Archive for October, 2010
screaming females
October 26th, 2010 by chocko
Screaming Females is a female-fronted DIY band straight outta New Brunswick, New Jersey who have been playing basements, clubs and festivals relentlessly for the last 5 years and recently released their fourth album, “Castle Talk.” Their songs are loud and inspired by punk , funk and music from the Riot Grrl era. Actually, it’s really […]
Tags: band, diy, interview, jarrett dougherty, king mike, marissa paternoster, new brunswick, new jersey, nj, screaming females
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THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE – instore performance at Best Buy/Union Square
October 25th, 2010 by Mr. C
The refreshing cool breeze R&B group, THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE appeared at Best Buy’s-Union Square NYC on 10/23 for an instore performance including members: Nicolay(producer/composer), Darien Brockington(vocals), & former MC from the group ‘Little Brother’, PHONTE(vocals/MC) performed their own brand of an eclectic mix of smooth flowing modern RnB with the deadly venom lyrical flow of […]
Tags: authenticity, darien brockington, little brother, nicolay, phonte, rnb, the foreign exchange
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nyc street art
October 19th, 2010 by chocko
Tags: art, brooklyn, graffiti, manhattan, new york city
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DAR WILLIAMS at Housing Works Bookstore-Cafe
October 18th, 2010 by Mr. C
DAR WILLIAMS took it back to her acoustic coffee house roots by playing a 5 song set *Free* at HOUSING WORKS BOOKSTORE-CAFE in Soho on Saturday 10/16! More importantly though, her appearance was about showing support for HOUSING WORKS & their mission to fight homelessness & battling AIDS/HIV in NYC. DAR was gracious enough to […]
Tags: dar williams, folk, housing works, iowa, the easy way
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KNITTING IS FOR PUSSIES exhibit by Polish artist: OLEK
October 17th, 2010 by Mr. C
I went to a really cool exhibit called KNITTING IS FOR PUSSIES at the Christopher Henry Gallery on Elizabeth St. on the outskirts of Chinatown/Little Italy. The Polish Artist OLEK was responsible for bombing a living space with YARN! Literally & figuratively! Even the rug & walls were adorned in yarn! I first caught wind […]
Tags: christopher henry gallery, east village, knitting is for pussies, new york city, olek, polish artist, yarn
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TARA McPHERSON at NY COMIC CON 2010!
October 17th, 2010 by Mr. C
Check out TARA McPHERSON’s new solo exhibit called THE BUNNY IN THE MOON from Oct. 23-Nov. 20th! The opening reception is on Saturday October 23rd from 7pm-9pm at the Jonathan Levine Gallery 529 West 20th St. 9th floor. http://www.taramcpherson.com/
Tags: bunny in the moon, jonathan levine gallery, tara mcpherson
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Cover me with YARN in NYC!
October 14th, 2010 by Mr. C
Just lollygagging around manhatty like I usually do & ran into a few cool subjects embossed in YARN! The volkswagen was parked outside of the Christopher Henry Gallery on Elizabeth Street between Grand & Broome. The yarn bicycle was chained to a street sign on Elizabeth & Broome, a half block away from the volkswagen. […]
Tags: art, christoper henry gallery, knitting is for pussies, new york city, olek, street art, yarn
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INGRID MICHAELSON performing at Best Buy-Union Square
October 14th, 2010 by Mr. C
Ingrid Michaelson graced some lucky New Yawkers’, a few scholars from NYU who decided to cut class, & a few of us New Joisey’ G-Funks who were in sabbatical mode that day by providing us with a free instore performance yesterday at Best Buy’s-Union Square store in NYC around 12:30pm to promote her new single […]
Tags: best buy, indie pop, ingrid michaelson, parachute, union square
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Rob Zombie Signing at Forbidden Planet
October 13th, 2010 by chocko
Rob Zombie was at Forbidden Planet in New York City yesterday to sign the brand new issue of Royal Flush magazine and his latest CD Hellbilly Deluxe 2. The long line of fans stretched around the corner and despite the hour delay and threat of a torrential downpour, the night was a success. Forbidden Planet […]
Tags: appearance, hellbilly deluxe 2, in-store, joey jordison, john 5, new york city, nyc, piggy d, rob zombie, white zombie
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con sketches
October 11th, 2010 by chocko
Here are some sketches I’ve collected over the years going to comic book conventions. It’s always appreciated when an artist takes the time out to draw a quick sketch! The top row from left to right: Alex Pardee, Gabriell Bell, and Sammy Harkham. Middle row from left to right: Glenn Danzig (lead singer of The […]
Tags: comic books, comic conventions, drawings, quick sketch
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THE LEGEND OF THE 7 GOLDEN VAMPIRES (1974)
October 10th, 2010 by Mr. C
I’m in the mood for…horror…simply because Halloween is near thee! I’m ALWAYS on REWIND-FANG mode for THE LEGEND OF THE 7 GOLDEN VAMPIRES especially when halloween is around the corner! This movie is basically a vinegarette of a wet dream with shaw brother kung fu infused with the lord-count dracula! It’s a 1974 Hammer & […]
Tags: david chiang, dracula, hammer studios, horror, kung fu, legend of the 7 golden vampires, peter cushing, peter kushing, seven brothers meet dracula, shaw brothers
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Skyzoo and !llmind “Live From the Tape Deck”
October 8th, 2010 by chocko
Skyzoo and !llmind performed at a recent in store appearance at Best Buy in Union Square in New York City. Skyzoo is one dope MC straight outta Crown Heights, Brooklyn who worked with J Dilla and 9th Wonder early in his career while releasing mix tapes to get street buzz. He lost to Jin on […]
Tags: duck down records, illmind, skyzoo, underground hip hop
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