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Sunday In The Park 08.29.05
Been working all weekend at the East Village HOWL festival- a week long benefit to support the neighborhood's artists, musicians, writers who have sadly been replaced by dull uptown yuppies (that should've never left 63rd Street). It's quite shocking how rarely I venture north of 14th Street. The only reasons to head uptown are Barny Greengrass for the greatest Jewish lox + bagel breakfast in the entire world and Central Park, on occasion. As I passed out free copies of BUST and ran a raffle to support the Federation Of East Village Artists, I was approached by two juvenile delinquents- arrested for trespassing and beating up some guys in a bar. Punishment came in the form of three weeks community service- picking up trash in Tompkins Square Park. Now usually when I get approached with the typical "Aww... yoo soo beautiiiful baby, gimme yr digits," I smirk and walk away. But I must admit, their little pick-up act worked like a charm, and by 2 pm, Joey- 24, half black, half Puerto Rican, and Mike- 26, half Spanish, half Irish were workin' the BUST booth with me- selling raffle tickets, watching my stuff during tea breaks, and keeping me well entertained. Joey was asking for advice on how to cross into white girl territory. Mike kept insisting that I give younger boys a chance ("We have more energy! More stamina!")! So cute. They promised to be my bodyguards from now on- I can call on them whenever someone messes with me. How awesome! And even more awesome than that..... I'm DJing two back-to-back nites with Saint Etienne's Bob Stanley this labor day weekend. SMASHED BLOCKED! MISSHAPES Come out come out wherever you are! Sheila Posted by Sheila at 01:14 AM |
