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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 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
Underground Horns were playing at Tompkins Square Park this past Halloween weekend. Well, not exactly, as they were busking across the street at St Marks Place.
With the exception of a few brave creative souls who have set up independently, we’ve all been robbed of shows in the park this year. So, on Halloween, we are putting on the biggest one of them all, as our final show for 2020.
In addition to the following performers, we will have political speakers, info tables, publications and arts + crafts created by community members:
> PINC LOUDS > B.B. YTK > M. LAMAR > EDDIE BAKER > RUCKUS INTERRUPTUS > THE CARVELS NYC > SOUL CAKE > WICKED EXORCIST RITUAL > THE VOLUPTUOUS HORROR OF KAREN BLACK
Following the show, WW3 ILLUSTRATED co-founder and artist Seth Tobocman will present slides of his anti-Trump comics, with the help of musicians Eric Blitz and John Wagner. Michelle Shocked will perform her blues lament, Graffiti Limbo, honoring the life of Michael Stewart, a young artist who died in police custody in 1983. There were no charges for the murder. R. Sikoryak will read and show images of The Bill of Rights and selected Amendments, from his new graphic novel, Constitution Illustrated.
It’s that lovely time of year when neighbors get together to celebrate the cultural vitality of their community in our beloved Tompkins Square Park.
in addition to speakers, information tables with local crafts, we will have the following musical talents:
> The Acute — 2:00> Evil Kim Evil — 2:30 > Acorn Slim (with Dead Dean) — 3:00 > Jennifer Blowdryer Soul Experience (with Robert Aaron + Nikki Fuse) — 3:30 > SEWAGE (with Spike Polite) — 4:00 > Skitzopolis — 4:30 > Soul Cake — 5:00 > Rebelmatic (with surprise guest CV) — 5:30 > The Love Pirates — 6:00 > Grace The Enemy — 6:30 > Ruckus Interruptus — 7:00
AND: Seth Tobocman (WW# Illustrated) will do a slide show with Eric Blitz and John Wagner.
Brought to you by: The SHADOW, John Gabriel, Eddie Mack, the undying spirit of Uncle Don Yippie and….THOSE F*CKING ANARCHISTS!!
And Chilis on Wheels were serving some really good vegan food as they seem to do on Saturday’s in this park and extinction rebellion youth had an XR Youth NYC Guerrilla Flea Market on this day also. Climate change is real. And after the Parks Department showed up to shut down that concert a few minutes early, or on the dot, or near the very end, I guess, as in that blurry photo that finds itself posted above, Seth’s slideshow started, in the dark, in what seemed like a few hours after the concert had ended. And it was an Occupy Wall Street mic check kind of a slide show without a mic. And if my ears heard correctly, he introduced Michelle Shocked who played a few songs into the night, as in that other blurry and dark photo that finds itself posted above. And what else is there that can I say about this concert that has not already been said in all of the photos that have already been posted in social media land, except to say that between the bands, the merchandise tables, the vendors, the dancing, the music, music and more music, it seemed to be a great day for another outdoor show and concert in the park. Have a great Tompkins Square Park concert day and more.
Saturday, September 12, 2020 at 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM
The first annual TOMPKINS SQUARE Arts + Crafts and Book Fair is ON!
Come and get works of art, hand made crafts, books, records, videos, and more, all offered by members of your community on the Lower East Side.
There will also be book readings, musicians and speakers.
At dusk, we will be showing the amazing film called LOOSE CHANGE.
LOOSE CHANGE is an in-depth documentary created by students who originally sought to make a documentary that supported the official government version of the incredible events of September 11, 2001. However, as their project progressed, it became clear to them that the official story was NOT credible and that the TRUTH is a whole lot worse than the narrative of foreign terrorists hijacking commercial jets in the US and then crashing them.
LOOSE CHANGE, created on the smallest imaginable budget by students, is superior to anything churned out by state media that backs the govt’s LIES about “9-11”.
Come see LOOSE CHANGE in our beloved Tompkins Square Park and decide for yourself.
[Those interested in participating in selling, trading or giving stuff away (there are NO fees!) can either email us at: shadowpress@rocketmail.com or just come on down.]
