Archive for the ‘music’ Category
Portland Jam
September 28th, 2011 by chocko
Chocko recently landed the spaceship in the North West corner of the United States finding himself in Portland, Oregon…a city with great coffee, fun shopping, yummy food, and friendly people that love to ride bikes. Here are some places that you should check out especially if you’re on a budget! (The White Stag Sign pictured […]
Tags: cannon beach, flaming lips, food fight!, haystack rock, herbivore store, hoyt arboretum, jackpot records, music millennium, oregon, review, sweetpea bakery, vegan, voodoo doughnuts, wayne coyne
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The Weird World of Blowfly (2010)
September 24th, 2011 by chocko
Director: Jonathan Furmanski Starring: Clarence Reid as Blowfly, Tom Bowker, Otto Von Schrach Genre: music documentary The documentary, The Weird World of Blowfly is a wild ride with Clarence “Blowfly” Reid at the wheel. Back in the 60’s and 70’s, Clarence Reid was a well known writer and producer of many hit records from the […]
Tags: Clarence Reid, documentary, Jonathan Furmanski, movie, The Quad Cinema
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Anthrax played Best Buy Theater 09.12.11.
September 13th, 2011 by chocko
I walked up to the Best Buy Theater about an hour before doors, expecting to stand in a line for about an hour, but instead I was told there were extra wristbands for the Metal Masters Clinic 2 which was in progress on the very stage Anthrax was going to play on in about 2 […]
Tags: anthrax, big 4, heavy metal, megadeth, new album, pantera, slayer, thrash, worship music
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John Doe played Sound Fix
September 8th, 2011 by chocko
John Doe played an intimate show to a few dozen people last night at a Brooklyn record store, Sound Fix Records. John is an original member of the legendary California punk band, X. You best get to steppin’ if you don’t own their first 2 albums…Los Angeles and Wild Gift. At least have those in […]
Tags: cindy wasserman, dead rock west, in-store, john doe, performance, punk, show, x
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Pooperazzi: photos from outer space
August 23rd, 2011 by chocko
here are some chocko photos from the vaults… Laura Marling at Housing Works Coco + Ice-T at Barnes & Noble (Union Square) Kathleen Hanna and Joan Jett at MoMA Wild Flag at Johhny Brenda’s (Philadelphia) David Johansen of New York Dolls at Best Buy (Union Square) Chrisette Michele at Rockefeller Park Gregory And The Hawk […]
Tags: ani difranco, chrisette michele, coco, cults, gregory and the hawk, henry rollins, ice t, iceage, joan jett, kathleen hanna, laura marling, new york dolls, paul simon, sasha grey, wild flag
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Legends of Folk: The Village Scene
August 20th, 2011 by Mr. C
I saw a great documentary on PBS called LEGENDS OF FOLK: VILLAGE SCENE which was about the folk music movement during the 1960’s in the Greenwich Village section of NYC! The film had awesome footage of live performances from relatively unknown folk musicians at the time in the process of becoming the great legends that […]
Tags: folk music, greenwich village, legends of folk
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Deer Tick Played Pier 54 NYC
August 16th, 2011 by chocko
John McCauley of Deer Tick Deer Tick DOM Last Thursday, Pier 54 was the place to be to catch some free indie music and the last installment of the 2011 Hudson River Rocks series. Translations opened up the night…gotta catch them next time. We got caught up watching Obama drive by in a cavalcade of […]
Tags: concert, dom, hudson river rocks, john mcCauley, live show, new york city
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Tompkins Square Park Riot Reunion
August 14th, 2011 by chocko
Triangle Fire Wombat In Combat Hammerbrain Last weekend marked the infamous 1988 Tompkins Square Riots where NYPD’s worst swarmed in on a downtown park, enforcing a midnight curfew that didn’t exist…clubbing away at the homeless park residents and bystanders that stood in the way. Tompkins Square park became a warzone and police brutality ran rampant. […]
Tags: hammerbrain, hardcore punk, punk, triangle fire, wombat in combat
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Comic Con 2011 Cosplay
July 29th, 2011 by chocko
Cosplay at the San Diego Comic Con was off the hook as usual. Walking around the convention hall and running into a Cylon, a centaur, Darth Vader and Bart Simpson in the span of 10 minutes is pure magic and can only happen at the Con. Keep it up freaks, geeks and true believers! (photos […]
Tags: 2011, comic books, costume play, san diego comic con, sdcc
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BLOOD RED DRAGON comic book: Stan Lee, Yoshiki, & Todd Mcfarlane – San Diego Comic Con
July 29th, 2011 by Mr. C
The rock star from the east would meet the brazen comic creators from the west when YOSHIKI from X JAPAN, STAN LEE, & TODD MCFARLANE gathered at the Indigo Ballroom at the Hilton on one of the panels @ SD Comic Con! What was the special occassion for this eclectic mix of individuals, you ask? […]
Tags: blood red dragon, stan lee, todd mcfarlane, x japan, yoshi, yoshiki
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Q-Tip and Friends played Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival
July 19th, 2011 by chocko
I almost missed the big hip hop event of the year, but after I woke up from a long nap and rolled out of bed, I went straight to Brooklyn…just in time for Q-Tip’s headlining set last Saturday under the Brooklyn Bridge. The folks at Brooklyn Bodega put together a week of hip hop events […]
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Company Flow and Juggaknots played Santos Party House
July 19th, 2011 by chocko
Company Flow is… BIGG JUS EL-P and MR. LEN Last Saturday night at Santos Party House in NYC started with Juggaknots performing a set of their underground classics. Breeze Brewin’, Buddy Slim, Queen Herawin and DJ Boo were all in attendance to set it off right. They were also joined on stage by legendary hip […]
Tags: bigg jus, breeze brewin', el-p, hip hop, mr. len, nyc, underground
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