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(NEW YORK CITY) Temporary Autonomous Zone is Birthed In New York City

Lionheart

07:47 / 26.02.04

Somehow I seem to have acquired full use of a one room apartment in Manhattan until next Wednesday. The place has electricity, running water, and heating. It has no furniture though. What should I do with it? I'm thinking of maybe setting up a Barbelith meet over there. It shouldn't be hard to find the place. It's on St. Mark's Place and Avenue A.

Lionheart

14:00 / 26.02.04

Come on! I only have control of the apartment till next Wednesday. So please respond!

8===>Q: alyn

19:15 / 26.02.04

Ha ha ha! I lost my virginity in a building on St. Mark's and Avenue A. Seriously!

Lionheart

19:26 / 26.02.04

Did you go back and try to find it?

Caleigh

03:09 / 27.02.04

can we total the place or can we just use the space?

if we can total it then we should put a call out and do
huge murals all over the walls

if we can't then maybe we can set it up with strobes and
projectors and stuff as an ongoing "happening"

i'm going to be in the area sunday night if you are around

Lionheart

04:53 / 27.02.04

We can't total it but the place is pretty much empty so we can pretty much bring whatever we want into there until the landlord changes the locks. I'll post up the address tommorow and will figure out some way to keep the place permanently open to Barbelith people.

bitchiekittie

13:09 / 27.02.04

oooh. can we be loud, or will people complain? if you have it late march, we could have a barbeparty in there, and get up to lots of bad things.

Lionheart

13:57 / 27.02.04

We can be loud.

But I will only have it UNTIL NEXT WEDNESDAY.

Red Cross Iodized Salt

14:49 / 27.02.04

You could...

Turn it into a smoking den for neighborhood bars...

Open an East Village bar (half of them are only around for a week anyway)...

See how many Tompkins Square Park junkies, punks, drag queens and goths you can fit into a Temporary Autonomous Zone...

Turn it into an auxiliary dog run...

stepinrazor

20:26 / 27.02.04

I got tiny little speakers and a subwoofer.
And an iPod.

Let's turn this mother out. Yeah?
I'd spread the word but you haven't given me a g-d-mn address.
I'm sure Jen & Crew would come help.
In fact? I'ma call her ass right now.

Love,
-C.

Lionheart

20:50 / 27.02.04

uhm... I don't know the address.

Nevermind. I just got it.

128 St. Marks place apt. 4d.

I'm gonna go to alt.coffee now.

Ill be there till 8pm. Then I'll head over to the apartment but I'll have to leave it early Saturday morning to do some work at home.

C'ya there.

Lionheart

20:56 / 27.02.04

oh, btw

alt.coffee is located at

139 avenue A

stepinrazor

21:39 / 27.02.04

Called Jen - she's on board for later tonight.

Called alt.coffee and they shouted for you Leo but no one looked up.

I'll meet up with you there or at the apartment. Figure 8/8:30
Will bring vodka.

Lionheart

22:51 / 27.02.04

I was in the other room when they called out my name. By the time I got to the phone you had hung up. Oh, well.

Time to update my lj and go to the apartment. Hopefully no bad suprises.

Lionheart

00:25 / 28.02.04

it's 9:30 pm. I'm now at alt.cofffee to see where everybody else is.

I'm gonna go back to the apartment now.

Lionheart

05:05 / 28.02.04

NO PARTY TONIGHT. I AM NOW HOME. YOU BASTARDS.

omg caps!!!

Caleigh

14:20 / 28.02.04

Lionheart, can you post WHEN you will be there with some
advance notice. That way it's easier to coordinate.
That said, if I'm in the city any time in near future I
will buzz the apt.

8)

Caleigh

14:21 / 28.02.04

oh, i also heard a rumour that VJB might want to use the space for
some kind of annual soiree of his. Just a vague rumour.

Lionheart

15:12 / 28.02.04

Well, the current plan is to hold a party there tommorow (Sunday) night.

I must've been away from the board for a bit too long. VBJ?

Caleigh

18:33 / 28.02.04

that's great timing!
i was going to hit a couple of bars/clubs in the l.e.s/e.v
tomorrow night! we can just pop in as part of the whole night.

is there a password like "invisibles" or anything?

Caleigh

18:34 / 28.02.04

VJB = Vladimir J. Baptiste he was at the Telephone Bar Mono & Stoatie tour.

Lionheart

18:37 / 28.02.04

The password isn't a word but a physical action. Basically you have to ring the doorbell marked "4d". It's this whole 4th dimension reference. Yeah..that's the ticket!

Lionheart

22:36 / 29.02.04

NO PARTY TONIGHT
NO PARTY TONIGHT
NO PARTT TONIGHT

Due to a small injury which I recieved while moving furniture there will be no party tonight. Instead I'm thinking iof holding the party tommorow during the day. Sorry bout this sudden change of plans but shit happens.

Caleigh

04:23 / 01.03.04

i'm sorry to hear about your injury Lionheart. i hope you are ok.
funny that i couldn't have gone tonight anyway. good friend broke up with her partner so i was doing some consoling tonight. maybe i will drop in tomorrow day.

Caleigh

18:02 / 02.03.04

i went by and rang around 1:30-2pm yesterday but no answer

Olulabelle

08:42 / 04.03.04

You know, this constant almost party is Performance Art.

FinderWolf

14:06 / 04.03.04

LOL Oula!

Hope you're doing OK, Lionheart. Sorry I haven't been able to chime in on many of these NYC gathering threads; it seems like I have almost no free time at all lately, so oftentimes I haven't posted here.

Lionheart

13:01 / 05.03.04

I gave back the keys on Wednesday. Sadly the place is no more. (well, it's still there but it's not mine anynmore.)

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