Chief Magazine

Publisher	A.P. Smith
Categories	Arts & Culture Magazine
Frequency	Monthly
Circulation	50,000 unique daily visitors
First issue	September 11, 2006
Company	Chief Creative, LLC
Country	United States
Language	English
Website	www.chiefmag.com

Chief Magazine is a free, monthly online arts/culture magazine based out of Brooklyn, New York. Chief Magazine consists primarily of interviews with underground musicians, artists and writers^[1][2] and is known for its irreverent tone and use of humor. Chief hosts parties and events in Brooklyn ^[3][4] and owns a music venue, Chief Bodega, and record label, Chief Records.

Chief’s official website is www.chiefmag.com and includes daily blog posts as well as a magazine archive.

Contents 1 Content 2 History 3 Chief Bodega 4 Chief Records 5 References 6 External links

Content

Chief has interviewed George Saunders, Paper Rad, The Death Set, Brad Neely, Eugene Mirman, MGMT, Matt and Kim, Wham City, Man Man and Japanther.

Chief also has a continuing series called PenPals, which consists of celebrity photographs as well as their post addresses.

History

Chief Magazine was founded by A.P. Smith and Ed Zipco on September 11, 2006. Zipco and Smith originally became friends while attending the Pratt Institute of Art and Design. Smith went on to work for COLORS Magazine while Zipco went to work for Vice, until the two decided to launch their own independent magazine in 2006.^[5] Nick Chatfield-Taylor, whose former projects include the film B.I.K.E. and directing Matt & Kim's 'Yea Yea' music video, joined on as Photo Editor in mid-2007 and was promoted to Junior Editor in early 2008. Jacqueline Lewis, former writer of Gawker's now defunct "Bloghorrea NYC" column, became Managing Editor of Chief in 2007.

In 2009, Zipco, Lewis and Smith ended Chief Magazine and went on to work on other projects. Zipco is the founder and publisher of superchief.tv, a site similar to Chief Magazine (with a much heavier emphasis on blog content). Lewis co-founded Last Bummer Records, a Brooklyn-based record company, that currently signed the band [MKNG FRNDZ].

Chief Bodega

The Chief Bodega, an underground music venue in Brooklyn, NY was originally a local grocery (which are called Template:Dns in NYC) that was closed down in the summer of 2007 after police raided the premises and found a heroin distribution network. After laying dormant for a year, the first two floors were leased by Chief and renovated into Chief Bodega, which functioned as an underground music venue in the summer of 2008. After throwing underground parties 4 nights a week for that entire summer, Zipco and Smith went into business with Jessica Lee Wertz in an effort to bring the venue up to legal status.^[6][7]

Since its grand opening on June 6, Bodega has thrown shows with close friends Japanther, The Death Set, Ninjasonik, Danger, DJ Dirty Finger, Smarts, Hidden Power, The Hood Gang, and dozens of other local and touring acts.

In October 2008, The Chief Bodega hosted a secret Street Fighter IV release party for Capcom. ^[8]

In 2009, Bodega was closed down indefinitely.

Chief Records

Chief Records was launched in 2007 and includes artists Ninjasonik, DJ Dirty Finger and Mr. Andersonic. ^[9]

References

External links

• Chief Magazine - Official Site
• Chief Myspace - Myspace Profile for Chief Magazine
• Chief Bodega - Official Chief Bodega Site
• Chief Records - Official Record Label Site

Chief Magazine is a monthly artist profile magazine based in Brooklyn, New York that is heavily interview-based with contributed writing on subjects including travel, sex, science, and culture. While currently an online magazine, a print version is scheduled to be distributed freely throughout Brooklyn in July, 2007. Over half of the artists interviewed in Chief Magazine are Brooklyn-based, and other profiled artists hail from over a dozen countries including Colombia, Iceland, Australia, Denmark and Japan.

Featured artists

Artists featured in Chief Magazine include:
<br />♦Tony Millionaire
<br />♦George Saunders
<br />♦members of the Black Label Bike Club
<br />♦Dan Deacon
<br />♦Sam Lipsyte
<br />♦Todd P
<br />♦CocoRosie
<br />♦Death Country acts O'Death, The Goddamned Rattlesnake, The Lonesome Doves and Brownbird Rudy Relic
<br />♦The Blow
<br />♦The Sugarcubes
<br />♦Patrick Bucklew aka The Mangina
<br />♦Eugene Mirman
<br />♦Sideshow Performer Donny Vomit
<br />♦Graffiti artists Tony Bones and Verbs
<br />♦Parts & Labor

Contributing writers and editors

Editor-in-chief A.P. Smith, author of Welcome to the Land of Cannibalistic Horses, 2005 Puberty Press.
<br />Ed Zipco, author of an upcoming Thames and Hudson book about the adventures of street artists Leon Reid and Brad Downey;
<br />Ryan Gajewski and Katie Bruggeman, whose writing has appearead in The Onion
<br />Nick Chatfield-Taylor, whose music videos have appeared on MTV2
<br />Tod Seelie, whose photography has appeared in Rolling Stone, The New York Times, The New York Press, Spin and Vice Magazines.

References

1. LVHRD: Chief Magazine Believes in You
<br/>2. LVHRD: Watches for Magicians
<br />3. Powell's Books: Welcome To the Land of Cannibalistic Horses

History

While working in Italy at the Benetton arts center, Fabrica, A.P. Smith launched Chief Magazine issue 1 online September 11, 2006.
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External links

Official Site