Punk Island: 11 Years of PUNK
June 23rd, 2018 by chocko
Today is the day, Punk Island is coming back atcha for a fist flying 11th year in beautiful Randall’s Island, NYC. Saturday June 23, 2018 10am-8pm BE THERE! It hasn’t been on a Saturday in a long time and by the way, IT’S FREE, ALL AGES and ALL DAY! Come on down and get there by bike, foot or parachute in…just come. This year looks like it’s gonna be a muddy event so bring your umbrella and galoshes. Wear a poncho!
Featuring 6 stages representing DIY and punk rock in full effect:
All We Got! Records
Basement Dwellers
Brooklyn TransCore
Gilligan
Hoosatron
Taking Back Queens
SCHEDULE:
Brooklyn TransCore:
11:30- Danger Sluts
12:10- Mean Siders
12:50- Alexa666
1:30- Seppuku Pistols (Japan)
2:10- Enziguri
2:50- Treads
3:30- Trash Boy
4:10- Baby Got Back Talk
4:50- Transrectifier
5:30- Trashy
6:10- Stay Inside
6:50- Choked Up
Hoosatron:
11:30- Torpedoes
12:05- True Dreams
12:40- Universe Ignore Her
1:15- Hekla
1:50- Dunning Kruger
2:25- Dirty Bandaid
3:00- SPANDEX
3:35- Sister Munch
4:10- Witch Slap
4:45- The Loneliers
5:20- Nevva
5:55- Nihiloceros
6:30- Lady Bizness
7:05- Desert Sharks
All We Got! Records:
11:35- All New Episode
12:10- The Lot
12:45- Younger Than Neil
1:20- Fat Chance
1:55- The Windermeres
2:30- Disposable
3:05- The Upfux
3:40- Answering Machine
4:15- No Use For A Tribute
4:50- The Jukebox Romantics
5:25- Cold Wrecks
6:00- Aimless Again
6:35- The Pandemics (NY SKA!)
Taking Back Queens:
11:30- My Own Confusion
12:15- Left In The Attic
1:00- Hopeless Otis
1:45- Megaweapon.
2:30- Synapses Firing
3:15- Shakeout
4:00- For Lack Of A Term
4:45- The Holophonics
5:30- Behind The Façade
6:15- Jump For The Sails
7:00- American Pinup
Gilligan:
11:45- A Day Without Love
12:20- Arson Welles
12:55- NCM
1:30- Shut Up!
2:05- Hair Bag
2:40- Necrotic Society
3:15- Raddigan Brothers
3:50- Eskrofula
4:25- MAAFA _hardcore
5:00- Nine of Swords
5:35- Mary Todd
6:10- TOP nachos
6:45- Ronx
Basement Dwellers:
11:20- Passive Aggressive
12:00- Winterwolf
12:40- Bluntworks
1:20- The Road Sodas
2:00- Hood Rats
2:40- Big Band
3:20- Big Cheese
4:00- I Against Eye
4:40- Swinging Riot
5:20- Field Goal
6:00- Alouth
6:40- Dog Breath
7:20- The Troublemaker
These are the items prohibited at Punk Island!
-Weapons of any kind. Leave your brass knuckles and nunchucks at home!
-Fireworks or explosives
-Alcohol. Punk Island is a DRY event. A couple hours of sobriety won’t kill ya, punk!
-Vehicles other than bikes/skateboards/scooters
-smoking is not allowed
-You CAN bring your dog but it must be leashed at all times and pick up their poop!
Violators will be thrown into a volcano. See you at the Island. Have fun at the show and don’t be a jerk. Check out some videos below from 2017!
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The Nuclears and Windbreaker played Human Head Records
June 20th, 2018 by chocko
Human Head Records is a record store located in the heart of Bushwick, Brooklyn. I’ve been meaning to stop by and check it out and after running into an instagram post of an upcoming in-store, that was all the extra push needed to make it happen. After some bridge crossings and zig-zagging through post apocalyptic rush hour traffic, we made it just in time to catch two NYC bands, The Nuclears and Windbreaker rock the house. Windbreaker were just getting started as we walked through the store which was filled with new and used records and mannequin heads.
Windbreaker are a band from NYC that play scorching powerhouse rock and roll with a towering lead singer with an array of lethal ammunition to keep the party going including maracas, killer harmonica riffs and Elvis sunglasses! You can’t go wrong with these guys…the energy they give off is infectious and their music got my bones rattling and my skull nodding to beat. They played a bunch of originals which need to get put out on an album and they threw in two covers…”Save It For Later” by English Beat and a rocking version of “Do It Again” by The Kinks.
The main event of the evening was another rock and roll band from Brooklyn…The Nuclears. Not much to say other than they absolutely rule and the party starts when they hit the stage! You get three bands in one with The Nuclears…three equally awesome lead singers that take turns with the lead vocals. I really enjoyed the country song they performed about how New York City sucks. They have another Brooklyn show coming up on June 29 at 9PM at Goldsounds (44 Wilson Ave, Brooklyn) with The Memphis Morticians, The Omega Men and The Bloodshots. Check them out, but in the meantime check out some more photos and videos below and definitely stop by Human Head Records. Definitely worth digging around up in there for vinyl. I bought a Cold Crush Brothers “Fresh, Wild, Fly & Bold” LP and DJ Chuck Chillout and Kool Chip “Masters of The Rhythm” LP. You old school hip hop heads already know!
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NYAFF – New York Asian Film Festival announces 2018 lineup (June 29 – July 15)
June 14th, 2018 by Mr. C
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THE FILM SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER
and
SUBWAY CINEMA
Announce Full Lineup for
THE 17th NEW YORK ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL
June 29 – July 15, 2018
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New York, NY (June 12, 2018) – The Film Society of Lincoln Center and Subway Cinema announce the 17th edition of the New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF), June 29 – July 15, 2018.
