![]() ![]() At the time, I was delivering pizza in Milledgeville, Georgia, and the hospital where he’d breathed his last was part of my route. I also enjoyed knowing what they didn’t: that he’d passed away in the late ‘50s. I found it terribly amusing that they’d put out an album without knowing if the artist was dead or not. In it, that gave a brief biography of McTell, then noted that they weren’t really sure, but it “seemed likely” that he was now dead. ![]() Twenty years or so ago, I bought a Blind Willie McTell CD that reproduced the liner notes from a vinyl edition that had come out in the ‘60s or ‘70s. And the same is true for me, even though I wasn’t there in ‘62 or ‘74 at all. Maybe it always did when American Graffiti came out plenty of critics noted that 1962 seemed like far, far longer than twelve years ago. It seems as though ’63 was a whole lot further in the past. It’s strange, but finding a Dylan setlist from a long-lost gig in 1963 seems like it would be infinitely harder than finding one from, say, 1974. Adam’s popped up here a couple times, writing about shows in 1984, 1999, and 2001, but today he goes way further back to explore a forgotten 1963 Gaslight Café show he found buried in the Village Voice archives. ![]() Today’s newsletter is a guest entry from Adam Selzer. Famous poets like Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Gregory Corso and Bob Kaufman all read for audiences at The Gaslight Café during their heydays.Town Hall 1963, shortly after when Dylan might have popped up at the Gaslight The Bedford + Bowery article reported, "Throughout the 1920s and ‘30s, the cellar had served as a speakeasy for a mostly gay and literary clientele, frequented by the notorious Jazz Age poet Maxwell Bodenheim, among others." Later down the line, in 1957, a man named John Mitchell saw potential for the location to become an underground bohemian cafe, focusing on poetry, art and all things creative. Located on MacDougal street in Greenwich, per Bedford + Bowery, the club was an underground cafe that previously had been used during the prohibition era. During its time as a functioning club, though, it was a pretty legendary spot in Manhattan. The Gaslight Café actually existed but closed its doors in 1971, per a Facebook page chronicling its history. Maisel bravely performs in The Marvelous Mrs. Unfortunately, if fans would like to visit the club where Mrs. This ends up being the start of her stand-up journey at The Gaslight. Throughout the series it is clear that she was the one who had the comedy chops from the very beginning. But, this seemingly tragic turn of events actually leads to Miriam taking the stage at The Gaslight to drunkenly spew her tales of woe, which turn out to be a huge hit with the comedy crowd. Unfortunately, ungrateful Joel turns out to be a cheating man-child. Miriam is the classic '50s housewife in the sense that she keeps herself looking like an extra from Pleasantville, cooks the meals, takes care of two kids, and keeps the house all while making sure Joel's comedy sets are correctly scheduled. When the series begins, she is married to a guy named Joel who is a comedian by night at the famous, and just recently opened in 1958, Gaslight Café. Maisel, Miriam "Midge" Maisel, played by Rachel Brosnahan, is essentially the 1950s version of Lorelai Gilmore when it comes to being a witty, fast-talking, icon of a character. Well, you will be happy to hear that it really was a happening Manhattan spot. Her sets are performed at a venue that reeks of '50s style, so viewers will surely be wondering whether The Gaslight Café from Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, is set in Manhattan in 1958 and follows a woman who has been left by her unfaithful husband, but uses this newfound freedom to accidentally carve out her own career in stand-up comedy. One of Amazon's newest series comes from Amy Sherman-Palladino, who also created a little show called Gilmore Girls. ![]()
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