A weekly newsletter exploring the untold stories of the artists, musicians, poets, and filmmakers who inhabited New York's 1960/70s golden age. Through the lens of Patti Smith's Just Kids.
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Patti Smith in Posters
Today I’m sharing a special preview of an upcoming exhibition at New York’s Howl! Happening on 6 East 1st Street in the East Village, just around the corner from the former location of CBGB. I’ve written before about my first visit to their...
Coney Island Baby
Ever since reading about Patti Smith’s visits to Coney Island in Just Kids, it has been a dream of mine to one day make that journey myself. Perhaps that fascination goes even further back, to my childhood, when my Dad’s love of all things...
Visualising Patti Smith's Just Kids
Those of you who read my notes and/or Instagram may have seen that I suddenly got quite ill last week and had to rush to my local hospital. Hence why I missed my scheduled post last Monday. In my delirium the workaholic in me wanted to fini...
Once upon a time in July 1976 when John Cale invited Patti Smith, Lou Reed, and David Byrne to come jam with him
What follows is one of my favourite 1970s New York stories. I’ve pieced this together from various sources, including personal accounts from fans, an interview with John Cale, two reviews by Lisa Robinson [a future Leather Saint], one of wh...
How I Met Patti Smith in New York City
On May 2nd, 2026, my path crossed with that of Patti Smith. The following is the story of how that transpired and what we spoke about
Back a week early for a special one-off story. This will be my first paywalled post and I say that with g...
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