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REEWIND: Joey Ramone’s Blitzkrieg Bash II
September 13th, 2012 by Mr. C
Chocko with a flashback update from the Joey Ramone Blitzkrieg Bash II show at Coney Island High on September 6, 1997. On the bill that night included The Fiendz, Motochronic, Blackfire, and Planet Chocko favorites – Joey & Dee Dee Ramone, Ronnie Spector, The Prissteens, and The Independents! We also included some neat scans of […]
Tags: joey ramone blitzkrieg bash, planet chocko zine archives
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food pron <~> porn
September 7th, 2012 by Mr. C
Just a few photos of some eats that we’ve enjoyed over the past few weeks or so…. The Mile End Sandwich shop is a Montreal inspired Jewish Deli in New York City. Mile End Sandwich 53 Bond Street NY, NY (NoHo) (The Ruth Wilensky – fried beef salami, mustard, onion roll – the roll was […]
Tags: food, photos
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aerosol art in Hackensack
September 4th, 2012 by Mr. C
Some really neat aerosol typography in wild style and burner formats exists near the Planet Chocko experimental labs and we didn’t even know about it until recently. Thanks to one of New Jersey’s finest old skool graff writers – ZAR – from Paterson, NJ for pointing out the location to us. ZAR is a frequent […]
Tags: graffiti, new jersey, street art
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Detournement : Signs of the Times – art exhibition at Jonathan Levine Gallery
August 28th, 2012 by Mr. C
———————————————————————————————————————— Being the slackers that we are, we made it to the last day of the Detournement : Signs of the Times art exhibit. Thanks to @mondocurry for forcing the action. I had no idea that last Saturday was the end of the run. The Signs of the Times is a group exhibition that celebrates […]
Tags: art, detournement, jonathan levine gallery, sign of the times
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Curtis Salgado + Joanne Shaw Taylor at the Blues BBQ
August 27th, 2012 by Mr. C
(All photos & videos by mr c except the Annie Lennox performance) I eventually stumbled into the Blues BBQ Festival on Pier 84 last Saturday which was a stones throw away from the U.S.S. Intrepid if you are a major league pitcher that is. Earlier in the day, my mind was double pumping in the […]
Tags: blues, blues bbq, r&b
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Printed Matter, Inc. hosted the Opening of the Bootleg T-Shirt Show
August 21st, 2012 by chocko
Last Saturday was the first time Chocko and Mr. C stepped into Printed Matter, Inc. in NYC and it was pretty mind blowing to see so many self published books and ‘zines by artists and writers from all over the globe. Printed Matter also hosts events such as readings, classes and art shows. We stepped […]
Tags: andrew kuo, bootleg t-shirt show, new york city, nyc, o.j. san felipe, peter sutherland, printed matter, zines
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Punch played ABC No Rio and Death By Audio
August 16th, 2012 by chocko
It was a weekend of Punch in NYC when the San Francisco based hardcore punk band played ABC No Rio in the Lower East Side (08/04) and Death By Audio in Brooklyn (08/05). Last time I saw the band play around these parts, lead singer Meghan O’Neil was hopping around due to a broken foot […]
Tags: abc no rio, band, death by audio, hardcore punk, living eyes, new york city, nyc, punch, san francisco, show
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We are ALL Private DANNY CHEN
August 13th, 2012 by Mr. C
A rally was held at Columbus Park in Chinatown last Saturday to show support for the family of 19 year old Private Danny Chen who took his own life after being hazed and subjected to racial slurs by his superiors while on duty in Afghanistan. This gathering at Columbus Park was also in protest to […]
Tags: danny chen, justice, rally
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Kimmo Pohjonen & Helsinki Nelson: Accordion Wrestling
August 9th, 2012 by Mr. C
I wasn’t sure what I was witnessing at first glance with the Finnish Accordion Wrestling performance at Damrosch Park on the grounds of Lincoln Center but the show ended up being quite a unique & pleasant spectacle to the eyes and ears! This hybrid theatrical performance – part music, wrestling, art, & dance was headed […]
Tags: accordion, finnish, wrestling
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Chio-Tian Taiwanese Folk Drumming at Summer Streets NYC – Foley Square
August 6th, 2012 by Mr. C
(Photos and videos by mr c) (drum team getting ready for a performance with Channel 2 news before show) I had missed the Chio-Tian Taiwanese Folk Drumming and Arts Troupe perform at Hearst Plaza in Lincoln Center (U.S. premiere) last Friday but fortunately little chinese elves had told me that this dynamic drum team was […]
Tags: drumming, taiwanese
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murals from POW WOW Hawaii 2012 — Kakaako street art
August 3rd, 2012 by Mr. C
——————————————————————————————————————— Aloha, my fellow ninjas and mutants – a Planet Chocko friend and co-conspirator on many NYC events & beyond – MONDOCURRY is reporting live from our great state of Hawaii. He traded in his chuck taylor’s for a pair of flip-flops (at least for the summer) and is combing the streets of Honolulu in […]
Tags: graffitti, hawaii, mondocurry, murals, street art, travel
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Punk Island 2012
August 2nd, 2012 by chocko
Last June, The Planet Chocko Kaiju Crew landed on Punk Island via the free weekend ferry from Brooklyn Bridge Park. Punk Island is a free day-long, multi-stage festival of punk rock music on Governor’s Island in NYC. Big up to ABC No Rio’s HC/Punk Collective for organizing this year’s fun event. Dumbo-Chocko accidentally deleted all […]
Tags: 2012, barons of tang, bobby joe ebola and the children macnuggits, cojoba, obamanation, punk island, punk rock, review
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