I ran Coco 66—a bar and venue in Greenpoint, Brooklyn—for a super short time in 2010, but in that time had a lot of fun. As this was the first venue I full-on ran myself, I started by forming an advisory board of new friends who were helping me learn the NYC ropes:
Carlos Giffoni (No Fun Productions)
Diane Haines (BRIC Arts, Celebrate Brooklyn)
Tammy Hart (Sound Fix Records, Rooftop Films)
Nick Hallett (Composter, performer, curator)
Maria Porcaro (Freelance event producer)
Matt Thornley (LCD Soundsystem)
Below are some posters and shows from the nights I had the most fun at:
02.06.10 - These Are Powers (Record Release) w/ Bird Names
02.10.10 - Swamp Tease. Ancestral Diet, Ambergris, Swamp Tease
02.21.10 - Soft Circle, Keepaway
02.26.10 - Drop the Lime
02.28.10 - Sun Araw, No Fun Acid, Human Teenager, Oneohtrix Point Never
03.17.10 - Cinema 16
03.18.10 - Nautical Almanac
03.23.10 - Josh Slater: It Never Changed (zine release)
03.25.10 - The Netherlands
03.26.10 - Gatekeeper, Mirror Mirror, Blondes
03.27.10 - Heavy Hands, Organs, The Men
03.28.10 - Upstairs CD-R Showcase (Autre Ne Veut + others)
04.02.10 - Honey Spundsystem
04.03.10 - CHERYL
04.06.10 - Growing (Record Release), Eric Copeland
04.08.10 - Supershow
04.09.10 - Maluca, Miho Hatori, Turbotax DJs, The Captain
04.23.10 - No Fun presents Ikue Mori, Leslie Keffer, Noveller, Okyyung Lee and MV Carbon, Mi and Or the Pedestals
04.25.10 - Upstairs CD-R night
04.26.10 - Delorean (secret late show)
04.29.10 - Death Unit, Northampton Wools, Regression, Spykes, Dog Lady
04.29.10 - Bizarre Evil (party w/ Todd Pendu, Lauren Dillard, 20Jazzfunkgreats)
04.30.10 - No Fun Acid
05.01.10 - Bad Credit No Credit
05.07.10 - Sleigh Bells, Mr. Dream, DJ Rezound (presented by Seva and Tammy)
05.14.10 - Ghostly International Party
05.16.10 - Silver Apples, Burning Star Core
05.20.10 - Debo Band
05.29.10 - CLONE Records party
Some audio. Not all the best quality, but nice for memories if you were there:
A bunch of people also did DJ sets in the front / bar room. Among them are Bryce Hackford (above, left) and Cassie Ramone (right) who did the nights 45sON33 and Surf’s Up. Matt Thornley from LCD Soundsystem did Friday nights, and I know Bobbi Lupo, Alex Pirroiz, Sarah Richardson, James Corrigan, Joe B, Dan and Dana (PONY) and Thomas S all had nights but I can’t recall when.
Some photos I took of Coco after we moved the sound booth, cleaned up, etc:
A batch of drawings was purchased from illustrator Suzy Coady to be used on the venue’s website, eFlyers, etc but we never really had the chance. One is up top here.