A new Coen brothers film celebrates Greenwich Village in its 60s heyday, but what's left of Dylan and Kerouac's New York? Karen McVeigh takes a cycle tour of the area
Five decades have passed since America's troubadours and beat poets flocked to Greenwich Village, filling its smoky late-night basement bars and coffee houses with folk songs and influencing some of the most recognisable musicians of the era.
A few landmarks of those bygone bohemian days – most recently portrayed in the Coen brothers' film Inside Llewyn Davis, out on 24 January – still exist. The inspiration for the movie's fictional anti-hero, Davis, was Brooklyn-born Dave Van Ronk, a real- life blues and folk singer with no small talent, who worked with performers such as Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan, but remained rooted in the village until he died in 2002, declining to leave it for any length of time and refusing to fly for many years.
Five decades have passed since America's troubadours and beat poets flocked to Greenwich Village, filling its smoky late-night basement bars and coffee houses with folk songs and influencing some of the most recognisable musicians of the era.
A few landmarks of those bygone bohemian days – most recently portrayed in the Coen brothers' film Inside Llewyn Davis, out on 24 January – still exist. The inspiration for the movie's fictional anti-hero, Davis, was Brooklyn-born Dave Van Ronk, a real- life blues and folk singer with no small talent, who worked with performers such as Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan, but remained rooted in the village until he died in 2002, declining to leave it for any length of time and refusing to fly for many years.
- 12/22/2013
- by Karen McVeigh
- The Guardian - Film News
Aoc, the stylish Mid-City small-plates restaurant with the killer wine list, moved a short drive west down Third Street in February to the one-time address of storied New Line-era industry hangout Orso. Opened by Suzanne Goin and Caroline Styne in 2002, it served as the wellspring for the city’s subsequent tapas trend. Their new space (8700 W. Third St.), opposite Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, recently had languished as Il Covo. Many blamed its owner, New York-based hospitality great Sean MacPherson (The Waverly Inn), for engendering bad juju from the start by chopping down the
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- 3/15/2013
- by Gary Baum
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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