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For Episode 2, Aladdin and Kunta sit down with Simonez Wolf - doorman of Le Bain, former doorman of The Beatrice Inn, co-founder of Madame Wong's and now co-owner of Football Cafe FC. Be sure to check out www.gobunga.com/simonez_wolf.html for more info. Show Notes - Introduction (00:00) - Talks Origins in Paris and His Childhood (02:20) - Talks Moving To London (05:30) - Start As A Stylist and Moving to NYC (09:11) - Introduction to NYC Nightlife Scene (12:55) - First Pop-up Nightclub: Le Baron @ Miami Art Basel in 2004 (13:45) - Opening Of The Beatrice Inn (15:00) - Asked To Be Doorman At Beatrice Inn (15:45) - Describes Concept of Beatrice Inn (17:30) - Organizing Sunday Nights At Beatrice (18:30) - Going Against Trends of The Time in Nightlife (22:50) - Initially Getting Turned Away From Clubs (23:30) - Describes Decor/Vibe Of Beatrice Inn (25:30) - Legacy and Closing of Beatrice Inn (28:30) - Paul Sevigny's vision and what made him so influential (30:10) - Matt Abramcyk Background (33:00) - Andre Saraiva Involvement In Beatrice (33:20) - Lessons Taken From Co-Founders of Beatrice (33:50) - Taking On A Doorman Mystique (35:00) - Current "Staleness" of Manhattan Nightlife (36:00) - The Rise and Influence Of Brooklyn on NYC Nightlife (37:40) - Life After Beatrice And Transitioning To Tuesday Night Party @ Avenue (42:30) - Simonez’s Friend Bottle Service Stunting At Avenue (45:00) - Working at Baddies in West Village (46:20) - Starting Pop-up party on 2nd Floor of Bowery Hotel (47:10) - Meeting Travis Bass And Starting Pop-Ups (51:10) - Birth of Madame Wong’s (54:15) - Surprise of Parisian Influence on NYC nightlife (56:20) - Lecturing a class at Yale on Nightlife (58:40) - Explaining Madame Wong (1:00:50) - More on Paris Stamp on NYC Nightlife (1:03:20) Part 2 (Live at Football Cafe FC) - Juggling Co-Running Madam Wong’s While Le Bain (1:06:45) - Andre Saraiva’s Role at Opening Le Bain in 2010 (1:10:00) - Programming and Vibe of Le Bain (1:13:00) - Starting Mercury Nights At Le Bain (1:14:30) - Starting Le Tuesday At Le Baron (1:17:00) - Discussing Past, Present, and Future of Le Baron (1:18:30) - Talks co-founding Football Cafe on 100 Forsyth (1:21:05) - Gives us Exclusive on His New Nightlife Offering and Future In Nightlife (1:25:40) - Simonez’s Doorman Formula (1:30:35) - Random white girl shows up (1:34:45) - No social media rule at Beatrice Inn (1:35:15) - Advice on how to get into clubs (1:38:10)

It's Episode 1 of the GoBunga podcast. For the first episode, Aladdin and Kunta sit down with Sam Chin and discuss a myriad of topics. Be sure to check out http://www.gobunga.com for more info. Show Notes - Aladdin & Kunta Introduction (0:00) - Getting To Know Sam Chin (5:20) - Talks About Her Early Days Of Nightlife (8:55) - Talks About Her Start @ Stanton Social (13:45) - Sam’s take on ny promoters & current state of nightlife (17:30) - Sam's suggestion for Aladdin on finding hoodrats - (24:15) - Talks about her monthly party Rabbit Rabbit (26:30) - Talks about her dating life & bad pickup lines (30:18) - What’s the roadmap for Sam Chin look like in 5 years? (38:30) - Sam talks about her learning experiences at Goldbar (40:50) - Sam’s advice for making headways in PR/difference between hosting and promoting (43:30) - Nightlife behavior pet-peeves (47:30) - Wishes for nightlife in new york (50:20) talking about food (51:00) - Kunta talks about turning into an oreo (54:50) - Sam’s shoutouts (56:00)