Turf war in midtown

This dude and I have had beef before, and I was trying to provoke him today, maybe I was on edge about TO (if you haven't heard he's fine). I say i was trying to provoke him, I was bored and not going to sell, so I did something different.

I say we have had beef before, I was pitching outside the Viacom building near the news stand on 45th and 7th. He busted in my pitch, that was at least still doable, and he tried to give away flowers then say in a very confident way, donation for the homeless.... burns my britches I tell you, so I saw him today, and approached some people today at about 1pm across the street from the afore mentioned Viacom building (confusing? we were in front of Toys R Us in Times Square)

He ran up past me to shove flowers in women's hands and then ask for a donation to the homeless. Maybe the fact that he uses flowers to guilt mone out of people i dunno, i feel like i try to be pretty honest and courteous in my pitches of others doing street promotions and this guy gets my goat... and so he rolls up past me and I start heckling as his game works on some suburban kids, in fact it probably drew some sympathy from the kids so he got his 2 dollars or whatever.

and they leave and he's yelling back about what respect is on this street and how I was not engaged in conversation and i get back with, "I was talking to them you didn't give a chance you just come crashing through as though this street belongs to you. It don't we on this block so look up when you walk and see us"

He busted out and I followed him east on 44th street to a parking garage that linked to 43rd and then all the way on 43rd to 6th av. Ireally didnt know where he would go or how long i could afford to follow him, but I was on this ride for a while and long enough to forge anaother confrontation. He would look back about every 30 strides and motion me on with his arm and yell something indistinguishable about the limits of my abilities. I let him get about 20yds ahead then kept up real quick and quiet to about 3ft so when he looked by i was there in his grill as we crossed 6th.

Just past the dollar hot dog cart by the Grace building I started
to walk away, but not before I informed him, "stay off the block"; then he laced, "and what you gonna do about it if i do, i been here 22 years when you get here?!?!?!" with multiple f-bombs and he thought I was gone I came back and got in his face again smiling mischevious. and we hollared at each other some more about respect and how he contiously disrepects us and he claimed to not this that and the other.

He walked south with more cussing and i grinned and thought about writing this later.

then i went and worked in inside of the vendor station getting water/soda and snacks for vendors.

Kanye West struggled to hold a half empty giants stadium of Rolling Stone fans. One old rocker/hippie that worked for us saidm, "I've never even heard of this Kain West"
same booking agent let kanye down a bit it think

those old men can play rock'n'roll big enough to fill that stadium just right. just loud enough and move the crowd and connect.

huge stage with seats in it and light and a train track thing that took them out into the audience for honkeytonk man.

I saw the deconstruction of said aparatus until 3:15 am.
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