Archive of Tony Shea ( Editor-in-Chief, New York)

Tony Shea is based in New York, having recently moved from Los Angeles after more than a decade on the sunny coast. His short films have won numerous awards and screened at major festivals around the world including Comic-Con. As a musician, he is the lead singer for Los Angeles rock n’ roll band Candygram For Mongo (C4M) candygramformongo.com who has been a featured artist on Clear Channel Radio’s Discover New Music Program and whose songs have been heard on Battlestar Gallactica (Syfy Channel) and Unhitched (Fox) among other shows and films.

Tony has contributed 236 brilliant piece(s).


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Me and Ray Bradbury

by Tony Shea December 19, 2019

“Everyone must leave something behind when he dies, my grandfather said. A child or a book or a painting or a house or a wall built or a pair of shoes made. Or a garden planted. Something your hand touched some way so your soul has somewhere to go when you die, and when people […]

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The 5 Best Kurt Vonnegut Books

by Tony Shea December 18, 2019

Writing 14 novels between 1952 and 1997, Kurt Vonnegut established a legacy as one of the great writers of the 20thy century, crafting a literary style that was utterly unique, fusing science-fiction with satire, as he examined the themes of power and control, free will, determinism, genocide, madness and war. Oh, and he was funny, […]

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Let’s Go See the Rockettes, Shall We?

by Tony Shea December 18, 2019

Fall has arrived in New York and that means it’s time to take in a show by those gams gladiators, those legends of leg, the Rockettes.

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Here’s What I Did Yesterday in NYC (Vol. 2)

by Tony Shea December 18, 2019

I started out at the Winter Village at Bryant Park. There’s dozens of stands set up selling all sorts of different stuff (eat your heart out Dr. Seuss): christmas ornaments, and jewelry, and artwork, and food. It was chilly so I bought a cup of hot apple cider with a cinnamon stick in the middle […]

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Dusty Bookshelf – CRASH – 1973 – J.G. Ballard

by Tony Shea December 18, 2019

Now that I live in New York, I imagine I will have more time for reading, since the Fall and Winter seasons promise to be dark and rainy and cold (thank goodness), as opposed to the perpetually sunny days of Los Angeles that naturally dissuade you from staying indoors with a good book. And since […]

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Let’s Go to Governors Island, Shall We?

by Tony Shea December 18, 2019

The weather is perfect right now in New York and this is the last weekend to go to Governors Island before it closes for the season. So grab the kids and head down into the southern tip of Manhattan and hop on the ferry.

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Me and Charles Bukowski

by Tony Shea December 18, 2019

I was 17 years old when I saw Barfly for the first time. My friend’s father had LaserDisc and among the titles which otherwise included The Last Remake of Beau Geste and Young Frankenstein (my friend’s old man really loved Marty Feldman I guess) was Barfly, a film about the exploits of a drunken bum […]

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Let’s Get Our Dogs Blessed, Shall We?

by Tony Shea December 18, 2019

I was in Central Park last Sunday waiting for my wife and son at the 72nd St. playground. I was an outsider looking in from beyond the railing because I had the dog, and dogs are the last of the citizenry that can be so discriminated against. NO DOGS ALLOWED. At the exact moment of […]

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Here’s What I Did Yesterday In NYC (Vol. 3)

by Tony Shea December 18, 2019

  I started walking on the High Line down in the Meatpacking District. The weather has been great this year, November was the warmest on record and today in the first week of December the temperatures made it into the low 50s. No complaints from me. I think of this as ideal walking weather, especially […]

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Let’s Hike Williamsburg Bridge – Shall We? [PHOTOS]

by Tony Shea December 18, 2019

Thus far into my urban exploration of New York City, I estimate I’ve walked somewhere around 1100 blocks. Along the way I’ve hit a number of storied landmarks: Central Park, Empire State Building, the old Whitney, the new Whitney, Grand Central Station, Washington Square Park, Chinatown, the Carnegie Deli to name just a few, as […]

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Here’s What I Did Yesterday in NYC (VOl. 1)

by Tony Shea December 18, 2019

The New York City Marathon was happening yesterday so I thought I would head over to the finish line to watch it. But when I was on my way to Central Park I could already see that it was going to an absolute madhouse: police cars, ambulances, scores of people everywhere, more than there always […]

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Leopard Kills – Viral [Video] Throwdown

by Tony Shea August 12, 2018

Leopards are natural born killing machines. Agile, stealthy and incredibly strong, Leopards can take down large prey, as you will see. Both of these Leopards have some serious killing skills. But whose the best? You decide.

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A Hologram for the King – Tribeca Film Festival – Review – C

by Tony Shea April 22, 2016

A Hologram for the King is a film where every moment that transpires on-screen feels like it has been vetted by a mid-western test audience in a multiplex—and surely it has. Director Tom Tykwer (who perhaps unbelievably directed the absolutely thrilling Run Lola Run) has put together an old-fashioned kind of film you have probably […]

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