"It does have a 'Fear Factor' element; we like to lead with a headliner" -- a truly exotic food -- "that will establish our bona fides for the meal," said Curtiss Calleo, a graphic designer who started the club about four years ago with Ben Pauker, a senior editor at the international affairs journal Foreign Policy.
They may never become a headliner like mac and cheese, but they are perfect in their supporting role of bar snack.
Because Sixth Element didn't have a headliner like Fatboy Slim or the Chemical Brothers who had reached the mainstream rock audience, it was an event for dance music devotees.
"Jeff wants a headliner like Rachel Maddow or Bill O'Reilly in prime time," a source told the New York Post at the time.
And with a headliner like that and a weekend filled with dazzling events it's no wonder that half of black Hollywood was in New Orleans.
But as the festival reaches the apex of crossover appeal by featuring a headliner like Skrillex, its three days of programming still feature plenty of Catalan and Spanish talent.
The model I drove included a $5,700 "Luxury Package," featuring four-zone climate control, ventilated leather seats, custom brake calipers and a suede-like Alcantara headliner, and a $5,200 Bowers & Wilkins stereo system.
The four-tier wedding cake sat chilling in a walk-in fridge, like a spoiled headliner in his dressing room.
Each of the five cities hosting the event has its own lineup, with headliners like A-Trak, Vic Mensa, Flosstradamus, Action Bronson, What So Not, and Earl Sweatshirt (you can also count on the homie A-Trak to be at every show).
Like any headliner, Mediate aimed to please, despite feeling like a washed-out version of his usual colorful self.
