Banned Tompkins Square Park T - Shirts at a Show in Tompkins Square Park

 

And in the midst of waiting to see if the aliens are coming and wondering if there is going to be an alien invasion with that comet 3iatlas headed toward earth, ice invasions, an impending civil war, World War III, the rollout of a national guard police state and other headlines news of the day here on planet earth, I somehow found myself making another one of those Banned Tompkins Square park t - shirts at Tompkins Square Park Facebook event invites that read something like 

The New York City Parks Department has banned these Tompkins Square Park t - shirts because of the logo on them.

 

And I am planning to vend banned Tompkins Square Park t - shirts for $10 each at, well during, the next Shows in Tompkins Square Park concert, Monster Metal Mayhem, September 27th, 2 -6pm at Tompkins Square Park, New York City.

And it became a day of when people tell you that they have been looking for this shirt forever. Heard while vending banned Tompkins Square Park t - shirts @ Monster Metal Mayhem @ Shows in Tompkins Square Park, with music by Sea Monster and other bands.

And.....

There was also a 14th Annual LUNGS Harvest Arts Festival on this day in that city of New York and neighborhood of the Lower East Side or East Village for real estate marketing purposes. And according to their website there were over 50 events in 30 gardens! With their festival schedule reading something like.....

LUNGS CSA is in La Plaza this week, check out the produce, give Veggie a home!!, LaPlaza 6pm Opening night 6:30 Felice Rosner and FAITH NYC, 7:30 Sylvain LaRoux’s Source, Carmen’s Garden Knit/crochet and Sketch/Paint workshops noon-3pm Elizabeth St Garden 10:30 am – Free Yoga w/ Chelsea Forbes El Sol Brillante 12-4pm INSECT CREATURE CREATION LAB by BOTANICART.NYC Using natural materials provided by the garden, such as paper, glue, leaves, twigs, dried berries, seed pods, and flowers, guests will design and build their own imaginative insect creatures. Casita Garden 11am-2pm Volunteer Workday, wear your work clothes DeColores Songwriters Circle noon- 7pm El Jardin del Paraiso Pollinator workshop 10am-2pm FAMILY DAY 2:30-5:30 pm Puppeteer and Storyteller Vít Hořejš, Artistic Director, Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre Sayma Karim, Rocco George, Show Up Kids with Peter Michael Marino Kenkeleba Children’s Magical Garden Arts for Art presents free jazz 2-5pm Rob Brown trio, Amirtha Kidambie & Cooper Moore, Miriam Parker-Dance, Alfredo Colon Trio 11 BC Serenity Garden 2 P.M. Sylvain Leroux Qromatica Trio with Sylvain Leroux: fulaflute, flute, alto sax, Dan Kurfirst: drums and percussion, Hilliard Greene: contrabass 4 P.M. Mbira workshop with Jennifer Kyker Siempre Verde 2pm Poetry Verde Verses | OPEN MIC | Theme: Gaia 2 PM: Sign up at 2p to share 8 minutes of poetry (rain date 9/21) La Plaza Pinc Louds 4-6pm 6B Garden MAKE ART IN THE GARDEN 1-6PM Music Under the Stars with JOFF WILSON 7PM Green Oasis Music 6pm Mathieu Eveillard 7pm Kid Java Campos Garden Elizabeth St Garden 10:30 am – Free Tai Chi w/ Tai Chi Solutions 5:30 pm – LiveMusic ART around LOISAIDA 1-5pm Live painting and exhibit I wanna work, wanna paint on the fence all day Paint your masterpiece on the Garden Fences of LaPlaza and Pancho’s Garden. Ave C & 9th St. Bring your own paint and brushes, we supply the canvas La Plaza 2:30-4:30 The Renaissance Street Singers Come hear a wonderful FREE concert at Campos Community Garden! September 21, at 3 pm featuring contemporary and classic song repertory performed by: Clara Lisle, Andres Penalver, and Victoria Falcon Sam & Sadie’s Garden 6BC Botanical Garden 4pm The Beyond Flute Group 11 BC Serenity Garden 4 P.M. MICHAEL EATON JAZZ GROUP Michael Eaton – saxophones, Dan Wick – keyboard, electronics 6B Garden 2-4pm INTERNATIONAL GIRLS ENSEMBLE CHORAL PERFORMANCE 4PM Maputi with Jennifer Kyker, Nora Balaban, and Susan Rapalee: mbira and vocals; Rima Fand: violin and vocals; Sylvain Leroux: fulaflute and vocals; Nari Zechman: percussion and vocals; Stuart Zechman: hosho 

And a host of other performances and events that took place, too innumerable for me to copy and paste, at the LUNGS — Loisaida United Neighborhood Gardens event September 19-28th, 2025 in New York City.

And did you know that New York City's Lower East Side has the most community gardens of any neighborhood in America?

