2009 article reveals Hollywood celebrities have known, invested in and attended ping pong nightclubs hosting "naked ping pong parties" (pizzagate)

submitted ago by swordfish69

Summary

2009 article shows that SPiN ping pong, which had significant celebrity backing, hosting "naked ping pong parties" at a club in a contemporary art gallery..

Body

It's all in this article. The founder of the SPiN Ping-Pong nightclubs, who also helped The Standard Hotel hotel open up their own Ping Pong clubs, first used the clubs to run naked Ping Pong events. But then the article goes on to explain that the guy had his own ping pong palace where he regularly fucked women, and then had these orgiastic parties there too. With investments from celebrities like Susan Sarandon. Some important tidbits from the article.

The Prince of Madagascar lives in a penthouse apartment at the National Arts Club, overlooking the barren trees and locked gates of Gramercy Park. The Prince loves Ping-Pong. His mission is to properly introduce Ping-Pong to Manhattan; he’s plotting Ping-Pong establishments all over the city.

So went the tale around a recent party at the National Arts Club for Argentine artist Rirkrit Tiravanija, whose works include a $40,000 Ping-Pong table made of mirrored glass. “Have you heard about the Prince who lives in the Penthouse? He’s about to open an exclusive Ping-Pong club.” The party featured an exhibition match between a pair of 14-year-old Nigerian-born twins and 78-year-old U.S. singles champion Marty Reisman.

The artist in question, Rikrit Tiravanjia, has run art exhibits with "Berlin-style" ping pong -- which is something that Jimmy Comet has mentioned over and over when referring to Dr.Pong, one of his "sister" establishments in Berlin.

The Prince is Franck Raharinosy, a 33-year-old fledgling filmmaker and Ping-Pong impresario who last week signed a 15-year lease for the 13,000-square-foot basement of 304 Park Avenue. [directly across from the Waldorf Astoria] In the past six months, Mr. Raharinosy says, he and three business partners have raised close to $1.5 million to build Spin, a 14-table Ping-Pong social club, which will include a natty members-only lounge designed by Todd Oldham and sponsored by sportswear designer Fred Perry. They hope to open in May.

“We call him the Prince of Madagascar,” said Jonathan Bricklin, 31, one of Mr. Raharinosy’s partners. “He lives on the top floor of the National Arts Club, and right below him he’s got his own private Ping-Pong room. It’s like his own little palace.”

“Franck can’t be stopped,” said Bill Mack, 35, another partner. “He’s the type of dude who’s going to meet a girl at a club and make out with her—or have sex with her in the bathroom.”

Naked Ping-Pong began as the solution to a problem: Friends kept dropping by the loft for a game at all hours, so no one could get any work done. After the first Naked Ping-Pong party—June ’07, 15 friends, $20 buy-in—the roomies knew they were onto something. They began pushing the narrative that they were training for the 2012 Olympics. You paid $20 at the door, $10 more if you wanted to play.

And then there's this weird moment where the guy compares playing ping pong to being abused as a child.

We rode the elevator down to a sixth-floor library, a vast space with an overhanging balcony, where Tim Nye, gallery owner and heir to a real estate empire, has allowed Mr. Raharinosy to set up a makeshift Ping-Pong parlor. I picked up a paddle. Despite my having reached the finals of a Ping-Pong tournament at a beastly summer camp when I was 13, Mr. Raharinosy promptly gave me a beating that reminded me of having my head held underwater by the camp bullies. His favorite move is a forehand smash, which involves a dramatic whip of his entire body, hips and all.

And then there are the celebrity connections:

In 2008, Vitamin Water flew this Ping-Pong posse to Phoenix to be part of 50 Cent’s Super Bowl party. Last April, Susan Sarandon came to one of their parties; she ended up hiring the boys to make a tribute video for boyfriend Tim Robbins’ 50th birthday; she is also an investor in the new club. As is Jean Jacques Cesbron, the president of the classical music talent agency Columbia Artists Music, who commissioned the boys to make a Web series chronicling a tour by Chinese pianist Lang Lang.

“It turned into a networking orgy,” said Mr. Mack. “There’s something about the game that lends to that. I’ve never seen anyone network as well as Franck.”