From vicious, life-destroying phone scams to balletic battles between equally corruptcops and yakuza, NYAFF offers films that reflect on contemporary society while offering extreme genre pleasures. There are self-referential takes on cinematic zombies, existential date nights, and teens finding their own corners of the world despite familial and societal expectations.After last year’s Sweet Sixteen, this year’s program is dubbed the Savage Seventeenth edition with four world premieres, three international premieres, 21 North American premieres, three U.S. premieres, and twelve New York premieres, showcasing the most exciting comedies, dramas, thrillers, romances, horrors and arthouse films from East Asia.
Savage Seventeen: The festival has a rich history of presenting films that deal with the social issue ofteenage bullying. Many of these have proven to be launching pads for some of Asia’s biggest stars, and the subject is at the root of such modern classics as All About Lily Chou-Chou, Whispering Corridors, and Confessions. In a year when youths in the U.S. are standing their ground and demanding political change, NYAFF presents the North American premieres of three films about teenagers who just won’t take it anymore: Kim Ui-seok’s After My Death, Ogata Takaomi’s The Hungry Lion, and Naito Eisuke’scompetition title Liverleaf.
More than ever, the festival aims to show that Asia is a beacon of cinematic excitement, its films as rich in provocative artistry and as emotionally compelling as those of its Western counterpart. In the age of algorithm-dictated curation and Eurocentrism, NYAFF holds two convictions: that taste in films cannot be deduced or reduced to one’s browser history; and that the best in new cinema is rising from the East.
Opening Night is the North American premiere of Tominaga Masanori’s Dynamite Graffiti, an unorthodox and sprightly drama based on the life and times of Japanese porn magazine king Suei Akira, who cultivated future artists such as Araki Nobuyoshi and Moriyama Daido. This spirited tale of sexual exploitation is an ode to free expression, proving that the so-called “smut” of today might very well become the art of tomorrow. The film is a metaphor for the humble origins of the festival as a Chinatown-born grindhouse showcase introducing the works of Johnnie To and several of the modern masters of Korean cinema.
Closing Night is the world premiere of Erik Matti’s BuyBust from the Philippines. On the surface, it is structured like an action film in the vein of The Raid, with superstar Anne Curtis and MMA worldchampion Brandon Vera as narcs taking down a drug kingpin against insurmountable odds over one unrelenting rainy night. The film employed 309 stuntmen and features a wildly ambitious three-minute, one-cutaction scene. Being a Matti film, it also offers a searing perspective on the ongoing drug war and broader issues of political corruption. The director and stars will attend the screening.
The Centerpiece is the world premiere of Sunny Chan’s Men on the Dragon, starring Francis Ng and Jennifer Yu. Always central to the festival’s DNA, Hong Kong cinema demonstrates the resiliency of an industry whose identity is easily blurred with Mainland China, but on which it also exerts a considerable influence and provides storytelling expertise and craftsmanship. The film is a quintessential underdog story about a group of blue-collar workers who reluctantly join their company’s dragon boat team. A directorial debut of a veteran Hong Kong screenwriter, Chan’s film is being presented one year after NYAFF had a special focus on first-time directors from the territory. Chan and actress Jennifer Yu will be among the attending guests.
Seven films will battle in the second edition of the festival’s re-launched Main Competition: Shiraishi Kazuya’s Blood of Wolves (Japan), Nam Ron’s Crossroads: One Two Jaga (Malaysia), Naito Eisuke’s Liverleaf (Japan), Dong Yue’s The Looming Storm (China), Sunny Chan’s Men on the Dragon (Hong Kong), Jeon Go-woon’s Microhabitat (South Korea), and Treb Monteras’s Respeto (Philippines). Six of the seven films are receiving their North American premieres at NYAFF, with one world premiere. Four of the competition titles are debut films, reflecting the festival’s ongoing support for new directors.
The festival honors its tradition of presenting awards to recognize outstanding talent and filmmakers from Asia that are still under the radar in the West.
Hong Kong’s Dante Lam has been at the creative forefront of the action genre for ten years, when his psycho-thriller Beast Stalker became an instant modern classic. The festival celebrates his career by awarding him the Daniel A. Craft Award for Excellence in Action Cinema and a special 10th anniversary screening of Beast Stalker on 35mm, together with his MMA drama Unbeatable and his latest film Operation Red Sea. The latter made over half a billion dollars in China to become the second highest-grossing Chinese-language film of all time, and Asia’s biggest hit of 2018. Lam attends our opening weekend to discuss his films with long-term producer Candy Leung.
This year, the festival presents two Star Asia Awards:
South Korea’s Kim Yun-seok is best known to North American audiences for his role as the grizzled ex-cop in 2008 serial killer thriller The Chaser. A decade on, he stands firmly in the top tier of his country’s leading men. Like his contemporaries Song Kang-ho and Choi Min-shik, he came late to movies after a background in theater. Jang Joon-hwan’s powerful drama 1987: When the Day Comes screens, in which Kim plays the frightening head of South Korea’s anti-communist bureau, hellbent on holding back the country’s democracy movement.
Chinese filmmaker Jiang Wu’s career has bridged independent cinema and mainstream success for 25 years. Two decades ago, he was at the forefront of a new populist independent cinema about big city life that transformed modern Chinese cinema with Zhang Yang’s Shower. He has worked with Zhang Yimou (To Live), Jiang Wen (Let the Bullets Fly), Jia Zhangke (A Touch of Sin), and Herman Yau (Shock Wave). Xin Yukun’s part noir, part western Wrath of Silence will screen in tribute, in which his terrifying nouveau riche mining magnate falls into a trap of his own design.
The Star Asia Lifetime Achievement Award goes to Japan’s Harada Masato, a former U.S.-based film critic. He is most recognizable to Western viewers for his role as the villain Mr. Omura opposite Tom Cruise in The Last Samurai. Since his debut in 1979, he has positioned himself as one of Japan’s most unique and important directors. While he has worked in nearly every genre, he is best known for tackling societal issues such as teenage prostitution, illegal immigrants, and the role of the media. Screening in the festival are his dark classic gem Kamikaze Taxi on 35mm, the recent Kakekomi (2016), a period piece about female empowerment, and his most recent historical epic Sekigahara, about the one-day battle in 1600 that defined modern Japan.
