GUNK birthday party and secret show
what is GUNK? come to the coolest birthday party ever next Thursday 8/15
gunkyard.substack.com followers,
recently people have been asking us, sooo what exactly is GUNK? And on our one year anniversary, it was cool to sit down and think through what we’ve been doing for a year. I think it’s safe to say that GUNK has already blossomed beyond Hannah and Ceci of July 2023’s wildest zine editor dreams. And many of you have been day 1 subscribers (s/o) so apologies for the repetition gunk-splaining, but if you’re new here, hey, we’re so excited to see what we’ll create together.
GUNK is a physical zine that hannah and I have created/edited for the past year that is entirely offline (with the exception of our substack, The Gunkyard). It is a multiple page zine that lists all of the indie-music adjacent DIY music events in NYC each month, along with a thought piece/feature by a rotating writer. The zine is completely free to anyone that wishes to read it, both online and with the physical format (with the option to donate monthly on our substack, should a reader like to). Hannah and I, along with a distribution team, drop GUNK zines throughout the city at coffee shops, bars, venues, libraries, and other collective-type spaces that we have formed relationships with over the past year for readers to pick up the zines.
We've been teaming up with Tara and Gonzalo at Secret Riso Club for the past 3 issues to now offer the zine on risograph, 3 times as long, and with collectable posters. Anyone can submit to write a piece, submit a show, apply to guest design, or even submit a free classified ad. The idea behind GUNK came from hearing about the old NYC Show Paper through friends, our hope is to try to cultivate a similar offline community that links DIY music spaces together.
we are throwing a big bday party at Secret Riso Club’s new extremely cool and beautiful location at 122 Central Ave on August 15th. There will be DJs/Drinks and Snacks/Hanging out from 6-8pm, and then a basement show 8-10pm. We’re incredibly stoked to officially announce that Margaux, an artist that we’ve been obsessed with, will be playing the GUNK show, and other secret guests that you will not want to miss. We even more surprises in store (gunk m*rch)….
The tickets are limited, so make sure to get them ASAP.
We’re incredibly excited for this event, I’ve even started dreaming about it! It'll be our first event that is ticketed that we've thrown in the hopes to raise some money to help with our usual printing costs. If cost is a barrier, please reach out to us directly, no one is turned away for lack of funds.
You can get GUNK mailed to you!
To ensure you secure a copy, we’ll mail AUGUST GUNK to you (or do local delivery for NYC heads) for $10. You can become a subscriber on Substack, or if you’re a paid subscriber, up your monthly donation to get this guy. Please make sure to send us your mailing address (either thru email or substack dm), if you up the subscription and you’ll get a GUNK asap. We are sooo grateful for the extra support and love from our paid subscribers! We can print beautiful zines because of u :)
★ You can always still find GUNK in the wild for yourself, for free. ★
Thank you endlessly for your support, we literally couldn’t do this without you.
See you next thursday,
ceci and hannah