Patti Smith at St Giles-in-the-fields

1 In my Blakian years
2 Dancing barefoot
3 Wing
4 Paths that cross (for Mapplethorpe in his grief)
5 Ghost Dance
6 Helpless
After Nature (Sebald)
7 Wild leaves (for Mapplethorpe in his illness)
8 Pissing in the River
9 Because the night
10 People have the power (encore)

Readings from Just Kids

Jesse Smith (piano)
Michael Campbell (percussion)
red haired fella (harp/violin)

27 Jan 2011

Patti Smith at Ornette Coleman's Meltdown

at Festival Hall (with Seth B)

Piss Factory
Wild Leaves Are Falling
Nine (new song)
In my Blakian years
***
Pissing in the River **
Ghost Dance ***

Adrian Utley and Geoff Barrow of Portishead
Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Jesse Smith (daughter)
group of North African musicians in emerald garb
The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra
Ornette Coleman

Previous Patti Smith gigs I've been to:
* Union Chapel (with Sue M) ***
* Brixton Academy (with Una)
* Festival Hall [Kevin Shields - The Coral Sea] (with Una)
* Roundhouse [Twelve] (with Roddy G) ***
* St Luke's [Phillip Glass] (with Seth B) - when I met Patti and talked to her about Rimbaud

Patti cake - today's Happiness Experiment entry

Having a conversation with Patti Smith about Rimbaud in London (whose birthday it is tommorow) - after her performance with Philip Glass and Lenny Kaye at St Lukes, Old Street in honour of Allen Ginsberg



Having a quick chat with Paul Morley about Joy Division and Control in said church



Lunch with Will Gompertz at the Tate Britain restaurant with a quick tour of the Millais exhibition for dessert

Track of the Day

Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit as covered by Patti Smith on her new record Twelve - bass and banjo stylee

A mulatto
An albino
A mosquito
My libido

Patti Smith on the New Year

"I always think of the Jimi Hendrix line 'Hooray I wake from yesterday'. Just being alive is a gift. We can build on that thought every day."