The Screen International Rising Star Asia Award recipient will be announced at a later date.
The Hong Kong Panorama, backbone of the festival’s programming, returns with nine features, including two world premieres: Sunny Chan’s debut Men of the Dragon and Antony Chan’s comeback House of the Rising Sons. Antony Chan is an original member of The Wynners, the popular teen-idol band of the 1970s that launched the careers of mega-stars Alan Tam and Kenny Bee. Chan, the band’s drummer, returns to the director’s chair after 26 years to present a vibrant biopic that avoids hagiography. Highlighting the miracles of motion and irresistible kinetic force that are the signature of Hong Kong cinema, is a three-film Dante Lam tribute, and an action-packed thriller run on July 4: Jonathan Li’s debut The Brink, Oxide Pang’s The Big Call, and Wilson Yip’s Paradox. Also screening is Chapman To’s family drama set in the world of karate, The Empty Hands starring Stephy Tang.
The China section continues to take a more central role. One year ago, NYAFF committed to supporting the new generation of first-time directors emerging in Asia with the Young Blood series, focusing on Hong Kong; this year the festival shifts to Mainland China. Once again, the films are heady and diverse in subject matter, including Hunan-set, rain-drenched serial-killer thriller The Looming Storm, Inner Mongolia-set sexagenarian drama Old Beast (produced by Chinese auteur Wang Xiaoshuai), and the razor-sharp Northeastern comedy Looking for Lucky, which revolves around a man, his father, and a missing dog. The Chinese film industry is changing fast, and trends are best reflected in where new directors are taking it. We also present films about the shifting rules of romance: Dude’s Manual and The Ex-Files 3: The Return of the Exes.
The New Cinema from Japan lineup is represented by one of the festival’s largest contingents of directors yet. In addition to NYAFF’s tribute to veteran director Harada Masato, the festival is bringing a group that could be described as defining a “new wave” of Japanese cinema: Naito Eisuke with his circle-of-revenge drama Liverleaf, Ogata Takaomi with experimental youth drama The Hungry Lion, Takeshita Masao with slow-burn drama The Midnight Bus, and Kanata Wolf with his slacker debut Smokin’ on the Moon. Also attending is actor Emoto Tasuku who brings his mischievous charm to the protagonist of porn publishing odyssey Dynamite Graffiti. Other highlights include Sato Shinsuke’s cross-generational superhero showdown Inuyashiki, Ueda Shinichiro’s meta zombie film homage One Cut of the Dead, and Yukisada Isao’s brutal youth drama River’s Edge.
There are ten films in the South Korean Cinema section. This year, female-directed titles represent almost half of the NYAFF selection. They include Jeon Go-woon’s competition title Microhabitat, Yim Soon-rye’s Little Forest, and Jeong Ga-young’s Hit the Night. Actress and director Jeong’s positioning of herself as a female Hong Sang-soo—she recently starred in and directed Bitch on the Beach—is itself a critique of the macho posturing of much of South Korean cinema.
The festival selected five films showcasing the uniqueness of Taiwan cinema and the strength of both its arthouse productions and its genre output. Of note is the North American premiere of gangster film Gatao 2: Rise of the King, poised comfortably between classic yakuza and triad movies from Japan and Hong Kong. In complete contrast is The Last Verse, which charts a romantic relationship through the turbulence of three presidential eras; it was directed by Tseng Ying-ting, one of Taiwan cinema’s freshest voices since Edward Yang.
This year’s program features the largest Southeast Asian Vanguard selection yet, representing a fifth of the festival lineup. This region is one of the most creative corners of Asia, which NYAFF continues to champion in the film selection and guest lineup. Outside of Asia, arguably no other film event has so fully committed to exploring Southeast Asian cinema, which is at the heart of the festival’s future. Six films from the Philippines, three films from Thailand, two films from Malaysia, and one film from Indonesia will screen.
The festival goes all-in on the Philippines with the largest lineup in NYAFF since 2013. Three strong films examine the nation’s ongoing drug war: Mikhail Red’s Neomanila, about a “mother-and-son” death squad; Treb Monteras’ Respeto, set in the milieu of rap battles; and Erik Matti’s BuyBust. There will also be a special screening of Matti’s thriller On the Job. On opening night, NYAFF hosts the world premiere of Richard Somes’s brutal We Will Not Die Tonight, starring Erich Gonzales as a stuntwoman trying to survive a single night. On a lighter note, Irene Villamor’s blockbuster (anti-) romance Sid & Aya (Not a Love Story) screens, also starring Anne Curtis from BuyBust.
There has been a recent Malaysian New Wave reflecting the country’s societal and political changes, and it is only now reaching our cinema screens. NYAFF presents two films that would never have seen the light before 2018: police corruption thriller Crossroads: One Two Jaga and black magic thriller Dukun. The latter is the long-buried debut of top Malaysian director Dain Said, screening twelve years after its shoot was completed. Together with Brutal/Jagat (NYAFF 2016), these films hint at why Malaysian cinema is a territory to watch.
Southeast Asian Westerns: The links between the western genre and Japanese cinema are well documented, from remakes of Akira Kurosawa’s classics to Lee Sung-il’s own remake of Clint Eastwood’s Unforgiven. But the western was also a genre embraced in Southeast Asia for decades, most recently with two Indonesian films: Mouly Surya’s Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts (which opens in New York on June 22) and Mike Wiluan’s Buffalo Boys, which screens on the final day of the festival. Like their Northeast Asian counterparts (the Manchurian western), the genre offers tales of freedom and emancipation with Eastern heroes rising against their colonial oppressors. This year, Wisit Sasanatieng’s madcap Tears of the Black Tiger returns in a special 35mm screening.
Young Art at NYAFF: “Safe Imagination Is Boring”
“Safe Imagination Is Boring” is a group exhibition of 10 emerging artists who have created new work inspired by Asian cinema. The exhibition features Asian, second-generation Asian-American, and mixed-race artists.
