I'm doing an obituary on Bar Bodega, and am looking for anyone, but especially bands who have played there, with fond (or otherwise) memories of the place. If you are keen to share some anecdotes or condolences send them to tesibel@hotmail.com
I'm doing an obituary on Bar Bodega, and am looking for anyone, but especially bands who have played there, with fond (or otherwise) memories of the place. If you are keen to share some anecdotes or condolences send them to tesibel@hotmail.com
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My favourite memory would have to have ...
My favourite memory would have to have been the blackboards in the men's toliets (which they eventually removed?)
Many a great bar room philosophy to be enjoyed while shaking hands with the man in the pink poller-neck sweater!
Um so is bodega deffinitly going. FUck ...
Um so is bodega deffinitly going. FUck that would be a tragedy. It is the best venue in the country easyily
Yes, sad to say, must be on my ...
Yes, sad to say, must be on my way...
Sorry, don't know what came over me, but the Bodega will close at the end of August - they're having a big night of it on the friday, a more chilled "drink the bar dry" thingey on the Saturday and then on the Sunday, anyone who can still walk will form a procession to carry the bar to the new premises, in Ghuznee Street.
Fraser (the owner) was reported as having ideas about running a dance venue in the Ghuznee Street premises but got tired of the to-ing and fro-ing with the Bypass (apparently it now leaves the bar intact but not the cafe at the front) and hassles with renewing the lease, didn't want to run two venues so is making the new place The Bodega - its much bigger (350-odd people) with chill space.
I'll miss the old venue - I couldn't believe that such a small space was the legendary Bodega I'd heard much about before ever going there, but I had lots of good nights there.
but the bypass still hasn't been ...
but the bypass still hasn't been totally confirmed?!?
yeah but what myshkin said and more was ...
yeah but what myshkin said and more was in an article in the either the Evening Post or Dom as week or so ago. The lease is up and any lease onwards is on a monthly basis.
right. i was a little confused. a ...
right. i was a little confused. a damned shame that.
sadness, will drown my sorrows with ...
sadness,
will drown my sorrows with some cheap bubbles tonight
For Vietnow, to save confusion: the ...
For Vietnow, to save confusion: the bypass has NOT been confirmed, as Transit still have a few hurdles, the big one being construction funding. But tenants on the route have been served eviction notices despite this, and that includes Bodega. They are setting up down the road, like myshkin said, and stuff like Beats n Bubbles will still be happening, but its the end an era. The bigger venue just won't quite be the same, i love Bodega for its intimacy, its cosy.
it's definitely a loss. but looking ...
it's definitely a loss. but looking forward... that new venue is a great spot in a great building. it really could be a blessing in disguise as noise issues were already getting pretty threatening at the bodge. I hope the name/brand value is retained - it would feel OK to me to carry it over to a new site.
Is the new space in the old flipp ...
Is the new space in the old flipp building? It looks like some construction is going on down there- I've sneeked a peek through the window there once or twice, could be a really great space when the constructions done!
yeah thats it. heard from reliable ...
yeah thats it. heard from reliable source.
that's the way. expansion upon. the ...
that's the way.
expansion upon. the old bar would not look out of place in it's new home.
just great.
frazer is a top bloke!...
frazer is a top bloke!
i still cant believe it is going :(...
i still cant believe it is going :(
Bodega Haiku I love bodega She is ...
Bodega Haiku
I love bodega
She is 'special' inside me
Like some red organ
I remeber one event we(darkhabit) put ...
I remeber one event we(darkhabit) put on there @ Xmas last year. It was meant to be Dr Kevorkian, Percy Feral, & our normal darkend DJ's. The soundcheck was sweet. Everything sounded mint & there was no problems.............. ya just know something major is gonna happens when it all runs smoothly
Anyways about 1/2 an hour before we're gonna open we find out that the drummer from Percy Feral has had a heart tremor & is in hospital!!!! Now this sucked as I know the guy's and we were all looking forward to their 1st offical gig. But as it happens Bodge magic weaves it's lil web & we ended up getting another DJ to cover there set - Dave Death - ex-kiwi now living in Eng & resident @ one of the largest darkend clubs in London. He just happend to be here for a xmas holiday.