More:

Pongress, the ping pong "convention" Comet is involved in.

Bounce Ping Pong "blood packs" for vampires

Comedian Judah Friedlander at Comet Ping Pong

Judah and Frank from the article

"Ping Pong Summer" movie featuring Judah Friedlander and Susan Sarandon. Appears to be promoting "All Ages" Ping Pong bars.

Susan Sarandon and Standard Hotel owner Andre Balazs

Natural history museum in London hosting Ping Pong night

Ping Pong at the Serpentine galleries. Alefantis has organized events for the DC Sackler Freer, which is a direct partner to the Sackler Serpentine.

Spin working with Sackler Foundation at Natural History museum. Comet is affiliated with the DC gallery, the Sackler Freer.

Another Link

Ping Pong tables around the TATE Modern, UK. Comet Ping Pong is designed to look like the TATE.

Lord Mayor of London playing Ping Pong at TATE event.

And finally...the Queen herself at the ping-pong ceremonies.

DeathToMasonsASAP ago

Made a thread about all the connctions with spin ping pong and it was deleted, reason being I did not explain what goes on at a ping pong joint. Hahaha. Ped pedo pedo mods strike again.

TippyHome ago

Also, Susan Sarandon was mentioned in blind item rehash about her seeing a 16 year old (in the April 2018 write ups.) So, she evidently is all about this, still.

karenrussell63 ago

This reminds me of some leads I was looking into last year. Ended up moving on but I was interested in the origins of ping pong (table tennis).

From Wikipedia:

The sport originated in Victorian England, where it was played among the upper-class as an after-dinner parlour game.

Figures that it was first played among the upper class. Anyways..

Some of the podesta emails come from a domain called zzranch.com. This domain was last purchased in 2007 and is hosted by godaddy and there is no site built. Whoever owns and uses the domain uses gmail as its email host. Point is whatever "zzranch" is, it's unknown. Maybe someone likes the name, maybe because of "zzranch", think "pizza".

Well from what I could find out, a previous owner of zzranch.com was a real estate agent named David Elson (https://web.archive.org/web/20040129212645/http://zzranch.com/)

That page showed a message:

Interested in buying this domain? Inquire at: [email protected]

Which a google result brought me to: https://www.shuffleboard.net/guestlog.html

This about shuffle board:

The game was played and gambled over by King Henry VIII of England, who prohibited commoners from playing; evidently he did not always win, as the record of royal expenses for 1532 show a payment from the Privy Purse of GB£9, 'Paied to my lord Wylliam for that he wanne of the kinges grace at shovillaborde'

Most of the comments seem normal for the time, but a few stand out (also showing the ones from David Elson): 

Name: David Elson  
email: [email protected]  
Date: 11/5/99  
Time: 12:13:19 PM

Played in England while in USAF, now in Denver playing at Dave and Buster's. I love the "Sticking the Shot" video clip! 

Name: David Elson  
email: [email protected]    or        [email protected]  
Date: 3/12/99  
Time: 3:43:41 PM

This is great! Ive got a good friend in Philly that wants to play, Ill fwd the where to play info to him.......THANKS!! 

Name: Bucky Waldron  
email: [email protected]  
Date: 11/21/2001  
Time: 6:53:55 AM

I live in a small community in Ohio. My family moved here from Newark, new Jersey. I belong to the Fraternal Order of Eagles. We recently purchased a regulation shuffleboard for our club. It has been well received by our members. Your web page is very interesting. I was pleased to see that shuffleboard was played years ago in New Jersey. I remember when I was a kid growing up in New Jersey, my dad taught me how to play the game. I am now 59 yrs old and I am teaching others in my community how to play this wonderful game. 

Name: rob  
email: [email protected]  
Date: 12/7/2003  
Time: 2:47:23 PM

i like to play naked shuffleboard here in Louisville, KY, any other naked shuffleboard players in KY email me, i like hanging with the nuts!

So apparently naked shuffleboard may also be a thing?

Now I have this is a folder I call "probably dead ends" but just posting this here in case. I am still interested to know more about zzranch since it's included in the podesta emails.

I wonder if ping pong gives the "elites" an excuse to get together. Ping Pong tournaments and such.

