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Brooklyn Zine Fest 2013
May 30th, 2013 by chocko
The second annual Brooklyn Zine Fest, the biggest self-publishing expo in NYC celebrating zines and DIY publications happened last month. More than 80 writers and artists crammed into all of Public Assembly in Williamsburg. In the front of the venue there was an outdoor pop-up library and lots of passersby peeking in with a “what […]
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Fab 5 Freddy at The Museum of the Moving Image PART II
May 26th, 2013 by chocko
Legendary Hip Hop Pioneer, FAB 5 FREDDY was at the Museum of the Moving Image last week for a discussion about many things including hip hop music, videos and graffiti art. Check out Mr. C’s review of the event in the previous post which includes the music videos Fab presented during the evening. I had […]
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Little Boots played Diesel (NYC)
May 15th, 2013 by chocko
Little Boots (aka Victoria Hesketh) celebrated the release of her new self-released album, Nocturnes, last week at a Diesel store (135 Spring St.) in New York City a day before the album’s U.S. release. People began queuing up an hour before the free ticketed live set. GBH/Webster Hall DJ, Alex English spun some party rocking […]
Tags: alex english, diesel, little boots, live, new york city, nocturnes, nyc, set, show, victoria hesketh
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PULSE Contemporary Art Fair NYC
May 15th, 2013 by chocko
PULSE Contemporary Art Fairs are annual events that take place in Miami and New York. The art fair set up shop last week in New York City from May 9-12, 2013 at The Metropolitan Pavillion with various galleries from around the globe displaying a dazzling mix of paintings, photographs and sculptures. Shout out to Ariela […]
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REEWIND: Planet Chocko Zine – an interview with Dick Manitoba from THE DICTATORS
July 26th, 2012 by Mr. C
Greetings mutants, just a scan below from our printed zine from when Chocko had a friendly talk with lead singer – Handsome Dick Manitoba from the legendary Rock n’Roll band hailing from The Bronx — THE DICTATORS. Enjoy the reads and stop by Dick Manitoba’s bar in Alphabet City called…what else…MANITOBA’S to catch a Yankee […]
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REEWIND: PLANET CHOCKO
July 12th, 2012 by Mr. C
—————————————————————————————————————- To get everyone in the mood for the Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival which runs from July 9-14 , we went back to the Planet Chocko labs to dig out an interview we had with The Rhyme Inspector – PERCEE P! The Rhyme Inspector was known to shatter the concrete pavement outside of FAT BEATS […]
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REEWIND: PLANET CHOCKO
July 4th, 2012 by Mr. C
Just a few more scans from our Zine circa 1997. Seemed like ’97 was a hot year for us! Maybe we felt the heat from the handover of Hong Kong back to China! We reported from Wigstock, the Coney Island Tattoo and Motorcycle convention, and provided some Planet Chocko photos from our California trip including […]
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REEWIND: Planet Chocko Zine
June 14th, 2012 by Mr. C
Just a few more dusty nuggets from the past including evidence of the planet chocko paparazzi hound hustling & bustling about also, some more capsule music reviews by chocko. Notice the thumbnail size photo of THE PRISTEENS playing at Coney Island High! We really miss the Pristeens & Coney Island High!
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REEWIND – Planet Chocko
June 7th, 2012 by Mr. C
On this throwback thursday from Planet Chocko Zine circa 1997, we flashback to some capsule movie & music reviews + some wounded heart poems + the WE WILL FALL: IGGY POP Tribute CD signing at Tower Records including guests – The Misfits, Joey Ramone, D-Generation, Lenny Kaye, Lunachicks, Blanks 77, & Joan Jett + a […]
Tags: alan lee, hong kong movie reviews, iggy pop tribute, planet chocko, poems, we will fall
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Throwback Thursdays: Planet Chocko Issue 3 – Fall/Winter 1997
May 30th, 2012 by Mr. C
Let’s take this muthership back – way back to the fall of 1997 to issue 3 of Planet Chocko when we chit chatted with our favorite live action anime girl – APOLLO SMILE. By the way, Apollo Smile can sing, dance, and kick your ass, too! And not necessarily in that order! We also had […]
Tags: apollo smile, david friedman, planet chocko issue 3, throwback thursdays
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The Planet Chocko Zine skeletons — October & November 1997
May 25th, 2012 by Mr. C
About once a week or maybe even more – depending on if we have to run the TPS reports at the Office Space or shrink wrap the pallets in the warehouse, we’re gonna drop a few Kaity Tong updates from our dusty & crusty planet chocko vaults. This week Chocko gave us the 411 on […]
Tags: chiller theatre 1997, planet chocko zine skeletons, the ramones, tower records
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REEWIND: The 43rd Chamber
May 25th, 2012 by Mr. C
Just came about some old flyers from one of our favorite kung fu video stores (VHS format) from the late 1980’s and 1990’s on 43rd street not too far from the Port Authority Bus Terminal in NYC – The one and only – THE 43rd CHAMBER. They had an awesome stock of classic kung fu […]
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