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The 1776 Retreat to Victory reenactment of George Washington & his Troops through NJ.
November 23rd, 2025 by Mr. C
———————————————————————————— In November 20, 1776 George Washington led his troops through NJ headed towards PA in retreat from the British Army. The Historic Bridge landing, a bridge that crosses over the Hackensack River was one of the first bridges used by GW and his troops to flee from the Brits which provided time until they […]
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Ultraman live stage show at American Dream Mall New Jersey
November 22nd, 2025 by Mr. C
——————————————————————————————————————————— After seeing a twitch streamer from San Francisco, shoutout to Daveezz – stream the Ultraman live stage show at American Dream last Saturday, I was absolutely blown away by the choreography and costume play that I knew I had to see it live myself. Hell, it’s practically in my backyard and it’s free! Holy […]
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2025 WFMU record fair at the Metropolitan Pavillion
November 22nd, 2025 by Mr. C
—————————————————————————————————- It was great to get out to support our favorite listener funded, non profit, & independent freeform radio station WFMU based in Jersey City, NJ – loved by many located all over the world! This year was especially important to lend support to this record fair because much of the government funding that helps […]
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2024 Tour De Bronx – 30th Anniversary edition
October 9th, 2024 by Mr. C
This Planet Chocko online journal is seemingly turning into a bike blog of sorts! It’s just because it seems to be the only major event I’ve been attending lately. Hopefully, we’ll come back ‘atcha with some more diverse content like we’re really known for. We have to wake up the other kaiju half of this […]
Tags: 2024 tour de bronx, bicycling, nyc, nyc bicycling, tour de bronx
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Fort Lee Historic Park – 4th of July – shots fired at NYC!
July 4th, 2024 by Mr. C
____________________________________________________________________ Today we celebrated our country’s Independence Day with musket demonstrations and a cannon firing in Fort Lee, NJ – a significant location of America’s past and where George Washington’s troops once were stationed and eventually had to retreat. Today’s events weren’t as stacked as the annual reenactment of the retreat of George Washington’s troops […]
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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 […]
Tags: documentary, graffiti, kenny scharf, street art, when worlds collide
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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 […]
Tags: Bicycle tour, summer streets
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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 […]
Tags: oogie, scott gordon, uncle floyd show, variety show
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