Even More Music

Following more music on Saturday was even more music on Sunday!

Sunday's event was sponsored by The Shadow. This time, instead of building the stage at the time the show was supposed to begin, they started earlier!

I'm not sure how much earlier — the show was supposed to start at 1:00pm, and this is as far as they were at 12:41pm:

12:41pm.

I walked around the East Village a bit, and got back to the park an hour later, in time to see the first act (I'm not joking).

Introducing: Rebel:

Rebel.

Following Rebel were musicians and singers, collectively known as The Carvels:

The Carvels.

Check that out: twin Telecasters! and…

Check that out: matching shirt and guitar!

The next band was called DIYing Breed, who were immediately besieged by a group of aging paparazzi!

Aging paparazzi.

This show was unique in its complete absence of crusties! Instead, their place was occupied by this gang of bicyclists:

Gang of bicyclists.

Before they left, they all got together for a group picture:

Group picture.

No one danced at this show:

There's gonna be, no dancing.

All in all, it was very unusual!

#eastvillage #bicyclists #diyingbreed #musicians #paparazzi #punkrockshow #rebel #thecarvels #theshadow #tompkinssquarepark

Trash & Vaudeville Grand Re-Opening

It's back! After 19 excruciating days with nowhere to purchase 1970s-era punk-rock clothing in the East Village, the beloved Trash & Vaudeville is open for business at their new location on East 7th Street:

Trash & Vaudeville on East 7th Street.

I stopped by just before their announced re-opening time of 11:30 a.m., to see if a crowd was waiting outside, but there wasn't — East Villagers aren't out of bed at this hour!

The manager of the store was there, posing for the paparazzi:

Posing for the paparazzi.

Moments later, it was just another day in the East Village — it was as if they had always been there:

Just another day.

East Villagers had been hoping against hope that this new location would not have the treacherous stairs that the last location had, but to no avail. These stairs look to be potentially worse:

Potentially worse.

In closing, East Villagers didn't know it at the time, but when the beloved St. Mark's Bookshop moved from their location on the north side of St. Mark's Place, across the street to the south side, it was the beginning of the end for them.

Let's hope this move doesn't portend the same for Trash & Vaudeville — they don't even carry Sid Vicious t-shirts on their web site!

#eastvillage #7thstreet #paparazzi #stairs #trashvaudeville

P-P-P-Paparazzi

It's true, I was a paparazzo last night; it's not the first time, and living in the ever-cool East Village, it won't be the last!

But as you might expect, I was not the only one:

My fellow paparazzi.

These are serious fanzine paparazzi — you can tell by their lenses. Fans like their subjects removed from the environment. These pictures will be of her face, and maybe part of the door, but you won't see anything of East 7th Street.

East Village Today's pictures are not of Krysten Ritter, but of the East Village with Krysten Ritter!

That's why I don't make the big bucks!

#eastvillage #7thstreet #jessicajones #krystenritter #paparazzi #photographers