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CHAMPS boxing documentary playing at Village East Cinema in NYC
March 13th, 2015 by Mr. C
Champs is a boxing documentary that is premiering at the Village East Cinema on 2nd ave starting today – Friday the 13th! We attended the first screening on the night prior to the opening which featured a Q/A panel with director Bert Marcus, George Willis from the NY Post, Lou Dibella – boxing promoter, & […]
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Super Saturday – Chinatown NYC
March 1st, 2015 by Mr. C
(Rockits) (Norman Chin’s Jook Lum Southern Praying Mantis) The Lunar New Year celebrations in New York’s Chinatown marched on with tradition as Kung Fu schools, Youth organizations, Benevolent Associations, Community Organizations, & Dance troupes in the New York city area all came out to perform traditional Lion Dances in the streets going from storefront to […]
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You goat girl – Moon Over Manhattan: Celebrate the New Year 2015 – Year of the Goat
February 22nd, 2015 by Mr. C
(Korean drumming) (Bo Law Kung Fu) My original plans to invade Flushing, Queens’ Chinatown for the Lunar New Year celebrations were foiled as the Planet Chocko spaceship was in the lab getting a circuit board swapped out due to malfunction. When the systems were all a go again, I was running late so the backup […]
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Doing some Van Dammage at Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Yonkers, NY
January 19th, 2015 by Mr. C
(Cristina Cacioppo and Alamo programmer from Austin hosting the event) There was definitely some Van Dammage done last weekend as we celebrated the ‘split personality films of the muscles from Brussels – Jean Cleade Van Damme! There was a secret 4 movie marathon held at Alamo Drafthouse Yonkers, NY in honor of JCVD and the […]
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Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital
December 29th, 2014 by Mr. C
(To the left was the general hospital – To the right, infectious diseases – left we went!) Last weekend I had the privilege to go on a ‘Hard Hat’ tour of the abandoned hospital complex on Ellis Island. I had first learned about the tour through Nick Carr of Scouting New York, who is a […]
Tags: ellis island hospital, new york city
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Ronnie Spector played at B.B. Kings
December 22nd, 2014 by Mr. C
The Planet Chocko muppets ventured out to BB King’s Blues Club in Times Square last Saturday to celebrate the best Christmas party in NYC with Ronnie Spector at the helm! It was great listening to Spector in such an intimate venue and such a throwback for us to those days when we used to see […]
Tags: bb kings, ronnie spector
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International motorcycle show at the Jacob Javitz Center
December 15th, 2014 by Mr. C
(Santa riders ripping & roaring outside the Motorcyle Show/Jacob Javitz enjoying Santa Con!) The Last time we covered the Motorcycle show we were in zine form from the late 90s to early 2000s with a print output of no more than 300 copies per issue. So much has changed since then and apparently the cycle […]
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Shadow Box Film Festival
December 13th, 2014 by Mr. C
We were able to bob & weave into a few Shadow Box Film Festival screenings which was held at the School of Visual Arts Theater on 23rd Street despite the relentless rain we had last weekend. It was the 3rd edition of this low profile gathering marketed as the world’s only ALL-BOXING Film Festival! You […]
Tags: documentary, hardy, shadow box film festival
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Rubble Kings screens DOC NYC
November 19th, 2014 by Mr. C
Rubble Kings was a great documentary film on the state of gangs in NYC during the 1960s & 70s. It primarily focused on why they came to be, their rights of passage, & their savageness in the streets when someone, anyone who stepped on their turf who didn’t have the same colors. Most gangs formed […]
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Hardy (2014) – DOC NYC
November 16th, 2014 by Mr. C
(Pro Boxer – Heather “The Heat” Hardy at DOC NYC – Bow Tie Cinemas in Chelsea) ————————————————————————————————————- Director: Natasha Verma Film subject: Boxer – Heather ‘The Heat’ Hardy Documentary —————————————————————————————– Hardy was a documentary film that debuted at DOC NYC which screened at Bow Tie’s Chelsea Cinemas. I limited myself to seeing 3 films at […]
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Jimmy Wang Yu – the one armed files
November 12th, 2014 by Mr. C
(Jimmy Wong Yu pays respects to the audience as we give him an ovation!) Last night we had the privilege of attending “An evening with Jimmy Wong Yu” held at the Walter Reade Theater on 65th Street which included a screening of The Master of the Flying Guillotine and a Q&A with the man himself […]
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Tour de Bronx
October 30th, 2014 by Mr. C
(My ride parked outside of the Banana Deli on 161st Street) On Sunday October 26th, I biked the 25 mile leg of the Tour De Bronx! It’s one of my favorite bike rides if not most favorite of the year eclipsing the NYC 5 borough bike ride, Tour de Brooklyn, & Tour de Queens. Not […]
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