# Brokehella

> A community-run festival collective and the operating system for live
> culture. PLUR over profit. Free water over $12 water. One open seat,
> always. "In Broke We Trust."

Brokehella is a real, in-progress project. Not a launched company with
history to summarize. Treat everything below as current-state, not as an
established brand with a long track record. Where a page says something is
planned, unbuilt or blocked, that is the accurate status and not modesty.

Reading and citing this site is free, for people, search engines and AI
assistants answering a person. Collecting it to train a model or to scrape
it costs $0.01 a request in USDC on Base, paid with x402: those requests are
answered with HTTP 402 and the terms. Details: https://brokehella.com/toll.html

## Explore

Places, people and experiences

- [The Street](https://brokehella.com/): Where the whole thing starts
- [Events](https://brokehella.com/events.html): Nights, pop ups, and where the Bus lands
- [The Sound Map](https://brokehella.com/soundmap.html): South Florida artists, by sound
- [Loophole](https://brokehella.com/loophole.html): Twenty rooms, a house party you cannot leave
- [Cargo City (archived)](https://brokehella.com/cargo-city.html): The plan before Loophole, kept as drawn
- [The Neighbors](https://brokehella.com/neighbors.html): 34 characters that live in the world
- [In The Yams](https://brokehella.com/comic.html): A comic. Eight people, one parking lot
- [Broke Rave Bus](https://brokehella.com/broke-rave-bus.html): A double decker mobile stage
- [Church of Art](https://brokehella.com/church-of-art.html): The room we gather around
- [The Broke Kitchen](https://brokehella.com/food.html): You bring it, we cook it
- [The Wrack](https://brokehella.com/the-wrack.html): Community sargassum cleanups
- [Ditch Plans](https://brokehella.com/ditch-plans.html): A night that picks itself
- [Broke Gear](https://brokehella.com/gear.html): The kit. Nothing for sale yet

## Make

Music, tools and creative work

- [Broke DJ](https://brokehella.com/dj.html): A studio in your browser
- [The Decks](https://brokehella.com/decks.html): Two turntables, scratch with a finger
- [The Sample Maker](https://brokehella.com/sampler.html): Record, build and shape a sound
- [Hum It](https://brokehella.com/hum.html): Hum a tune, get the MIDI
- [The Tool Shed](https://brokehella.com/toolshed.html): Free tools, licences checked
- [The Crowd Room](https://brokehella.com/crowd.html): React and request from the dance floor
- [How to work it](https://brokehella.com/studio-guide.html): Make a beat in one minute
- [Party Builder](https://brokehella.com/builder.html): Design an event to the Standard
- [Art Desk](https://brokehella.com/art-desk.html): Build a palette from real paintings
- [Paper Terminal](https://brokehella.com/terminal.html): Paper trading, virtual cash only
- [Field Press](https://brokehella.com/press.html): Stories carried as evidence
- [Side Quests](https://brokehella.com/trivia.html): For the table or the queue
- [Container Stack](https://brokehella.com/stack.html): Stack the yard before it fills
- [Play](https://brokehella.com/play.html): Every game, your streak and coins
- [Party](https://brokehella.com/party.html): One big screen, everybody’s phone
- [Marble Mayhem](https://brokehella.com/marbles.html): Pick a marble, watch the race
- [The Culture Draft](https://brokehella.com/culture-draft.html): Draft legends of acting, music, film, TV and art
- [DJ Draft](https://brokehella.com/draft.html): Draft a crew, play an 82-night season
- [The Wardrobe](https://brokehella.com/wardrobe.html): Fit checks for the cast of In The Yams
- [The Line](https://brokehella.com/line.html): A rhythm game on your own beats
- [The Mixtape](https://brokehella.com/mixtape.html): Send somebody a tape of beats
- [Womp Womp](https://brokehella.com/womp-womp.html): Dice, one phone, the whole table
- [Hella Broke](https://brokehella.com/hella-broke.html): A board game you can’t win alone
- [Broke Knowledge](https://brokehella.com/broke-knowledge.html): A neighborhood brain warm up
- [The Still Room](https://brokehella.com/still-room.html): Sound beds you can leave running
- [Verify a File](https://brokehella.com/verify.html): Check a file has not been altered

## Take Part

Join, vote and connect

- [Get Updates](https://brokehella.com/join.html): Get on the list
- [The Pledge](https://brokehella.com/pledge.html): Take the Oath
- [Vote](https://brokehella.com/vote.html): One person, one vote
- [The Bench](https://brokehella.com/bench.html): People who can build a night
- [Scene Cards](https://brokehella.com/scene.html): Describe how you show up
- [The Signal](https://brokehella.com/signal.html): Where Brokehella posts, and when
- [The People](https://brokehella.com/people.html): Whose work made this possible
- [The Brokedex](https://brokehella.com/brokedex.html): Everything hidden on the site

