WEIRD GIG: tonight I'm DJing in a Pakistani Deli that used to be an AL-QUAIDA CELL

[D J 1 3 8]

This guy I know just took over the lease of this Pakistani Deli in Hell's Kitchen. His landlord said that the former owners and employees had just dissapeared one day about two months ago and they never came back.

When this guy got in the place, he found that they had left everything behind. And I mean everything . Both cash registers were still filled with money. The ovens were still on. Two safes were left behind. There was food and stuff everywhere. Down in the basement there was a prayer room with a whole lot of literature and a big poster of the World Trade Center. He called the FBI and they're fingerprinting the place today.

He's opening it as a bar tonight and calling it THE CELL and I'm DJing. I kid you not. He's left the entire place exactly how it was. He's just putting a bar behind the deli counter, which is kinda funny since there are signs forbidding alcohol everywhere.

Nobody knows what happened to the owners or staff. The theory is either they all got arrested by the FBI, or they got some kind of warning and had to dissapear immediately. Only in New York folks...

[Balactus]

yo that's mad hot i wanna dj at a former al qaeda spot.

w

[Bold Soul]

That is heavy!

[floorgasm]

damn! i'm sure that gig'll be the bomb!

*groan*

[Koffy Brown]

Originally posted by DJ 138:
This guy I know just took over the lease of this Pakistani Deli in Hell's Kitchen. His landlord said that the former owners and employees had just dissapeared one day about two months ago and they never came back.

When this guy got in the place, he found that they had left everything behind. And I mean everything . Both cash registers were still filled with money. The ovens were still on. Two safes were left behind. There was food and stuff everywhere. Down in the basement there was a prayer room with a whole lot of literature and a big poster of the World Trade Center. He called the FBI and they're fingerprinting the place today.

He's opening it as a bar tonight and calling it THE CELL and I'm DJing. I kid you not. He's left the entire place exactly how it was. He's just putting a bar behind the deli counter, which is kinda funny since there are signs forbidding alcohol everywhere.

Nobody knows what happened to the owners or staff. The theory is either they all got arrested by the FBI, or they got some kind of warning and had to dissapear immediately. Only in New York folks... This isn't the natzi soup chef...that's on seinfield is it? I don't know hell's kitchen is ringing a bell for some reason...

be careful

peace

[D J 1 3 8]

Originally posted by Ashaki:
[/qb]This isn't the natzi soup chef...that's on seinfield is it? I don't know hell's kitchen is ringing a bell for some reason...

be careful

peace [/QB][/QUOTE]

LOL! No. I think that dude was on the upper West side. He used to have a stand in Soho and the soup is really really good.

[Cheddar]

Wear plastic gloves.

[Koffy Brown]

Originally posted by DJ 138:
This guy I know just took over the lease of this Pakistani Deli in Hell's Kitchen. His landlord said that the former owners and employees had just dissapeared one day about two months ago and they never came back.

When this guy got in the place, he found that they had left everything behind. And I mean everything . Both cash registers were still filled with money. The ovens were still on. Two safes were left behind. There was food and stuff everywhere. Down in the basement there was a prayer room with a whole lot of literature and a big poster of the World Trade Center. He called the FBI and they're fingerprinting the place today.

He's opening it as a bar tonight and calling it THE CELL and I'm DJing. I kid you not. He's left the entire place exactly how it was. He's just putting a bar behind the deli counter, which is kinda funny since there are signs forbidding alcohol everywhere.

Nobody knows what happened to the owners or staff. The theory is either they all got arrested by the FBI, or they got some kind of warning and had to dissapear immediately. Only in New York folks... how much money was in the registers? graemlins/rofl.gif

[Sensei Melei]

"Thank u berry much. Have a good day sir..."

[D J 1 3 8]

Originally posted by Ashaki:
[QUOTE]how much money was in the registers? graemlins/rofl.gif I think about a couple hundred bucks.

[JR JAM]

This isn't the natzi soup chef...that's on seinfield is it? I don't know hell's kitchen is ringing a bell for some reason...


http://www.movieprop.com/tvandmovie/Seinfeld/soupnazi.jpg

[D J 1 3 8]

The soup Nazi on Seinfeld is based on an actual guy who is notoriously rude but has amazing soup. I doubt if he ever got a dime from that show, though.

[Ken1015]

Originally posted by DJ 138:
The soup Nazi on Seinfeld is based on an actual guy who is notoriously rude but has amazing soup. I doubt if he ever got a dime from that show, though. Rude? That's it. No soup for you!

[Koffy Brown]

Originally posted by Soulful1015:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by DJ 138:
The soup Nazi on Seinfeld is based on an actual guy who is notoriously rude but has amazing soup. I doubt if he ever got a dime from that show, though. Rude? That's it. No soup for you! </font>[/QUOTE]I laughed so hard at that episode..

[Tenyu]

where in hell's kitchen exactly?

[D J 1 3 8]

Originally posted by Tenyu:
where in hell's kitchen exactly? I sent you an invite, actually. It's on 9th Ave. between 39th & 40th. You'll need to print out the invite to get in.

