Patti Smith’s year end tradition of playing NYC shows to celebrate her birthday (her 68th in this case) along with the new year keeps getting better. Her friend Michael Stipe opened the show in, a couple of one-offs aside, his solo debut! I spoke with Patti in an expansive interview HERE in 2012 on the day her last album Banga came out.
A confession: I typically do not enjoy either memoirs by or biographies about musicians. I read a lot of them – and […]
2014 holiday season gift ideas include plenty of memoirs & biographies to read and documentaries & performances to watch…
Yesterday I participated in the final broadcast of The Alternate Side radio station. It was emotional! After Russ Boris, Alisa Ali and […]
Two CDs that I have been putting in the player a lot this year are The Liberty of Norton Folgate by Madness […]