And it was also another attempt for me to vend those DecorForU black lives matter, s#!t just got real, not my president, no police state, occupy wall street, yoga, squat, the shadow, museum of reclaimed urban space , tompkins square park, brooklyn & I love new york necklaces, magnets, key chains & pins for $2 each again. And it was also another one of those Saturdays where Pinc Louds was playing there again. And Pinc Louds gets everyone to dance, dance and more dancing. And Pinc Louds shared the stage with other artists and performers from the arts and book fair on this day. And there were other vendors, and food carts, and cheap clothes for sale on this day, something similar to one of those park yard sale bazaars maybe. And The Shadow, who sponsored this event, had their The Shadow Newspaper and other Shadow merchandise for sale on their merchandise table. And as the day wore on and dusk appeared, and Pinc Louds Christmas lights went on into the night as they played, Chris Flash‘s 9/11 film appeared for film night, as some of those photos posted above tell a story. And Chris Flash’s Shows in Tompkins Square Park are having another concert September 26th—-COME ON DOWN!!! Bring your dancing shoes I guess. #blacklivesmatter
Well it’s that spring time of year again when another one of The Shadowsquatter May Day concerts happened again this past weekend in that neighborhood of the Lower East Side or East Village you can call it for real estate marketing purposes maybe, as well as a host of other outdoor events happening in that ever changing babylon city of New York. Only this concert seemed to be all punk rock and beyond. And that May Day w/ Haram, Rubber, Olor a muerte, Headsplitters & Junta facebook event invite read something like:
Sunday April 29, 2pm -7pm Tompkins Square Park 500 East 9th Street, New York, New York 10014 Celebrate the first big show of the new year in the park. w/ HARAM. RUBBER, OLOR A MUERTE, HEADSPLITTERS & JUNTA. – Speakers TBA. and also…. “ANARCHIST INVASION with PUNK BANDS + FOOD NOT BOMBS IN TOMPKINS SQUARE PARK FOR MAYDAY!! This Sunday (April 29), from 1:00pm on. BE there!! [See SHOWS IN TOMPKINS SQUARE PARK for more]”
And there seemed to be an anarchist picnic going also in that park on this may day event day as well. And what else is there that I can say about these Tompkins Square Park concerts that has not already been said in Tompkins Square Park concerts time except that every picture tells a story as in those photos and video that finds themselves posted above. Have a great music, music and more music day.
–The place was martiallawville two thousand and one and everywhere I looked I saw people with guns standing on the corner in uniforms full of torture devices for if you stray from the norm they’ll stop you over here and they’ll stop you over there they’ll stop you anywhere and they won’t even care as they shake you down and throw you on the ground put their foot on you and then kick you around they’ll punch you and they’ll beat you till you’re almost dead I couldn’t take it no more and so I said No Police State. yeah, that’s right, no policy state. I screamed No Police State. No Police State.
And so, I left the street and then I went to the store but as I walked through the metal detector I could not get through because this man at the door in a uniform called security with a criminal record worser than you and me he took my bags and my belongings too and he said the words we are surveiling you with plain clothes spies and close circuit cameras inspection devices and ten way mirrors and so I started shopping from aisle to aisle but I could hear them all the while they murmured, they whispered and then they said come with us your time is at hand to be mocked, scourged, tried, tempted and afflicted and crucified and persecuted in this wilderness I said to them deliver me I did not do a thing they said I did and that was it and so I screamed No Police State. yeah, that’s right, no policy state I screamed No Police State. No Police State.
And so, I went home and I felt secure until the evil knocked at my door it was a legion of men it was an army and they called themselves the authority who were concerned for my safety so they said to me can we see some ID to use against you as you will see our king he owns the land and he even owns you so this is what we’re gonna do they trashed my place, they tore it upside down they took everything and then they threw it around then they wanted to put me under their care cause it looked like I could not take care of my affairs so I took no further thought for what I was gonna say cause they were gonna search and seize me anyway and so I screamed, No Police State yeah that’s right, no policy state I screamed No Police State. No Police State.
And so I found myself attempting to sing part of that above No Police State Song at another one of Chris Flash’s The Shadow and Iconicide’s 2016 Tompkins Square Riot Reunion concert in Tompkins Square Park the other day, which was actually about a week ago, as it was that concert time of year again. And it was mostly a punk rock concert with a few other speakers like Paul DeRienzo, Jerry Trudell, Warcry Priya and Father Patrick Moloney thrown in. And I vended those DecorForU #blacklivesmatter, #occupywallstreet, #berniesanders and #theshadow necklaces, magnets and key chains for $1 each alongside those The Shadow t shirts and other merchandise as well. And the Facebook event invite for that 2016 Tompkins Square Riot Reunion concert read something like:
TWENTY EIGHT YEARS AGO
The environment in NYC, and especially AlphaBet City and surrounding areas, was drastically different. The city had made it clear, its underclasses were to be disowned. Tent Cities had sprung up in local parks. Warehoused and abandoned buildings were siezed and turned into squats by neighborhood residents who had had enough with the empty myth of Upward Mobility and Trickledown Economics. People carved out livings for themselves, however spartan, to a degree and scope that today would be seen as unfathomable.
It was “necessary,” then, for the city to at once save face, and to punish such outright acts of autonomy. And so, after a “mini riot” staged by the NYPD in order to gauge public opinion, the full force of the Men in Blue was let loose on denizens of Tompkins Square Park, who had commited the unforgivable crime of having nowhere else to go, and, by default, on every human being found out past an arbitrary midnight curfew.
The tidal wave of subsequent complaints against the 9th Precinct, who had conscripted personnel from other precincts throughout the city, pale in comparison the the actual bloodshed of that long, hot night. Police on foot, on horseback, and in helicopters descended on the homeless, on visitors to the area, and on those who had just stepped out for some fresh air, Batons were swung, bones were broken, and many were bloodied by individuals who feared no reprisals for their actions, because their badges and identification had been blacked out. Imagine a sea of faceless blue berserkers, issued a simple order to use whatever force deemed necessary to cleanse the late night city streets, and you will only come close to the reality.