GD_Ridefort ago

You already know about the Aleister Crowley connection to the 'sport' right?

karenrussell63 ago

No I don't but will look into it.

think- ago

Do you know why Wikileaks published only the emails that Podesta received, but not those he sent? Did they ever explain?

karenrussell63 ago

My guess would be that whoever gained access archived inbox but not sent mail, there are alot of his sent emails, I guess just the ones that were replied to.

1Saturnwest ago

I’ve always wondered that also. Hasn’t Assange been cut off and gagged by the ecuadorians recently? he’s not posting

think- ago

Hasn’t Assange been cut off and gagged by the ecuadorians recently? he’s not posting

Yep.

Are_we_sure ago

Ping Pong tables around the TATE Modern, UK. Comet Ping Pong is designed to look like the TATE.

Wait. what? Where's the evidence for this?

swordfish69 ago

The original website featured a quote explaining the restaurant was paying homage to the Tate modern. Alefantis put it right on the middle of the website. And that doesn't mention that the gallery received art shipments from the Tate

Are_we_sure ago

You seem to ignore the point that "Naked Ping Pong parties" didn't involve nudity.

Lelo113 ago

Can we go over what ping pong means again? I was listening to Green Day today and their cd cover for America’s greatest bad has a lot of small imagery. Saw billy Joel with a paddle and looked like two dudes in the corner.

speedisavirus ago

Last pic is shopped

speedisavirus ago

Fail to see how a ping pong table in a public square has anything to do with this. I used to have a ping pong table. I must fuck kids too

racmo ago

I am floored and impressed by this research. Again, Who Knew. and the write up --correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this more "IN YOUR FACE"? This predates Pizzagate by --what --7 years? Incredible. "A match between 14 year old Nigerian twins and a 78 year old" INDEED!!! can only imagine that match

Are_we_sure ago

there was no nudity. it was ping pong.

LightlyToasted ago

& Interview with CPP hacker who found CP on their website & servers, including in Berlin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTRewHDOr90

swordfish69 ago

More where that's coming from...there's a Russian IP address..

Vindicator ago

Great rundown of this topic swordfish. Thank you for the clear presentation and plentiful documentation.

Can someone explain how you play ping pong naked without smacking your junk on the edge of table?

Are_we_sure ago

The article mentions there was no actual nudity. It was just the name of the party.

think- ago

The article mentions there was no actual nudity. It was just the name of the party.

So do you know why these parties were called 'naked ping pong parties'? Honestly curious.

Are_we_sure ago

I don't. But I honestly think it was a way of suckering people into paying $20. If your flyers said Ping Pong Tournament, would you get the same crowd?

think- ago

I don't. But I honestly think it was a way of suckering people into paying $20. If your flyers said Ping Pong Tournament, would you get the same crowd?

Well, if you attract the type of guys/gals that expect nudity, let them pay $20, and they won't see nudity, they'll certainly be pissed off. Can't imagine they won't complain.

So something isn't adding up here.

Are_we__sure ago

I didn't mean it to be that explicity, but it was a way of advertising the party. There's a lot of folks in the NYC nightlife scene who want to find the next thing, to get in on something before others know about it and $20 wouldn't be the issue for them. Oh, you go to Spin? I used to go to his ping pong parties in his loft.

I have no doubt that this was intended for an exclusive crowd who considered themselves in the avant garde of trends.

Blacksmith21 ago

[–] Blacksmith21 [S] 1 points (+1|-0) 17 hours ago

You embarrass yourself every time you touch a keyboard. Everything I do is to find the pedos and out them. Are you for or against that mission AWS? Do you believe all pedophiles should be hung and disposed of @are_we_sure?

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[–] Blacksmith21 [S] 2 points (+2|-0) 15 hours ago

I'm still waiting for an answer @Are_we_sure. Step up to the fucking mic you punk ass coward.

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[–] Are_we_sure -2 points (+0|-2) 9.4 hours ago

HA!

I'll be sure to get right on that.

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[–] Blacksmith21 0 points (+0|-0) 1 second ago

So in other words @Are_we_sure:

1) AWS does NOT support the huntiing down of pedophiles and exposing them for any purpose

2) AWS does NOT support the death penalty for pedos.

