Patti Smith recently announced that she has a new record coming out, which will include a track with Television’s Tom Verlaine. I don’t know that I’d mention it otherwise, as I haven’t heard it yet, but, since its release happens to almost coincide with Easter, and as it gives me a reason to quote one […]
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“Jesus died for somebody’s sins, but not mine”… Happy Easter from Patti Smith
Posted in Art and Culture, Uncategorized Also tagged April Fool., Banga, Easter, Gloria, Grateful, horses, music, My Blakean Year, Patti Smith, Robert Mapplethorpe 13 Comments
Putting Arlo to sleep with Television, live at CBGB’s in 1974
This evening, while searching around the web for rare recordings by one of my all-time favorite bands – Television… in an attempt to ensure that my new son, like his sister, stays forever out of touch with his generation… I stumbled across the fact that Richard Lloyd leaves comments on YouTube. I’m not sure why […]
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged 1974, Arlo, CBGB, Hilly Kristal, Marquee Moon, New York City, New York Dolls, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk, punk, Richard Hell, Richard Lloyd 13 Comments
“punk wasn’t a musical style”
I’m waiting for Clementine to fall asleep, drinking a well-deserved beer, and skipping around the internet, looking for archival footage from the early days of CBGBs. And, in the process, I happened across this segment from the 1995 PBS documentary entitled Rock and Roll. I think I saw it when it was first broadcast, but […]
Posted in Art and Culture Also tagged Blondie, CBGB, Chris Franz, David Byrne, Debbie Harry, DIY, do it yourself, Hilly Kristal, Joey Ramone, Johnny Ramone, Patti Smith, punk, punk rock, Ramones, Rock and Roll, Talking Heads, television, Tina Wymouth 7 Comments