Chelsea Girls

The Guardian applauds Patti Smith's Meltdown festival which ended with: "...Smith's extraordinary reading of Burroughs's moving, retrospective introduction to Queer; she ends up on her knees, bellowing disjointed phrases, punishing the clarinet. Spaced-out, almost shamanistic intensity. Burroughs would have approved. And just what Meltdowns are meant for..." 

Sally Singer plays herself in Douglas Keeve's new film Seamless, which follows the lives of three young fashion designers trying to impress Sally and other industry super stars with their design know-how. 

The Green Bay Press Gazette recommends "Wacky Chicks: Life Lessons from Fearlessly Inappropriate and Fabulously Eccentric Women" for your summer reading list.  The book features two Chelsea girls: Warhol muse Brigid Berlin and nightlife queen Suzanne Barsch.   It's worth looking inside the book just to read author Simon Doonan's description of Suzanne's Chelsea apartment.