And what, if anything, does this blagh post have to do with a No Police State. The only thing constant is change and some stories do not end as you expect. Have a great concert, harvest arts festival day and more.

Waste Fest at Tompkins Square Park

 

 

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.  

Shows in Tompkins Square Park

 

 

 

 

Hey again bloggers or whoever could be reading this blagh  It's been a while since I last posted anything on this blagh. And so in between watching the world seemingly go to hell in a hand basket these past few days, weeks or months, I found myself attempting to vend those Tompkins Square Park t - shirts and Black Lives Matter jewelry at Tompkins Square Park in that city of New York this past weekend. And according to that Facebook event invite that I created for Chris Flash's next show in Tompkins Square Park, it read something like:

Mark this one on your calendar

 

Chris's next Shows in Tompkins Square Park concerts in New York City are on

 

• April 26
• May 10
• May 24
• June 8

 

And there are more to be announced!!!!

 

And I am planning to vend Tompkins Square Park t - shirts for $10 each.

 

And check out Andrea Troeger's OUR F#CKING PARK: Rebellion, Noise, and Punk Rock in Tompkins Square Park book! A new photo 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.

 

This amazing book will be for sale at the SHADOW table at the shows in Tompkins Square Park.

And according to that Shows in Tompkins Square Park Facebook page:

 

There are more, but these are the next four shows we are doing in Washington Square Park and in Tompkins Square Park:

 

In Washington Square Park:

• May 4: The Return of ROCK AGAINST RACISM, featuring:

Mark Dillon + the Roots Revival, Frida Kill, ADIXION, REBELMATIC and RICANSTRUCTION

 

In Tompkins Square Park: 

 

• May 10: Old School Punk, featuring: Jones Crushers, The Idolizers, NIHILSTICS, Coffin Daggers and The UNDEAD

 

• May 24: Drew Stone's NYHC show, featuring: Sonic Bomb, End of Hope, Butterbrain, NON-RESIDENTS and REBELMATIC

 

• June 8: WASTE FEST FIVE show, featuring: Complete Fucker, Blackout Shoppers, DYI, Angry Corpses, FANG and, of course, URBAN WASTE

 

All shows are from 2pm - 6pm

 

The only thing constant is change and some stories do not end as you expect. And what, if anything, does this have to do with a No Police State. Have a great music and more day.

The Tompkins Square Park concert that didn't happen

 

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Carla Jean (@musicnewyorker)

 

And in the midst of battling big tech social media censorship somewhere in between Facebook and Instagram limiting the amount of political posts that can be seen and tik tok censoring posts that do not follow their narrative, I somehow still find myself being able to blagh on this google blogger somehow after all these years.

And so this post happens to be about a BlacknBlue Productions Tompkins Square Park concert that didn't happen in that alphabet city of New York, a benefit concert for Jesse Malin at Tompkins Square Park, April 27th with Gogol Bordello, Madball, Murphy's Law, The Capturers and more that was cancelled for some reason having to do with the Parks Department and moved to Irving Plaza April 26th with Facebook posts and flyers that read something like as follows:

 

 

With a Facebook post by Jesse Malin that says "I’ve been forever grateful  for the New York hardcore community that me and many of my friends grew up in. It’s a scene that is always looked out for each other in hard times but this goes above and beyond. I am so touched by this, it means so much. THANK YOU BlacknBlue Productions Gogol Bordello Murphy's Law James Drescher The Capturers War Orphan and Tompkins Square Park Sweet Relief Musicians Fund".

And so what am I supposed to do with all those Tompkins Square Park t shirts that I was planning to vend at this event that got cancelled? Well I found myself on the southwest corner of that Tompkins Square Park park on Avenue A and East 7th street attempting to vend those t shirts on the day of the concert that didn't happen as in those photos and videos that find themselves posted above.

And in case you may have missed this concert that didn't happen at Tompkins Square Park, there are others shows coming up in Tompkins Square Park that I have come across on Facebook that hopefully will not get cancelled such as:

 

 

Memorial Gig For Al Hammerbrain 

Memorial Gig For Al Hammerbrain -- Saturday, May 11th, 2-6pm @ Tompkins Square Park featuring Jennifer Blowdryer, Art Gray Trio does Crunt, Spike Polite & Sewage, RBNX and Skum City 

 

 

Urban Waste WastexFest 4, June 9th, 2024

"We know some of you have been asking us so here it is Wasteland Productions and Waste Management presents June 9th “WastexFest 4” @ganggreenband @urbanwastenyhc @reaganyouthofficial Rockin Bob(members of Jerry’s Kids,The Fu’s) @twomanadvantage @pointblanknyhc As usual Donations will go too @sweetbriarnaturecenter and Food will be served by @bitchxswitch own Lady Waste @racheljeanthegypsyqueen" 

and

" Wasteland Productions and Waste Management present “WastexFest 4”

Gang Green

Urban Waste

Reagan Youth

Rockin Bob (Members of Jerry’s Kids, The FU’S)

Two Man Advantage

Point Blank

As per usual donations will go to the sweet briar animal nature center in Long Island New York and food will be served by none other than lady Waste Rachel Jean-Abriss Gitten"

 And.....

