tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post1742882810904102807..comments2023-08-10T05:24:20.775-04:00Comments on Razing the Bar: The Hotel Chelsea, Thomas Wolfe, and the End of RomanticismAndy Whitmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04010130934552315074noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post-75579520984217238452009-05-21T15:23:42.000-04:002009-05-21T15:23:42.000-04:00You should have stopped by. We could have introdu...You should have stopped by. We could have introduced you to Wolfe's ghost.<br />www.chelseahotelblog.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post-16609727623071600432009-05-04T14:09:00.000-04:002009-05-04T14:09:00.000-04:00Ray Bradbury wrote a story about a wealthy man in ...Ray Bradbury wrote a story about a wealthy man in the future who, convinced that Tom Wolfe was <I>the</I> man to write about space travel and the future, arranged for someone to go back in time, get Wolfe, cure him of the pneumonia that killed him, and bring him to the present day (the time in which the story was set) so that Wolfe could write about space travel and the future.<br /><br />After Wolfe had done so, he was reinfected and sent back to his own time to die.<br /><br />i've never read a word of Tom Wolfe, but the story managed to stick in my brain anyway.chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05741884274503080983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post-80179649786473165332009-05-03T19:14:00.000-04:002009-05-03T19:14:00.000-04:00Thanks for your kind words, David. And you're quit...Thanks for your kind words, David. And you're quite welcome. Your latest book is confirming some long-held views, and challenging some others. I can't ask for any more than that. I'm very thankful.Andy Whitmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04010130934552315074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post-62527294416558301902009-05-03T09:28:00.000-04:002009-05-03T09:28:00.000-04:00Dan bern captures adolescence and the Chelsea Hote...Dan bern captures adolescence and the Chelsea Hotel pretty well:<br /><br />http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/19764/04%20Chelsea%20Hotel.mp3Chris Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00340937803214472746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post-50798904722335668672009-05-02T08:45:00.000-04:002009-05-02T08:45:00.000-04:00very very rich, andy. you do indeed understand, pl...very very rich, andy. you do indeed understand, plumb, and even articulate (bearing witness to) "the fuss" over and over again. than you for doing so.<br />and thanks too for the generous and invigorating words a post or two below.<br />fondly,<br />jddjdaviddarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01439845582468769518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post-46488980712292146092009-05-02T08:36:00.000-04:002009-05-02T08:36:00.000-04:00Ha! I'd bet you're not the first person that's hap...Ha! I'd bet you're not the first person that's happened to, Grant. And sure, I can see why Jack was a fan. Jack and Tom are two of a kind -- hopelessly romantic, hopelessly incapable of self-editing, often great.Andy Whitmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04010130934552315074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post-75637292880008453152009-05-02T00:09:00.000-04:002009-05-02T00:09:00.000-04:00So a few years ago I mentioned I'd like some more ...So a few years ago I mentioned I'd like some more Tom Wolfe for Xmas. I ended up with a shelf of Thomas Wolfe instead...<br /><br />But it's a fine time to revisit one of Jack's favorite authors, even if he's not a white-suited man in full. Now that I've suffered a few bonfires of my vanities, he maybe the right stuff after all.Grant Wentzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04427439823909486617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post-48420307074707532502009-05-01T15:22:00.000-04:002009-05-01T15:22:00.000-04:00Wolfe's a favorite of mine. Got to give props to h...Wolfe's a favorite of mine. Got to give props to his editor, Maxwell Perkins, for having infinite paitence with the huge piles of manuscript he was given.Someone Saidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02503125756937634449noreply@blogger.com