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2023 PorchFest in Rutherford

November 5th, 2023 by Mr. C

It was a fun day of free outdoor live music in Rutherford, NJ at Porch Fest! It would be a day of 13 bands playing at 7 homes using the porch as their stage! PorchFest was originally started in Ithaca, NY in 2007 and now this gathering of the arts & community has spread across […]

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Getting spooky in Hackensack!

October 30th, 2023 by Mr. C

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disc golf at FDR State Park in Westchester County, NY

August 4th, 2022 by Mr. C

We enjoyed the layout of the 18 hole disc golf course at FDR State Park in Westchester County, NY . The majority of the holes were in wooded areas but a few did open up the baskets to the skies! There were a handful of tee offs that sketched us out a bit in that […]

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Kenny Scharf : When Worlds Collide (2020)

December 24th, 2021 by Mr. C

———————————————————————————————————– This movie was an inspiring look into the life & art world of Kenny Scharf! We’ve always enjoyed the murals painted by him when we randomly stumbled across them while combing the streets of the dirty NYC. His art seemed to bring all his painted subjects to life even the inanimate ones! I had […]

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The Band From Glen Rock High reunion concert + Uncle Floyd

December 5th, 2021 by Mr. C

A talented bunch of musical misfits who were all graduates of Glen Rock High School from the early 1970s including a funny & the most outspoken one of them all, Floyd Vivino (Glen Rock High graduate 1969) otherwise known as Uncle Floyd gathered together for a reunion concert billed as The Band from Glen Rock […]

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Summer Streets NYC 2021

August 14th, 2021 by Mr. C

———————————————————————————————————— It felt great finally to get out to an organized public outdoor event and experience some sort of normalcy. I have to admit I still feel skittish going out in the public especially in confined spaces with crowd gatherings but summer streets is not that! For those who have followed us for a little […]

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The Uncle Floyd Show – revisited!

December 4th, 2020 by Mr. C

The Uncle Floyd show came back alive again like fresh hot lava slowly oozing from a dormant – sleeping giant volcano last Tuesday! Uncle Floyd and long time producer and collaborator of Floyd’s, Scott Gordon started hosting a live viewing session of Uncle Floyd show episodes including the commercials and of course a live performance […]

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An Interview With Creature

July 23rd, 2020 by chocko

Creature makes his return to Planet Chocko to talk about his latest release titled The Day Night Stood Still which features brand new tracks from an MC I first met more than a decade ago, outside of the legendary and now defunct hip hop store, Fat Beats. Over the years, I would bump into Creature […]

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burn baby burn! graff in Paterson & Hackensack

February 29th, 2020 by Mr. C

———————————————————————————————————- It’s been a minute since I’ve been to both of these locations in Hackensack & Paterson to soak in the latest burners from Jersey & NYC’s finest. Hell, as I look at our last updates from these graff meccas, I haven’t been to either since 2016. Whaaat!? As I do a little moonwalk and […]

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Hinchliffe Stadium in Paterson

February 17th, 2020 by Mr. C

I’ve always admired the beautiful but ragged & dilapidated stadium that I see on the backdrop when I make my 2-3 times a year visit to the Great Falls in Paterson. This time I actually walked around the structure known as Hinchliffe Stadium and boy, if walls, ticket booths, and stadium seats can talk, I’m […]

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New York Chinese Cultural Center – Lunar New Year celebrations at Brookfield Place

February 2nd, 2020 by Mr. C

——————————————————————————————————————– A Lunar New Year celebration to welcome in the Year of the Rat was held on Saturday February 1st at Brookfield Place in the Winter Garden in collaboration with the New York Chinese Cultural Center (NYCCC) and Arts Brookfield. NYCCC is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving Chinese culture, heritage, tradition, and pride for […]

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HR + MAAFA + Rebelmatic + The 1865 played The KINGSLAND

December 10th, 2019 by chocko

Last Saturday at The Kingland in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, H.R. of the legendary Bad Brains played a set that got the kids in the crowd and older hardcore heads losing their minds to songs from his reggae and rasta solo albums and a couple Bad Brains songs thrown in for good measure. HR and Human Rights […]

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