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Bon Appetite Hipsters

The New York Observer brings us word of a tenant uprising in Soho.  What, no stink bombs?! These people down in Soho must be amateurs.  Wonder if there was something more than water in those buckets? Liver Seriously, though, we applaude anybody who has the guts to fight for their right to the peaceable enjoyment of their homes. We would advise them to watch out for underhanded tricks, however. 

One Observer commenter writes that back in the day, they used chicken livers to protest against noisy clubs in their neighborhood.

"When the first David Rabin / Will Regan club opened next to my loft 15 years ago, instead of dumping water, we tossed well aged chicken livers out of the night sky onto the howling line to get in (this after politely trying to get them to rein in their loud club). It worked.

Recipe – buy chicken livers. Leave in metal bowl on hot rooftop for 2 days. Wearing gloves, toss over the roof parapet. Feel a bit sorry for the patrons being showered by rotting flesh; then reflect upon your own months of sleeplessness / fruitless negotiation with slimy real estate lawyer who was only delaying. THEN perhaps the owners paid some heed. Though their current clubs are equally toxic."

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10 responses to “Bon Appetite Hipsters”

  1. Rather remain nameless Avatar
    Rather remain nameless

    Your take on hotel security is totally twisted! Security is there (one man) to protect an 11 story building from fire and any other criminal activity. Things will happen beyond his control (i.e Star Lounge) even in New York City with 30,000 Police Officers, crime still occurs. You should be ashamed of yourself!!!! These are men trying to make a decent living protecting people and as I read your blog, all you do is bash them!! Live and let live! As I see they treat you Ed with the utmost respect and even open the door for you and greet you when you arrive in the building. Lets take your frustrations out on someone else. By the way, Every building in NYC h as security after9/11. Its a fact of life. Maybe you should get to know these men instead of bashing hard working (rented!!! so deplorable a term) people. Have a great day. keep blogging just keep it in prespective.
    -A friend

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    Anonymous

    this is an excellent idea. someone should implement a noise for chicken livers exchange program with the star lounge so we can all get some sleep

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    Anonymous

    Couldn’t happen to a nicer crowd. Livers aawaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyy

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  4. Ferri Dust Avatar
    Ferri Dust

    Charles Ferri would just scoop that rotten liver paste off the sidewalk, pavement, awning & “Star Lounge” employees faces then bottle it, slap his name on a label and mass market it with the help of his girlfriend’s rapidly declining looks. Then who’ll be laughing?
    I know I will.

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    Anonymous

    Whilst Remaining Nameless, you could read up on the history of how these alleged “Security” guards came to be here in the Hotel the first place — a Hotel that has made it just fine all these years without them. Its all here on the blog. They are certainly not innocent victims of bashing

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  6. playalittleguitar Avatar
    playalittleguitar

    I’m going to keep that chicken liver tactic in mind.

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  7. NO NAME IN YOUR GAME Avatar
    NO NAME IN YOUR GAME

    HOW IS IT THAT STAR LOUNGE IS ‘BEYOND’ THE CONTROL OF SECURITY? IS STAR LOUNGE THEY NOT A TENANT OF THE HOTEL? IF A TENANT CAUSES A DISTURBANCE IS THAT NOT THE CONCERN OF SECURITY?
    FOR THE PERSON WHO ‘REMAINS NAMELESS’, THIS FARCICAL SECURITY HAS NO BUSINESS HERE BUT MONKEY BUSINESS. INDEED, ALL THE HISTORY OF THIS CHARADE IS RECORDED HERE IN THE BLOG’S ENTRIES. ITS JUST MINORITY SHAREHOLDER DAVID ELDER TRYING TO SHUT THE BARN DOOR AFTER THE HORSE HAS ESCAPED. ANOTHER LAME TACTIC. EARLIER THIS YEAR HE PAID ‘SECURITY’ TO ASSAULT A RENT STABILIZED RESIDENT, NOW HE WANTS TO PRETEND THERE’S SOME DIRE NEED FOR A SECURITY SQUAD WHEN THERE OBVIOUSLY ISN’T. WELL, OBVIOUS TO ANYONE WHO LIVES HERE.

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  8. For No Name Avatar
    For No Name

    Thats nonsense, No Name. The security Tilley hired should have been enough to stop the break in of a ground floor tenant. If not, why have them? Why pay them? They didn’t do their job, which mostly entails staying awake. They don’t know what they are doing and its an experiment that will end badly for somebody that much is pretty evident

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  9. You Said it Not Me Avatar
    You Said it Not Me

    You seem to be calling for the return of the Bards. Like you say, they signed the lease. If they were here they could manage the situation. While they were here the basement club wasn’t out of control. It’s out of control now that they are gone. What do you know about the lease?

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    Anonymous

    The Hotel Chelsea doesn’t have security we’ve got random overweight dudes in awful suits

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