{"id":6360,"date":"2011-11-01T12:13:43","date_gmt":"2011-11-01T16:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planetchocko.com\/?p=6360"},"modified":"2013-04-17T12:40:58","modified_gmt":"2013-04-17T16:40:58","slug":"wfmu-record-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planetchocko.com\/?p=6360","title":{"rendered":"WFMU record fair"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The 91.1 WFMU annual record fair happened last weekend at the Metropolitan Pavillion in NYC! It was a nice way to spend the day digging through the crates looking for that old LP, 12\u201d single, 45\u2019s, CD\u2019s and even DVD\u2019s especially with crappy weather out like we had last saturday. You can sure bet I brought my hand sanitizer and lotion to exterminate then exfoliate after flipping through some of those crusty old records. Oh, & I can\u2019t leave out VHS movies as I found myself snatching up gems (in my eye) like The Perfect Weapon and the Kentucky Fried Movie for a mere $2 each. Ooops, did I just lay claim to that?! I have no shame! I\u2019m a tight wad and definitely not your collectors collector of vinyl so I always spend my time at the WFMU $1 record bins looking for any decent rejects of 12\u201d singles\/LP\u2019s of 80\u2019s-90\u2019s R&B\/Hip Hop\/dance records that I can jam out to and possibly scratch the snuff out of when I put the needle to the record. Besides that, all of the proceeds for these $1 records go back to benefit the cause of WFMU! Though, I can safely say that I wouldn\u2019t be bumping elbows fighting DJ Z-Trip or DJ Grand Wizard Theodore diggin\u2019 through the same bargain crates. This year I found solace in finding playable copies of classic joints from Sybil, Joyce Sims, Shanice, Brenda K Starr, and Tamia! Just Ice, Audio Two, Digital Underground, & Eazy E rounded off my other cheap vinyl eats!
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Gary Balaban from Cine Noir Film Archives<\/em> was rockin\u2019 at his usual table selling 16mm movies, movie posters, noir, biker, & blaxsploitation films on DVD along with concert footages. Planet Chocko refers to Balaban with the nickname of \u201cIggy\u201d (iggy pop) because he is always found hustling his Cine Noir stuff with a punk rock like attitude while maintaining a cool-groovy like composure when he showed 16mm blaxsploitation & horror films at the pink pony on ludlow street back in the mid 90’s! Can you dig it?! I ended up buying a hard to find copy of The Last Fight<\/em> starring Fred \u2018the hammer\u2019 Williamson, Willie Colon, Rueben Blades, Don King, Tony Sirico, & Jose Torres just to drop a few names in this all star cast! Gary Balaban mentioned that he\u2019s going to be showing 16mm films at the Spectacle Theater in Williamsburg, Brooklyn soon! Stay tuned!
\nGary posing with a copy of Born Losers<\/em> for sale at his Cine Noir film archives table.
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Other cool happenings throughout the day included running into a trippy, psychedelic, bollywood like music performance from Prince Rama!
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