The Museum of the City Of New York just put out a compendium of the 400 most essential people in NYC's 400 year history. It's quite an inspiring list and one of the names on it is Patti Smith, someone I first met long before she had recorded anything. I was visiting NYC for the first time since having moved abroad in 1969 and she was living in a loft on 23rd Street with photographer Robert Ma...
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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 t...
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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
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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 th...
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She may be on the road, but that hasn't stopped Patti Smith from writing material for an album of original material she hopes to record soon.Smith is planning a tribute concert for her late husband, MC5 guitarist Fred "Sonic" Smith, on his birthday - Sept. 13 - in New York."It's time for me to make a record, "she told Billboard. ""I've been working on a lot of songs so I'd like to record again....
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This is a superb video for Patti Smith's cover of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit."Thanks to Glorious Noise (http://www.gloriousnoise.com) for hipping me to this. You folks are great!
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In the midst of her European tour, Patti Smith has added US dates in support of her recent release of Twelve. It kicks off in the states on July 31 in Philly. You can listen to "Gimme Shelter" on her music space page. Twelve features 12 covers of classics and hits, all done by Patti Smith. For more info about the album and Smith's band, including special guests like Italian cellist Giovanni...
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After surviving her induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and with a new album, Twelve, due on April 24, Patti Smith and her band will be hitting the road beginning April 18 with a single U.S. date at the Hiro Ballroom in New York before beginning an extensive European tour.Patti Smith Tour Dates:April 18; New York City; Hiro BallroomMay 10; Kendal, UK; Brewery Arts CentreMay 11; Ulver...
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"Philadelphia Book Festival":http://www.philadelphiabookfestival.org/index.htm21-22 April 2007Free Library of PhiladelphiaPatti Smith Patti Smith Complete 1975-2006: Lyrics, Reflections and Notes for the Future/ Auguries of Innocence (Ecco Press)Godmother of punk and recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Patti Smith returns to the Free Library to sing and recite poetry from her collecti...
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Sorry, boys, she's no longer available. According to the Detroit Free Press, Meg White is getting married. Who's the lucky guy? Turns out it's none other than Detroit rock royalty: Jackson Smith, son of Patti Smith and the MC5's...
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Living punk rock legend Patti Smith is offering fans a chance to see her perform for free in Los Angeles on August 16, according to NME.The event is part of the Santa Monica Pier's Twilight Dance series, which features a free, festival-style concert on the pier every Thursday night during the summer.A raffle at the show will benefit Heal The Bay, a charity dedicated to making Southern Californi...
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Photographs snapped by Patti Smith will be on display at the BALTIC Centre for Contemproary Art in Gateshead, England through June 28th. The display coincides with her concert today (May 23rd) at the city’s The Sage Gateshead. Smith, renowned for her feminist 70’s punk rock is an artist on all fronts. In addition to her music and photography she is a spoken word poet and the combination of her
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Patti Smith has written a song that focuses on a former Guantanamo Bay detainee that will be available on her website for download in the near future.The new song, "Without Chains," is about Murat Kurnaz, a German-born Turkish citizen who said he was kept under fluorescent lights for 24 hours at a time and beaten at the U.S. military detention center in southeast Cuba, according to an Associate...
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At a recent exhibition at the Gallery of Modern Art in Glasgow, Scotland, I was fortunate enough to catch a glimpse at Robert Mapplethorpe’s "Jim and Tom, Sausalito". This, Mapplethorpe’s...
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Tibet House Artistic DirectorPhilip Glass confirmed the appearances of Patti Smith and her daughter Jesse Smith , Vampire Weekend , and The National for The 19th Annual Tibet House Benefit Concert on February 3 at New York City's Carnegie Hall.For more information or to reserve tickets for the concert and reception call Tibet House U.S. at 212.807.0563.MP3: Patti Smith - Helpless (live at the The
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