The Tompkins Square Park Police Riots were but one in a series of falling dominoes in a process of econimic and cultural whitewashing, which continues, in earnest, to this day. The shortsighted will say, what else is new; neighborhoods always change. But this change is far from organic. When an invading “culture” displaces the life’s blood of a formerly vibrant, inclusive and diverse community, it is nothing short of an act of War.
COME ON DOWN to Tompkins Square Park on August 6th and 7th, and shake hands with the ghosts of those who bled on these streets, and with those who STILL will not be moved.
PERFORMANCES BY
August 6: Saturday (2:00-7:00pm)
> Simon Chardet
> The Coffin Daggers:
> ISM
> Iconicide
> Nihilistics
August 7: Sunday (1:00-6:00pm)
> Jennifer Blowdryer Punk Soul
> Rockaway Bitch
> Love Pirates
> Sewage
> Hammerbrain
Brought to you by The SHADOW, Chris Iconicide, the undying spirit of Uncle Don Yippie and…. THOSE FUCKING ANARCHISTS!!
Information Is Strength. Knowledge Is Power. Housing Is A Human Right. Free The Land. Squat The World. And what, if anything does this have to do with a No Police State.
Hey again bloggers or whoever could be reading this blagh. And so this post happens to be about vending a DecorForU rain sale of #blacklivesmatter, #occupywallstreet, #berniesanders #nopolicestate and #theshadow necklaces, magnets and key chains @ Mayday Space @ MAY DAY CELEBRATION: block party, classes, film & community dinner for when singing that no police state song @ May Day PUNK Show at Tompkins Square gets rained out, cancelled or postponed. And as I had blaghed in that previous blog post about a May Day PUNK Show at Tompkins Square, there was supposed to be a May Day show at Tompkins Square Park in that city of New York yesterday. Well it got rained out and rescheduled for next weekend and I found myself vending those all things Bernie Sanders and more necklaces at May Day Space MAY DAY CELEBRATION: block party, classes, film & community dinner instead, as in those photos that find themselves posted above. And if I must blagher say, Mayday Space is this really cool space in Bushwick Brooklyn that has all things save the world events and more. And how those other May Day outdoor events in the New York City area faired in this May Day rain weather I am not sure, but in case you happen to be interested, this MAY DAY NYC 2016 WEEKEND ROUND-UP list may tell you below:
And so I just happen to have one of those 1st Annual FEVA, Federation of East Village Artists, HOWL! Festival of East Village Arts The HOWL! Souvenir Books lying around that I must have gotten from Tompkins Square Park years ago, that park that finds itself somewhat infamous for that 1988 Tompkins Square Park Riot that had squatters, the homeless and everyone in between running to and/or from the police that had something to do with a curfew in that park that finds itself in the Lower East Side now called the East Village for real estate marketing purposes maybe, in that city of New York. And so this souvenir book is really cool with its East Village culture of life and history in that neighborhood during those times. And along with that Long Live The Lower East Side poem that finds itself in this book, here is another one of the many poems and photos that finds themselves in this book also that I thought interesting to post on this blog. Free the land. Squat the world.
1966/2003
the Lower East Side/ the East Village ethnic neighborhood/style magnet Ukrainians, Poles, Puerto Ricans and Blacks/ -, -, – and – flocks of babushkas/clouds of green ringlets strung our junkies/tranced out tourists
burned out buildings/luxury ghetto shoebox apt $217 a month/shoebox apt. $2175 a month there goes the neighborhood/ there goes the planet obvious potheads/invisible alcoholics serious yippies/secret yuppies the Peace Eye Bookstore/Barnes and Noble pierogis/ raw food xerox magazines/online entities
“US out of Vietnam!”/”US out of Iraq!” age of innocence/age of experience embrace the beautiful stranger/embrace the ghostly clone acid dreams/health club mornings who was I then?/what am I now? (the view from the tarry roof goes on and on)
dancers in the streets/students in the dorms danger and mystery/crowding and noise Filmore East and the Dom/great choice of multiplexes Leshko’s/Leshko’s angel-headed hipsters/angel headed hipsters free love/free anytime minutes many little mom and pop stores/one big NYU
BUT STILL: the Lower East Side/ the East Village one and the same poets and painters and musicians/musicians and painters and poets free to be me/free to be you
FREE TO BE ME BEING YOU
-Michael Brownstein’s latest book is World on fire. Open City Books
No Police State Girl's blog is about everything No Police State and other random thoughts; music, art, fashion, lifestyle, technology, politics, the environment, saving the world and whatever else comes to mind.
No Police State Girl's blog is about everything No Police State and other random thoughts; music, art, fashion, lifestyle, technology, politics, the environment, saving the world and whatever else comes to mind.