HBO® Free Talks at NYAFF
This year, NYAFF presents several free talks, sponsored by HBO®, at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center’s Amphitheater. They include opportunities for NYAFF audiences to meet festival guests from Japan, China, and Southeast Asia and discuss their careers, trends, and regional genre cinema. Guest speakers include Harada Masato, Dong Yue, Xin Yukun, Erik Matti, and Mike Wiluan.
The New York Asian Film Festival is co-presented by Subway Cinema and the Film Society of Lincoln Center and takes place from June 29 to July 12 at the Film Society’s Walter Reade Theater (165 West 65th St), and July 13 to 15 at SVA Theatre (333 West 23rd St). It is curated by executive director Samuel Jamier, deputy director Stephen Cremin, programmers Claire Marty and David Wilentz, and associate programmers Karen Severns and Mori Koichi.
FULL LINEUP (58)
Titles in bold are included in the Main Competition; the list excludes the surprise screening.
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CHINA (7)
Co-presented with Confucius Institute Headquarters and China Institute
– Dude’s Manual (Kevin Ko, 2018)
– End of Summer (Zhou Quan, 2017) – New York Premiere
– The Ex-Files 3: The Return of the Exes (Tian Yusheng, 2017)
– Looking for Lucky (Jiang Jiachen, 2018) – International Premiere
– The Looming Storm (Dong Yue, 2017) – North American Premiere
– Old Beast (Zhou Ziyang, 2017) – New York Premiere
– Wrath of Silence (Xin Yukun, 2017) – New York Premiere
HONG KONG PANORAMA (9)
Presented with the support of Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in New York
– Beast Stalker (Dante Lam, 2008) – Tribute to Dante Lam
– The Big Call (Oxide Pang, 2017) – North American Premiere
– The Brink (Jonathan Li, 2017) – New York Premiere
– The Empty Hands (Chapman To, 2018) – New York Premiere
– House of the Rising Sons (Antony Chan, 2018) – World Premiere
– Men on the Dragon (Sunny Chan, 2018) – World Premiere
– Operation Red Sea (Dante Lam, 2018) – Tribute to Dante Lam
– Paradox (Wilson Yip, 2017) – New York Premiere
– Unbeatable (Dante Lam, 2003) – Tribute to Dante Lam
INDONESIA (1)
– Buffalo Boys (Mike Wiluan, 2018) – US Premiere
JAPAN (14)
– Blood of Wolves (Shiraishi Kazuya, 2018) – North American Premiere
– Dynamite Graffiti (Tominaga Masanori, 2018) – North American Premiere
– The Hungry Lion (Ogata Takaomi, 2017) – North American Premiere
– Inuyashiki (Sato Shinsuke, 2018) – North American Premiere
– Kakekomi (Harada Masato, 2015) – Tribute to Harada Masato, New York Premiere
– Kamikaze Taxi (Harada Masato, 1995) – Tribute to Harada Masato
– Liverleaf (Naito Eisuke, 2018) – North American Premiere
– Midnight Bus (Takeshita Masao, 2017) – North American Premiere
– One Cut of the Dead (Ueda Shinichiro, 2018) – North American Premiere
– River’s Edge (Yukisada Isao, 2018) – North American Premiere
– The Scythian Lamb (Yoshida Daihachi, 2017) – New York Premiere
– Sekigahara (Harada Masato, 2017) – Tribute to Harada Masato, New York Premiere
– Smokin’ on the Moon (Kanata Wolf, 2017) – International Premiere
– The Third Murder (Kore-eda Hirokazu, 2017) – New York Premiere
MALAYSIA (2)
– Crossroads: One Two Jaga (Nam Ron, 2018) – North American Premiere
– Dukun (Dain Said, 2018) – International Premiere
PHILIPPINES (6)
– BuyBust (Erik Matti, 2018) – Tribute to Erik Matti, World Premiere
– Neomanila (Mikhail Red, 2017) – New York Premiere
– On the Job (Erik Matti, 2013) – Tribute to Erik Matti
– Respeto (Treb Monteras, 2017) – North American Premiere
– Sid & Aya: Not a Love Story (Irene Villamor, 2018) – New York Premiere
– We Will Not Die Tonight (Richard Somes, 2018) – World Premiere
SOUTH KOREA (10)
– 1987: When the Day Comes (Jang Joon-hwan, 2017)
– After My Death (Kim Ui-seok, 2017) – North American Premiere
– The Age of Blood (Kim Hong-sun, 2017) – International premiere
– Counters (Lee Il-ha, 2017) – North American Premiere
– Hit the Night (Jeong Ga-young, 2017) – North American Premiere
– I Can Speak (Kim Hyeon-seok, 2017)
– Little Forest (Yim Soon-rye, 2018) – New York Premiere
– Microhabitat (Jeon Go-woon, 2017) – North American Premiere
– The Return (Malene Choi, 2018) – East Coast Premiere
– What a Man Wants (Lee Byeong-hun, 2018)
TAIWAN (5)
– Gatao 2: Rise of the King (Yen Cheng-kuo, 2018) – North American Premiere
– The Last Verse (Tseng Ying-ting, 2017) – New York Premiere
– Missing Johnny (Huang Xi, 2017) – New York Premiere
– On Happiness Road (Sung Hsin-yin, 2017) – North American Premiere
– The Bold, the Corrupt and the Beautiful (Yang Ya-che, 2017) – New York Premiere
THAILAND (3)
– Premika (Siwakorn Jarupongpa, 2017) – North American Premiere
– Sad Beauty (Bongkod Bencharongkul, 2018) – North American Premiere
– Tears of the Black Tiger (Wisit Sasanatieng, 2000)
NEW YORK ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL (NYAFF)
Now in its 17th year, the New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) is North America’s leading festival of popular Asian cinema, which The Village Voice has called “the best film festival in New York,” and The New York Times has called “one of the city’s most valuable events.” Launched in 2002 by Subway Cinema, the festival selects only the best, strangest, and most entertaining movies to screen for New York audiences, ranging from mainstream blockbusters and art-house eccentricities to genre and cult classics. It was the first North American film festival to champion the works of Johnnie To, Bong Joon-ho, Park Chan-wook, Takashi Miike, and other auteurs of contemporary Asian cinema. Since 2010, it has been produced in collaboration with the Film Society of Lincoln Center.
