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To Greenville and the bands/folks who've made their way through our doors from all over the state, country, world (props to Japan, Norway, Canada, Italy, South Africa, France, Iceland, Denmark!). Thanks to anyone who appreciates what we were able to accomplish in our 2 year existance.
As for now The Spazzatorium Galleria! (807 Dickinson Ave) has ceased to exist. This is not something unexpected. Going in the thing I gave it 6 months tops! This was an inevebility and something I did my absolute best to try and avoid but as is the nature of spaces like The Spazz, the time has come.
WHY NOW AND HOW !?!?
It grew out of my hands. For one person to handle everything...thats craziness..and it became an impossibility. I say "we" when I talk about the space, because without others this thing would never have started at all nor kept going. As time progressed a great deal of the responsibilities were channeled through myself and it was an insane amount to take on alone.
So fellow Greenvillains, The Spazz was kinda like a game of Russian Roulette. The barrel of the gun was always aimed at ourselves by having something as rad as what we were (an all-ages, donation-only based, byob venue...c'mon people!) The head-shot took place Tues June 24th at the Zechs Marquise show. At the end of the storefronts there is an apartment building. People scaled the roofs of the adjacent buildings and were spotted up there by the police and the garage was spray-painted numerous times. Now there is a fence with barbed-wire to seperate us from them and when that was "breached" it turned our space and the folks who come out to our events from a slight annoyance to a clear and present danger to the inhabitants of the apartments. Not all the facts were given to the people that called in to complain and there were a bunch of ways to avoid having things go down this way but again that bullet headed for us has always been on track. This takes away none of the frustration and anger that comes with having something you put everything...and I mean EVERYTHING..into to be fucked over but it's the way it goes sometimes.
There are other factors following this that finalized our closure involving landlord sanctioned actions that prevent us from going in there to get the space up to code and zoned correctly as to reopen as a new and improved Spazz 2.0
It was a helluva ride though wasn't it? All done with no capital, hard-fucking-work, and the alot of luck. The people involved with the space changed a few times but the spirit was there and still is.
If you think the dream is dead you're absolutely wrong! My most recent partner-in-crime, hit the nail on the head: "I remembered that nobody owns this thing. No one rents it or 'founded' it. No one can lock us out or fire-code us away. We just move this thing, this energy that manifests itself as art. We push it into places, hoping it, and the people who love it, will fit. The Spazzatorium was the perfect shape for a while. But the physical Spazz as we know it is gone. It was just a vessel, a cell between two (insane) churches. We worked really hard for the ideal space (don't think about the toilet) for music, art, and most importantly community"
It all comes down to community. I go back to relying on you to help me do what I love doing. Host the spirit of The Spazz in your living room, your church, your space, your beer shop, your yard, your flotilla! Work with me to find another vessel. I've given everything to this. I am humbled by your support already and although I never brought the space to my idea of perfection it was never about that. It was about the fact we existed at all. It was about the amazing memories I hope it gave you. There's more to come. We need your support so much while we hop around. Please be there for us and come to the events. Our work got alot harder but the rewards are still there and I'm in this to keep Greenville on the map for being a desired place to come and perform. Mission Accomplished. Let's keep this going because as we go along opportunities keep getting better and better.
-Jeff B.
***TO BANDS***
PLEASE BEAR WITH US WHILE WE GET THINGS IN ORDER. AS OF NOW WE'LL BE MOVING ALL SHOWS TO OTHER VENUES AROUND THE GREENVILLE AREA WHILE WE FIND OUR HOMEBASE. THE SHOWS HAPPENING ELSEWHERE WILL BE RUN BY MYSELF THE SAME AS THE SPAZZ JUST AT ANOTHER LOCATION. I WILL UPDATE YOU ON THE NEW LOCATIONS AS SOON AS I CONFIRM THEM. VERY FEW SHOWS WILL BE CANCELLED SPECIFICALLY THOSE HAPPENING IN THE NEXT MONTH SO YOU'RE NOT SCREWED LAST MINUTE INTO A SHOW SEARCH. ALL OF THIS IS DONE OUT OF PURE APPRECIATION FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND I WILL GIVE IT EVERYTHING I HAVE NOT TO FUCK YOU OVER.
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