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A Union Square Holiday Market in NYC

Hey again bloggers or whoever could be reading this blagh. And so it seems like that holiday of Christmas has rolled around again here on planet earth according to that Gregorian calendar on the wall. And with this holiday season comes those holiday markets and that Union Square Holiday Market in New York City that I found myself attempting to vend those Tompkins Square Park, Union Square Park and Washington Square Park t – shirts for $10 each at, well next to the holiday market, in vendors row, instead of those Black Lives Matter necklaces, magnets, key chains and pins that I sometimes find myself attempting to vend there.

And in all blogger honesty, it was a day of an attempt to vend those t – shirts for $10 each while hiding out and waiting for the New York City Parks Department green park ranger cops to leave cause “you can’t sell clothing here”, in the middle of winter where you sell three whole t-shirts in three hours.

And this year of 2025, Urban Space has pop up markets in New York City Holiday Markets of Herald Square, Columbus Circle, Holiday Shops at Bryant Park Winter Village, Macy’s Holiday Square and Union Square which has 185 vendors featuring unique gifts created by local craftspeople, artists, and entrepreneurs where a single booth can cost $20,000.00, that’s right! Twenty thousand dollars for one month.

And we are still living in crazy times as I type this blagh post and I am still waiting to see if that comet 3I/ATLAS is an alien invasion or not and other headline news of the day.

The only thing constant is change and some stories do not end as you expect. Have a great winter holiday and more.

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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.  

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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.

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The Tompkins Square Park concert that didn’t happen

A Tompkins Square Park concert

 

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:

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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:

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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 

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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” 

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” 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

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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“


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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.

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A BNB Hardcore Concert That Began Or Ended It All At Tompkins Square Park

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There was a hardcore concert at Tompkins Square Park this past weekend, which I thought was actually a punk rock concert or a heavy metal concert or both. And I know that there was a Black N’ Blue Productions hardcore concert at Tompkins Square Park this past weekend because this Facebook event invite says so, and all of these news articles that have since appeared as a result of that concert say so also. And it was a really big concert, so big that the crowd of concert goers , some wearing masks and some not wearing masks has since become a big to free your face or not to free your face debate.

And in between attempting to vend those Black Lives Matter I Can’t Breathe, Not My President, S#!t Just Got Real, Occupy Wall Street, No Police State, Tompkins Square Park, Union Square Park, Washington Square Park, Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space, The Shadow, Frida Kahlo, Yoga, Brooklyn and I Love New York necklaces, magnets, key chains and pins and Black Lives Matter hats and tote bags at this concert, it was seen that there were many other vendors at this concert, which almost seemed like a festival also.
 
Someone was handing out Defund The NYPD flyers on Avenue A in front of the park, the Hare Krishnas and Chilis on Wheels were serving food, East River Park Action. band merchandise tables and The Shadow had tables there also and there was even a yard sale going on during this really big concert.
 
And surely that was Clayton Patterson who was at this concert who finds himself in one of those photos posted above. And thanks @angieisallright for helping me to vend that Black Lives Matter jewelry at that table and chair from morus for one quick second.
 
And with future Shows in Tompkins Square Park possibly in jeopardy as a result of this really big concert, the concert schedule reads as follows:
 
“HEY KIDS! Put these TSP show dates for 2021 on your calendar:
 
 > April 24: BLACK + BLUE PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS: MAD BALL – Murphy’s Law – Bloodclot – The Capturers. Donations will be accepted with a portion of the proceeds to go to New York Firefighters Burn Center Foundation
 > May 8: A7 BACK TO THE NYHC ROOTS Record Release show: Antidote NYHC – Kings Never Die – The Last Stand – Crazy Eddie – The Car Bomb Parade – Reaching Out
 > May 22: WASTE FEST 2: Brought to you by the fine folks of Urban Waste 
> June 13: Sewage, Hammerbrain, Sea Monster and The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black, with surprise guests! 
> June 26: F-Bomb: Brought to you by Mike SOS 
> July 10: F-Bomb: Brought to you by Mike SOS 
> August 7 + 8: TSP RIOT REUNION > September 11: F-bomb: Brought to you by Mike SOS 
> September 25: Something special brought to you by Black + Blue Productions
 > October 9: F-Bomb: Brought to you by Mike SOS 
> October 30: TSP HALLOWEEN show
 
And, as seen on Reddit:
 

Finally a solution.


