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Pui Chan: Kung Fu Pioneer – documentary
February 25th, 2013 by Mr. C
(Warrington Hudlin – moderator, Mimi Chan – Director) Director: Mimi Chan Stars: Pui Chan, Mimi Chan & family, Wah Lum Temple Sifu’s & students Genre: Martial Arts documentary Last Saturday, we were treated with an opportunity to watch a wonderful documentary on martial art legend Pui Chan. The film – Pui Chan: Kung Fu Pioneer […]
Tags: documentary, kung fu, martial arts, mimi chan, Pui Chan
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Super Saturday Lion Dance performances in Chinatown – NYC
February 18th, 2013 by Mr. C
Festive Lions could be found covered in every nook & cranny in Manhattan’s Chinatown last weekend on a day which is known as Super Saturday. It’s a time during Chinese New Year when local organizations, Kung Fu schools, dance troupes, & chinese cultural groups roam the streets of chinatown going door to door to businesses […]
Tags: chinatown, chinese culture, chinese new year 2013, lion dance, new york city
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Toy Fair 2013
February 12th, 2013 by chocko
The Toy Fair in NYC is in full swing, bringing together exhibitors, toy makers, buyers and media all wandering the Jacob Javits Convention Center searching for the next big thing in the world of toys and games. The huge foldout map handed to me at the press table read “If You Can Imagine It You […]
Tags: action figures, batman, breaking bad, games, kaskey kids, pac-man, review, temple of kung fu, toy fair, toy fair 2013, toys
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Lions on Mott Street and Mighty Quinn’s BBQ
February 12th, 2013 by Mr. C
Chinese New Year celebrations started last Sunday and before I was sentenced to a night of family gatherings, I darted into the sloppy and slushy arms of NYC’s Chinatown – a day after we got about a foot of snow! Festive Lions were out and about on the streets dancing to a familiar beat going […]
Tags: barbecue, chinese new year
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National Pro Wrestling day in Philadelphia
February 5th, 2013 by Mr. C
(The high flying A.C.H. during the day session) Last Saturday’s festivities to celebrate National Pro Wrestling day in Philadelphia originated in the Bronx as the Mondo-mobile scooped me up in Northern NJ as we hightailed down the dirty NJ turnpike to the National Guard Armory in Philadelphia for an afternoon and evening lineup of matches. […]
Tags: independent wrestling, national pro wrestling day, philadelphia, photos
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John Gorka played at the Ringwood Library – New Legacy Concert Series
January 29th, 2013 by Mr. C
NJ bred folk singer/songwriter – John Gorka performed at the Ringwood Public Library in NJ last Sunday as part of the New Legacy Concert Series to a crowd about 150+ strong! It’s always fun driving to the shows in Ringwood because the library is nestled up in the mountains which provides a beautiful backdrop for […]
Tags: contemporary folk, folk, john gorka, music, new legacy concert, ringwood library
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The Black Kung Fu Experience – (2012)
January 22nd, 2013 by Mr. C
Director: Martha Burr & Mei-Juin Chen Stars: Ron Van Clief, Dennis Brown, Tayari Casel, Donald Hamby Genre: Martial arts and culture – documentary ———————————————————————————————————————– The Fist and Sword ongoing movie series at the Museum of the Moving Image curated by Warrington Hudlin is one of my favorite events to attend in New York City! Hudlin […]
Tags: documentary, martial arts, musuem moving image
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Chiller Theatre October 2012
January 20th, 2013 by chocko
Just rewinding the clock a bit and taking a look back at The Chiller Theatre Expo that went down a couple months ago at The Sheraton Parsippany Hotel in New Jersey just before a monster hurricane came rambling through town. Chiller is the place to be to pick up horror and sci-fi movies and collectibles […]
Tags: 2012, bai ling, chiller theatre, expo, horror, samantha fox, tiffany shepis
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Photos from New Mexico
January 16th, 2013 by Mr. C
just a few photos from our trip to Albuquerque & Santa Fe, New Mexico from last September. (Some metal sculptures & scraps that we ran into enroute to Taos) (St. Francis de Asis Church in Taos) (old historic motel signs that remain on old rt 66/central ave in Albuquerque) (a Kickin ass ranch!) (view from […]
Tags: new mexico, photos, travel
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Adventures of an Autograph Hound Part IV
January 9th, 2013 by chocko
Back in October, Flying Lotus signed his albums at The Brooklyn Flea’s Fifth Annual Record Fair at the Smorgasburg food market. It was a fun, free event where foodies and record collectors rubbed elbows. Chocko got all his FlyLo albums signed. Thundercat was in the house too. Chocko took the elevator to the Rare Books […]
Tags: aline crumb, autograph hound, flying lotus, francoise mouly, gary panther, glen hansard, jimmy snuka, NOBUHIKO OBAYASHI, nora krug, oliver stone, signing, victoria roberts
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Puss N Boots played at the Bell House
January 7th, 2013 by Mr. C
(Norah Jones, Sasha Dobson, Catherine Popper) (Norah Jones) (Catherine Popper) Norah Jones, Sasha Dobson, & Catherine Popper – the super country gal collective known as – Puss N Boots – formed like voltron in Brooklyn last week to start off their 3 show January residency at the Bell House! I arrived fashionably late to the […]
Tags: bell house, catherine popper, country, norah jones, sasha dobson
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Darlene Love and friends played NJ Performing Arts Center
December 24th, 2012 by Mr. C
You might know Darlene Love as one of Phil Spector’s artists from the 1960s performing in a girl group called The Crystals or you might know Darlene when she provided backup vocals to Elvis, Aretha Franklin, Frank Sinatra, Dionne Warwick, Sam Cooke, The Beach Boys, and many others! Hell – some of you might even […]
Tags: cissy houston, darlene love, mary wilson, music, phil spector
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