Patti Smith

Patti Smith covers the Velvet Underground in Stockholm 1976 - sounds exciting, yes? Just wait till ya hear the record   Sorry - aaargh - it just doesn't work. I've tried 4 times to upload this track - on one occasion it got as far as 37% before it froze - every other time it wouldn't even start
This is just far too hit and miss for me - since the recent upgrade my visits here have become a miserable war of attrition with only the very occasional song actually upl... MORE

Patti Smith's Sundance Film festival Grand Jury "nominated documentary":http://mog.com/Mackenzie_P/blog_post/140601 will hit theaters this September. The film Patti Smith: Dream Of Life was filmed by acclaimed photographer Steven Sebring and traces Smith as a mother, poet, musician and artist.The film will screen early at New York City's at the Film Forum August 6th - 19th. In addition to the the film a companion book, also by director Sebring will be rleease in August... MORE

...I must admit, I have had seriously mixed feelings about whether to engage before and throughout the strike. Bottom line, I love MOG. Truly, madly, deeply. Among everything ’out there’ on the net, MOG is a treasure, a true gem. Much of this has to do with the wealth of fabulous contributors, many of whom have turned MOG into a fabulous platform that has introduced me to a variety of music, news, reviews, opinions and debate that I probably would not have found elsewh... MORE

Live version from "The Bridge School Concerts" recorded in 1996. The Bridge School was founded in 1987 on the belief that all children should have the opportunity to share knowledge, express feelings and be heard. Bridge offers a unique educational program for children with severe speech and physical impairments, emphasizing communication skills development in a curriculum based classroom setting.Students benefit from state-of-the-art assistive technology that allows the... MORE

Once again, there are too many albums coming out and the only way to keep up is a link roundup. Here's a short list of new album announcements from 'round the web: Patti Smith to release album with My Bloody ValentineBonnie “Prince” Billy releasing Lie Down in the Light in MayMetallica Consider 'Doing A Radiohead' Once Record Contract EndsCansei de Ser Sexy's second studio album Donkey is due for July releaseNew Alexander Tucker LP PortalNew solo album from Gonzales - S... MORE

Primary election day here in Penn's Woods. Go vote for the right candidate, my fellow Pennsylvanians! "The power to dream / to rule to wrestle the world from fools it's decreed the people rule it's decreed the people rule LISTEN I believe everything we dream can come to pass through our union we can turn the world around we can turn the earth's revolution" Can't access youtube from work to post the video, but, hey, you get the idea.

I'm listening to this while trying to say goodbye to my friend Morgan, may he rest in peace, may he return in joy one day.

1. Joan Baez, "There But for Fortune." For my money, the most beautiful-sounding record of her career. Phil Ochs wrote it. Baez' guitar work is enough to make you want to learn how to play the instrument just so you can try it for yourself. The video tosses in "500 Miles" as a bonus. 2. The Drifters, "Under the Boardwalk." Wikipedia has an interesting story about this one: "The song was set to be recorded on May 21, 1964, but the band's lead singer, Rudy Lewis, unexpected... MORE

Part poet, part activist, part mother, part painter, part singer ... all parts Patti Smith. The iconic New York avant-garde punk rocker is now the subject of a documentary film from aspiring director Steven Sebring. The 109 minute documentary, which bears the same title as her 1996 album Dream of Life, follows Smith intimately and shows her different passions overlapping each other to create the artist within her. The film premiered at this year's Sundance Film festival ... MORE

Heres a nice version of Patti doing the Jimi Hendrix classic. From the disc "Twelve"

I picture giant, three-dimensional scissors. I watch them cut cut cut.I see the effect my hair has on people.Sharply dressed, perfectly coiffed. My eyes.My fingers.I can tell when they don't want to discuss it, but feel they must. Over hair.Over eyes. Over fingers.The knowledge I accumulate makes me adult.It makes me adult because I feel adult.For the first time in my life, I feel sexy. I've looked sexy.I've mimicked sexy.I've memorized sexy.And now I am.I feel the future.... MORE