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March 6, 2008

A-Ron is ‘Like Rodney King on Dust’

Gavin McInness and Derrick Beckles host the first episode of Street Carnage +1, their very own radio show for Street Boners and TV Carnage. Off-Bowery A-Ron joins them as the figurative +1 while figuratively or not “out of his fucking mind on crack.” They play some Ninjasonik, listen to weird beats while A-Ron shouts out cities, then talk about A-Ron’s legal issues, first with aNYthing and now with the Wreck Center.

He brought in a CD of his new band called The Interns which is his interns playing beats while he talks about shit, kind of like what rednecks think rap is. We asked him what the fuck happened to aNYthing and the Wreckcenter and his answers went on for hours. Basically, “I started aNYthing but they say they own it because they put up the money so we’re going to court” and “I started the Wreckcenter but the neighbors complained because they thought it was a whorehouse so the cops shut it down.”

More specifically, A-Ron calls out Kid Robot owner, Paul Budnitz, for starting the complaint. It’s hard to glean much more than that. A-Ron talks really fast.

[Street Carnage]

February 26, 2008

Enter the Dustward

All day tomorrow, the Dustward is taking over A-Ron’s way way Off Bowery venue, the Wreck Center (75 Sullivan Street), for an “all sensory event” showcasing the art and culture of the Almighty Dustward Nation.

January 13, 2008

The Wreck Center

wreck-center-off-bowery.jpgAfter A-Ron hinted at it last week, the NY Times takes a closer look the Wreck Center, the temporary Soho venue of Off Bowery Productions.

Residents of a sleepy SoHo block aren’t sure what to make of the Wreck Center, a store/performance space/art installation that has invaded their neighborhood like a post-apocalyptic circus. Decorated with graffiti, gold paint and 5,800 feet of Day-Glo masking tape, the space, designed by Rafael de Cárdenas, pops, to say the least. “Finally one came up to me,” said Aaron Bondaroff (above), the project’s ringleader, “and told me it was about time someone did something cool in the neighborhood again.” Until the end of February, when the building that houses the Wreck Center is torn down, Mr. Bondaroff, the downtown impresario better known as A-Ron, has planned a series of invite-only book signings, launch parties, art and music shows, even a little stand-up comedy; a storefront will sell the wares of all involved. “And as soon as everyone catches on,” he said, “it’ll be over.” That is, until May, when the Playboy channel broadcasts a documentary on the whole affair.

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Photo by Hiroko Masuike for The New York Times

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