Really mixed emotions for me on this ...
Really mixed emotions for me on this one. Much as I loved the old Bodge with its people music and beer, the place was a little on the small side and I've lost count of the number of badly mixed gigs I endured there. Hope all improves with the new place, and I really really hope that moving into a new place isnt going to involve the Bodge getting screwed by noise control.
All the best, Fraser!!
yes the blackboards in the toilets were ...
yes the blackboards in the toilets were a good idea..I guess it stopped people writing all over the walls?? .. probably the people that you bumped into while waiting to get in the girls' loo.. and feeling like a sardine at some of the more packed gigs.. and the times when you forgot that there was a little ramp by the bar and misaimed the step down... (well maybe that was just me...) ;) look forward to making it along to the new place though..
I was there in 1993, to see loves ugly ...
I was there in 1993, to see loves ugly children.
I am from Holland and lived in Wellington for a while.
I loved it there. Hope to get in contact with somebody who can tell me some more about loves ugly. What are they opto know?
Simon McLaren went through the ...
Simon McLaren went through the Subliminals, as jonnyjw says, and has a band called Dirt - which has had a sinlge released through Arch Hill. James Reid was their last drummer - he is now in pop rock band Rubicon, currently touring NZ. Floss was, in 2000, collaborating with Chris Matthews (of Headless Chickens) fame. According to the LUC forum here, she's running a recording space in AK these days, and I'm sure I heard something else about here recently but it has completely escaped me.
you mean Paul Reid, right?...
you mean Paul Reid, right?
Floss is running a practise rooms in ...
Floss is running a practise rooms in Auckland called The Playground. They are pretty choice, smell goddamn awful so must be well loved.
yeah Paul Reid - James Reid is in the feelers
Simon from LUC went on to form this ...
Simon from LUC went on to form this great little 'repetitive' rock group called 'The Subliminals' - which you can look up on this site. They have a fabbo album called 'The United State'. Dont know if they are still around, though.
Damn, for a second there I thought ...
Damn, for a second there I thought Obituary were going to be playing Bodega.
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I feel lucky and privelleged to at ...
I feel lucky and privelleged to at least have gotten to play there in April 02 when we visited NZ again - - my old home, played so many gigs there, so many joints out the back creaky corrugated iron door, fellow barflies, the pies that always tasted so damn good...I know the new Bodega's there etc...my heart will still pine for that awesome little venue.
haha yeah i thought Obituary were gonna ...
haha yeah i thought Obituary were gonna be playing too!...dont we wish
i remember Will Oldham playing with the ...
i remember Will Oldham playing with the Dirty Three.
and it was Will Oldham's birthday.
and he drank an entire bottle of whiskey to celebrate.
it was beautiful.
Thanks Bodega
//Will Oldham playing with the Dirty ...
//Will Oldham playing with the Dirty Three.
!!!
Bodgea had the best gigs...
it was FUCKEN amazing. i rejected the ...
it was FUCKEN amazing. i rejected the evils of electronic music after that gig.
for about two weeks.
1997?
jeez, the drugs have been bad, it might have been '98
if ANYBODY bootlegged could they tell me?
If anyones interested, I recorded the ...
If anyones interested, I recorded the very last band ever to play at the real Bar Bodega(I wish people would refrain from calling it "the Bodge" - so pretentious).
The band was the mighty, mighty BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS(a kind of Beatles on punk...as in real [70's] punk; or like the SEx Pistols on E). I packaged it up and released it through my lo-fi indie/bootleg label 'Sounds LIke AM Radio Records' (also known as SLAMR Distribution. It was a limited run which has exhausted itself but if interest was high enough, I'd happily do another run. Even if it was just a few one-offs; I'd do a cheap unpackaged cdR version, with hand made art work.
I also have a copy of Minisnaps fine set, but unfortunately it didn't turn out so good.
email me at rolling.moon@actrix.co.nz
i remember going to the loo in the boys ...
i remember going to the loo in the boys and finding fat juicy buds all over the floor!?
five minutes before i was to catch a ride back up to napier.
someone was obviously too drunk to roll a joint.