Episode #269 | 4.07.26
Patti Smith: How True Crime Helped the "Godmother of Punk" Survive
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In this episode
The Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping, Helter Skelter, the .44 Caliber Killers, the crime and grime of 70s New York; Central Park, the Chelsea Hotel, 42nd St., rape, murder, and the influence of junkie poets, and thieving novelists, all of it compelled Patti Smith to create music “for the criminals”, and perhaps to also survive, when so many other artists did not.
Sources
VISIONS OF PATTI SMITH (Rolling STONE)
Introducing Rock N’ Rolls Lady Raunch: Patti Smith (Ocean Star)
Listen To An Awesome Patti Smith Smack The Rude Ted Nugent Live On The Radio From 1978 (wmmo.com)
45 YEARS AGO: WHY PATTI SMITH PUNCHED TED NUGENT ON LIVE RADIO (ultimateclassicrock.com)
MICHAEL STIPE TOLD TRUMP TO ‘SHUT UP’ AT A PATTI SMITH PERFORMANCE (rollingstone.com)
Credits
Hosted by Jake Brennan.
Written by Jake Brennan
Mixed by Matt Beaudoin.
DISGRACELAND theme song, “Crenshaw Space Boogie,” written and produced by Jake Brennan. Performed by Jake Brennan, Bryce Kanzer, Jay Cannava, and Evan Kenney. Mixed and engineered by Adam Taylor.
*illustrations by Avi Spivak @avispivak