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Patti Smith on Christ, Cobain and Robert Mapplethorpenew

Twenty years after the death of her friend and lover, photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, punk-rock pioneer Patti Smith has released Just Kids, her memoir of the couple's bohemian, hardly-fed days in late-'60s New York City.
Seattle Weekly  |  Chris Kornelis  |  01-25-2010  |  Profiles & Interviews

Q&A: Jay Farrar on Kerouac, 'Big Sur'new

Son Volt frontman Jay Farrar has been reading Jack Kerouac since he was a teenager. But writing the music and lyrics for the soundtrack to One Fast Move or I'm Gone, a documentary about Kerouac's semi-autobiographical novel Big Sur, provided plenty of firsts for the songwriter.
Seattle Weekly  |  Chris Kornelis  |  12-07-2009  |  Profiles & Interviews

Kenny G on Weezer, Barack Obama and 'Wayne's World'new

Kenneth Gorelick, the man who has moved more than 48 million records -- one of the most satirized men in pop culture -- recently gave us a call from Puerto Rico before a gig.
Seattle Weekly  |  Chris Kornelis  |  11-16-2009  |  Profiles & Interviews

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