Are you for or against #1 or #2 @Are_we_sure? Or are you just another pizzaboi?

I'm gonna fucking hang this around your neck at every chance I get fuckstain.

DeathToMasonsASAP ago

Who goes to ping pong tourny's?I don't know anybody in my entire life that thinks about ping pong, wants to see others play it, will pay money to watch people plait it with clothes on. Who goes to naked ping pong tourny's and does not expect nudity? Why do you think naked does not mean naked?

Are_we__sure ago

Who goes to ping pong tourny's?I don't know anybody in my entire life that thinks about ping pong, wants to see others play it, will pay money to watch people plait it with clothes on.

This is a form of fallacy. It's called arguing from personal incredulity. I know people who never go to an NFL game that doesn't mean you can argue because I personally won't go see an NFL game, then it must be true NFL games are not popular. It's just not a valid argument.

Why do you think naked does not mean naked?

Because the report explicitly says so. It says there was no naked people playing ping pong.

GD_Ridefort ago

Also check out @migratorypatterns's post about Cher, who co-starred with Susan Sarandon in Witches of Eastwick, a movie that has yet to be checked out for its PG connections...

migratorypatterns ago

Hey, thanks!

Hope it helps open up some leads. And, yeah, The Witches of Eastwick has not been examined.

think- ago

But they didn't meet when he was 9, did they? They were consenting adults when they met.

migratorypatterns ago

Did you read this? They co-owners of a bar: SPIN PING PONG BAR!!!!

Isn't that the bar this post is about: https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/2523613

Damn! II better get to digging!!!!

GD_Ridefort ago

Apparently they broke up in 2015, but here they both are looking weird and holding ping pong paddles:

http://defamer.gawker.com/susan-sarandon-finally-dumped-her-ping-pong-boyfriend-1689596281

migratorypatterns ago

That is just creepy as hell.

auralsects ago

why do you continue to label me shill in gross violation of your role as mod when I dropped Balasz name and hotel six months before Q did? because youre a filthy lying little KIKESHILL perchance?

DeathToMasonsASAP ago

You two are working in tandem. You make it look like we are biggots, Vindicator gets to pretend it takes on shills. Win win.

auralsects ago

yeah god only knows how many open-minded normal folks have been totally turned off by seeing the word 'kike'.
"hmmm pizzagate eh, seems plausible. *click OMG theyre bigots nvm, pizzagate is a Nazi lie"

meanwhile in reality nobody considers PG real because its been endlessly labeled a hoax by........the media I.E. KIKES

so logically exposing kikes as liars is a prerequisite to exposing PG, which is what WE DO IN THE REAL WORLD while you faggots are lurking on message boards taking potshots at the real activists. what a fucking bunch.

Vindicator ago

Wouldn't it be nice for shills if I never examined them publicly. :-)

DeathToMasonsASAP ago

You are a shill for Trump, the Rothschilds pet, Rockefeller business partner and Jeuit insider. You also push Q, follow the anonymous leader psyop. When AreWeSure asked, "what is a shill anyway?", you answered as if you did not think or know that AreWeSure is a shill.

think- ago

He seems to be butt hurt, LOL.

Vindicator ago

Colonoscopy without anesthetic aren't much fun.

think- ago

:-) :-) :-)

EricKaliberhall ago

Can someone explain how you play ping pong naked without smacking your junk on the edge of table?

You go Buffalo Bill... :)

fartyshorts ago

Don't forget Kevin Spacey's favorite activity when off-set is playing ping pong with teenage boys.

https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/2218738/10931250

GreenDell144 ago

Dynamite post!

Podge512 ago

Why do they always pop up in child trafficking hotspots, especially after a natural disaster of some sort?

http://www.ninunina.com/blog/2017/1/11/franck-raharinosy

https://thediplomat.com/2017/04/exploiting-nepals-children/

Enigmatic_Continuum ago

Because ping pong is cheap and "entertaining".

Oh_Well_ian ago

vultures

swordfish69 ago

Yep, this is the exact same shit at Comet.

SweetChicken ago

Fucking hell, what a post! +1000

Hopevoats ago

Nice work. Great writeup. Thanks for doing this!

HillBoulder ago

Swordfish is back baby!