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Happy Hookernew
New York City post-punk heroine Shilpa Ray manages to find new cures for the shopgirl blues
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
03-31-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Dreams of Life and Death: Looking Back with Patti Smithnew
Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe were barely 20 when they met, a couple of androgynous hippies newly arrived in New York City to live among the bohos and Beats, the Factory divas and "extravagant bums" swirling around the boroughs, the Bowery and the Chelsea.
L.A. Weekly |
Steve Appleford |
02-19-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
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
Patti Smith Gets the Documentary She Deservesnew
With Dream of Life, director (and Smith superfan) Steven Sebring has assembled a strange and beautiful tribute to Smith, equal parts biography, music video, and love letter.
The Portland Mercury |
Alison Hallett |
10-31-2008 |
Reviews
Looking Back at a Rock-and-roller Like Patti Smith is Hard to Donew
I've liked Patti Smith ever since Detroit's legendary Creem magazine published her definition of rock and roll in the poem "We Don’t Look Back!" So it's weird to see a looking-back film like Dream of Life, even though it is distinguished by documenting her constant effort to keep moving forward.
New York Press |
Armond White |
08-07-2008 |
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Patti Smith on Everythingnew
Protean punk poetess Smith offers
answers on late-'70s New York and
domesticity in Detroit, covering Kurt Cobain and the looming post-Bush clean-up job.
Montreal Mirror |
Chris Barry |
10-01-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Patti Smith, Twelve
Patti Smith's Revolutionsnew
The singer, writer, artist, and muse on a life of invention.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Steve Appleford |
07-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Patti Smith
Punk Godmothernew
Patti Smith only bats .500 on Twelve -- but those six successful songs will wow you.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
06-07-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Patti Smith, Twelve
Delayed Rite, Done Rightnew
Patti Smith finally gets around to covering her faves.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
05-22-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Patti Smith, Twelve
Not Groundbreaking, but a Reminder of Her Potencynew
Smith the fan and Smith the artist aren't always reconciled, but even when they are, Twelve starts arguments.
Shepherd Express |
Jon Gilbertson |
05-04-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Patti Smith, Twelve
Remain the Same, or Reinventnew
Most artists survive by reinventing themselves. But rock star Patti Smith, like God and Edith Piaf, is eternal. Also reviewed is "Uh Huh Her" by PJ Harvey, who is in some ways Smith's heir and in others her opposite.
Illinois Times |
René Spencer Saller |
07-02-2004 |
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