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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Cab Spotting

by Tony Shea February 21, 2016

Counting cabs on Saturday February 20, 2016 from the second floor window of the NYC public library on W. 114th St. and Broadway from 1:24 p.m. until 1:26 p.m. when the security guard became suspicious and asked me to stop. How many cabs do you count? A:25 B:28 C:29 or D:[See the answer below]: NOTE: […]

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William Burroughs 102

by Tony Shea February 5, 2016

image via America’s ultimate “Junkie”, William Burroughs would have been 102 today. One of the primo Beat writers along with Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and Paul Bowles, Burroughs was an unrepentant drug addict for most of his life, traversing some truly weird cerebral territory along the way and somehow living to be 83 years old, […]

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Lux Interior is Dead – Long Live Lux Interior

by Tony Shea February 4, 2016

His parents called him Erick Lee Purkhiser, but everybody else knew him as Lux Interior. The frontman for psychobilly inventors The Cramps died on this day back in 2009 at the age of 62. While not as well-known as some of his contemporaries including Iggy Pop, the Ramones, and The Misfits, Lux Interior was every […]

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Stars Turn Out to Celebrate Arthur Miller

by Tony Shea January 26, 2016

Arthur Miller would have celebrated his 100th birthday this year. To honor the great American playwright the Arthur Miller Foundation for Theater and Film Education kicked off its inaugural benefit event last night at Broadway’s Lyceum Theater. The event was a star-studded affair featuring a bevy of Hollywood mainstays including Bradley Cooper, Alec Baldwin, Peter […]

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Silver Screams are Triumphant

by Tony Shea January 17, 2016

Silver Screams finished the last leg of their tour last night in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, playing a triumphant show at The Grand Victory. The rowdy crowd was more than ready for the band’s raucous blend of hardcore/post-punk/rock and roll. And the band did not disappoint, tearing through their set with absolutely ferocious efficiency, sprinkling in some […]

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The 5 Best Motorhead Songs – Lemmy R.I.P

by Tony Shea December 29, 2015

image via The great Lemmy Kilmister died today at the age of 70 following “a short battle with an extremely aggressive cancer” according to the announcement on the Motorhead Facebook page. Of course Lemmy was the frontman for Motorhead, the legendary rock and roll band that straddled the fence between metal and punk, creating a […]

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The Hateful Eight scores 8 out of 10 – REVIEW

by Tony Shea December 27, 2015

This weekend marked the arrival of the Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight traveling Roadshow release in theaters, before the general release to follow on New Year’s Day. You may be wondering what exactly is meant by ‘Roadshow’ release, since the practice largely stopped back in the 70’s, and the answer is it means you’ll be […]

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Me and Star Wars – The Force Awakens Déjà vu Review

by Tony Shea December 21, 2015

I was seven years old went I went to see the original Star Wars. My parents and I stood in line out on Wisconsin Avenue in Washington DC along with hundreds of others, as the nation went insane for space opera. This family movie night was a rare occurrence for us. I think it was […]

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Happy Birthday Iceman – Chuck Liddell Turns 46

by Tony Shea December 17, 2015

image via One of the UFC’s all-time stars, and great popularizers of the sport of MMA, Chuck Liddell (aka “The Iceman”) turns 46 today. A third generation Irishman from Santa Barbara, California, The Iceman was pure old school mayhem. He had fists like bricks and an iron jaw, not to mention a swell mohawk. During […]

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The 11 Best Woody Allen Films

by Tony Shea December 1, 2015

The great Woody Allen turns 80 today. In a career spanning six decades Allen has done it all. He was a comedy writer on Sid Ceasar’s legendary Your Show of Shows (which had one of the greatest writing staffs in history since it also included Mel Brooks, Neil Simon, Danny Simon, Carl Reiner, Larry Gelbart, […]

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Billy Idol – Who Knew? 8 Fun Facts

by Tony Shea November 30, 2015

Billy Idol turns 60 today. You probably know that Idol was a star of the 80’s and early 90’s music scene who was famous for hits like “Dancing with Myself,” “White Wedding,” and “Eyes Without a Face,” along with his trademark sneer and spiked blond hair. Here’s 8 things about him that you probably didn’t […]

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National Beard and Moustache Championships – Behind the Scenes

by Tony Shea November 24, 2015

What makes a champion? Is it how high you can leap? How fast you can run? How many points you can score? Is it perhaps something less definable, an inner resolve, a vague courage, something quietly growing from within that separates you from the rest? With these question in mind I set out to get […]

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The 2015 National Beard and Moustache Championships [PHOTOS]

by Tony Shea November 8, 2015

The 2015 National Beard and Moustache Championships came to the historic King’s Theater in Brooklyn New York yesterday. On display was every permutation of facial hair that you’ve ever imagined – and some you couldn’t conceive!

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