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  • The Sounds of Bruno Wizard

    One of our newest neighbors here at the Chelsea has just launched a podcast series with an interview with rocker Bruno Wizard.  So in case you didn’t get enough of him when we published our blog interview–and seriously folks, who could get enough of Bruno–you can go here to listen to more.  Our media savvy…

  • CHELSEA FAÇADE GETS EVEN MORE CROWDED

                This is the week we’ve all been waiting for.  A new plaque will be added to the front of the Chelsea Hotel.  The place will be crawling with media since another star is being added to the Walk of Fame. The recipient is filmmaker Shirley Clarke.             Clarke,…

  • Nico Confirms She Is a Chelsea Girl

  • Imaginary Socialites vs Real Socialites

    So it’s come to this: An Imaginary Socialite and A Social Climber check into the hotel to pretend they are Andy Warhol and Nico shooting Chelsea Girls. Well, I’m sure it’s not the first time.  There is nothing new under the sun here at the Last Outpost of Bohemia.  We’re used to fashionistas slumming it,…

  • Hotel News You Can Use

    HOW TO set up a cash-money ISP at a hotel Here’s a neat way to make a buck at a hotel. Bring along your EVDO wireless broadband card, use a router to turn it into a local WiFi network, and set the SSID of the network to: "8bucks-a-day-wifi-$YOUR_PHONE_NUMBER_HERE." Other guests call you up and offer…

  • Another Chelsea Hotel Mystery

    Last week’s Hotel Chelsea mystery was so difficult it took a professional to solve it. Mystery writer Sparkle Hayter fingered Goodwillie’s character — who else could it be but the famous Chelsea Hat Man ghost! ( And, thank goodness the Lonelygirl mystery was solved.  Now can she just go away?)  Below is this week’s mystery.…

  • Linda Troeller Found A Snake and Her Husband At The Chelsea

    Art photographer Linda Troeller has lived at the Chelsea Hotel for 12 years.  The Chelsea and its quirky, creative residents have provided excellent subjects for Linda’s Hotel Chelsea: Inside Out project, which is garnering attention across the country and in Europe.  A film about Linda’s career as a photographer, much of it shot here at…

  • Plastic Fantastic Bohemia

    I can’t believe they didn’t consult us!  The NY Times comes out with a whole issue of their magazine about Bohemia, and there is no mention of the Chelsea.  And we are, after all, the Last Outpost of BohemiaTM.  There’s something rotten going on here.  The very first thing I noticed is that the issue…

  • Viral Insanity of Chelsea Claims Yet Another Victim.

    Willie Nelson – who never lived in the Chelsea as far as I know – is releasing a new album, titled Songbird.  The album is produced, however, by former Chelseaite Ryan Adams, and contains a song, “Blue Hotel,” which Ryan wrote for Willie. on Oct. 31st of this year.Ryan was our neighbor when we lived…

  • Change Your Lock Now!

    If you live in 531 you may want to change your lock.  A vintage version of the key to room 531 is for sell on e-bay. The bidding starts at 9.99.