{"id":18270,"date":"2014-06-20T23:25:21","date_gmt":"2014-06-21T03:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planetchocko.com\/?p=18270"},"modified":"2014-06-21T01:09:31","modified_gmt":"2014-06-21T05:09:31","slug":"a-look-back-at-punk-island-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planetchocko.com\/?p=18270","title":{"rendered":"A look back at Punk Island 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Here is a super duper late review of last year’s Punk Island which moved from Governor’s Island to its present location at the Staten Island Pier. I am typing this on the eve of Punk Island 2014 which should be a blast! See you in a few short hours at Pier 1 right off the Staten Island Ferry on June 21 (10AM- 9PM) Punk Island is FREE and feature over 90 punk bands on 7 stages. “no racist \/\/\/ misogynist\/\/\/ homophobe \/\/\/ crazy right wing \/\/\/ backwards bullshit! Just good times, and aggression.”<\/p>\n

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\nLast year’s Punk Island took place on Pier 1 in Staten Island and featured 90 bands on 7 stages for FREE. Due to work, extreme napping and driving to Manhattan like Mr. Magoo and fumbling through subway stations and riding the Staten Island Ferry for the first time, I finally made it to Punk Island around 7:30 pm, but I made the best of my short time at the festival. The first band I encountered after getting patted down by security and waltzing past the food trucks and abandoned buildings was Blackout Shoppers at the “Dispatches From The Underground” Stage. <\/p>\n

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I walked along the pier with the ferry boats in the distance, passed by some vendors and came across the pop punk sounds of The Homewreckers which made me want to pogo. I am a huge fan of this band and I enjoy lead singer Cristy C. Road’s books and art and Jackie O. on the bass rules. I like her other band Girlcrush too. They sound like Screeching Weasel with female vocals. Please put out a new Girlcrush album! I wandered off for a couple minutes and when I came back to the Brooklyn Transcore stage, Cristy invited some friends from other bands to form the super group Lez Go! which got the crowd shaking it.<\/p>\n