Tuesday, January 26, 2010

To Redeem the Earth From Fools

Took the Jeopardy online test again. I'm not confident.

Check this out.



She's someone I've always wanted to see live. I'd sit at her feet, touch the hem of her garment, anoint her feet in my hair, whatever it takes.

I'm reading her new book, Just Kids, a memoir of her friendship with Robert Mapplethope and it's as poetic, beautiful and mysterious as Bob Dylan's Chronicles.

In other news, the ban on Haggis is being lifted!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

You might enjoy complementing the book with watching the documentary "Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe." Patti Smith is interviewed in it about her relationship with the two of them.

Thanks for posting the clip!

Someone Said said...

What do you know! CML has a copy!