i am running a bar now, apparently

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Posted by nefardec on Aug-05-2008 04:05:

i am running a bar now, apparently

so my friend just calls me and tells me that she has been made manager of a bar where I am doing my thesis in ithaca, ny.

the owner of the bar is moving to LA and was going to sell the bar, but she convinced him to hand it over to us.

this friend used to throw parties with me all the time and now our group of friends/collective has control over a bar from thursday through saturday..

meaning i will be playing all night like twice a week and handling booking.

granted, it's in ithaca, ny, which is a college town for two schools and a legendary hippie town, but i've never run a bar before but I can't wait. It is a wine and sake bar and we will be playing only house and techno as I book it

awesome

going to play the first three opening nights this thursday, fri, and sat

Posted by Direct on Aug-05-2008 04:06:

Right on, man.

Posted by Axer on Aug-05-2008 04:08:

eeah, that's wack man, have fun dealing with drunk customers!

Posted by Ted Promo on Aug-05-2008 04:09:

Can't you have just one night of good, knee-bending polkacore?

Posted by shaw on Aug-05-2008 04:12:

sounds like fun. best of luck.

Posted by nchs09 on Aug-05-2008 04:13:

If i ran a bar... i would die.

Posted by nefardec on Aug-05-2008 04:15:

quote:
Originally posted by Axer
eeah, that's wack man, have fun dealing with drunk customers!

haha like i said, I personally will be dealing mostly with booking, deejaying, and sound.

I'll let my friends take on that part haha.

it's good experience for me anyways. i think i'd like to get into designing/owning/operating such things after i get registered as an architect.

Posted by Axer on Aug-05-2008 04:32:

quote:
Originally posted by nefardec
haha like i said, I personally will be dealing mostly with booking, deejaying, and sound.

I'll let my friends take on that part haha.

it's good experience for me anyways. i think i'd like to get into designing/owning/operating such things after i get registered as an architect.

Haha! It's good business man, has a lot of potential depending on the location, type of music and crowd. Would be a lot of responsibilities too.

I had a residency at a bar in Toronto and those night were the best nights of my life. Drinks on the house and mixing up tunes from 9 till 3am. Night crawing in the city, drinking in random places and hoppin into afterhours. Ahh!

It's always the experience that counts. Good luck!

Posted by bucke on Aug-05-2008 04:45:

techno and house gets the drunks going good. yup.

Posted by Clovis on Aug-05-2008 04:55:

You should have Jazz & Blues nights as well.

Posted by nefardec on Aug-05-2008 04:58:

that is a great suggestion.

absolutely.

also would like to host some dub parties.

Posted by shaw on Aug-05-2008 04:58:

dub mix?

Posted by nefardec on Aug-05-2008 05:00:

no originals allowed

unless they are club mixes

Posted by shaw on Aug-05-2008 05:01:

what about album edits?

Posted by wotyzoid on Aug-05-2008 05:01:

Does that mean you can possibly sneak me in??

Posted by nchs09 on Aug-05-2008 05:02:

quote:
Originally posted by wotyzoid
Does that mean you can possibly sneak me in??
wotyzoid should be allowed in...

Does this also mean i will get a discount if i ever go?

Posted by nefardec on Aug-05-2008 05:10:

haha yeah. TA night

i imagine cover will be $5 or less every night.

once again, this is in Ithaca, NY, not in NYC.

we hope it will be the only bastion of quality non-indie rock music in the city

Posted by Sushipunk on Aug-05-2008 05:11:

That sounds cool as fuck man

What's the venue itself like? Do you have any pics?

Posted by winston on Aug-05-2008 05:14:

quote:
Originally posted by inconspicuous
what about album edits?

Club Mix

Posted by nefardec on Aug-05-2008 05:17:

quote:
Originally posted by Sushipunk
That sounds cool as fuck man

What's the venue itself like? Do you have any pics?

no

afaik it's a hole in the wall on a busy bar st across from where i used to play regularly

i'm going up to ithaca this thursday to play the whole weekend so i can get pics then

as soon as i can i'll use my design skillz and see if i can make it awesome for not so much $$

definitely will have to do a podcast or something for this. really excited

Posted by wotyzoid on Aug-05-2008 05:22:

I don't care I'll get a ride there. Especially if you let me open one night.

And Nachos should be allowed in for free.

Posted by verndogs on Aug-05-2008 05:32:

I'd be up for listening to your podcast since there is no fucking way in hell I'm taking a 4 hour bus ride from NYC to the middle of nowhere

Posted by r5a on Aug-05-2008 06:17:

that sounds really legit man. good luck.

Posted by itsamemario on Aug-05-2008 06:25:

can i play?
i play sexy latin tribal house and stuff

Posted by Sushipunk on Aug-05-2008 06:25:

quote:
Originally posted by nefardec
afaik it's a hole in the wall on a busy bar st across from where i used to play regularly

Hole in the wall? I'm familiar with this term to fast food type places, but for a bar?

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