Resident Bohemians
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Resident Bohemians: Steve Lewis, The Significant Other
The last installment of this series, which focused on the artists, writers and filmmakers in residence at the Chelsea Hotel, ends on a piece written by a man who has helped define New York’s nightlife and now designs some of the…
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Resident Bohemians: Gerald Busby, The Tender Hooligan
Gerald Busby’s music for ‘3 Women’ is so perfect I don’t know how to talk about it. – Robert Altman Several years ago, a friend recommended I rent Three Women, not because of my interest in Robert Altman, but because…
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Resident Bohemians: The Seer, Dee Dee Ramone
This week our series on the renowned artists, writers and musicians who have lived, or currently live, in the Hotel Chelsea continues. Today’s Resident Bohemian is legendary punk rock musician Dee Dee Ramone by Jess Sauer. -RJ In reality, Dee…
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Resident Bohemians: Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen
THE POET AND THE LADY OF THE CANYON In 1967, two young Canadian songwriters met at songwriter’s workshop at the Newport Folk Festival, and had a romance. They were both about to become very famous, thanks to Judy Collins, who…
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Resident Bohemians: The Nighthawk, Tom Waits
He was a restless person and this was the kind of rest restless people needed when they got restless.
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Resident Bohemians: The Firestarter, Edie Sedgwick
With today’s opening of the Armory Show in New York, and with the various art fairs concurrently being presented such as the Whitney Biennial and Armory Arts Week, the city is paying homage in all its corners to persons who…