Thursday, June 14th
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Patti Smith, “Paint It Black” (aka “Paint It, Black”; M. Jagger, K. Richards), live, Manchester, England, 6/5/18 (The Stones were also in Manchester that night, playing a stadium show.)
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2018
Wednesday, June 13th
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Patti Smith, “Beds Are Burning,” live, Dublin, 6/6/18
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What she was covering.
Midnight Oil, live, 2009
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this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2017
Friday, January 13th
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Patti Smith, “Peaceable Kingdom,” “People Have the Power” (with Michael Stipe), live, New York, 12/5/16
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Another take.
Live (“People Have the Power,” with Michael Stipe), Chicago, 12/30/16
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other day, New York
2017
Monday, January 9th
Perhaps even more striking than his self-absorbed failure to acknowledge the award in a meaningful way was her generous-spirited performance, in Stockholm, of his song.
Patti Smith, “A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall” (B. Dylan), live, Stockholm, 12/10/16
(Taking a break—back in a while.)
2015
Friday, July 24th
only rock ‘n’ roll
Patti Smith, live, England (Glastonbury Festival), 6/28/15
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Robert Frank (1924-), from The Lines of My Hand (1972)
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I have no Life but this
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), #1432 (Franklin)
2010
Friday, 11/19/10
If you have any doubts about the transformative powers of music, watch this. I’ve spent more hours than I could count in prisons, state and federal, in Illinois and Ohio and Wisconsin, meeting with clients. Never have I seen folks so relaxed.
Johnny Cash, live, San Quentin, 1969
“I Walk the Line”
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“Folsom Prison Blues”
Vodpod videos no longer available.***
“Orange Blossom Special”
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“Jackson” (with June Carter Cash)
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There is nothing in our material world more beautiful than the book.
—Patti Smith (after winning this year’s National Book Award for nonfiction for her memoir Just Kids)
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