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William S. Wilson has written several articles on Ray Johnson and is interested in hearing from people who knew Johnson or who have any archival material by or about him. (Photo: David Hockney’s Mother’s Potato Masher, Ray Johnson, 1970) Mr. Wilson is the son of artist May Wilson. Valerie Solanas stored the gun that she…
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Among the big movies that I won’t be seeing today is Casanova. Instead I’ll stay home and read a book which promises to be much more entertaining. "What Casanova Told Me," was written by former Hotel Chelsea resident Susan Swan. However, there appears to a Casanova Craze going on and Susan tells us why she…
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Stephen Creagh Uys tells us what it was like to stay here at the Hotel Chelsea back in the late 80s. He also shares a ghost story. What do you do?I am a novelist, my latest book is The Last Generation of Chainsmokers. It has been described as a cross between Catcher in the Rye…
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The Chelsea’s creative engery must also flow into the basement. Serena has a book, "Serena, Food and Stories." Well-known caterer Serena Bass’s “first book is a rare mixture of good food, great stories and truly unique style; just the right combination to make it a big hit with cookbook fans.” This book looks like not…
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Does this guy look familiar? Famous French philosopher Jean Baudrillard used to "always stay at the Chelsea," according to an interview in Rita Barros’ book "15 Years at the Chelsea." Baudrillard was in town recently to promote his new book, "The Conspiracy of Art." He was interviewed by Deborah Solomon for the New York Times…
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A blog reader was kind enough to send us this report of last night’s sold-out Patti Smith performance at BAM. She and her band performed her "Horses" album (for which she wore her usual white shirt, tie, black pants, boots), took an intermission, then did a second set. So the concert began with, "Jesus died…
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Archivists at Harvard’s Houghton Library recently discovered an unpublished short story in Gore Vidal’s archives. When they called Vidal to ask about the story he replied, "‘That doesn’t sound like my kind of material, that sounds like Tennessee Williams’s territory."’ As it turns out, Vidal was half-right. The story, which he eventually recalled having written,…
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And here I thought that this blog was the Chelsea’s foray into the digital world. According to a recent article in AdBUMb, "F’d Companies: Spectacular Dot-Com Flameouts," was written by Philip Kaplan while he stayed here at the Chelsea. F’d Companies started out as a website tracking dot com failures. This just goes to show…
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Former Hotel Chelsea resident Sparkle Hayter recently played host to Paris in the Chelsea, a party to celebrate the release of Jeremy Mercer’s book Time Was Soft There. A good time was had by all. One unexpected highlight of the party for a few Chelsea dwellers was the opportunity to check out the Hawke’s Nest…
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Bob Coulter’s earlier book, “Crazy Babe,” featured photographs taken at the Hotel Chelsea, but unfortunately we’re now too upscale (it’s the new management), so he shot his latest book, “Bad Girls Hotel,” at the Carlton Arms. I have to confess that I have something in common with Coulter. In the late1980’s, I also thought that…
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