BTW, the music is gonna be all over the place. Not gonna be a very gospel-house friendly crowd...More like Nirvana to Kool G Rap to Prince kinda scene. Should be interesting.

[ March 14, 2003, 01:41 PM: Message edited by: DJ 138 ]

[nev m]

Originally posted by Ashaki:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Soulful1015:
[Rude? That's it. No soup for you! [/qb]</font>[/QUOTE]I laughed so hard at that episode.. [

That's one of the best episodes by far!

[mattymatt]

Originally posted by nev m:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Ashaki:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Soulful1015:
[Rude? That's it. No soup for you! </font>[/QUOTE]I laughed so hard at that episode.. [

That's one of the best episodes by far! [/QB]</font>[/QUOTE]i like "man hands"
that was a scream

[surreal]

[ March 14, 2003, 03:38 PM: Message edited by: surreal ]

[surreal]

Hell's Kitchen...that's in NYC, right?

No offense, but the "deli" sounds creepy! For your sake, I hope you have a good time. smile.gif

[ March 14, 2003, 03:38 PM: Message edited by: surreal ]

[alex zen]

cool story. i hope they caught those guys. good luck

[ruse]

Many Pakistani people whose American visas ran out have left the NYC region and are trying to cross the border into Canada, sans possessions, because they fear deportation. Most of them are held up in refugee camps near the border because the canadians cannot accomodate them; many are arrested by INS agents as soon as the Canadians reject them.
You should know better than to call them al-qaeda simply because they are pakistanis and because they left without taking their things. They may have just been hard working people who seek nothing better than a life without fear, which they could expect if they returned to Pakistan, and ignorance, which they would face if they stayed in NY.

[Erob the One]

I bet it smell like Hell's Kitchen in that mutha****a.

Erob

[mdpm99]

Let us know how it went....

Good luck.

d

[D J 1 3 8]

The party was ggggggggggreat! I played just about the most diverse 6-hour set that I've ever done, playing everything from Metro Area to Nirvana to Eric B to Iggy Pop to Janes Addiction to Harold Melvin to Steve Miller to Archie Bell to Booker T to Led Zeppelin, etc. Everyone was bugging out on the whole vibe of the place and I kept people dancing all night so I did my job. I was waiting for the cops to bust it up but they never showed. The crowd was very mixed. Lots and lots of my friends and all kinds of Hell's Kitchen locals and I even saw Ed Koch!

P.S. to Ruse's comment above: I meant no offense to Pakistani people and I am fully aware of the situation with Pakistanis and many others fleeing the country rather than registering. I put the Al-Quaida thing in there simply because that's the spin we were putting on the party - while being straightforwrad with folks that it was just the landlord's theory.

An Indonesian friend of mine taht was at the party told me that, not only did he have to register with the government, he also has to notify them when he wants to leave the country and he is only allowed to leave from 2 airports. Crazy.

[Tenyu]

check your email

[ruse]

Hi Julian
I am glad to hear about the success of your gig.
If it is true that they were al-Qaeda, i hope they are hunted down in their tracks and 'dealt with'.
Most likely, they were also victims of 9-11. After all, out of the 21 hijackers (incl. Moussaoui), I dont think any were Pakistani; neither were Lindh, Padilla, Binalshibh or Sheikh Muhammad (tho the latter 2 were found in Pakistan).
Incidentally, I have no reason to defend Pakistanis. I am part Indian, and we have suffered greatly from attacks by Pakistani terror groups. But in post 9-11 America, all South Asians are united by the color of our skin. As they say, "Brown is the new Black".
peace
Ruse

[Soleful]

Originally posted by Ashaki:
[This isn't the natzi soup chef...that's on seinfield is it? I don't know hell's kitchen is ringing a bell for some reason...

be careful

peace [/QB]The soup nazi is on W. 55th St. Between Broadway & 8th Ave. Almost on the corner of 8th. Which is part of Hell's Kitchen only in geography, not in reputation.

[Koffy Brown]

Originally posted by DJ 138:
The party was ggggggggggreat! I played just about the most diverse 6-hour set that I've ever done, playing everything from Metro Area to Nirvana to Eric B to Iggy Pop to Janes Addiction to Harold Melvin to Steve Miller to Archie Bell to Booker T to Led Zeppelin, etc. Everyone was bugging out on the whole vibe of the place and I kept people dancing all night so I did my job. I was waiting for the cops to bust it up but they never showed. The crowd was very mixed. Lots and lots of my friends and all kinds of Hell's Kitchen locals and I even saw Ed Koch!

P.S. to Ruse's comment above: I meant no offense to Pakistani people and I am fully aware of the situation with Pakistanis and many others fleeing the country rather than registering. I put the Al-Quaida thing in there simply because that's the spin we were putting on the party - while being straightforwrad with folks that it was just the landlord's theory.

An Indonesian friend of mine taht was at the party told me that, not only did he have to register with the government, he also has to notify them when he wants to leave the country and he is only allowed to leave from 2 airports. Crazy. Sounds like fun...glad it went off without any unnecessary drama...