Legends of the Chelsea Hotel : living with the artists and outlaws of New York's rebel mecca

Hamilton, Ed, 1968- author.

Book 2007

There is a current that courses through the old Chelsea Hotel, a psychic electricity the drives people relentlessly to create. It's an energy that longtime resident Ed Hamilton will tell you often drives inhabitants to madness. In a series of linked cyanide capsules, Legends of the Chelsea Hotel tells the odd, funny, and often tragic truth of the writers, artists, and musicians who have fallen prey to the Chelsea and slipped into eccentricity and...

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ISBN:

9781568583792

Description:

xix, 321 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-318)

Contents:

1995 : CULTURE SHOCK. Movado
Harry and the Zombie
The Swordsman
1996 : BOHEMIAN FLOPHOUSE. The Truth About Those Fancy Hotels
Indie Rockers Cash In : Ryan Adams at the Chelsea
Herman Melville at the Chelsea (or Close Anyway)
The Willie Nelson Christmas Album : Harry Smith at the Chelsea
How To Score a Pad at the Chelsea
1997 : BETHROOM HIJINKS. The Manatee : Hiroya, Part I
Nanny by Trade
The First Punch : Stormé DeLarverié at the Chelsea
The Revelatory Work
The Eighth Floor Bathroom : Herbert Huncke at the Chelsea
Vickie and Keanu
1998 : CRIME AND PUNISHMENT. Twilight of the Club Kids : Michael Alig at the Chelsea
Junkie Joe and the Europe of the Mind
Dietary Tips of the Homeless
Chelsea Death Cult : Sid Vicious at the Chelsea
Cowboy Doc
1999 : DECLINING FORTUNES. Run : Virgil Thompson at the Chelsea
The Gray Man of the Chelsea
The Paintah
How To Get Yourself Sent Away
Donuts Sandwiches : Jack Kerouac at the Chelsea
2000 : ECCENTRICS FAMOUS AND OBSCURE. Dee Dee's Challenge : Dee Dee Ramone at the Chelsea
The Easter Nest
Charles James' Drafting Table : Charles James at the Chelsea
The Transient Room,
The Long Black Hairs
2001 : HOLLYWOOD KNOCKS. Chelsea Sound Stage : Sean Penn at the Chelsea
Chelsea Barbershop
Two Thefts : Ethan Hawke at the Chelsea
New York Breakdown
Alchemy and the Depths of Human Experience : A Movie Star at the Chelsea
2002 : A DIFFERENT KIND OF CURRENCY. The Downtown Hipster : Hiroya, Part II
Three Chelsea Elevator Stories
A Second Chance
A Time To Every Purpose
The Whopper
No Change at the El Quijote
Chelsea Style : Arthur Miller at the Chelsea
Shirley and the Angel of 23rd Street
2003 : GHOSTS AND OTHER ABOMINATIONS. The Ultra-Famous Incredibly Chic Chelsea Hotel Bar
Another Satisfied Customer
Offenses Against God and Man in Serena's
Chelsea Séance : Thomas Wolfe at the Chelsea
The Bad Coffee
The Vortex of Psychosis
2004 : TRICKSTERS AND INADVERDENT PERFORMERS. The Stage
Disparate (Albeit Strangely Complementary) Reactions to the Hotel
All Hopped Up and Ready to Go
Eastern (European) Philosopher
Glass Houses
World of Dream : Hiroya, Part III
2005 : CON GAMES. The Transformative Power of Dirt
How to Paint Yourself into the Chelsea
Juanita's Baby
The Unfairness of It All : Movado, Part II
Dormitory of the Deranged
Expert Advice on Combating Terrorism
The Christmas Con : Ben Lucian Burman at the Chelsea
Two Tales of Urban Moxie
The Last of the Superstars : Edie Sedgwick and Rene Ricard at the Chelsea
2006 : CHELSEA REVENANTS. Something Like an Eternal Debate
The Lost Art of Angling
Thanksgiving Greetings from Montana
Stanley Bard's Long Lost Son
Ghosts and Legends : Hiroya's "De De" Paintings

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2007019399

Control Number:

3207190

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