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Critic's Pick: Action Bronson

By Elliott Sharp

Add Comment | Comments: 0 | Posted Sep. 14, 2011

In Death Wish, Charles Bronson turns vigilante after his wife is murdered and his daughter is raped. While he’s regulating the streets, he doesn’t stop to eat once. Not even a snack. On his debut, Dr. Lecter, New York MC Action Bronson dines about 100 times. There are tunes titled “Jerk Chicken” and “Brunch,” where he enjoys a “salad crumbled with bleu cheese and bacon.” His insatiable appetite’s partly driven by the many blunts he smokes—“As it burns my thumb, I roll another one,” he brags on “Barry Horowitz”—but it’s mostly because the Queens carnivore’s a straight up-foodie. Dude also chefs, and you can get schooled by his YouTube cooking series “Action In the Kitchen.” On the mic his flow’s eternal, his storytelling Scorsesean.

Thurs., Sept. 15, 8pm. $18. With Fel Sweetenberg + Burke The Jurke. Trocadero, 1003 Arch St. 215.922.6888. thetroc.com