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Punk Island 2012
August 2nd, 2012 by chocko
Last June, The Planet Chocko Kaiju Crew landed on Punk Island via the free weekend ferry from Brooklyn Bridge Park. Punk Island is a free day-long, multi-stage festival of punk rock music on Governor’s Island in NYC. Big up to ABC No Rio’s HC/Punk Collective for organizing this year’s fun event. Dumbo-Chocko accidentally deleted all […]
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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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An Interview with Ray Sumser
July 21st, 2012 by chocko
Ryan Sumser and Characternity (photos by chocko) I was doing my San Diego Comic Con shuffle and was walking across the pedestrian bridge connecting PETCO Park and the Convention Center when I randomly stumbled upon an artist at work. The piece he was working on blew me away…it was huge, ambitious and featured nearly 3000 […]
Tags: art, artist, cartoonist, cartoons, Characternity, interview, ray sumser
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2012 CBGB Festival Day 3
July 19th, 2012 by chocko
CBGB Festival invaded Times Square on Saturday (July 7) with 2 stages featuring bands such as Duff McKagan’s Loaded and Superchunk. I might have caught those bands if the set times were posted on the internet, but no dice. A member of Superchunk sent out a cryptic tweet about when they would hit the stage […]
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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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2012 CBGB Festival Day 2
July 11th, 2012 by chocko
On Day Two of the festival, Chocko only had time to check out some movies. Joey Teacups and Chocko went to Anthology Film Archives (32 Second Ave) and we ran into Tommy Ramone (the original Ramones drummer!) and The Ramones’ Tour Manager, Monte Melnick. They were hanging out in the lobby before their appearance for […]
Tags: cbgb, fest, festival, monte melnick, ramones, suicidegirls
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2012 CBGB Festival
July 10th, 2012 by chocko
First of all, Chocko and the crew have to thank Two Boots and CBGB Festival for hooking us up with the all inclusive passes which got us into all the music showcases and film screenings. You definitely can’t beat the insane deal of buying some pizza and getting a free pass for the festival. It […]
Tags: agnostic front, cbgb, cbgb festival, madball, maximum penalty, murphy's law, new york hardcore, nyhc, punk, review, the dead boys
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Iconicide presents Puke Island 2012
July 5th, 2012 by chocko
The anti-Punk Island event organized by the NY hardcore band ICONICIDE went down at Tompkins Square Park last month with many bands bringing the ruckus. Chocko thinks Punk Island is cool, it’s a free event that happens once a year on Governors Island and features punk rock music. I guess Chris from ICONICIDE feels that […]
Tags: 2012, alekhine's gun, l.e.s., mongrel bitch, new york city, nyc, puke island, punk, punk rock, tompkins square park, truth in needles
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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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Alice Smith performed at City Winery
July 3rd, 2012 by Mr. C
Alice Smith performed at the City Winery on June 17th in lower manhattan after a bit of a hiatus from the scene pursuing other personal endeavors but it seems like she is back in the groove of writing, recording, & performing again! Her debut album in 2006 entitled: For Lovers, Dreamers and Me was a […]
Tags: alice smith, city winery, vocalist
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Northside Festival 2012
June 29th, 2012 by chocko
The Northside Festival is a Brooklyn celebration of music, art, film and entrepreneurship. On the first 2 days of the festival there was a trade show at the warehouse on Kent Ave. and N. 5th Street featuring young start-ups and new innovative companies. I always like to pick up freebies at those type of events. […]
Tags: brooklyn, golden clouds, laura stevenson, new york city, northside festival, nude beach, nyc, the black black
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Rakim played Joe’s Pub NYC
June 21st, 2012 by chocko
The legendary RAKIM, played Joe’s Pub in Downtown Manhattan on Tuesday, June 12 as in a rare one-off show sponsored by Reebok Classics. When Eric B. and Rakim’s Paid In Full album came out, that rocked my world. It sounded unique, the beats and cuts on it were superb and Rakim’s lyrical flow was and […]
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