FILM SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER
The Film Society of Lincoln Center is devoted to supporting the art and elevating the craft of cinema. The only branch of the world-renowned arts complex Lincoln Center to shine a light on the everlasting yet evolving importance of the moving image, this nonprofit organization was founded in 1969 to celebrate American and international film. Via year-round programming and discussions; its annual New York Film Festival; and its publications, including Film Comment, the U.S.’s premier magazine about films and film culture, the Film Society endeavors to make the discussion and appreciation of cinema accessible to a broader audience, as well as to ensure that it will remain an essential art form for years to come.
The Film Society receives generous, year-round support from Shutterstock, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. American Airlines is the Official Airline of the Film Society of Lincoln Center.
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a week later at Branch Brook Park
April 22nd, 2018 by Mr. C
(Branch Brook Park – Park Avenue and Lake Street – Newark, NJ 07104)
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Today was a sunny and warm Sunday morning at 50 degrees. I had an hour or two to spare so I drove back to Branch Brook Park to get a visual update on how the park and its Cherry Blossom Trees were doing after attending last week’s cold and windy Cherry Blossom Bloomfest event! A week later, I’m happy to report that the Cherry Blossoms at the park were certainly blooming, colors from plant life were starting to get vibrant, and I’m noticing that people have more pep in their step doing the happy truffle shuffle enjoying mother nature at its finest!
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(I should be paying attention to the road, but I had to snap a few photos while entering the park on Mill Street – Newark)
(Prudential Grove area)
(the Sacred Heart Cathedral across the lake)
(The Sacred Heart Cathedral)
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Cherry Blossoms & Graffiti blooming together!
April 15th, 2018 by Mr. C
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Spring has sprung! Baseball season is here and New Jersey’s 360 acre Branch Brook Park located in Newark & Belleville plays host to the 2018 42nd annual Cherry Blossom Bloomfest! Before I get too enthusiastic, damn was it cold for Bloomfest this year! It was 40 degrees at about 11am but it really felt like below freezing with the wind-chill! The skies looked gloomy and mother nature was ready to open up and downpour with rain at any moment. For those not familiar with the event, Bloomfest is an annual celebration that sets aside a day for folks to admire the more than 5,000 cherry blossom trees waiting to bloom in Branch Brook Park as well as a day to celebrate Japanese culture like Taiko drumming, Samurai sword demonstrations, sushi making, How to Wear a Kimono Demonstration, Ikebana Flower Arrangements, & more!
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(Soh Daiko on the drums!)
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The turnout today for Bloomfest was not at full capacity because of the weather but I do have to take my wig off to the Essex County Cherry Blossom gods & organizers for getting the show on despite the cold and the wind. I think I heard one official say at the event that this was the coldest day on record in the 42 years of Bloomfest! With the Cherry trees in full bloom, Branch Brook Park really is a spectacle to behold! There are so many nooks and crannies of this park that I haven’t even ventured out to yet because the park is just that huge.
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(How to Wear a Kimono Demonstration)
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If you get a chance, I definitely recommend for you to take a stroll in this park. You won’t be able to walk the whole park so just pick an area like at the Cherry Blossom Welcome Center and peruse around the grounds. It’s also awesome to just drive around the perimeter of the park when the trees are blooming with all the colors bleeding and blending into each other. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to stay long at Bloomfest this year but I did my usual one-two punch combination of Newark’s Cherry Blossom Trees and Graffiti blooming together!
Branch Brook Park
Park Avenue and Lake Street
Newark, NJ 07104
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(Ikebana Flower Arrangement with Ikebana Society)
(Essex County Cherry Blossom Welcome Center)
(nearby Graffiti in full bloom!)
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Paterson, NJ celebrates her native son – Lou Costello – 112th birthday party at the Paterson Museum
March 18th, 2018 by Mr. C
(The Paterson Museum)
(Outside of the Paterson Museum – Museum is housed inside a former erecting shop of the Rogers Locomotive & Machine Works)
(Lou, hummina hummina hummina… why are you looking at me like that? Is it my Yankee cap?! )
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Today, we attended an annual event that celebrated the life of Paterson’s own Lou Costello on his birthday. Though, Lou (born Louis Cristillo in 1906) died in 1959 – many still honor and pay tribute to Lou to recognize not only his Hollywood persona but more importantly, Costello’s humanitarian & herculean efforts and desire to help the needy, especially sick children. Being a big fan of Lou Costello only from his onscreen presence from Abbott & Costello, I honestly did not know too much of Lou’s charitable and selfless ways until I did a little more research. Also, watching “This is Your Life, Lou Costello” really explained a lot. I encourage you to spend a few minutes to watch this, too! It really shined a whole new spotlight on Costello which made me admire him even more!
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This celebration of Lou Costello was held at the Paterson Museum and it was the most perfect place to do so. Paterson itself has so much rich history, life, community, beautiful people, folklore, & Americana – it really explains why so many talented individuals rise from this City’s bosom. I would say about 150-200 people gathered today to remember the great diminutive one! There were many guests that attended including Lou Costello’s great grand daughter, Maryam Cristillo and Lou Costello’s daughter via conference call – Chris Cristillo. Sal Rinella (actor, producer, and founder of the volunteer group “Lou’s Angels”, a charitable organization in the name of Lou Costello to help keep Paterson clean in many ways) was the emcee/host of the event. He did a great job keeping things lively, funny, & flowing. Other notable guests included the President of Lou Costello’s Boxing gym in Paterson: Pierre Benoist, the Director of the Fort Lee Film Commission – Tom Meyers, and comedian from Saturday Night Live and the Friars Club – Bob Greenberg! The chosen Abbott & Costello impersonators were great in performing classic skits as well! Supposedly, Uncle Floyd recommended these two “Abbott & Costello” actors/re-creations to the Paterson Historical Preservation Society. Comedians Tom Mongelli and Doug Max were on-hand as well discussing their new online radio show “Funny Talk with mongelli and max.” Their podcast will showcase a number of legendary Hollywood icons whose talents and techniques helped shape the art of twentieth-century comedy. Of course the 1st episode of “Funny Talk” was about Lou Costello. Radio show guests included Costello’s youngest daughter Chris, great-granddaughter Maryam Cristillo, Sal Rinella, actor (Good Friday) and Jeff Solimando, Trentonian columnist. I’m looking forward to listening to Funny Talk!
