Johnny Ramone, Patti Smith and Jay-Z: Three of a kind
Each is the author of a new memoir, and each offers a distinctly New York story -- with varying degrees of success
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Gladwell, Franco, Patti Smith: These books changed me
The writer, actor and musician share what they're reading in illustrated form. An excerpt from "My Ideal Bookshelf"
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Stop mocking children’s choirs
They grant Bono humility and MC Hammer wisdom. Patti Smith and Neil Young use them. So why do rock purists scoff?
Thursday, Aug 2, 2012 12:00 AM UTC 10Entertainment Music, Patti Smith, Neil Young
Patti Smith wins National Book Award for nonfiction
The rocker's nonfiction win takes her by surprise, while Jaimy Gordon's "Lords of Misrule" is an upset in fiction
Thursday, Nov 18, 2010 1:33 PM UTC 10Entertainment National Book Awards
The last bohemian
Patti Smith's memoir of her youth with Robert Mapplethorpe testifies to a rare and ferocious innocence
Monday, Jan 11, 2010 2:01 AM UTC 30Entertainment Patti Smith, Memoirs
Jesus died for somebody’s sins … but not hers
A dazzling, dizzying documentary captures rock pioneer Patti Smith during her comeback years, surrounded by death and life.
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Real Life Rock Top 10
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Sharps & Flats
Patti Smith explodes on "Gung Ho," the best record since she returned to rock. Joni Mitchell, meanwhile, collapses under jazz pretense and a ravaged voice.
Thursday, Mar 23, 2000 5:00 PM UTCEntertainment Patti Smith, Music
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Caught between Patti and Patsy, between Dolly and the Dolls, Neko Case steamrolls your emotions, then whispers confessions you should probably never hear.
Thursday, Feb 24, 2000 5:00 PM UTCEntertainment Patti Smith, Music
People have the power
Patti Smith, David Byrne, Angelique Kidjo, Philip Glass and others throw a New Year's benefit party for Tibet.
Wednesday, Feb 9, 2000 5:00 PM UTCEntertainment Patti Smith
Patti Smith
A punk icon in jeans and leather jacket, she added ecstasy and spiritual exaltation to the poet-songwriter equation.
Tuesday, Nov 9, 1999 5:00 PM UTCEntertainment New York City, Easter
David Byrne at the Ear Inn
More talk about buildings and food and Big Suits and Brian Eno and Richard Avedon and Twyla Tharp and Patti Smith and ...
Thursday, Oct 14, 1999 4:00 PM UTCEntertainment Patti Smith
Musical Chairs
Jonathan Cohen reviews the 11th annual Tibet House Benefit concert at Carnegie Hall.
Thursday, Feb 25, 1999 9:44 AM UTCEntertainment Patti Smith, Music
Sharps & Flats
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Tuesday, Feb 23, 1999 8:00 PM UTCEntertainment Patti Smith, Music
Neighborhood Girl
David Bowman interviews Suzanne Vega, whose poems and lyircs were recently published in the volume 'The Passionate Eye'.
Wednesday, Feb 17, 1999 8:00 PM UTCEntertainment Patti Smith, Music
“Songs are for People”
Patti Smith talks about the people and the poetry in her new collection, 'Patti Smith Complete: Lyrics, Reflections & Notes for the Future'
Wednesday, Oct 21, 1998 7:00 PM UTCEntertainment Patti Smith
Rolling Stones, Elton John, Genesis
Sharps & Flats is a daily music review in Salon Magazine
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Wednesday, Nov 5, 1997 10:43 AM UTCEntertainment Patti Smith, Music
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