As proprietors of the Chelsea Hotel blog, people call us from near and far with various odd requests related to the hotel. One woman was writing a book on Valerie Solanis and asked if we had any choice tidbits (we did), while some Japaneses documentarians wanted to know about an obscure recording that Harry Smith had made of Allen Ginsberg singing his folk songs (news to us!). Several Brits lately have been asking about Quinten Crisp. Most frequently it’s journalists asking for general info about the hotel, like the number of rooms, or else for details concerning the ongoing political situation (new manager soon). And everybody wants Stanley Bard’s phone number (don’t have it!)
But a voice messsage we received last night takes the cake: "Hi, I"m _______ and I need to get in touch with either Debbie or Ed. The front desk referred me to you because I have a pair of pants at the tailor next door that I need to pick up."
Why, not to fear, we’ve stored them neatly pressed, in our hall closet with the rest of the unclaimed clothing. Actually, the Balabanis closed their shop a couple of weeks ago due to rising rents, and moved back to Greece. Since I doubt they would have taken any sewing projects with them back to the Old World I fear that your pants, like the ardious rule of BD, have been consigned to the dustbin — or at least the sale rack of history.
So, no, we don’t know what happened to your pants, but if we ever find out, we’ll be sure to pass aong the information. Maybe you should ask David Elder as he’s the one who gave the Balabanis their walking papers.
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11 responses to “Pantsless Man At Wit’s End”
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Better ask Marlene
Elder probably isn’t the one to see about the missing slacks
We all know he doesn’t wear the pants around this placeLikeLike
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It’s a combination of links from other “high authority” sites, the number of times a word and or phrase appears on the page, the metadata of the post, and the length of the time the site has been online (counts toward authority). One word of caution if you try to trick the google bot (Black Hat SEO) they will remove your site from the google index. Currently, Legends is the # 1 google hit for Marlene Krauss. David Elder is more diffcult because of the actor who has the same name. It would be hard to rank higher than charlesferri.com, but not impossible.
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Frequency of posting also helps. If this blog posted about Charles Ferri and David Elder three times a day then it would rise in the google rankings, but not immediately. It takes a bit of time for google to index web sites.
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The domain name http://www.marlenekrauss.com has not been registered!
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it is now!
marlenekrauss.com coming soon!
bring back the bardsLikeLike
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neither is legendscafe.com
http://legendscafebar.com/
etc.
we could do a helluva spoof site
Buy em fast, before they do.LikeLike
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That dude’s name probably gets misspelled a lot. Snap up charlesferry.com and charlierferri.com
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marlenekrausssucks.com too!
Bring Back the BardsLikeLike
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This is wonderful. If you need any help with content, let me and The Ghosts know. The bloggers have my email address.
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Just wanted to say.
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let’s not piss off google then. probably the blog will come up in top hits just naturally, by posting normally about marlene krauss, david elder and charles ferri.
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