 

The Shows in Tompkins Square Park Rock against Racism concert at Washington Square Park by the Garibaldi statue May 5th featuring Rebelmatic, Butterbrain, Lake Lanier and Paragnosis was rained out and postponed until August 11th.

 

And..

 

 36th Annual Tompkins Square Riot Reunion, August 3, 2024 at Tompkins Square Park.

And what, if anything, does this have to do with a No Police State.

Staten Island Invades Tompkins Square Park

Hey again bloggers or whoever could be reading this blagh. And this is yet another web 2.0 user generated content attempt to post all those photos that find themselves on this camera, to ramble random thoughts and to attempt to maintain content for this blagh and my other blagh whenever bloggers block possible.

And so there was a Staten Island Invades Tompkins Square Park concert by Shows in Tompkins Square Park event at Tompkins Square Park last weekend October 1st that I found myself attempting to vend those #blacklivesmatter #S#!tJustGotReal #NotMyPresident #occupywallstreet #nopolicestate #yoga #music #morus #TheShadow #squat #tompkinssquarepark #washingtonsquarepark #unionsquarepark #eastvillage #lowereastside #brooklyn & #iloveny necklaces, magnets, key chains & pins for $2 each & Tompkins Square Park t shirts for $10 each at Shows in Tompkins Square Park at Crackhead Barney & Friends.

And that Facebook event invite reads something like:

This show was put together to try and bridge the gap between the forgotten borough of Staten Island and the rest of the boroughs in NYC.

It seems that bands and fans will travel to Long Island, Connecticut, New Jersey and even Pennsylvania, but not to Staten Island for shows. Yeah we know about the ridiculous toll, but there's also a FREE ferry that serves beer! 

To be honest, Staten Island does suck, but every borough has its areas that suck as well. But we have Mother Pugs Saloon, an awesome dive bar with an old school vibe in an area that don't suck, and bands and fans should come out to.

 So I put together some bands to represent Staten Island and play a free show at Tompkins Square Park in Manhattan, in hopes of bridging the gap and getting bands to possibly exchange shows with bands from other boroughs and for fans to see bands we have here. So, since you won't come to our house, we're coming to yours! Free and all ages!

And there are also migrants who have invaded Staten Island, Roosevelt Hotel, Row Hotel and other hotels around the New York City area. We are all immigrants or are we all immigrants?

And in other random thoughts....

There was a nationwide test of the emergency alert system the other day, a test that spawned a million conspiracy theory twitter posts and more reading something like:

"my neighborhood after 5G marburg activation . recorded this with my android phone. i'll update whenever possible. it's bedlam out here. stay safe."

"Marburg virus, waiting for the 5G activation"

"Scroll down under the video, there are links to things about detox , to get the graphene out of your bloodstream."

'Good Morning Folks the big day approaches 7.20 PM UK time 2.20 PM EST USA FEMA is about to send text message to everyone phone in the globe Activation of the Marburg Virus is coming this is going to get horrible warning to people who took the vax you are In grave danger"

'Tomorrow is 5G activation of Marburg virus freedumbers. I'm told that whether you are vaccinated or not, turning your phone off won't help due to tower strength. You need to smash your phone with a hammer or Fauci and Pfizer are going to turn you into a zombie.'

'Marked Safe from Marburg activation, 5G enhancement, brain override:'

'Just got the Marburg activation signal via the emergency alert test

Can't wait to be zombified, can't wait'

"today's work email auto-reply:

"Thanks for your message, but I have turned off my phone and laptop to avoid being turned into a zombie via the Marburg virus activation.

I will be back online on October 5th. If I am not a zombie, I will reply to your message then."

either that or it could be Gog and Magog's nuclear war emergency alert test for World War 3.

and in other rambling thoughts of the day......

There is a 'Survival Without Rent' Work in Progress Screening film October 15th in Brooklyn if you happen to be in the neighborhood, a film that has something to do with New York City and the squats of yesteryear, a short film about squatters on the Lower East Side, that could be a continuation of Brick by Brick: Morus 11th Annual Film Festival that took place last month. Need a home? Take one. Squat the World. 

And then.....

There's something called The Birth Eclipse that's supposed to take place on October 14th during that solar eclipse, new moon, and something having to do with that Revelation 12 sign a child is born, fig tree generation, apocalypse and that Feast of Tabernacles high holy watch day, or something like that.

Generations are still passing and generations are still coming, but the earth still seems to be abiding forever. And this generation shall not pass til all things be fulfilled. Peace on earth and goodwill to all mankind as we are still living in crazy times.