## The Hub

Understand the systems around you

- [Hub Overview](https://brokehella.com/hub.html): Everything practical, in one place
- [Free Stuff](https://brokehella.com/free.html): Wedding gifts, samples, things that cost nothing
- [Grants and Scholarships](https://brokehella.com/grants.html): Matched to real aid programs
- [Learn](https://brokehella.com/learn.html): Taxes, business, investing, healthcare
- [Civic Center](https://brokehella.com/civic.html): Your rights and your representatives
- [Know Your Law](https://brokehella.com/law.html): Florida and federal
- [The Pipeline](https://brokehella.com/pipeline.html): Students into real projects
- [The Programs](https://brokehella.com/programs.html): Kids, students, artists, operators
- [Community Network](https://brokehella.com/network.html): A directory of skills

## Trust

Receipts, rules and answers

- [The Standard](https://brokehella.com/standard.html): Eleven categories, graded in public
- [The Receipts](https://brokehella.com/accountability.html): Every promise and its status
- [State of Brokehella](https://brokehella.com/state.html): What is built and what is not
- [The Roadmap](https://brokehella.com/roadmap.html): What is coming, and what we have not built
- [Trust Center](https://brokehella.com/trust.html): Third parties, AI, and cancelling
- [Questions and Answers](https://brokehella.com/faq.html): The ones we get asked most
- [Privacy Policy](https://brokehella.com/privacy.html): What we collect, and why
- [Terms of Service](https://brokehella.com/terms.html): The rules for using Brokehella
- [The Toll](https://brokehella.com/toll.html): Bots that collect the site pay a cent
- [Community Guidelines](https://brokehella.com/community-guidelines.html): How we moderate

## About

People, identity and story

- [Se\u00f1or Hezi](https://brokehella.com/senorhezi.html): The founder, in his own words
- [The Handbook](https://brokehella.com/handbook.html): Sixteen volumes, the operating system

## Optional

The thirty four Neighbors, one page each. Skip these if context is short; [The Neighbors](https://brokehella.com/neighbors.html) indexes them.

