Patti Smith in person! Very cool!
Patti Smith is very cool. She was so authentic. Some of her more profound revelations: She admired Sebald, especially his poem on "Nature", but she is not influenced by him. She says she is more influenced by Breton and his "Nagier" with the photos by Man Ray.
Alan Ginsberg helped her get back on her feet, as she was absent 1979-1995 due to loss of her husband. She toured with Bob Dylan and she chose "Dark Eyes" for her to sing. She always dresses in t shirt and dungarees, but they went out and bought her a dress...you can see the performance in a poor cell phone video on utube.
She and Lenny play a song for Pearlman who told her she should have a rock and roll band and who had a beautiful mind, who lives in Montreal. They are going to his memorial tomorrow. This man taught a course linking "Heavy Metal and Benjamin Britten."
She didn't like poetry readings; she thought they were boring so she added music to the readings.
She was seeing Sam Shephard at the time and he suggested she add music and so she had met in the neighborhood, Lenny, who played with her tonight...
One audience member asked her what she wanted on her grave as the discussion had presented, in her book her visits to various poets' and artists' graves and homes including Freda Kahlo and the grave of Sylvia Plath, and of Anne Sexton, whose birthday is today. That resonated with me. She said the question was all right as she has given this subject "thought" and she likes blue cornflowers. She doesn't want plastic flowers or coca cola cans. She thinks perhaps she needs to place stone sitting place for visitors.
I understand her feelings, but I want to be cremated.The book M TRAIN is really enjoyable so far, a poetic prose. She says her hours from 8:00-10:00 are now sacred for coffee and writing. It used to be 5:00-8:00 am...when her children were small...I could say more but want to publish this and share it.
Alan Ginsberg helped her get back on her feet, as she was absent 1979-1995 due to loss of her husband. She toured with Bob Dylan and she chose "Dark Eyes" for her to sing. She always dresses in t shirt and dungarees, but they went out and bought her a dress...you can see the performance in a poor cell phone video on utube.
She didn't like poetry readings; she thought they were boring so she added music to the readings.
She was seeing Sam Shephard at the time and he suggested she add music and so she had met in the neighborhood, Lenny, who played with her tonight...
One audience member asked her what she wanted on her grave as the discussion had presented, in her book her visits to various poets' and artists' graves and homes including Freda Kahlo and the grave of Sylvia Plath, and of Anne Sexton, whose birthday is today. That resonated with me. She said the question was all right as she has given this subject "thought" and she likes blue cornflowers. She doesn't want plastic flowers or coca cola cans. She thinks perhaps she needs to place stone sitting place for visitors.
I understand her feelings, but I want to be cremated.The book M TRAIN is really enjoyable so far, a poetic prose. She says her hours from 8:00-10:00 are now sacred for coffee and writing. It used to be 5:00-8:00 am...when her children were small...I could say more but want to publish this and share it.
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