I was thumbing through a months old copy of the NY Times Magazine in a doctor's office this morning and happened upon Sara Stolfa's project titled The Regulars which documents the patrons of McGlinchey's tavern in Philadelphia (where she worked as a bartender). It's a fascinating study in loneliness.
Stolfa was also in the band The Delta 72 (now defunct). She played organ. How cool is that?
Related: NY Times Article
Comments:
There was a documentary done called Terminal Bar
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0344437/
What was great about this, was that the bartender pointed his Spotmatic at the regulars over a 10+year time frame and really showed the change in clientele.
Plus, there are some great portraits in it.
Here's the URL for the NYTimes piece:
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9905EEDC1E31F930A25755C0A9629C8B63&sec=&spon=&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
Your NYTimes link points back to HE
RIP Delta 72.