parking with you.

By April

October 10, 2007 1:54 PM | Link to this

I am from San Antonio and I retreat to Austin at least once a month for three reasons, the restaurants, the nightlife, and the layed back non-pretentious people. I think that many of the Anti-pangea crew are not being layed back and are being like the very people they seek to criticize; one dimensional and close minded. Since when does bottle service and a nice interior make for such a wretched experience. Perhaps these people are blinded by the fact that Austin is becoming more cosmopolitan and less tree hugging. These people need to chill out and undertand that Austin will always be a staple for live music, the arts, and a relaxed no must no fuss attitude. We should embrace the change and understand that places don’t make the city, the people do. With that said, I hope that all the “haters” will relax and understand that co-existance and acceptance is key to maintaining that great ecclectic mix that Austin is not only know for, but loved for!