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I'm a Freelance Music Photojournalist from NYC and Founder of the Heavy Metal website PiercingMetal.com; I created this blog site to showcase the other things in life that keep my interest or catch my attention. Believe me that is a lot of stuff to talk about when it comes down to it. I hope you enjoy what we are delivering because there is so much to share as a resident of this bustling metropolis.
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PiercingMetal Went To Five Points Festival 2018 @ Brooklyn Expo Center

Readers of “The Chronicles” and of course the PiercingMetal.com website know that we go to a LOT of different conventions to bring you exciting and colorful visuals that hopefully spark some visiting of these events on your end. Now its time to share another adventure that was done for the PiercingMetal side of the fence with the 2nd Annual Five Points Festival that took place at the Brooklyn Expo Center this year. Clicking the banner down below will transport you to the coverage of the Saturday of that event.

This was a busy week right into the weekend with the Book Expo taking place as May ended and this event rolling in and being held at the same time as the Book Con. Overall I would end up doing three days of the Expo and one of FPF and one Book Con. So as usual with my signpost redirects to the other website, the means to comment on this missive has been disabled. I feel that its better for those interested to comment on the full posts that inspire them to do so on them directly. It matters more at the end of the day. Thanks for reading this website, its my hope that we keep you entertained.

Official Website: http://www.fivepointsfestival.com

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Exploring The Book Expo 2018: Part Two

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Hello again my friends, its nice to have you returning for the continuing exploration of the 2018 Book Expo. This massive publishing industry event was once again taking over the Javits Center for a few days and we are on point to show you what is going on with some of our favorite publishers and to see what might be a brand-new discovery. If you missed the previous chapter please click HERE to bring up the stuff so far presented and with that being done I will continue along with these cool Marvel and Star Wars books for kids by Disney.

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Exploring The Book Expo 2018: Part One

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It was once again time for the annual Book Expo at the Javits Center and as tenured readers of “The Chronicles” know, we have been attending this particular convention since around 2011. I’ve only missed it twice since then with one of the times happening when it relocated to Chicago for some reason. This adventure was going to be the first in a series of events since not only will the Book Expo lead us into The Book Con, but the Five Points Festival will be happening in a few days and we are attending that as well. The Book Con stuff will be here while the Five Points Festival coverage will fall to PiercingMetal.com so do please check both of those out as they go live.

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For those of you who have never attended or know much about the Book Expo, this particular event is aimed at the industry and select press only.  That means the publishers, vendors, librarians and marketers for this industry along with select press.

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“Nude” (Single) by Lena Hall

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Artist: “Nude” (Single)
Title: Lena Hall
Label: Ghostlight Records
Release Date: 6/1/2018
Genre: Rock
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I’ve been keeping as good a pace with singer Lena Hall as she continues to deliver EP’s under her “Obsessed” series and if you haven’t seen our thoughts on what’s come before you can just click HERE to be brought up to speed. “Nude” is the first single of Hall’s latest “Obsession” which focuses on the band Radiohead and while I plan on doing a longer overview when its released, felt it would be fun to do some Single Reviews here on “The Chronicles” as well. As a music fan I was only listening to Radiohead up until the “OK Computer” album so by the time they released “In Rainbows” where this song comes from, I was long gone. According to my research, it was the bands second single from this release and a very big hit.
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Greece Announced as Partner Country at 2018 Summer Fancy Food Show

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If you’ve been following the adventures over on this website, you might recall that I attended the Summer Fancy Food Show last year for the very first time. It was a terrific experience and my findings can be perused on our posts that you will find HERE. At the end of June, “The Chronicles” will be on point once more and that leads me to share some amazing news about Greece being announced as the partner country at this years show. Now, we aren’t Greeks over here but we do love the visuals that have been seen from the country and their incredible foods. Let’s take a look at the full press release about this.

The Press Release:
The Specialty Food Association announced today that Greece will be their partner country for this year’s Summer Fancy Food Show, the largest marketplace for specialty food in North America, taking place June 30 – July 2 in New York City. Enterprise Greece is organizing the participation of Greece at the Show.

“We’re excited to have Greece as our partner country for the 2018 Summer Fancy Food Show,” said Phil Kafarakis, president, Specialty Food Association. “With the continued popularity of the Mediterranean diet and its health benefits, this is a great time to focus on Greek foods. The influence of Greek ingredients in the American diet and on American shelves is a great example of the expansion of specialty food in the U.S.”
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