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Portland Jam
September 28th, 2011 by chocko
Chocko recently landed the spaceship in the North West corner of the United States finding himself in Portland, Oregon…a city with great coffee, fun shopping, yummy food, and friendly people that love to ride bikes. Here are some places that you should check out especially if you’re on a budget! (The White Stag Sign pictured […]
Tags: cannon beach, flaming lips, food fight!, haystack rock, herbivore store, hoyt arboretum, jackpot records, music millennium, oregon, review, sweetpea bakery, vegan, voodoo doughnuts, wayne coyne
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True Legend (2010) screening at Museum of the Moving Image + Rock Steady Crew
September 19th, 2011 by Mr. C
Director: Yuen Woo Ping Stars: Vincent Zhao, Zhou Xun, Jay Chou, Michelle Yeoh, Andy On, David Carradine, Gordon Liu, Cung Le Genre: Qing dynasty period piece, kung fu action True Legend was shown at the Museum of the Moving Image as part of the Fist and Sword programming hosted by Warrington Hudlin. Following the screening, […]
Tags: hong kong, mr c, rock steady, yuen wo ping
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5 POINTZ : street art in long island city,queens-nyc
September 18th, 2011 by Mr. C
Just a few pics from the mecca of graffiti in long island city on my queens romp today….I haven’t been to 5 pointz since the fall of 2010 but big foot chocko can be found lurking about more on the regular. Show your support and save 5 Pointz, y’all!
Tags: 5 pointz, graffiti, street art
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street art nyc
September 8th, 2011 by chocko
Creepy on 145 Ludlow St. Nanook + Gaia collaboration on 145 Ludlow St. YOK on 145 Ludlow St. JR on Grand St. JR on Wooster St. photos by chocko
Tags: art, graffiti, new york city, street art
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Resurrect Dead
September 6th, 2011 by chocko
Director: Jon Foy Stars: Justin Duerr, Colin Smith and Steve Weinik Genre: Documentary This is not a zombie movie! Resurrect Dead The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles is a documentary about the Toynbee Tiles which have been found on streets in cities along the East Coast and even in some cities in South America since […]
Tags: colin smith, jon foy, justin duerr, resurrect dead, review, steve weinik, toynbee tiles
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Pooperazzi: photos from outer space
August 23rd, 2011 by chocko
here are some chocko photos from the vaults… Laura Marling at Housing Works Coco + Ice-T at Barnes & Noble (Union Square) Kathleen Hanna and Joan Jett at MoMA Wild Flag at Johhny Brenda’s (Philadelphia) David Johansen of New York Dolls at Best Buy (Union Square) Chrisette Michele at Rockefeller Park Gregory And The Hawk […]
Tags: ani difranco, chrisette michele, coco, cults, gregory and the hawk, henry rollins, ice t, iceage, joan jett, kathleen hanna, laura marling, new york dolls, paul simon, sasha grey, wild flag
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The Bad Artists Imitate, The Great Artists Steal : Olek’s Crochet Art exhibition
August 21st, 2011 by Mr. C
The Bad Artists Imitate,The Great Artists Steal Exhibition at the Jonathan Levine Gallery @ 529 West 20th Street NY, NY Tuesday-Saturday August 10th-27th 11am-6pm Artist: OLEK Folks, only one more week left to get a glimpse of NYC’s own crochet artist extraordinaire Olek with her solo exhibition: The Bad Artists Imitate, The Great Artists Steal! […]
Tags: bad artists imitate, crochet art, jonathan levine gallery, olek
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All Star panel of female creators: SD Comic Con
August 1st, 2011 by Mr. C
The “best of the best” of these multi-talented writers/producers on this comic con panel shed a little insight on their success stories as well as hardships while trying to rise above the ranks of a traditionally male dominated field in the comic/sci-fi film genre. This estrogen connection cast of all stars would ultimately prove that […]
Tags: GALE ANNE HURD, JANE ESPENSON, LAETA KALOGRIDIS, MARJORIE LIU, MARTI NOXON
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Comic Con 2011 Cosplay
July 29th, 2011 by chocko
Cosplay at the San Diego Comic Con was off the hook as usual. Walking around the convention hall and running into a Cylon, a centaur, Darth Vader and Bart Simpson in the span of 10 minutes is pure magic and can only happen at the Con. Keep it up freaks, geeks and true believers! (photos […]
Tags: 2011, comic books, costume play, san diego comic con, sdcc
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movie theaters in chinatown
July 16th, 2011 by Mr. C
Since we’ve been on an asian film kick for the past several weeks due to the NY Asian film festival, I would love to share some cool pics I found floating on the interwebz! I wanted to pay homage to some of those grindhouse-sleazy style theaters from chinatown which included the Pagoda on 11 E. […]
Tags: chinatown theaters, music palace, rosemary, sun sing
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Rainbow City by FriendsWithYou
July 5th, 2011 by chocko
Here are some photos of the inflatable sculpture installation by Friends With You, a two man art collective from Miami. Rainbow City is located by the newly opened section of the High Line on 30th St. and 10th Ave. near the food trucks and beer stands. The 16,000 square-foot park for kids and adults even […]
Tags: artists, friendswithyou, fwy, high line, nyc
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Fool’s Gold opened in Brooklyn NYC
July 2nd, 2011 by chocko
DJ A-Trak at Fool’s Gold Fool’s Gold just opened up their brand new store in Brooklyn. Planet Chocko was there for the opening on June 24, which was jam packed with people trying to get their drink on and catch a DJ set by Nick Catchdubs and A-Trak. The storefront served as an office for […]
Tags: 536 metropolitan ave., a-trak, dj, electronic music, hip hop, nick catchdubs
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