Patti Smith at the Herbert Huncke Birthday Celebration, 2009

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Patti Smith at the Herbert Huncke Birthday Celebration, 2009

Patti Smith performs at the Herbert Huncke Birthday Celebration, January 9, 2009 at Bowery Electric. Video by Laki Vazakas.

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David S. Wills

David S. Wills is the founder and editor of Beatdom literary journal and the author of Scientologist! William S. Burroughs and the Weird Cult, World Citizen: Allen Ginsberg as Traveller, and High White Notes: The Rise and Fall of Gonzo Journalism.

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Sean H on May 11, 2023 at 9:37 pm

sigh….man, is that guitar playing?…jaysus, Patti, come on….fekking decades and that’s it?….oh but it is only the words that count?….not really….we can all epiphany like that….maybe Bono would be fascinated, though, lol…

she must have been a cool younger woman, though, before someone told her she was a raconteur or whatever, before she started believing all those bed whispers of all the horndog stars…loved Horses…
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