Dear Blogger, you hear the coolest stories about Tompkins Square Park t shirts while vending banned #tompkinssquarepark t - shirts at the 5th Annual Waste Fest at Shows in Tompkins Square Park at The Shadow. Too many innumerable cool stories to mention in New York City.
And you find yourself vending banned Tompkins Square Park t - shirts for when someone doesn’t like the logo on your Tompkins Square Park t – shirt.
And the description for that Urban Waste Facebook event invite reads like:
Wasteland Productions and Waste Management Presents Our 5th Annual WASTEXFEST featuring Blackout Shoppers, Complete Fucker, Angry Corpses NJHC, YDI, Urban Waste, and this year’s headliner FANG. Food will once again be made by Lady Waste Rachel Jean-Abriss Gitten, with donations going to Sweetbriar Nature Center. This will be a fun year at Tompkins Square Park.
And then I found myself listening to Fang Official's live at Tompkins Square Park in New York City at Waste Fest 5 cover song of The Jim Carroll Band "People Who Died" video, whose lyrics still seem to be stuck in my head, while vending.
And this Waste Fest 5 concert happend to be on the same day as that Punk Island 2025 concert at Randall's Island Park in New York City.
And if I am correct, you can still find Andreas Troeger's OUR F#CKING PARK: Rebellion, Noise, and Punk Rock in Tompkins Square Park book on one of Chris's merchandise tables at these Shows in Tompkins Square Park concerts. It is a book of beautiful raw portraits of the artists keeping the music alive—real faces, real noise, shot between 2019 and 2024 in Tompkins Square Park.
And Lower East Side Food Not Bombs was there serving the coolest food for free also. Their Instagram page says they are serving free vegan meals every Sunday at 4:30pm inside the SW corner of Tompkins Square Park (E 7th st & Ave A) DM us if you'd like to get involved!
And if I heard correctly, Chris said on the mic after the concert ended that the Annual Tompkins Square Park Riot Reunion Concert is August something.
To all the people who died, the lyrics from the song "People Who Died" by the Jim Carroll Band is about the lives and deaths of people in the East Village, specifically around Tompkins Square Park.
And the world still seems to be going to hell in a hand basket as I read about those Los Angeles riots that seem to be the only thing in the headline news amongst other headlines from hell here on planet earth on this day.
The only thing constant is change and some stories do not end as you expect.
Have a great Tompkins Square Park concert day and more. And what, if anything, does this have to do with a No Police State. Peace on earth and goodwill to all mankind.