Clubland mention in The 411

via the Miami Sun Post:

There were no mass e-mails, no fliers strewn about on the sidewalks, no 103.5 The Beat radio plugs and no MySpace bulletin posting an invite to the big night, but on Wednesday, Sept. 27 it finally happened. Mokai, the upscale lounge just off 23rd and Collins, opened its doors for the first time. As previously reported, getting to that first party was no walk in the park for owners Nicola Siervo, Linley Edwards, Rony Seikaly and Karim Masri, who dealt with a number of issues with the city of Miami Beach that continued to delay the highly anticipated opening. As late as Wednesday night there were threats of permit issues shutting down the lounge, but once the doors opened for real all the false-alarm premieres and rumored first parties went out the window. Opening night was finally here and with the absence of the usual club advertisement, only those “in-the-know” knew when and where to rendezvous – and that’s exactly how the owners wanted it. Local socialites, promoters, club owners and behind-the-scenesters popped in to check out the chic and intimate 4,000-square-foot hotspot. There were a lot of firsts that night for the lounge as the first crowd, which included Pharrell Williams (the first celebrity in the door), sipped cocktails and bobbed their heads to the hip-hop beats provided by DJ Ross (the first DJ). There was the first tequila shot, the first random stack-of-napkins tossed and the first toast. The entire night (and the months of meetings prior) was captured on film by Producer Alfred Spellman and Director Bily Corben, the masterminds behind Clubland, a 24-part webisode documentary on the cutthroat business of Miami Beach nightlife, coming to a computer screen near you from Executive Producers James Dale of 42 Below Vodka and Brian Gordon.