Apparently punk rock stops the spread of Covid. 
 
 No masked needed while rocking out.
 
 Everyone looks happy. That is nice
 
And as I type this blog post a few days later, there are now articles that read, Permits pulled for upcoming Tompkins Square Park shows following Madball show. 
 
 
We are living in crazy times. And what, if anything, does this have to do with a No Police State. Have a great punk rock hardcore concert day and more. #blacklivesmatter 
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Vending and busking at Washington Square Park NYC

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It’s been a while since I signed into this blog in an attempt to maintain web 2.0 user generated content for this blog and my other blagh whenever blagheers block possible, And during what seems like an end of the world panicdemic or at least an end of the world as we know it panicdemic  going on at the moment, I thought to post a few photos and videos seen in my attempt to vend black lives matter necklaces, magnets, key chains and pins for $2 each and Black Lives Matter tote bags somewhere in between Union Square Park and Washington Square Park in the New York City area the past few months or so.

 
And it was seen while vending Black Lives Matter jewelry at Union Square Park during the Union Square Greenmarket, or Union square Farmers Market, Underground Horns were busking near that Union Square subway entrance on this day.
 
And then it was seen again that Underground Horns were busking again at Union Square Park during that Union Square Farmers Market near that Gandhi statue. and there was also an anti vaccine rally there on this day.
 
And there was a World Wide Rally For Freedom, World Wide Demonstration & Stop Asian Hate March on one of these attempt to vend in the park days also. And that World wide rally for freedom- March 20 2021 event invite read something like:
 
World Wide Rally For Freedom

World Wide Demonstration March 20, 2021 We stand together as one big family on March 20, 2021 ❤️ For freedom & human rights ❗️ #wewillALLbethere​ T.me/worldwidedemonstration #worldwidedemonstration​ #freiebuergerkassel​ #wwd #wewillALLbethere​ #wirwerdenALLEdasein“.

 
And according to their Facebook page, there is another World Wide Demonstration 2.0 May 15th, with text that reads like:
 
World Wide Demonstration 2.0
We will do it again!
Side by side – for Freedom & Human rights!
You will find all the details of the protests soon on our Website, on Telegram, Instagram or Facebook!
 
And lo and behold, I came across underground horns busking in that park yet again, and this time it was at Washington Square Park. And so I took A walk around Washington Square Park with Underground Horns brass band on this day. 
And there was also a Justice For Jamarion Robinson memorial and rally on this day at Washington Square Park and there was also a Times Square Takeover to stop asian hate in Times Square this past weekend , which I guess brings me to this current date of today in the photos and videos that find themselves posted above.
 
underground horns is a 6 piece brass band playing afro funk bhangra new orleans latin grooves and beyond. Bring your dancing shoes if you happen to run across them. #blacklivesmatter
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The Union Square Holiday Market Is Closed

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The Union Square Holiday Market isn’t open in New York City this year. And this blog post isn’t really about anything other than that the Union Square Holiday Market is cancelled this year, I guess because of these crazy and historical times we are living in. And Bryant Park Holiday Market is open this year, though Columbus Circle Holiday Market is cancelled, yet the Union Square Greenmarket, Farmers Market is open on this day as I attempt to display those Black Lives Matter banners and vend those Black Lives Matter, S#!t Just Got Real, Not My President, Occupy Wall Street, No Police State, Yoga, Brooklyn, Union Square Park and I Love New York necklaces, magnets, key chains and pins for $2 each at Union Square Park this past weekend.  And what the logic of these panicdemic restrictions are, I am not exactly sure, as one of those photos posted above has a sign in it that says “Stay home, stop the spread”, right next to a sign that says “Come out to the market”  @grownyc. And these photos and videos that find themselves posted above are what a canceled Union Square Holiday Market looks like, or at least part of what a cancelled Union Square Holiday Market looks like on a Union Square Farmers Market day.  Have a great New York City holiday day and more, if possible, during these crazy and historical times we are living in. 

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