Archive for the ‘community’ Category
Chinese Mirch Lion Dance at the Vendy Awards
September 18th, 2012 by Mr. C
The Chinese Mirch Food truck team stepped it up a gear or two at the Vendy Awards by serving delicious chinese food with indian spices as well as by hiring a troupe of traditional chinese lion dancers from the Wan Chi Ming Hung Gar Kung Fu School to mesmerize the crowd with some traditional drum […]
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2012 NYC Vendy Awards
September 17th, 2012 by Mr. C
(Pushcart Peddler on the Lower East Side of NYC in the late 1800’s – Photo courtesy of the NY Public Library digital gallery) From the same vibe, struggles, and DNA of the storied New York pushcart peddlers of the past have come a new generation of street food vendor warriors walking the path of entrepreneurship […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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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REEWIND: An interview with Stockyard Stoics
August 9th, 2012 by Mr. C
Tags: interviews, joe piglet, planet chocko zine archives, punk
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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 […]
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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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Don’t cry for me Philadelphia updates!
August 1st, 2012 by Mr. C
———————————————————————————————————– With this exclusive update, we’re going to hand the baton over to Mondocurry who can often be found dissecting and probing movies with his lab coat on while traveling at the speed of thought at Unseen Films. Mondocurry’s film writeups can be described as poetic meshed with a systematic and cerebral approach offering up […]
Tags: bella vista, food, mondocurry, murals, passyunk avenue, philadelphia
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