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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.

David S. Wills

David S. Wills is the founder and editor of Beatdom literary journal and the author of books about William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, and Hunter S. Thompson. His most recent book is a study of the 6 Gallery reading. He occasionally lectures and can most frequently be found writing on Substack.

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  • 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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