Please talk to us for hours about nothin’! Patti, you always make us smile. Thank you for being the true definition of “a worker” and for sharing your work with us.
something about Mexico... One of the great coincidental finds of my life was the night I rented
from the video store (in the days of VHS) Under the Volcano, Malcolm Crowley's starring Albert Finney and.... a film entitled The Wrong Man with John Lithgow and Rosanna Arquette (Ayiyiyi!) it must have gone straight to DVD and they buried it but what a great double feature into the Dark Side of Mexico .. Gringo's beware..
Miss Smith, I was so glad to see you are on Substack. This where normally I would say “We’ve never met, but ….”. Except we have :)
One afternoon in about 1999 or 2000, thereabouts. I got into the elevator in the building where I worked, about W. 74th Street, upper West Side. There was a dance school and the Aufbau newspaper had its offices in the building.
A little elevator. I get in and there’s one person, a lady. I say “Do people ever tell you that you look like Patti Smith?” The lady answers “I am Patti Smith.” Major highlight for me, in fact stands far and away above all my “celebrity” sightings in Manhattan. I’ve always loved your music. I also saw you backstage at a Nader campaign event (2000 election) in Cooper Union, I think it was. Must have been loitering in the same constellation orbit as you at the time.
And the cherry on top, I was born and raised in Rockaway Beach :) St. Camillus School from kindergarten until 8th grade (1969). I was delighted to learn you’d moved to Rockaway. Been gone for many many years. It’s a special place. Cannot put my finger on exactly why. But it is. God bless!
“The right book at the right time may mean more in a person’s life than anything else.” —From the book titled Ex Libris compiled by Christopher Morley and printed as a souvenir of the First National Book Fair in November 1936—a festival sponsored by the New York Times and the National Association of Book Publishers. This is a quote from Lee Shipley in the Los Angeles Times.
Patti is partial to foxes 🧡🦊🧡
OMG that little burp.🙃
Born in the south, grew up in the northeast, then collegebound midwest,
I , a Jewish woman, also fell in love with Flannery O 'Connor! For reasons similar to yours, Carman.
💫 Indeed, Hope is a lifeline for us all -and bound together- our hope reaches out of this world... 🕊💜🕊
We wait for your books Patti! XO
I saw "Queer" yesterday and thoroughly enjoyed it--especially the drug sequence where the two men appear to be merging into each other.
Who wrote Betsy’s Book?
Please talk to us for hours about nothin’! Patti, you always make us smile. Thank you for being the true definition of “a worker” and for sharing your work with us.
Hey Patti , I’ll listen to anything you have to say . As for the beautiful sights of nature it’s so awesome to see . Love you as always ! ✌🏼🖤
We need a Patti Smith NPR Tiny Desk Concert!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Gosh, you remind me of my wife SO much
Ginger clove tea sounds wonderful.
The Band Icarus Line
The singer wasn't Iggy,
Wasn't Anthony Kiefis.
This singer was Lenny Kaye
With no shirt,
No guitar
something about Mexico... One of the great coincidental finds of my life was the night I rented
from the video store (in the days of VHS) Under the Volcano, Malcolm Crowley's starring Albert Finney and.... a film entitled The Wrong Man with John Lithgow and Rosanna Arquette (Ayiyiyi!) it must have gone straight to DVD and they buried it but what a great double feature into the Dark Side of Mexico .. Gringo's beware..
Miss Smith, I was so glad to see you are on Substack. This where normally I would say “We’ve never met, but ….”. Except we have :)
One afternoon in about 1999 or 2000, thereabouts. I got into the elevator in the building where I worked, about W. 74th Street, upper West Side. There was a dance school and the Aufbau newspaper had its offices in the building.
A little elevator. I get in and there’s one person, a lady. I say “Do people ever tell you that you look like Patti Smith?” The lady answers “I am Patti Smith.” Major highlight for me, in fact stands far and away above all my “celebrity” sightings in Manhattan. I’ve always loved your music. I also saw you backstage at a Nader campaign event (2000 election) in Cooper Union, I think it was. Must have been loitering in the same constellation orbit as you at the time.
And the cherry on top, I was born and raised in Rockaway Beach :) St. Camillus School from kindergarten until 8th grade (1969). I was delighted to learn you’d moved to Rockaway. Been gone for many many years. It’s a special place. Cannot put my finger on exactly why. But it is. God bless!
“The right book at the right time may mean more in a person’s life than anything else.” —From the book titled Ex Libris compiled by Christopher Morley and printed as a souvenir of the First National Book Fair in November 1936—a festival sponsored by the New York Times and the National Association of Book Publishers. This is a quote from Lee Shipley in the Los Angeles Times.
Hey ma