Da Brodega got in an Accidental
Donation protected
Friends, playa people, dickle lovers. It is us Da Brodega, coming to you in a way we’ve never made come before, with vulnerability. As much as we hate to admit it, we got GOT y’all. We done F-ed around and found out. Turns out the playa had the last laugh.
As we were leaving our dysfunctional home, tragedy struck. Vandals, evil doers, and dust bandits collaborated and came for our trailer and sadly we could do nothing to stop them.
What does that actually mean??
The leaf spring on our flat bed trailer broke off on our way back to Reno, causing 2 tires to blow, bending the axel, cracking apart the U-bolts, and leaving us stranded in Gerlach for 8 hours instead of getting to wash off our sins at the cold alpine waters of Lake Tahoe. (Check out all the mess in the pictures down below)
And that’s all fine and good, cause we got plenty of time. What we don’t have plenty of, is money.
Turns out getting a fully loaded flat bed towed and repairing it with multiple tires isn’t cheap. And we were hoping we could get some help.
It takes a lot to bring out 2 fully immersive art installations onto the playa and activate them with 10 clowns for 4+ hours of the day. It isn’t the most cost efficient project, and because we are considered a theme camp and not an art installation we are entirely self funded.
We were already on a razor thin camp dues “budget” before this disaster struck, and now we are seeing more red on the line budget than we’ve ever seen, even redder than the blood splattered floors of the dirty cockring. It’s disturbing.
This is where you all come into play.
Have you ever had an experience at Da Brodega that made your entire day. Or better yet, one that made your (w)hole weak??? Wondering how you can thank us and show appreciation?
Well, this is how. And we would be very grateful for the help.
We’ve set up this GoFundMe in order to recoup the costs of the tow, plus the cost of fixing the trailer. We would love to keep bringing these installations out to you, and we need wheels to do it.
We will be honored to have your money, truly we would. And please don’t be shy, anything helps. Even sharing this page with your community. If my local bodega can somehow stay in business selling 5cent gum , then we can figure out how to fix this trailer on 5cent donations! (Though more is better)
But seriously thank you all for reading, coming to play, and keeping the weirdness alive. Da Brodega is nothing without its customers. We love you.
AND WE KNOW HOW IT IS. We know our customers. You gotta give to get. So we have a few deal sweeteners here if you spend some the following amounts:
$50 - You get a personalized message sent to you from one of Brodega members, snail mail. Thats right. If you don't know what that is, well hit you on the DMs instead (Stamps aint cheap bro)
$100 - Stickers Bro. You get Brodega stickers. I know what youre thinking "Bros, we get stickers for free when I see you out there at the events." WELL. We aint at the events are we. You want a sticker or nah?
$300 - Now we getting into that good good. We got that BRODEGA ORIGINAL ART (Patent Pending) earrings. These are rolled up fake hundos and mystery powder-in-a-baggie earrings. These are all hand made, by real life artists, its the new guy in basement of the shop. Bro makes nothing, does it for the love of the game, like we all do.
$1000 - Here we go bro. This is the creme de la baconeggncheese. You love Da Brodega? You want a PART of Da Brodega? Sorry you cant have that. But what you CAN have is a canvas that we dip our private bits on. Thats right for a $1000 donation a Brodega member of y(our) choosing will dip their privates into a bucket of paint and then right onto a stretched canvas. Bro, if they're anything like me (and they all work for me so they are) they probably havent even washed that ish since the playa!
Happy Donating!
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Fundraising team (2)
Matthew Redhead
Organizer
Reno, NV
Kirill Simenchik
Team member