reunion with, 43
separation from, 74
Television and, 89
Marcus, Griel, 123
“Marianne Faithfull,” 162
Marley, Bob, 94
“Marquee Moon,” 106, 247
Marquee Moon (Television), 88, 165
Marsh, Dave, 141–142
“Mary Jane,” 66
Max, Glenn, 242
Max’s Kansas City, 34–35, 45, 50, 51, 52, 55, 74, 81–82, 86, 93–95, 105–106, 179
MC5, 129–130, 191–193, 196, 248
McCain, Gillian, 49
McCarthy, Eugene, 59
McCarthy, Joseph, 5
McCartney, Paul, 41
McDonnell, Evelyn, 209, 211–212
McGrath, Tom, 67
McGuinn, Roger, 112, 113
McLaren, Malcolm, 75, 134
McNeil, Legs, 49
Meibach, Ina, 163
Meinhof, Ulrike, 145
Melody Maker (newspaper), 124–125, 128, 141, 174
Meltdown, 240–244, 253
Meltzer, Richard, 128, 142
“Memento Mori,” 226
Mer (record label), 93, 163
Mercer Arts Center, 74–76, 93, 94
Mercier Descloux, Lizzy “Lyzzy,” 154
Metalious, Grace, 12
Michaels, Hilly, 103, 155–156
Michaels, Howard “Howie,” 27, 37
Middle Earth Press, 74
Midler, Bette, 112, 113
“Midnight Rider,” 251
Mike Douglas Show, 155, 164
Miles, Barry, 133
Miller, Geri, 69
Miller, Thomas, 81
Mishima (Schrader), 197
Mitchell, Joni, 44, 112
Mnookin, Seth, 232
Moby, 211
Modern Lovers, 117
Modigliani, Amedeo, 19
“Money Tree, The,” 8
Monk, Thelonious, 14
Monroe, Marilyn, 66
Moogy and the Rhythm Kings, 76
Moore, Thurston, 64, 214–215
More American Graffiti (film), 187
Moreau, Jeanne, 12, 13
Morgan, Scott, 206
Morley, Paul, 175
Morrison, Jim. See also Doors, the
death of, 42, 71–73, 78
“Land” and, 98–99, 105
as poet-rocker, 59
poetry and, 79
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and, 248
similarity to, 81
spirit of, 70, 146–147
tribute to, 206
Morrison, Sterling, 218
Morrison, Van, 42, 93
Morrisroe, Patricia, 221–222
Morrissey, 241
“Mother Rose,” 239
“Mother’s Little Helper,” 25
Mottram, Eric, 67
MPLA (Zukie), 151–152
“Mr. Wilson,” 121
Mumps, 96, 103, 110
“Murdered Boy, The,” 59
Murphy, Elliott, 72
Murray, Charles Shaar, 124–125, 144–145, 165
Museum of Art (Philadelphia), 15, 23
My Bloody Valentine, 241
My Favorite Things (Coltrane), 14
“My Generation,” 104, 127, 128, 130, 133, 156, 177, 189, 243
“My Madrigal,” 213
Myers, Richard, 81
Nader, Ralph, 235–236, 240
“Nature Boy,” 14
Nazz, 55
“Neo Boy,” 133–134
Neon Boys, 87
Nerval, Gerard de, 60–61
Neuwirth, Bobby, 46–47, 52, 55, 57, 59, 97, 112, 114
Never Ending Tour, 216, 217
New Musical Express, 124, 128, 131, 145, 165, 175, 178
“New Party,” 236
New York Dolls, 75, 76, 81, 87, 88, 94, 136
Nico, 33, 44, 45, 50, 117, 119, 145–146, 218
“Nigger Book,” 126
Night, The (P. Smith and Verlaine), 162
“1959,” 227–228
Nirvana, 251
Nixon, Richard, 230
Norton, Gil, 232
“Not Fade Away,” 153, 216
“Notice,” 162
Nuggets, 82
#18 (Mahagonny) (H. Smith), 48
Nureyev, Rudolf, 202
Nylon, Judy, 119, 180
“Oath,” 59, 93, 175
Ocean Club, 135
Ochs, Phil, 81
O’Connor, Billy, 103
O’Connor, Sinead, 207
O’Keeffe, Georgia, 74, 79
O-Lan, 62
Old Grey Whistle Test (TV series), 131, 173
“On a Plain,” 206
On the Road (Kerouac), 227
Ondine, 44
100 Club Punk Festival, 149
One Plus One (Godard), 41
“One Too Many Mornings,” 113
Ono, Yoko, 74, 168, 242
operas, 2
Orange Festival, 135
Ork, Terry, 57, 88, 89, 95
“Orphans’ New Year Gifts, The,” 18
Ostrowe, Andi, 156, 162, 206
Other End, the, 110–111
“Out on the Street,” 144
Outrageous Lie, 50
“Over the Rainbow,” 236
“Pale Blue Eyes,” 126, 247
Paley, Andy, 143–145, 152
Pallenberg, Anita, 66
Pareles, Jon, 232
Paris trip, 39–42
Parker, Charlie, 121
Parker, Graham, 87
Parton, