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So in June, Chief went ahead and did it. We opened up a venue. Finally, we have a place where we can party how we like: hot, loud, fast and dirty. We call it BODEGA, because, well, it’s an old bodega.
The previous bodega got shut down when a S.W.A.T. team showed up last summer and kicked out all the guys that were selling crack and heroin to the neighborhood. After that debacle, the owner was open to getting a bit more creative with the space.
After Teenwolf hooked us up with Steve Trimboli, who’s the MAN as far as we are concerned (he’s the brains behind Goodbye Blue Monday and before that, the Scrap Bar at 116 MacDougal St) we got the go ahead and a set of keys got dangled in front of our eyes. We loved the space so much, with the two floors, the backyard, the best neighbors we could imagine and the potential to have dirty, dirty dance parties and scream-your-head-off rock shows four or five nights a week, we begged, borrowed and stole as much money as we could.
And when that got us pretty much nowhere near the neighborhood of how much money we needed, we walked into every bank in town and tried to make a new friend or two with deep enough pockets to give us a loan for say, $25,000.00. We got laughed out of more than a few banks, and some were just cold as goddamn ice to us. But after two weeks of hitting the streets, we got lucky. Now we’re fortunate enough to be neck deep in debt, but hey, we have a fucking 10-year lease! That’s right, BODEGA is locked and solid until 2018.
Immediately after we got access, Chief founder A.P. Smith and buddy/talented as hell set builder, Eric Morrell, all but moved into the space, spending their days and nights turning a death trap into a place we can be proud of. They built walls, installed some electricity, and poured gallons of sweat into the foundation. And when they were all but exhausted entirely, we went ahead and brought in some new blood.
Introducing the BODEGA staff:
General Manager Steve Rogers
and his assistants:
Julie & Gulab
Josh & Martin
Jeff & Alex
A lot of other kids and friends of ours have swung through and helped out, but none have worked as hard and put in as much work in as the kids above. None have lasted as long and have had as much fun. They are fucking awesome and we wouldn’t be able to do any of this without them. (These are the kids to offer your spare drugs or throw sex at; these are the kids that run the joint.)
If you’re interested in joining up, helping out and have the time to intern a couple of days a week, we damn well need you. Email Crazyhorse@chiefmag.com and we’ll set up an interview.
Also, the walls of the BODEGA have murals that kick holy ass, and that’s thanks to the very gifted SINBOY, a friendly immigrant who’s currently crashing in a spare room over in the Chief office as long as he can afford to keep hiding out in this country.
That all said, in the last 6 weeks we’ve had the pleasure of throwing shows with the following: LE RUG // THE SO SO GLOS // VIRGIN FORREST // TOTAL ABUSE // DRUNK DRIVER // VIOLENT BULLSHIT // TYGER BEAT feat. DJ REV. MCFLY // BOOGIE BOARDER // SILVERGHOST // THE DARLINGS // FUTURE ISLANDS // DANGER // SPITZER // TITUS ANDRONICUS // BOYFRIENDS // ANAMANDAGUCHI // RUNTIME ERROR // JAPANTHER// HIDDEN POWER // DEER FRIENDS / /BRAVO SPECTER // THE BOOK SLAVE // THE DEATH SET // TELLI GRAMZ // NUCLEAR POWER PANTS // LIONSHARE // DJ ABE BRIMMER // HOOD GANG // DJ PORKCHOP // DJ ANDERSONIC // SMARTS // JUICEBOXXX // TEENAGE COOL KIDS // TRIFLE TOWER // KNIFEMUSIC
Check our calendar at our websites
http://www.ChiefBodega.com & http://www.myspace.com/bodegabk
If you’d like to play a show at BODEGA, we’d love to have you.
Just email Bigchief@Chiefmag.com and we’ll start talking.
And our official BODEGA photographer Xavier Veal has been KILLING IT.
Check it out, Chief Magazine’s BODEGA!
Don't take any wooden pussy,
-Ed Zipco
Editor-In-Chief
Chief Magazine
The previous bodega got shut down when a S.W.A.T. team showed up last summer and kicked out all the guys that were selling crack and heroin to the neighborhood. After that debacle, the owner was open to getting a bit more creative with the space.
After Teenwolf hooked us up with Steve Trimboli, who’s the MAN as far as we are concerned (he’s the brains behind Goodbye Blue Monday and before that, the Scrap Bar at 116 MacDougal St) we got the go ahead and a set of keys got dangled in front of our eyes. We loved the space so much, with the two floors, the backyard, the best neighbors we could imagine and the potential to have dirty, dirty dance parties and scream-your-head-off rock shows four or five nights a week, we begged, borrowed and stole as much money as we could.
And when that got us pretty much nowhere near the neighborhood of how much money we needed, we walked into every bank in town and tried to make a new friend or two with deep enough pockets to give us a loan for say, $25,000.00. We got laughed out of more than a few banks, and some were just cold as goddamn ice to us. But after two weeks of hitting the streets, we got lucky. Now we’re fortunate enough to be neck deep in debt, but hey, we have a fucking 10-year lease! That’s right, BODEGA is locked and solid until 2018.
Immediately after we got access, Chief founder A.P. Smith and buddy/talented as hell set builder, Eric Morrell, all but moved into the space, spending their days and nights turning a death trap into a place we can be proud of. They built walls, installed some electricity, and poured gallons of sweat into the foundation. And when they were all but exhausted entirely, we went ahead and brought in some new blood.
Introducing the BODEGA staff:
General Manager Steve Rogers
and his assistants:
Julie & Gulab
Josh & Martin
Jeff & Alex
A lot of other kids and friends of ours have swung through and helped out, but none have worked as hard and put in as much work in as the kids above. None have lasted as long and have had as much fun. They are fucking awesome and we wouldn’t be able to do any of this without them. (These are the kids to offer your spare drugs or throw sex at; these are the kids that run the joint.)
If you’re interested in joining up, helping out and have the time to intern a couple of days a week, we damn well need you. Email Crazyhorse@chiefmag.com and we’ll set up an interview.
Also, the walls of the BODEGA have murals that kick holy ass, and that’s thanks to the very gifted SINBOY, a friendly immigrant who’s currently crashing in a spare room over in the Chief office as long as he can afford to keep hiding out in this country.
That all said, in the last 6 weeks we’ve had the pleasure of throwing shows with the following: LE RUG // THE SO SO GLOS // VIRGIN FORREST // TOTAL ABUSE // DRUNK DRIVER // VIOLENT BULLSHIT // TYGER BEAT feat. DJ REV. MCFLY // BOOGIE BOARDER // SILVERGHOST // THE DARLINGS // FUTURE ISLANDS // DANGER // SPITZER // TITUS ANDRONICUS // BOYFRIENDS // ANAMANDAGUCHI // RUNTIME ERROR // JAPANTHER// HIDDEN POWER // DEER FRIENDS / /BRAVO SPECTER // THE BOOK SLAVE // THE DEATH SET // TELLI GRAMZ // NUCLEAR POWER PANTS // LIONSHARE // DJ ABE BRIMMER // HOOD GANG // DJ PORKCHOP // DJ ANDERSONIC // SMARTS // JUICEBOXXX // TEENAGE COOL KIDS // TRIFLE TOWER // KNIFEMUSIC
Check our calendar at our websites
http://www.ChiefBodega.com & http://www.myspace.com/bodegabk
If you’d like to play a show at BODEGA, we’d love to have you.
Just email Bigchief@Chiefmag.com and we’ll start talking.
And our official BODEGA photographer Xavier Veal has been KILLING IT.
Check it out, Chief Magazine’s BODEGA!
Don't take any wooden pussy,
-Ed Zipco
Editor-In-Chief
Chief Magazine
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