Archive for the ‘sports’ Category
British Invasion!
August 28th, 2016 by Mr. C
(British grocery store – Myers of Keswick on Hudson Street in the West Village) ——————————————————————————————————————– Yesterday, the Planet Chocko hopping vampires signed up for a free bike tour of what I thought was a cruise around Upper Manhattan by 86th St and East river/Carl Shurz Park and then perhaps a dip into Central Park. But […]
Tags: Bicycle tour, Brompton, nyc, NYCE Wheels
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Pearl Jam played Fenway Park
August 8th, 2016 by chocko
Pearl Jam at Fenway Park August 5, 2016 Pearl Jam are rounding the bases, nearly completing their 2016 tour but made a stop on Friday night at the home of the Boston Red Sox, Fenway Park. The 3 hour show featured no opening act and a career spanning, 32 song set list that featured covers […]
Tags: 2016, boston, concert, eddie vedder, fenway park, pearl jam, tour
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Summer Streets of NYC + Turntable 5060
August 7th, 2016 by Mr. C
(Overlooking 42nd Street and Vanderbilt from the Park Ave overpass) (bicycles,electric skateboards,runners,walkers,razor scooters and most importantly – NO CARS!) ————————————————————————————————————- Yesterday, we hit-up Summer Streets NYC 2016 – an annual celebration of our public space – the streets to raise awareness for healthy recreation and to realize sustainable forms of transportation. On the first 3 […]
Tags: alternative transportation, nyc bicycling, summer streets
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Bike NYC – St. Marks to Brooklyn
July 24th, 2016 by Mr. C
——————————————————————————————————————— Mondocurry’s son Nathan was visiting from Hawaii last year around this same time and we setup a bike ride that started with having dim sum at the large & vibrant banquet hall in a mall called 88 Palace located underneath the Manhattan bridge. After the canto eats, the bike ride commenced on East Broadway […]
Tags: brooklyn bridge, brooklyn bridge park, citibike, manhattan, manhattan bridge
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From 9 men to 4Knots – connect the dots from Chinatown to Hell’s Kitchen
July 12th, 2015 by Mr. C
(the NY Mini 9 man volleyball tournament at Seward Park) (Marissa Paternoster/Screaming Females at the 4Knots music festival on Pier 84/Hudson River Park) (The Screaming Fuckers) Last Saturday, Joel NJ Dev and I braved the midday heat and caught a little bit of a 9 man volleyball tournament exclusive to teams/players with Chinese american heritage. […]
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Legends Of Wrestling at Citi Field
June 18th, 2015 by chocko
This under the radar professional wrestling event happened in early June at the home of the New York Mets, Citi Field in Queens, NYC and featured old wrestling legends battling it out in the ring after autograph and Q&A sessions. A few thousand were in attendance at the baseball stadium and the wrestling ring was […]
Tags: Citi Field, Doc Gallows, Legends Of Wrestling, nyc, pro-wrestling, professional wrestling, results, Rob Van Dam, RVD, Scott Steiner, sports entertainment
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A Look Back at NOLA 2014 and Wrestlemania 30
March 27th, 2015 by chocko
It’s almost that time of year again for pro-wrestling biggest event of the year, Wrestlemania which will take place at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California in a couple days. Last year, around this time Chocko and the some members of the crew traveled to the beautiful city of New Orleans, Louisiana for Wrestlemania XXX. […]
Tags: bourbon street, chocko, euclid records, graffiti, louisiana music factory, new orleans, nola, prytania theater, record stores, skully'z recordz, street art, wrestlemania, wrestling, wwe
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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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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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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 […]
Tags: 2014 doc nyc, doc nyc, documentary, heather hardy, sports documentary
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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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