Posted on 12/05/2017 1:08:41 PM PST by drewh
Patti Smiths long, slender fingers trembled just thinking about being a writer during the presidency of Donald Trump. I dont know how people are even able to contain themselves and contain their rage, Smith said, I always felt, even if I didnt agree with whomever was our president, I felt that I could still walk tall wherever I want. I still was myself. But theres something about this current administration where I feel tainted as a human being.
On Monday night at the Whitney Museum in Manhattan, Smith and Salman Rushdie commiserated about Trump and otherwise compared notes on everything from the writing process to their favorite painters. They were guests at the annual Chairmans Evening hosted by the MacDowell artist colony and were interviewed by Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and MacDowell chairman Michael Chabon. MacDowell has a long history of bringing artists together and previous Chairmans Evening pairings have included Martin Scorsese with Lin-Manuel Miranda and Stephen Sondheim with Paul Simon.
Both said that current events have made it harder for them to focus, but also more determined. Rushdie said the artists role was to create beauty and to move beyond Trump, at least in the writing process, because hes not interesting enough. Smith said she saw her job as keeping an eye on everything, in case we have to do something drastic politically, and otherwise maintain a well-rounded existence.
And I cant let this guy (Trump), and what theyre doing, keep me from my inalienable right to do my work, to have some kind of joy in life, she said.
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She lived with Robert Mapplethorpe, so yeah, she’s tainted.
Patti Smiths long, slender fingers trembled ...
I love how these complete losers look to blame Trump for their pathetic lives. I guess its easier than self-examination and working to make your own life better.
Isn’t that some Led Zeppelin guy?
she had one good song covered by Bruce Springsteen on MTV unplugged...
Patti Smith was a famous talent before Springsteen release his first record.
Fun to watch.
Although her drooling is unbecoming.
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I just remember she did a cameo on “The Revenge of Vera Gemini” from Blue Oyster Cult’s “Agents of Fortune” album.
“Pattis stage presence has always embraced the taint of it all. Just another lamb bleating with the herd.”
She’s still alive? I saw her at CBGB’s back in the early 70’s.
Man, that Keith Richards is finally looking REALLY bad...
If you saw Patti in recent years, you may have mistaken her for Phil Spector with a hair cut and darkened locks.
Patti was never one to worry about looking appealing in public.
“She” looks like Alice Cooper on a bad hair day
LOL.
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Thank you!
I like this song very much too!
http://listenonrepeat.com/?v=_50-gOeBilc#Patty_Smyth%2C_Scandal_-_Goodbye_To_You
Now I remember where I got my dancing style from... :)
Wow, look what Trump did to her appearance...poor slender thing!
At first glance I thought that picture was of Alan Rickman.
Wow! Would Laz. . . . Nah, I’m not even gonna ask.
I've been waiting for the heroin addicts to opine.
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