The below is from a BBC documentary on the Hotel Chelsea, it includes footage of Andy Warhol (inexplicably wearing headphones) sharing a meal with William S Burroughs and Nico singing "Chelsea Girls". It was filmed inside the Chelsea Hotel in 1980, and the hotel's blog has more insight in the form of a letter from Joe Bidewell (who plays guitar in the background as Nico is singing) on what went down during filming: "Nico's performance......

A look at some noteworthy television this week: Family Guy (Sunday, 9:00 p.m., WNYW 5) Peter helps Bill Clinton fix a flat tire and wackiness ensues. Live at Five/News 4 You (Monday, 4:57 p.m./5:30 p.m., WNBC 4) The post Sue Simmons era of Live at Five begins Monday when David Ushery and Lynda Baquero anchor the 5p.m. newscast and Perri Peltz anchors the new features and consumer news based News 4 You at 5:30 p.m.......

LAist has so much fun this week! They go to E3, where they overhear the timeless remark "Man, this is where nerdy girls get laid." Is that a promise? They also give us this week's best CDs and make us realize that LA is the best place to use Zillow. Ah, Houstonist. They're biking to work, that is, if they can figure out how to get there. That's right, Mapquest says "Houston had the......

Forget hiring some young, enthusiastic fresh-faced college graduate - the new trend in hiring nannies seems to be looking for ones that speak Mandarin. The BBC reported that more families are looking for Chinese nannies who might be able to give their kids an edge in the future when China is expected to become an even bigger superpower. And two families were bidding over a nanny that the final salary rose to $70,000! If only......

As the Mayor, Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff and the NYC 2012 bid committee lick their wounds and the rest of the city breathes a sigh of relief, as after being dinged in the second round of Olympic voting for a 2012 site, the Mayor admits that the NYC bid "was a long shot," as the NY Times puts it. Mayor Bloomberg also called the bid "a unique opportunity" that helped NYC in many ways, from......

The BBC reports that Warburtons graciously asked 2,000 filmgoers what the cheesiest movie lines were, and their answers are this: 1. "I'm the king of the world!" - Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio) in Titanic 2. "Nobody puts Baby in the corner" - Johnny Castle (Patrick Swayze) in Dirty Dancing 3. "Is it still raining? I hadn't noticed." - Carrie (Andie MacDowell) while standing in a downpour in Four Weddings in a Funeral 4. "Ditto" -......

- Weather's effect on the 2004 butterfly census - Early July 4th weather predictions - Weather in Wired Magazine's Infoporn section - Walmart blames bad sales on the weather - The BBC's 30 year old weather art - How to set up your own XML weather feed - The US Postal Service and rain - Aerosols and the Hydrologic Cycle - Thermals--making flights bumpy and paragliders happy - Official BBQ thumbs-up for the 4th This......

Another sunny day! High of 84. Right now the humidity is around 61%, hopefully it'll stay low. Gothamist always finds herself wondering who is responsible for the design work that goes unnoticed. Who designed those large green interstate highway signs? Or any street sign for that matter? Who picked the MTA font (and more importantly, who's doing the copywriting...eesh)? The BBC has a very specific look and feel to the weather art they use in......

Mostly sunny again. High of 83. Gothamist hasn't really been keeping up with Wimbledon this year, though when she was a kid, she loved to settle in with a box of gingersnaps and waste away the whole afternoon watching Ivan Lendl get freaky. (That's not the only thing Snoop and I have in common, incidentally.) The annoying part about watching tennis on TV--and, admittedly, some people just can't stand it altogether--are the innumerable rain delays.......

Though Gothamist is a self-professed Anglophile who can often be seen fondling the Hob Nobs at Myers of Keswick, Gothamist admits to having totally missed the boat on Alistair Cooke. It must have been his long-running stint as host of Masterpiece Theater that shadowed his brilliant work for the BBC, the Letter From America. Cooke's recent passing, just a few weeks after he completed his final Letter, has bittersweetly brought his old work to new......

The BBC reports a Chinese business man wants to use our president's name for a line of diapers, explaining, "Back in my hometown in Henan Province, the pronunciation of 'Bushi' sounds exactly like 'not wet'." While it's unlikely his request will be approved, Gothamist is sure there are many people who'd like diapers with Bush's face on it, for their babies to crap on. It also got Gothamist thinking about other products branded with the......

Seems that Brit pop band, Blur, will be a part of space history as they have composed a song that will be played on a Britian space craft's mission to Mars. The BBC says "The track will act as a call sign that will be transmitted back to Earth once Beagle 2 is on the surface. The idea came from Blur's drummer Dave Rowntree and bassist Alex James who contacted scientist Colin Pillinger." Ah, Rowntree......

The BBC will be releasing a list of the top 100 books as chosen by the British public soon, so the Independent though they'd ask a few British notables what the worst books they've read are. Here are two interesting entries: Jonathan Meades: Author and broadcaster The Harry Potter books by JK Rowling I think they are absolute shit, just terrible, worse than Enid Blyton. I have discouraged my children from reading them. They are......