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(Maryam Cristillo – great granddaughter of Lou Costello and Sal Rinella)
(Pierre Benoist – President of Lou Costello Boxing gym discusses the importance of the gym in Paterson and influence of Lou Costello. Coach/Trainer of gym looking on. On 5/21/18, the Lou Costello Sportsmen Club will be holding its annual Golf Tournament with attendance by former pro boxers Gerry Cooney & Bobby Czyz. Click HERE for more info. All proceeds from the event will go towards their youth boxing program and equipment.)
(Abbott & Costello in fine form!)
(“Funny Talk with mongelli and max” hosts)
(Comedian Bob Greenberg doing impersonations of Lou Costello, Jackie Gleason, Laurel from Laurel & Hardy, Curly from 3 Stooges)
(Curator of the Paterson Museum)
(Tom Meyer – director of the Fort Lee Film Commission discussing organizing more events to recognize our Jersey boys, Abbott & Costello. Tom mentions a film screening of Abbott & Costello meet Frankenstein sometime in August.)
(Lou’s Angels – a charitable organization in the name of Lou Costello to help keep Paterson streets clean)
(The Paterson Historical Preservation Society presenting a gift for Maryam Cristillo)
(Happy Birthday Lou!)
(Sal Rinella promoting his latest film – GOOD FRIDAY)
(Larry Doby – another Paterson bred – Legendary Professional Baseball player Negro Leagues & MLB)
(Paterson also manufactured Trains)
(Artifacts from Musuem)
(Paterson also manufactured a lot of firearms)
(Paterson was also known as silk city. Paterson had a huge fabric industry.)
(I took a stroll over at the Paterson Great Falls before attending the event)
(The Historic Hinchcliffe Stadium is right next to the Great Falls – was primarily a Baseball field but played host to other events. Abbott & Costello performed here as well. Currently in shambles but said to have funds to restore soon hopefully)
(Slideshow at event)
(I also took a quick walk by the Art Factory – a set/lot of well known art studios in Paterson close by the Museum. Not much has changed on the outside since I’ve been there last a few years ago it seems.)
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Cro-Mags played Debonair Music Hall
March 14th, 2018 by chocko
John Joseph of The Cro-Mags at Debonair Music Hall March 9, 2018
New York Hardcore legends were in the building at Teaneck, New Jersey’s Debonair Music Hall last week. Cro-Mags featuring original members John Joseph and Mackie Jayson along with Craig Ahead (Sick Of It All) and A.J. Novello (Leeway) started off a tour in The Garden State which will see them joining forces with EYEHATEGOD later in the month and hitting stages all across the southern states, midwest and up and down the east coast. Openers at the Teaneck show included Jersey hardcore bands Threat 2 Society and Wastelands. Both bands did a splendid job getting the crowd warmed up with fists flying and bodies moving. The big dudes in the house responded with big sasquatch stomps and juggernaut bum rushes to the stage. The Wastelands set was noticeably short due to 2 new members still having to learn all of the band’s songs. Keep practicing…super psyched to see the band in full force next time! Both bands sounded tremendous but Razorblade Handgrenade from Newark, NJ got the crowd forming circle pits and even more hyped with positive, high-energy songs straight outta Brick City. They been in this game for years (decade plus) and RBHG still put on a phenomenal set and be on the look out for their new album…Til The Casket Drops. Cro-Mags capped off the evening with a set that mostly featured crossover thrash from their first album, The Age Of Quarrel. John Joseph paced the stage like a maniac and shared the stage with veterans of the hardcore scene, mean mugging and bringing the fury. They played one song, “Crush The Demoniac” off their second album, Best Wishes and back to back Bad Brains covers with “Right Brigade” and “Attitude” which got the stage divers amped up. Definitely check out the Cro-Mags when they play a venue near you. If you live in the NYC area, they’ll be playing Knitting Factory in Brooklyn on April 7. In the meantime, check out some videos below. Be safe and keep living with that Positive Mental Attitude!
Threat 2 Society
Razorblade Handgrenade
SET LIST: Cro-Mags at Debonair Music Hall 03/09/18
World Peace
Show You No Mercy
Malfunction
Crush The Demoniac
Street Justice
Seekers Of Truth
Signs Of The Times
Right Brigade (Bad Brains)
Attitude (Bad Brains)
It’s The Limit
Life Of My Own
Don’t Tread On Me
We Gotta Know
Hard Times
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Rockness Monsta sighting at Rough Trade NYC
March 1st, 2018 by chocko
Rock of the rap duo Heltah Skeltah along with DJ Sky (Anthony Mason lookalike) were at Rough Trade a couple weeks ago to promote Rock’s first solo album titled ROCKNESS A.P. which initially was released on Digital Deja Vu Records last year in September. The A.P. in the title of the album stands for After Price and for those that don’t know that refers to the 2015 untimely passing of Sean Price, an extremely talented and larger than life Brooklyn MC and other half of Heltah Skeltah. The album can be considered a tribute to Price because even Rock admits “every song either has a mention, sample or it’s just all the way about Sean Price.” The album features a stellar list of guest MC’s including Kuniva of D12, Ras Kass, Tek & Steele, Method Man, Inspectah Deck and Raekwon. Most of the production on the album was done by Ford Tuff & Pascal Zumaque. Other producers on the album include The Arcitype, Ron Browz and Coptic. Right now, my favorite track is hardcore banger “FaxMachine” featuring 90’s heavy hitters M.O.P. guaranteed to get you hype to run to Brownsville and back. Another favorite track is “Poof” featuring fellow Boot Camp Clik member Buckshot…hypnotic cali flow. “GW BaG” is probably the catchiest of all the tracks and will have you repeating the chorus in no time and the track “Rockness A.P.” needs a good listen…an honest, autobiographical song where Rock lays it all out. I can’t forget the opening track “Just Rap” with classic sounding drums and keyboards that will get your head nodding until your fitted falls off.
