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A recent story in the Canadian paper The Globe and Mail begins: "I’m sitting in the Chelsea hotel reading a book called Whore. I’ll admit this sounds cooler than “I’m sitting in a rather expensive Manhattan hotel reading one of the latest poetry collections from the University of Tampa Press.” But after a day of…
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The NY Art Book Fair takes place this weekend (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday). The Fair features contemporary art books, artists’ books, art periodicals, and ‘zines offered for sale by over 70 international publishers. Former Chelsea resident Stefan Brecht’s newly released book of photographs, 8th Avenue (onestar press) will be available at the fair. In his…
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I’M NOT THE GUY WHO SELLS WAR BONDS Each night, each morn I praise the day I was born without a knight’s backbone. Each night, each morn I mourn those who’re sworn to stay the course by the rivers of Babylon. Copyright George Chemeche, Oct.24, 06
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Writer James Tata stayed at the Hotel Chelsea earlier this year. On his blog he wrote, "The Chelsea, you see, is a residence hotel, and such places have their share of interesting people. Like the guy down the hall from my room sitting in a folding directors’ chair, wearing sunglasses…indoors. He gave off a vibe…
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If you like a good horror tale for the Halloween season, but you’re tired of the refried Steven King pabulum that was bland as hell even the first time around, then Cormac McCarthy’s The Road is the book for you. Most people wouldn’t even consider this a horror tale, and it’s…
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We always knew the Chelsea was filled with ghosts. There’s just too many frustrated artists roaming the halls for it to be otherwise, too many lost souls with unfinished business. But leave it to our Anonymous Hotel Chelsea Blogger # 3 to bring a medium to the hotel in order to provide the definitivie proof…
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Novelist Susan Swan visited the Chelsea last summer, staying in Thomas Wolfe’s old room (you remember Thomas: he wrote "You Can’t Go Home Again" in room 829). She considers Wolfe a literary father-figure, and, as you can see from the following story, her stay at the Chelsea was for her a profoundly spiritual experience.First Installment:Thomas…
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Tony Lioce is the arts and entertainment editor of the San Jose Mercury News. Before this he was an arts editor at the LA Times and a rock critic for the Providence (RI) Journal. In an exclusive interview, Tony reveals that the best thing to ever happen to him at the Chelsea was that his…
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I think somebody besides Edie burned his mind out on speed. The New York Post reports:”Warhol confidant Danny Fields reveals in the new book “Edie Factory Girl,” by Nat Finkelstein and David Dalton, how the singer visited the rail-thin starlet at the Chelsea Hotel in the mid’60s and was disturbed by the candles she’d bought at…
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In his memoir, SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA AT THE TIME, David Goodwillie describes a Chelsea character, but we can’t for the life of us figure out who it could be. Below is the excerpt. Any guesses as to who the cigar smoking man who walks into rooms with closed doors might be? Here he…
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