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thereconstructionists: Few artists have done more to...

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:00:29 -0400

Few artists have done more to reconstruct the course of contemporary culture than Patti Smith (b. December 30 1946). Celebrated as the “Godmother of Punk,” her musical influence reverberates across acclaimed artists from Garbage to Morrissey to Madonna, and Michael Stipe famously cited her as the core inspiration for founding R.E.M. As a poet and visual artist, she has explored with lyrical poignancy issues of irrepressible urgency, ranging from foreign policy to mortality.

Among Smith’s greatest feats it the systematic demolition of the the perilous and artificial divide between “high” and “low” culture. In 1978, her song “Because the Night” from the groundbreaking album Horses reached #13 on the Billboard 100 chart; in 2010, her remarkable memoir Just Kids earned her the National Book Award. William Blake and Arthur Rimbaud have inspired much of her music, which has moved generations of hearts and bodies across dance floors and mosh pits. In 2005, she was named a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Minister of Culture; in 2006, she brought down the house at CBGB’s with an extraordinary 3½-hour masterpiece of a performance. The following year, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Allen Ginsberg once bought her a sandwich in the East Village after mistaking her for “a very pretty boy.”

In the decades between Horses (1975) and Banga (2012), Smith recorded nine other studio albums, delivered countless poetry readings, and authored a number of books, including the breathtaking The Coral Sea, which chronicles her grief over the loss of her onetime lover, lifelong friend, and comrade-in-artistic-arms Robert Mapplethorpe.

In Just Kids, which documents how Smith found her creative voice during her early life with Mapplethorpe when both were aspiring artists in New York City, she articulates the singular duality of her muse:

It’s the artist’s responsibility to balance mystical communication and the labor of creation.

Learn more: Just Kids | Wikipedia

thereconstructionists: Few artists have done more to...

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:13:36 -0400

thereconstructionists:

Few artists have done more to reconstruct the course of contemporary culture than Patti Smith (b. December 30 1946). Celebrated as the “Godmother of Punk,” her musical influence reverberates across acclaimed artists from Garbage to Morrissey to Madonna, and Michael Stipe famously cited her as the core inspiration for founding R.E.M. As a poet and visual artist, she has explored with lyrical poignancy issues of irrepressible urgency, ranging from foreign policy to mortality.

Among Smith’s greatest feats it the systematic demolition of the the perilous and artificial divide between “high” and “low” culture. In 1978, her song “Because the Night” from the groundbreaking album Horses reached #13 on the Billboard 100 chart; in 2010, her remarkable memoir Just Kids earned her the National Book Award. William Blake and Arthur Rimbaud have inspired much of her music, which has moved generations of hearts and bodies across dance floors and mosh pits. In 2005, she was named a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Minister of Culture; in 2006, she brought down the house at CBGB’s with an extraordinary 3½-hour masterpiece of a performance. The following year, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Allen Ginsberg once bought her a sandwich in the East Village after mistaking her for “a very pretty boy.”

In the decades between Horses (1975) and Banga (2012), Smith recorded nine other studio albums, delivered countless poetry readings, and authored a number of books, including the breathtaking The Coral Sea, which chronicles her grief over the loss of her onetime lover, lifelong friend, and comrade-in-artistic-arms Robert Mapplethorpe.

In Just Kids, which documents how Smith found her creative voice during her early life with Mapplethorpe when both were aspiring artists in New York City, she articulates the singular duality of her muse:

It’s the artist’s responsibility to balance mystical communication and the labor of creation.

Learn more: Just Kids | Wikipedia

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psychedelicway: “It’s like having keith Moon in the room. Only...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:21:17 -0400

psychedelicway:

“It’s like having keith Moon in the room. Only Safer” (Sony Higher-Fi)

psychedelicway: Alex Chilton

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:22:33 -0400

psychedelicway:

Alex Chilton

psychedelicway: Gun Club - Sex Beat Live necessary.

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 20:26:36 -0400

psychedelicway:

Gun Club - Sex Beat Live

necessary.

aquariumdrunkard: Trux shredded. me.

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 19:08:39 -0400

aquariumdrunkard:

Trux

shredded. me.

vintagegal: Seventeen-year-old Bianca Passarge of Hamburg...

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 19:07:40 -0400

vintagegal:

Seventeen-year-old Bianca Passarge of Hamburg dresses up as a cat and dances on wine bottles in June 1958. Her performance was based on a dream. She practiced for eight hours a day to do this. (x)

bygoneamericana: New York, 1950. By Erich Hartmann

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 19:03:49 -0400

bygoneamericana:

New York, 1950.

By Erich Hartmann

doomandgloomfromthetomb: Throwing Muses - WRIU 90.3 FM...

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:48:06 -0400

doomandgloomfromthetomb:

Throwing Muses - WRIU 90.3 FM (University of Rhode Island), January 26, 1985

Very early Muses via the Free Music Archive, recorded live on the Noise From Neville show.

freakybadmartymcfly: thegoddamazon: chazkeats: astickfigureill...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:56:54 -0400

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unsolnosilumina:

Holi, the Hindu festival of colour. (x)

This has to be the most beautiful celebration on the planet.

#yay #pictures of the ACTUAL FESTIVAL instead of pictures of a bunch of white kids acting like it’s an extension of warped tour

Here for them tags.

Also this festival looks like it would be fantastic…but hell on my eyes.

Michael/Maeby scene of my choice requested by [x]

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 21:34:05 -0400

Michael/Maeby scene of my choice requested by [x]

doomandgloomfromthetomb: “I’ll Feel A Whole Lot Better” - The...

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:17:42 -0400

doomandgloomfromthetomb:

“I’ll Feel A Whole Lot Better” - The Byrds, Hullabaloo, May 11, 1965

I wrote a bit about Gene Clark’s revelatory Here Tonight: The White Light Demos, just released on Omnivore Recordings, for Aquarium Drunkard. Short version is that it is fantastic. There’s a worrying dearth of primo Clark clips on YouTube, but this one is always worth your time — no matter how many times I’ve heard this song, it always feels like a blast of fresh air. Clark owns this performance, even with the go-go dancers doing their best to upstage him. Groovy.