The in-store wasn’t what I expected it to be. Rock didn’t really perform any songs, he just let his DJ play choice tracks off the new album, made comments and interacted with the crowd. He did get out in front of the turntables and rap over the album for a few verses which was sort of a disappointment because the dude is a veteran on the mic and can definitely move the crowd. On a positive note, Rockness was more than gracious in signing albums and posing for photos. Definitely get the album if you love that hip hop music with boom-bap beats and lyrics. You won’t hear real hip hop on the radio and it’s harder to find but it’s out there! Get the album ROCKNESS A.P. at a record store near you!
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Dr. Demento at Forbidden Planet
February 4th, 2018 by chocko
Forbidden Planet in New York City was jam packed recently with demented fans of Dr. Demento and punk rock music. The album release and in-store signing event was for the brand new album titled “Covered In Punk” which features punk rock versions of popular songs closely associated with the Dr. Demento radio show. The show originally aired in 1970 and featured Dr. Demento showcasing obscure and funny songs and was best known for bringing Weird Al Yankovic to national attention.
The line outside stretched from Forbidden Planet to 13th Street for the duration of the event. It was pretty slow moving because everybody wanted to chat, get collectibles signed and take selfies with the doctor.
John Cafiero (left) of Osaka Popstar produced “Dr. Demento Covered in Punk” and we’re definitely looking forward to John’s next weird and off-the-wall projects. I kept Dr. Demento (right) busy for a minute with collectibles and a stack of CDs to autograph. Easy on the budweiser!
Many other contributors to the album were in the house including seated in the Fred Schneider (of the B52s), standing up is Uncle Floyd Vivino (legendary comdedian of TV and radio), Drew Friedman (cover artist of “Dr. Demento Covered in Punk”) and in the front Jerry Only (The Misfits). Anybody out there going to the Sold Out Misfits reunion show in New Jersey on May 19 which happens to be Joey Ramone’s birthday?
I love the Stephen Blickenstaff drawing of William Shatner in the CD packaging which is a parody of Blickenstaff’s original art featured on the cover of the 1984 album “Bad Music For Bad People” by The Cramps. Very cool. Jerry Only decided to add a little more art work and give Shatner a devil lock and some Misfits eye makeup. Who wore it better?
left to right: Sal Maida (Roxy Music, Milk ’n’ Cookies, Osaka Popstar), Dean Rispler (Dictators NYC, Karen Black, Osaka Popstar), Dennis Diken (The Smithereens, Osaka Popstar) and Evan Dorkin (Milk & Cheese).
left to right: Evan Dorkin along with fellow comic book artist Sarah Dyer (House Of Fun Studio), Fred of B-52’s, Uncle Floyd and Drew Friedman. What were they all discussing? Perhaps talking about the excellent illustration of Uncle Floyd that Evan and Sarah did inside the album packaging, maybe they were discussing old timey radio or maybe they were asking what was on every Uncle Floyd fan’s mind “Where Is Oogie?”
Demented Punk Records shirts and collectible pins were also for sale which featured art by Stephen Blickenstaff. Collect them all.
The fine folks at Forbidden Planet deserve a big shout out for putting together the “Covered In Punk” signing event and making sure things ran as smoothly as possible. I’m not sure if they can top it but something tells me that they’re brewing something up for the future. Stay tuned!
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Handsome Dick Manitoba and The Soul Punk Kings played The Bowery Electric
January 14th, 2018 by chocko
Handsome Dick Manitoba, lead singer of The Dictators recently played The Bowery Electric on the Eve of New Year’s Eve. Manitoba performed with his new band The Soul Punk Kings and played songs by The Dictators and debuted a couple new songs from a new upcoming solo album. At the age of 63, Manitoba sang and moved with the energy of a front man half his age and without a shadow of a doubt, still has the power to rock a stage which he’s been doing for decades. Still hungry and ready to save rock and roll, Manitoba debuted songs he wrote for a solo record which sound nothing like any of the songs he’s done before.
HDM started the night with a triple threat of classic Dictators tunes before telling a story about the first time writing a song which happened just a few years ago. The results of the brainstorming and soul searching resulted in “Supply And Demand” and the confidence to write more than a dozen songs. Manitoba gave the crowd a sample of songs which probably will end up on the new album including “Cali May” and “The Soul Punk King Of New York City” a bluesy number that oozes of coolness that can only come from a Certified G. Manitoba also took the time to pay homage to some of the great lead singers of rock with a couple covers including “Sonic Reducer” by The Dead Boys, and “Search And Destroy” by Iggy Pop and The Stooges. “American Ruse” by MC5 was also in the mix and the band ended with “California Sun” which I loved seeing Manitoba and Joey Ramone sing together back in the Coney Island High days and finally “Kick Out The Jams” by MC5. At one point in the show Manitoba hopped off stage to check out the band and nod in approval. Check out the photo below along with some videos! If you are a fan, definitely support HDM when the album drops. Also, a quick birthday shout out to Handsome Dick Manitoba who turns 64 on January 29! We wish you many more years of rocking out and playing faster and louder.
