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Hackensack Street Fair – performances by Average White Band & African drumming-dancing
September 28th, 2014 by Mr. C
Lately, I’ve been looking for more & more excuses to stay on the Jersey side of the hudson river due to time contraints and in general just trying to take advantage of some events we easily dismiss in the Garden State. Yesterday 9/27 Saturday gave me a good opportunity to not exercise my old EZPASS […]
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CBGB Music and Film Festival
September 23rd, 2014 by chocko
The Ramones The CBGB Music And Film Festival 2014 will take place in New York City from October 8 through 12. I went last year and checked out a few events during my limited schedule at the time. Blank Generation was being screened at Anthology Film Archives with director Ivan Kral in the house. The […]
Tags: art, blank generation, cbgb, cbgb music festival, film, indie rock, manhattan, movie, music, music festival, new york city, nyc, pink slips, punk rock, ramones
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11th Annual Indian Larry Grease Monkey Block Party
September 21st, 2014 by Mr. C
Indian Larry’s Legacy Shop 400 Union Ave South Williamsburg, Brooklyn NYC Indian Larry was a legendary motorcycle builder influenced by 1950s & 1960s style choppers, hot rods, & hot rod art & its sub culture. Some aesthetics of his old school choppers included small gas tanks, no front fenders or front brakes, ape hanger handlebars, […]
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Buzzcocks played Webster Hall
September 20th, 2014 by chocko
Buzzcocks at Webster Hall – 09.06.14 Titus Andronicus U.K. punk vets BUZZCOCKS rocked a furious set at Webster Hall in New York City. They scheduled shows around their Riot Fest appearances and this time around we got to see them with scrappy Jersey punks, Titus Andronicus opening up the evening. When the Buzzcocks hit the […]
Tags: buzzcocks, new york city, nyc, pete shelley, punk rock, steve diggle, titus andronicus, webster hall
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Living Colour played NJPAC
August 28th, 2014 by chocko
Corey Glover and Vernon Reid of Living Colour The soul and funk metal sounds of Living Colour blasted through the Theater Square at NJPAC last week. The free show got music fans from Newark and beyond to assemble for a night of loud music. Due to the threat of some nasty weather, the show got […]
Tags: corey glover, danielia cotton, doug wimbish, living colour, new jersey performing arts center, newark, njpac, theater square, vernon reid, will calhoun
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Fear FestEvil After Party featured Exodus, Kirk Hammett of Metallica and Special Guests
August 3rd, 2014 by chocko
Exodus/Kirk Hammett and Rob Trujillo I was super lucky to be in San Diego last weekend for The Comic-Con because I got to go to Kirk Von Hammett’s Fear FestEvil After Party. The show started late at a downtown club on F Street called F6ix. The thrash metal band EXODUS started the evening dedicating their […]
Tags: after party, exodus, fear festevil, heavy metal, jane's addiction, kirk hammett, kirk von hammett, metallica, recap, review, robert trujillo, san diego, sdcc, thrash
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More Pics From San Diego Comic-Con 2013
July 22nd, 2014 by chocko
Bible thumpers vs. geeks Taimak from THE LAST DRAGON Oderus Urungus (left) RIP and Reggie Bannister (right) “The Hardest Working Man In Horror” ADULT SWIM Fun House! Enter if you dare. The filled to the gills exhibit floor…a lot of unhappy faces! Sean and Tara McPherson (left) and Azog (right) from THE HOBBIT Dolph Ziggler […]
Tags: 2013, comic con, futurama, gillian anderson, photos, robert williams, san diego, sdcc, the suicide girls, wwe
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Dead Kennedys played Irving Plaza
July 7th, 2014 by chocko
Dead Kennedys at Irving Plaza Is this Joan Jett and Slash…no, it’s Tibbie X and Paul Cripple of Reagan Youth! A couple weeks ago, I went to see two legendary punk bands, Dead Kennedys and Reagan Youth play Irving Plaza in New York City. Burning Streets from Boston, MA opened up the evening. I walked […]
Tags: dead kennedys, irving plaza, live, new york city, nyc, punk, reagan youth, show
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A look back at Punk Island 2013
June 20th, 2014 by chocko
Here is a super duper late review of last year’s Punk Island which moved from Governor’s Island to its present location at the Staten Island Pier. I am typing this on the eve of Punk Island 2014 which should be a blast! See you in a few short hours at Pier 1 right off the […]
Tags: 2013, antidote, aye nako, diy, hardcore punk, make music, nyc, punk, punk island, punx, review, staten island, the f.u.'s, the homewreckers, the old edison, uzuhi
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Fucked Up played Bowery Ballroom
June 8th, 2014 by chocko
Fucked Up at Bowery Ballroom (photos by chocko) Big Ups at Bowery Ballroom Fucked Up crushed and pulverized in NYC, playing a Sold Out Bowery Ballroom on Friday (6/6), with openers In School and Big Ups. I regret walking into the venue late and missing In School but I did hear that the all female […]
Tags: 2014, big ups, bowery ballroom, fucked up, glass boys, hardcore punk, june, nyc, punk, review, show, toronto
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Tori Amos played Rough Trade NYC
April 30th, 2014 by chocko
Tori Amos at Rough Trade NYC (photos by chocko) Lucky fans of Tori Amos got the chance to check out a super intimate performance yesterday with the pre-purchase of her latest album titled Unrepentant Geraldines. Her newest album is her 14th studio release and will be dropping on May 13. The in-store event happened at […]
Tags: in-store, live, performance, rough trade, rough trade nyc, tori amos
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Photos From Outer Space 6
April 14th, 2014 by chocko
You already know the deal…Planet Chocko pooperazzi time. All photos by Chocko! St. Vincent a.k.a. Annie Clark signed her brand new self-titled album at Rough Trade NYC last February prior to a performance on The Colbert Report (I was lucky to get tickets!) and a sold out show at Terminal 5. Filmmaker Wes Anderson and […]
Tags: Adèle Exarchopoulos, annie clark, cheap thrills, dean ambrose, Iko Uwais, james franco, natalya, paparazzi, raid 2, st. vincent, stephen malkmus, wes anderson, wrestlemania, wwe
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