UPaul Colby wayengomnye weeklabhu zomculo ezinefuthe elalini.
(Ifoto: Isiphelo esimuncu)
Indoda ekhokele Ukuphela kweBitter ngamanye amaxesha ayo amnandi asweleke kwiveki ephelileyo.
UPaul Colby, owayephethe indawo yaseGreenwich Village ukusukela ngo-1974 kwaye waziwa njengesiqalo somsebenzi wamagcisa amaninzi kunye nabahlekisi, usweleke ngoLwesine ngezizathu zendalo. Wayeneminyaka engama-96 ubudala.
Isiphelo esibuhlungu sibhengeze ukubhubha kwesikhulu saso kwingxelo kwiwebhusayithi yayo .
Kwiminyaka yakhe engama-70 edityanisiweyo kwishishini, uPaul uchukumise iintliziyo zeemvumi ezininzi kunye nabaxhasi kwaye wanceda ukumilisela amakhondo emisebenzi emininzi kumzi mveliso womculo, satsho isitatimende. UPaul wayebukhali, enobukrelekrele kwaye onwabile de kube sekupheleni. UPaul akasoze alibaleke njengoko ilifa lakhe liza kuhlala kwisitalato iBleecker.
Isiphelo esibuhlungu sikwatsho ukuba sicwangcisa umsitho wesikhumbuzo, kodwa abadlali kunye nomhla awukabekwa.
I-Bitter End, eyindawo yokuqala yekofu, yasekwa ngo-1961 ngu-Fred Weintraub kwaye ibanga ukuba lelona donga lindala kunye ne-roll club eNew York City. Kwisixeko esigcwele amabali emidlalo edumileyo, ibango le-Bitter End ngokubhekisele kubudala linokubuza. Kodwa enkosi Mnu Colby, indawo yempembelelo kumculo ngokuqinisekileyo ayisiyiyo. 
Igama likaPaul Colby liphezulu kwi-awning ye-Bitter End. (Ifoto: Wally Gobetz / IFlickr )
Iklabhu idwelisa uBob Dylan, uStan Getz, uJames Taylor kunye noLady Gaga phakathi kwealumni ezahlukeneyo. Umnumzana Colby, owayephethe indawo iminyaka emithandathu phambi kokuba abe ngumnini, naye wabamba abahlekisi abahlonitshwayo njengoBill Cosby, uBilly Crystal kunye noWoody Allen, kwakude kudala ngaphambi kokuba babe ngamagama emizi. Udonga olubomvu lwezitena ngasemva kwesiteji esincinci se-Bitter End ngokukhawuleza laba luphawu lwetalente yaseNew York ngethemba lokuyenza ibe nkulu.
Ukuzimisela kukaMnu Colby kunye nabasebenzi bakhe ukubhukisha ezo zinto zahlukileyo kudlale indima ebaluleke kakhulu ekuchazeni umlinganiswa wendawo. UPatrick Dillett, umvelisi osekwe eNew York kunye nenjineli yesandi, uthumele ngeCawa ukuba uPaul Colby unike wonke umntu ithuba lokudlala phambi kwabaphulaphuli. Ayisoloko iyinto elungileyo, kodwa ububele bakhe abuyi kuphoswa.
Isixeko sanika i-Bitter End iwonga lomhlaba ngo-1992. Kwakuloo nyaka, umnini-mhlaba wazama ukugxotha uMnu Colby neqela lakhe, kodwa izibonelelo zenziwa nguPeter, uPaul, noMary, uKris Kristofferson, uGeorge Carlin nabanye basindisa indawo leyo.
Umnumzana Colby wazalelwa e-Philadelphia kwi-1917 kwaye kwesihlanu bafudukela kwi-Lower East Side nosapho. Wayefunda kwi-Textile High School ngoku ngaphambi kokuba asebenze emkhosini. Umnumzana Colby uqale wangena kwicandelo lomculo njengesixhobo seengoma, ebeka umculo ezandleni zezikhululo zikanomathotholo kunye neenkampani zokupapasha, kodwa umculo ophilayo ibiluthando lwenene kuye.
Ukuphela kweBitter ayisiyonto yesibini okanye yesithathu, uMnu Colby wabhala incwadi yakhe ka-2002 malunga neklabhu . Iyaphila njengoko ifika. Kum, ayikho enye indlela yokuphila ubomi.
