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TAMIA,MARIO,CHRISETTE MICHELE – CENTRAL PARK SUMMERSTAGE
August 23rd, 2010 by Mr. C
Miguel Tamia This past Saturday, Central Park’s Summerstage played host to an R&B congregation of rabid fans lucky enough to witness an explosion of soul,pop, & r&b tunes from the likes of MIGUEL,TAMIA,SALT from Salt N Pepa,MARIO, & CHRISETTE MICHELE. Everything else in between, DJ DEE WIZ filled in the cracks with some old school […]
Tags: central park summerstage, chrisette michele, mario, miguel, rick ross, salt, salt pepa, summer stage, tamia
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Doug E. Fresh and DJ Dee Wiz played Jackie Robinson Park
August 12th, 2010 by chocko
Harlem was hopping last night for sure! As soon as I passed Jackie Robinson Park looking for a spot for my car, I could hear the speakers from the stage booming through the adjacent blocks and blasting Eric B. and Rakim and Run DMC…I knew I had found the place to be. DJ Dee Wiz […]
Tags: doug e. fresh, get fresh crew, harlem, new york city, old school hip hop, rap, spoonie gee
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27th Annual Roots of American Music at Lincoln Center 8/1/10
August 4th, 2010 by Planet Chocko
–pics by Mr. C
Tags: david johansen, lenny bruce, lincoln center, lord buckley, melvin van peebles, rod harrison, roots of american music, sandra bernhard
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Murder City Devils, Obits, JEFF The Brotherhood and Silverghost at the Pool Party in Brooklyn
July 19th, 2010 by planetchocko
Another summer in Brooklyn can’t be complete without the FREE Jelly Pool Parties which happen every Sunday for the next couple of weeks at the Williamsburg Waterfront. All the bands that played the second of seven freebie shows were excellent. Silverghost (a duo from Detroit on keyboards and guitar) started the day followed by an […]
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NAOMI SHELTON & the GOSPEL QUEENS
July 17th, 2010 by Planet Chocko
Naomi Shelton, a sixties something Alabama native now Brooklyn nubian Queen lit up the platform with her funky soul & raspy vocals on the Stuytown stage in the Peter Cooper Village complexes of lower Manhattan in NYC! Miss Shelton’s mouth was glowing like the “Lopan” character from ‘Big Trouble in Little China’ when she sang! […]
Tags: daptone records, gospel, gospel queens, naomi shelton, r&b, soul, what have you done, what have you done my brother
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Zola Jesus played Other Music
July 14th, 2010 by planetchocko
The first impression I got when coming across Nika Danilova from Madison, Wisconsin a.k.a. Zola Jesus was…wow, this blonde goth girl is so young and tiny. All that gets thrown aside once I heard her powerful voice which sounds beautiful, confident and haunting all at the same time. The girl is no joke. At her […]
Tags: in-store, live performance, nika danilova, other music, sacred bones records, stridulum ep, zola jesus
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Berlin Street Art
July 6th, 2010 by planetchocko
most of these photos were taken in the Hackescher Market and Kreuzberg sections of Berlin and also by the East Side Gallery which is about a mile long stretch of what remains of the Berlin Wall. -chocko
Tags: berlin, germany, graff, graffiti, greenpoint, kreuzberg, street art
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PUNK ISLAND 2010 AT GOVERNORS ISLAND – June 20th
June 21st, 2010 by Planet Chocko
–Mr. C
Tags: governors island, make music, new york, punk island, punk island 2010
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NORAH JONES AT CELEBRATE BROOKLYN in PROSPECT PARK Bandshell
June 10th, 2010 by Planet Chocko
Norah Jones blessed the 2010 season of Celebrate Brooklyn at Prospect Park by kicking off the free concert series on June 9th,2010! It was a gloomy,dreary,rainy,& depressing day, but once Norah surfaced on the stage, her vocals & soulful fingers on the keyboard made me drift away to another planet! A dry & sunny Planet […]
Tags: alabama, bandshell, barstool blues, brooklyn, celebrate brooklyn, dauphin island, mobile, norah jones, prospect park, so brown
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Greenpoint, BK
June 9th, 2010 by planetchocko
-photo by chocko
Tags: brooklyn, graffiti, greenpoint, new york city, street art
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Joey Ramone Birthday Bash 2010
June 3rd, 2010 by planetchocko
There was never a dull moment at this year’s Birthday Bash at Irving Plaza in NYC which honored the late, great Joey Ramone. Bands such as Heap and Spanking Charlene played all night and in between sets the audience was treated to rare video and concert footage on a huge screen. The Independents played with […]
Tags: bad brains, concert, irving plaza, new york city, punk rock, sic f*cks, the ramones
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ICE CUBE: Straight Outta LA
May 17th, 2010 by Planet Chocko
Express Yourself! That is exactly what Ice Cube did with his film “Straight Outta LA” in conjunction with ESPN’s 30 for 30 series. Ice Cube wanted to tell the story of how his shipmates from the N.W.A. battleship including MC Ren, Dr. Dre, Eazy E, DJ Yella, & himself were heavily influenced by the colors […]
Tags: 1988, 30 for 30, dr dre, eazy e, espn 30 for 30, eye patch, gansta rap, ice cube, la raiders, los angels raiders, mc ren, nwa, oakland raiders, pirate, silver black, south central, straight outta compton, straight outta la
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