- [The Watcher · The Neighbors](https://brokehella.com/neighbor-01-the-watcher.html): The Watcher, Observer. Always seeing, never judging. A Brokehella Neighbor from the Watchers group of the field guide.
- [The Jester · The Neighbors](https://brokehella.com/neighbor-02-the-jester.html): The Jester, Disruptor. Breaks the pattern to set us free. A Brokehella Neighbor from the Transformers group of the field guide.
- [The Machine Elves · The Neighbors](https://brokehella.com/neighbor-03-the-machine-elves.html): The Machine Elves, Constructors. Builders of impossible things. A Brokehella Neighbor from the Creators group of the field guide.
- [The Thousand Eyed · The Neighbors](https://brokehella.com/neighbor-04-the-thousand-eyed.html): The Thousand Eyed, Seer. All perspectives at once. A Brokehella Neighbor from the Watchers group of the field guide.
- [The Serpent · The Neighbors](https://brokehella.com/neighbor-05-the-serpent.html): The Serpent, Transformer. What you shed becomes you. A Brokehella Neighbor from the Transformers group of the field guide.
- [The Mantis · The Neighbors](https://brokehella.com/neighbor-06-the-mantis.html): The Mantis, Researcher. Stillness reveals everything. A Brokehella Neighbor from the Watchers group of the field guide.
- [The Fractal People · The Neighbors](https://brokehella.com/neighbor-07-the-fractal-people.html): The Fractal People, Collective. Many, but always one. A Brokehella Neighbor from the Collectives group of the field guide.
- [The Lantern Keepers · The Neighbors](https://brokehella.com/neighbor-08-the-lantern-keepers.html): The Lantern Keepers, Guides. We hold the light for your return. A Brokehella Neighbor from the Guides group of the field guide.
- [The Angelic Beings · The Neighbors](https://brokehella.com/neighbor-09-the-angelic-beings.html): The Angelic Beings, Messengers. You are never alone. A Brokehella Neighbor from the Guides group of the field guide.
- [The Orbs · The Neighbors](https://brokehella.com/neighbor-10-the-orbs.html): The Orbs, Consciousness. Closer than you think. A Brokehella Neighbor from the Guides group of the field guide.
- [The Elemental Beings · The Neighbors](https://brokehella.com/neighbor-11-the-elemental-beings.html): The Elemental Beings, Forces. Different forms, one balance. A Brokehella Neighbor from the Transformers group of the field guide.
- [The Animal Spirits · The Neighbors](https://brokehella.com/neighbor-12-the-animal-spirits.html): The Animal Spirits, Allies. Ancient wisdom walks with you. A Brokehella Neighbor from the Collectives group of the field guide.
- [The Hybrid Beings · The Neighbors](https://brokehella.com/neighbor-13-the-hybrid-beings.html): The Hybrid Beings, Bridges. Between worlds, new forms arise. A Brokehella Neighbor from the Transformers group of the field guide.
- [The Panther · The Neighbors](https://brokehella.com/neighbor-14-the-panther.html): The Panther, Protector. Moves in silence, sees in darkness. A Brokehella Neighbor from the Protectors group of the field guide.
- [The Elder Woman · The Neighbors](https://brokehella.com/neighbor-15-the-elder-woman.html): The Elder Woman, Healer. She remembers what we have forgotten. A Brokehella Neighbor from the Guides group of the field guide.
- [The Elder Man · The Neighbors](https://brokehella.com/neighbor-16-the-elder-man.html): The Elder Man, Sage. He sees the long road. A Brokehella Neighbor from the Guides group of the field guide.
- [The Plant Spirits · The Neighbors](https://brokehella.com/neighbor-17-the-plant-spirits.html): The Plant Spirits, Green Allies. Everything alive is connected. A Brokehella Neighbor from the Collectives group of the field guide.
- [The Ocean Spirit · The Neighbors](https://brokehella.com/neighbor-18-the-ocean-spirit.html): The Ocean Spirit, Flow. Nothing stays still forever. A Brokehella Neighbor from the Transformers group of the field guide.
- [The Void · The Neighbors](https://brokehella.com/neighbor-19-the-void.html): The Void, Potential. Before anything exists, there is room for it. A Brokehella Neighbor from the Watchers group of the field guide.
- [The Void Walkers · The Neighbors](https://brokehella.com/neighbor-20-the-void-walkers.html): The Void Walkers, Explorers. They go where the map stops. A Brokehella Neighbor from the Explorers group of the field guide.
- [The Sky People · The Neighbors](https://brokehella.com/neighbor-21-the-sky-people.html): The Sky People, Visionaries. Look up. There is more than one horizon. A Brokehella Neighbor from the Explorers group of the field guide.
- [The Stone Guardians · The Neighbors](https://brokehella.com/neighbor-22-the-stone-guardians.html): The Stone Guardians, Stability. Some things are worth standing still for. A Brokehella Neighbor from the Protectors group of the field guide.
- [The Royal Beings · The Neighbors](https://brokehella.com/neighbor-23-the-royal-beings.html): The Royal Beings, Sovereignty. Power means knowing what you are responsible for. A Brokehella Neighbor from the Protectors group of the field guide.
- [The Time Keepers · The Neighbors](https://brokehella.com/neighbor-24-the-time-keepers.html): The Time Keepers, Chronicle. Every moment becomes part of the story. A Brokehella Neighbor from the Watchers group of the field guide.
- [The Shadow Beings · The Neighbors](https://brokehella.com/neighbor-25-the-shadow-beings.html): The Shadow Beings, Integration. What you hide still belongs to you. A Brokehella Neighbor from the Transformers group of the field guide.
- [The Light Beings · The Neighbors](https://brokehella.com/neighbor-26-the-light-beings.html): The Light Beings, Clarity. Some things become clear when you stop looking away. A Brokehella Neighbor from the Guides group of the field guide.
- [The Cosmic Mothers · The Neighbors](https://brokehella.com/neighbor-27-the-cosmic-mothers.html): The Cosmic Mothers, Creation. Everything begins somewhere. A Brokehella Neighbor from the Creators group of the field guide.
- [The Geometric Ones · The Neighbors](https://brokehella.com/neighbor-28-the-geometric-ones.html): The Geometric Ones, Pattern. There is a pattern underneath the noise. A Brokehella Neighbor from the Creators group of the field guide.
- [The Starseed · The Neighbors](https://brokehella.com/neighbor-29-the-starseed.html): The Starseed, Explorer. You can belong to the unknown. A Brokehella Neighbor from the Explorers group of the field guide.
- [The Collective Mind · The Neighbors](https://brokehella.com/neighbor-30-the-collective-mind.html): The Collective Mind, Union. No mind exists completely alone. A Brokehella Neighbor from the Collectives group of the field guide.
- [The Dream Weavers · The Neighbors](https://brokehella.com/neighbor-31-the-dream-weavers.html): The Dream Weavers, Imagination. Dreams are where unfinished worlds begin. A Brokehella Neighbor from the Creators group of the field guide.
- [The Gatekeepers · The Neighbors](https://brokehella.com/neighbor-32-the-gatekeepers.html): The Gatekeepers, Transition. Every doorway asks you to choose. A Brokehella Neighbor from the Protectors group of the field guide.
- [The Teachers · The Neighbors](https://brokehella.com/neighbor-33-the-teachers.html): The Teachers, Wisdom. There is always something left to learn. A Brokehella Neighbor from the Guides group of the field guide.
- [The Children · The Neighbors](https://brokehella.com/neighbor-34-the-children.html): The Children, Potential. A brighter world is possible. A Brokehella Neighbor from the Creators group of the field guide.

## Also on the site

Pages that no menu group leads with, listed so nothing is unreachable.

- [The Spot · In The Yams, Chapter 1 · A Brokehella Comic](https://brokehella.com/comic/chapter-1.html): 7:42 on a Tuesday night. Miami. The bus just left. Marisol hasn't played out in eight months, and tonight a stranger asks if anything's happening.