Neither more nor less

Sunday afternoon the 18th anniversary concert of the 1988 Tompkins Square Park riot was held in TSP with lots of people in attendance and lots of beer consummed . It was one hell-of -an- afternoon party . The perennial favorite "Leftover Krack" closed the party with a ceremonial burning of all the summonses for beer drinking issued by the police during the concert.

Friday night I met Jim and Jesse Jane at the "Village Pour House " for the partial opening of the bar/restaurant and the first public viewing of the first of a series of mosaics that he is creating for that establishment . Many that walked by the bar/restaurant and noticed the mosaic were compelled on seeing it to walk over to it and touch the mosaic 's surface . Though this first of the series is not quite finished it is already, in it's unfinished state, quite beautiful and compelling ,manifesting evidence of a thoroughly and masterfully developed mosaic technique. The " Village Pour House " is located at 3rd avenue and 11th street and will soon be fully open to the public .

I must commend the proprietors of the Village Pour House for their choice of Jim's mosaics as a major part of the establishment's ornament . I'm not certain about the total number and kind of mosaics that Jim has been commissioned to create but there will definitely be at least 3 more on the exterior of the bar/restaurant .I must also commend the proprietors for the general assistance ,good will and good quarters that they have afforded Jim and Jesse Jane for the last few weeks .

Once all my pictures were Black and White.

How many doors can there be in Stanley's world ?

On avenue A , at the window of Odessa Bar two very different groups sit drinking beer ,one group inside the bar drinking at a large round table and the other group sitting outside the bar drinking on the sidewalk , each manifesting it's own particular kind of attitude .

This little temple sitting in this park is protected ,cherished and maintained routinely by our community as though we care for it , with some of us even seemingly , perhaps , respecting it's creators intent . But today ,in this East Village community where the primary business of purveying Booze to the considerable visiting weekend masses enriches amply the taxman, the landlords and the community, this love and concern for this little temple might just be seen to be significantly hypocritical and , indeed , prove to be a cynic's delight .