SET LIST: Handsome Dick Manitoba at The Bowery Electric 12/30/17
The Party Starts Now
Haircut And An Attitude
Weekend
Supply And Demand
Sonic Reducer
Cali May
(I Live For) Cars And Girls
Eve Of Destruction
American Ruse
New York, New York
Search And Destroy
Faster And Louder
Stay With Me
Soul Punk King Of New York City
California Sun
Kick Out The Jams
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Coming Soon: Metal Allegiance 2
December 28th, 2017 by chocko
Mark Menghi at Gramercy Theatre in NYC (April 2016)
The all-star heavy metal collective, Metal Allegiance have recently announced that their second album will be released in 2018. Bassist Mark Menghi along with the core members of the group Dave Ellefson (Megadeth), Alex Skolnick (Testament) and Mike Portnoy (Winery Dogs) will also be taking the show on the road. Hopefully shows in the NYC area will be announced but for now the band will be playing the House Of Blues in Anaheim, CA on January 25, 2018 and heading out to Europe in the summer to play a few festivals. Those shows should be a blast…last time I saw them play was at the Gramercy Theatre in April 2016. You never know who’s gonna show up at a Metal Allegiance show and you never know what they’re gonna play but you know it’s gonna be heavy metal. Ellefson wasn’t part of the NYC lineup but Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal filled in quite nicely rocking out with the double neck guitar. Taking turns on the vocals were the legendary Chuck Billy (Testament), Mark Osegueda (Death Angel) and Chris Jericho (Fozzy). It was a thrill to watch Chris Jericho on stage singing metal songs only a few days after competing at Wrestlemania in Dallas, Texas. They played some original Metal Allegiance songs and the rest of the set was comprised of metal covers spanning the decades which included classic tunes by Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Van Halen, Accept and Metallica. We dug some photos and videos from the April 2016 NYC show from the musty Chocko vaults. Check them out below and be on the look out for Metal Allegiance 2!
Chris Jericho kicks off the night with some Judas Priest!
Jericho rocking the microphone with Bumblefoot and Menghi in the back.
Testament in the house…Chuck Billy and Alex Skolnick. Thrashers unite.
Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal getting his Jimmy Page on.
Left to right: A Heavy Metal triple threat…Alex Skolnick on guitar, killer vocals by Mark Osegueda of Death Angel and Mark on the bass guitar.
Another one of Alex Skolnick from Bay Area Thrash legends, Testament.
Mike Portnoy provided the booming thunder all night in New York City.
SETLIST: Metal Allegiance at The Gramercy Theatre 04/07/2016
Electric Eye (Chris Jericho – lead vocal)
Ides Of March
Wrathchild (Chuck Billy – lead vocal)
Can’t Kill The Devil (Chuck Billy – lead vocal)
Fast As A Shark (Mark Osegueda – lead vocal)
Balls To The Wall (Chris Jericho – lead vocal)
Heaven And Hell (Mark Osegueda – lead vocal)
Creeping Death (Chuck Billy – lead vocal)
Territory (Chuck Billy – lead vocal)
Dying Song (Mark Osegueda and Chuck Billy – lead vocal)
The Prisoner (Chris Jericho – lead vocal)
I Don’t Know (Chris Jericho – lead vocal)
Pledge Of Allegiance (Mark Osegueda – lead vocal)
Into The Void (Mark Osegueda – lead vocal)
Iron Fist (Chuck Billy – lead vocal)
Running With The Devil (Chris Jericho – lead vocal)
Eruption
Whole Lotta Rosie (Mark Osegueda – lead vocal)
Seek And Destroy (Chris Jericho, Mark Osegueda and Chuck Billy – lead vocal)
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L.A.M.F. at The Bowery Electric
December 7th, 2017 by chocko
40th Anniversary of L.A.M.F. at The Bowery Electric November 29, 2017
Walter Lure formed a justice league lineup of punk rockers to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the album, L.A.M.F. by Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers. L.A.M.F. (Like A Mother F*cker) was a classic album that featured Walter Lure (lead guitar, vocals), Billy Rath (bass guitar) and 2 former members of the New York Dolls: Johnny Thunders (lead guitars, vocals) and Jerry Nolan (drums). When they released their New York street punk, rock and roll record in 1977, The Heartbreakers painted a gritty picture of the streets of NYC with anthems such as “Born To Lose” and “Chinese Rocks” while providing a soundtrack to safety-pin wearing, leather clad rebels and junkies. Despite the untimely deaths of Johnny Thunders and Jerry Nolan in the early 1990’s, Walter Lure carries on and contiunes to put on killer shows. The 40th Anniversary of L.A.M.F. was recently celebrated with shows in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles. We were in the house for Night One at The Bowery Electric which featured Walter Lure, Glen Matlock (The Sex Pistols), Clem Burke (Blondie) and Mike Ness (Social Distortion) playing the album from start to finish with a little help from Jesse Malin (D-Generation). Everybody got their turn on the microphone and during the encore the band played more music by Johnny Thunders including “You Can’t Put Your Arms Around A Memory” and “So Alone.” Glen Matlock brought out more fury by hammering out “(I’m Not You’re) Steppin’ Stone” a song both The Sex Pistols and Johnny Thunders covered but probably best known as a hit by The Monkees. Walter Lure closed out the show with another Thunders’ ode to drugs, “Too Much Junkie Business.” Check out the Set List and some shaky videos below. If you missed out on the L.A.M.F. shows, you can catch Walter Lure performing another show at The Bowery Electric on December 29 with his band The Waldos. Get your tickets now!
Walter Lure
Glen Matlock
Mike Ness
Jesse Malin and Clem Burke
SETLIST: L.A.M.F. 40th Anniversary Show at The Bowery Electric 11/29/2017 (7PM Show)
Born to Lose (Mike Ness – lead vocal)
All by Myself (Walter Lure – lead vocal)
I Wanna Be Loved (Glen Matlock – lead vocal)
It’s Not Enough (Jesse Malin – lead vocal)
Chinese Rocks (Walter Lure + Mike Ness – lead vocal)
Get Off the Phone (Walter Lure – lead vocal)
Pirate Love (Jesse Malin – lead vocal)
One Track Mind (Walter Lure – lead vocal)
I Love You (Mike Ness – lead vocal)
Goin’ Steady (Mike Ness – lead vocal)
Let Go (Mike Ness – lead vocal)
Can’t Keep My Eyes on You (Clem Burke – lead vocal)
Do You Love Me? (Walter Lure – lead vocal)
ENCORE:
You Can’t Put Your Arms Around a Memory (Jesse Malin – lead vocal)
So Alone (Mike Ness – lead vocal)
(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone (Glen Matlock – lead vocal)
Too Much Junkie Business (Walter Lure – lead vocal)
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