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  • TV Lobotomy

    Now that 3/4 of the Ramones are dead — including our beloved hotel-mate Dee Dee, who’s gone to the great shooting gallery in the sky — the band seems to be getting really good product placement.  In an upcoming episode of Entourage, the HBO show, the plot centers around a Ramones movie script that the…

  • More Rockers Rippin Up The Chelsea

    The Geezers (?) stopped by the Chelsea to jump up and down on the beds and bare their bottoms! What else is there for rockers to do once they make it to the Chelsea? Nail the furniture to the ceiling! Throw that TV out the window! Who says they don’t rule, you wanks!

  • Welcome to the Chelsea Hotel: Old, Crappy & Eerie

    There’s a review of the Chelsea on the tripadvisor site that really takes us to task.  “Chelsea Hotel: Old & Crappy” the review is called. The reviewer talks about the old furniture and speculates that Stanley’s purpose in retaining it is to give the place “the feel of when the stars stayed here.” I have…

  • Venturing Down The Chelsea Memory Hole

    Last week, there was a lot of discussion about AOL’s decision to release details about user’s web searches.  Despite efforts by AOL to remove the data, the database is still online. We decided to look into the AOL memory hole to see who was planning to visit the Chelsea.  We expected to find artists and…

  • All Tomorrow’s Parties: August 14 – 20, 2006

    MONDAYIf you really want to pick up an extra $200.00 FUSE’s hit show, PANTS OFF DANCE OFF is looking for sexy women (over 21 only) to dance and strip for this fun TV show in its second season.  They are shooting throughout the month in a midtown manhattan studio. (Your private parts will be blurred…

  • Patti Smith Reflects

    The great singer/songwriter and poet Patti Smith sent along her reflections on the month of August.  Patti lived in the Chelsea with the photographer Robert Mapplethorpe in the early 70s.  She returned to the Chelsea and lived her for a time in the late 90s as well. August 9 full moon. This is the day…

  • Maybe Now People Will Stop Saying We’re A Corporate Blog

    Recent posts about our illustrious proprietor Stanley Bard have generated a lot of controversy.  Three daily readers weigh in with differing views on the matter:    Something has recently struck me as somewhat unseemly, if not rather meanspirited. I’ve enjoyed     this blog from the time you all kicked it off, but in catching up…

  • Mary Ann Rose: The Chelsea Is A Living Museum

    The artist Mary Anne Rose views the Chelsea as a Living Museum.  Now there’s a suggestion: Stanley could establish a recommended donation for viewing the paintings in the lobby and make some extra cash.  Mary Anne and her husband, the late painter Herbert Gentry, embody the timeless bohemian spirit of Chelsea.What do you do? I…

  • THE MYSTERIOUS GODAWFUL STENCH

    The hall smelled like shit, night after night.  It was July, and the stench was ungodly.  The smell seemed to be coming from the trash bin, though sometimes it was more focused in other areas, like right in front of our door, inexplicably lingering there.  But we just attributed that to weird air currents in…

  • Schrager and Schnabel Build Hotel From Old Mushroom Crates

    The Gramercy Hotel used to be a place very similar to the Chelsea, down at the heels and full of bohemians and bohemian charm.  But then the developer Ian Schrager gutted it and threw the permanent residents out on the street.  Now it’s an art hotel for the rich and jaded.  Julian Schnabel, a sometime…