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CBGB Festival — July 5-8th in NYC — *Music*Film*Conference*Drink
June 7th, 2012 by Mr. C
The Legendary club at 335 Bowery by Bleeker street no longer exists, but the new owner of the brand – CBGB’s is throwing down a music and film festival from July 5-8th across many venues in NYC with the possibility of opening up a CBGB’s at a new location. We’re not sure how we feel […]
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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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ULTIMATE CHRISTIAN WRESTLING (2010) – playing at Korean American Film Festival in NYC – June 8th & 10th
June 2nd, 2012 by Mr. C
——————————————————————————————————————– Director: Jae-Ho Chang and Tara Autovino Stars: Modern Day Warrior (Rob Adonis), God’s Property (Billy Jack), Custodial Crippler (Justin Dirt) Genre: Documentary – wrestling, religion ——————————————————————————————————————– The thought of preaching christian faith through the ranks of professional wrestling may seem like a foreign idea but the more and more I thought about it, this […]
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GIRL WALK // ALL DAY screening at the Korean American Film Festival in NYC – June 6
June 1st, 2012 by Mr. C
—————————————————————————————————————– Director: Jacob Krupnick Stars: Anne Marsen, John Doyle, Daisuke Omiya —————————————————————————————————————– I wasn’t sure what to expect with GIRL WALK // ALL DAY – a feature length dance music film shot in the streets and public spaces of NYC, but as soon as the visuals and the music unfolded on the screen – I […]
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POK DONG (2006) – part of the KAFFNY – L.A. Riots 20th Anniversary Program – June 10th
June 1st, 2012 by Mr. C
——————————————————————————————————– Directer: Alex Dongwan Ko Producer: Jarrett Lee Conaway and Joseph Suh ——————————————————————————————————– I couldn’t find a better way to celebrate KAFFNY by acknowledging the Korean-American experience by wrapping my eyes around POK DONG, a no frills documentary telling the story of Alex Ko’s (director) family and their life changing experience during/after the 1992 L.A. […]
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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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KILLER SWAG: Posters from After Dark Action!
May 25th, 2012 by Mr. C
I just wanted to drop a big AFTER DARK ACTION elbow and HI-FIVE to the guys and gals at After Dark Films for sending us some killer promotional posters signed by the cast members of the recently released films including sigs from Cung Le from DRAGON EYES, the beautiful – Yvette Yates from EL GRINGO, […]
Tags: after dark action, after dark films, posters
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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 […]
Tags: 43rd chamber, nyc, vhs, video stores
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Capilano Suspension Bridge in Vancouver
May 22nd, 2012 by Mr. C
While still on the pedestrian bridge tip after recently visiting the Walkway over the Hudson in New York State, we figured we might as well add some photos of a more death defying and cooler bridge that the Planet Chocko freaks have quivered across in February of 2009 while in Vancouver for a Broken Social […]
Tags: capilano suspension bridge, planet chocko, vancouver
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Walkway over the Hudson
May 21st, 2012 by Mr. C
The Walkway over the Hudson is a 1.28 mile pedestrian bridge that crosses over the Hudson River from Poughkeepsie to Highland, NY. This bridge was converted from an abandoned railroad crossing over to this pedestrian bikeway-walkway-Historic Park which opened in October of 2009. The smooth walk over the Hudson is not overly exciting nor challenging, […]
Tags: bridges, new york, planet chocko, walkway over the hudson
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Presby Memorial Iris Gardens in Montclair
May 13th, 2012 by Mr. C
The Presby Memorial Iris Gardens in Upper Montclair, NJ is a beautiful oasis open to the public usually from May to June when the Irises are in bloom. I’m definitely not a plant expert nor do I have any aspirations for acquiring a green thumb, however being familiar with the area – every year I […]
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