☕️ LONG READS

Spilling Ink at the Hotel Chelsea

Substack invited me to live-sketch a rare night with iconic writers, Mary Gaitskill and Tavi Gevinson.

Sep 9 •

Jason Chatfield

3 Hot Hours Stranded on New Jersey Transit with Livid Passengers

"I repeat: There are no trains goin' in or out of New York. We don't know when service will resume. We apologize for the inconvenience..."

Jul 7 •

Jason Chatfield

MAD Magazine Finally Gets the Curtain Call it Deserves

The Usual Gang of Idiots were Demigods in my Pantheon growing up; The exhibition at the Norman Rockwell Museum is a perfectly curated collection of…

Jun 25 •

Jason Chatfield

NYC Is 'Dead' Forever: Here's Why Not

There are no single "Why I'm leaving NYC" essays that have aged more poorly or well than those of James Altucher and Jerry Seinfeld, respectively.

May 30 •

Jason Chatfield

The Worst Haircut Of My Life

Sweeney Blob: A traumatic run-in with the "Professional barber" on East 3rd street

Apr 12 •

Jason Chatfield

8:09

A New York Burlesque Show, A Crotch Muppet, The Stripper Police & A Belarusian Prison Guard

A Tiger Queen and a sexagenarian stripper on a Ukulele- What more could you want from a Burlesque graduation show?

Mar 26 •

Jason Chatfield

A Botched Audition, a Hair-Dryer, and a hunt for Piña Colada mix.

Another idiotic day in my life in New York, circa 2017.

Mar 12 •

Jason Chatfield

The New Yorker's 98th Birthday Party

A recollection on the Eve of its 99th

Feb 20 •

Jason Chatfield

The Sounds and Sights of Hasbrouck Heights

A Journal Entry from a New Jersey road gig from 7 years ago

Feb 15 •

Jason Chatfield

A Night at the "Moulin Rouge" AKA: The Al Hirschfeld Theatre

The 1400-seat jewel outside of New York's Diamond District

Jan 31 •

Jason Chatfield

Is A.I. Art Killing the Live Cartooning Business?

Keeping ahead of the A.I. Art Generators that are gobbling up my bread and butter is getting a little bit silly.

Dec 21, 2023 •

Jason Chatfield

A Decade of Zen: 10 Unexpected Lessons from Daily Meditation

They say sitting is the new smoking. Unless you're meditating.

Nov 17, 2023 •

Jason Chatfield

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