Posts Tagged ‘new york city’
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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wooster street art
May 10th, 2010 by planetchocko
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Tags: graffiti, new york city, nyc, street art
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Screaming Females and Jeff The Brotherhood played the NYU Strawberry Festival
May 4th, 2010 by planetchocko
The annual NYU event featured free food, carnival games, swag (i gotta free beachball and shades sucka!) and strawberries galore. I think this event was for students and staff but it’s really easy to get into. The event also included a free concert featuring Vocaholics, Hop Along, Little Lungs, Fiasco, Screaming Females and Jeff The […]
Tags: d.i.y., indie, jeff the brotherfood, little lungs, new york city, punk rock, screaming females
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williamsburg, BK street art
April 20th, 2010 by planetchocko
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Tags: brooklyn, graffiti, new york city, street art, williamsburg
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YEAR OF THE TIGER in NYC!
March 2nd, 2010 by Planet Chocko
–A celebration in Chinatown, Manhattan! Pics by Mr. C
Tags: 2010, chinatown, chinatown parade, chinese new year, lion dancing, mott street, new york city, year of the tiger
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CHINATOWN!
January 18th, 2010 by Planet Chocko
Recent closings of two well established businesses in Chinatown-NYC most notably Jan Lee’s, Sinotique on 19 Mott Street & Mr. Tang’s, a restaurant on the corner of Mott & Bayard Street has once again reminded us about the day in the life of a small business owner in NYC especially in the lower manhattan area. […]
Tags: chinatown, chinese new year, Mr Tang, new york city, parade, sinotique, year of the tiger, year of the tiger 2010
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Lucy Kaplansky at the Outpost in the Burbs in Montclair-NJ
January 11th, 2010 by Planet Chocko
Lucy Kaplansky performed at the ‘Outpost in the Burbs’ in Montclair, NJ on January 8th, 2010. She folked out to her 17 song set much to the audience’s delight! Lucy never plays with a pre-determined set in mind. Instead, she chooses her songs based on spontaneity, & with a little power of suggestion from her […]
Tags: bottom line, brooklyn train thunder road ten year night, cry cry cry manhattan moon, folk, hallelujah, john gorka, life threads, lucy kaplansky, montclair, new york city, outpost in the burbs, pi, ring of fire, scorpion, timeline cafe
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coney island street art
January 5th, 2010 by planetchocko
Tags: brazil street art, graffiti, new york city, nyc, os gemeos, pixacao
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Municipal Waste at The Gramercy Theatre NYC
December 11th, 2009 by planetchocko
Municipal Waste came to town on December 9 and brought their friends with them on tour: Cauldron, Phobia and Brutal Truth. Opening act, Caludron, a trio from Toronto are the best metal band in the business who rock out like the 80’s never ended. They have the look and sound totally down and their new […]
Tags: brutal truth, cauldron, grindcore, live show, metal, municipal waste, new york city, phobia, punk, thrash
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Luke's Lobster
November 23rd, 2009 by Planet Chocko
I had a tasty triple threat snack-wich from ‘Lukes Lobster’ @ the New Amsterdam Market which is located outside of the old fulton fish market by South Street seaport. The triple threat bite sized snacks – 1 each of a lobster,crab,& shrimp roll of pure ocean delightness were all neatly tucked onto a crisply toasted-slightly […]
Tags: crab roll, lobster roll, lower east side, lukes lobster, new york city, shrimp roll
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Orthodox Stance Documentary
November 22nd, 2009 by Planet Chocko
This is my 2nd time watching “Orthodox Stance” , a boxing documentary following the trials & tribulations of an orthodox jew named Dmitriy Salita. Salita is a throwback boxer-jew from the crown heights section of Brooklyn-NYC originally from the Ukraine. Amongst the city & hip hop elements of Crown Heights – Brooklyn, Salita practices Judaism […]
Tags: brooklyn, dmitriy salita, golden gloves, jewish, judaism, new york city, russia, starrett city, ukrain, zab judah
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Harlem Hellfighters documentary
November 22nd, 2009 by Planet Chocko
I finally had a chance to catch up on some movies on my hit list & watched a really entertaining sport documentary. “Harlem Hellfighters” was about a High School football team based in Harlem, NYC which is run under a program hosted by the NFL. Head coach Duke Fergerson stepped up to the plate to […]
Tags: coach duke fergerson, documentary, harlem hellfighters, high school football, new york city
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