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Another Casualty Of Rock Stars' New, Boring Lifestyles: Hotel Cleaning Crews' Billable Hours

Ah, partying "like a rock star." Immortalized forever by the likes of Van Halen's Lost Weekend and the Shop Boyz song of the same name, it involves a few key components: drinking expensive liquor, being around expensive "hot" ladies, and trashing rooms at hotels like the Chelsea, where Sid Vicious' ladyfriend Nancy Spungen spent her final hours. Or it used to, anyway! Because like so much else in the music industry, the concept of staying in a sweet suite is taking on a slightly unfamiliar shape in the 21st century, one that involves things like yoga, fancy mattresses, and kiddie pools. And those swimming holes are filled with water and meant for actual swimming by actual kids, not Jell-O wrestling. More »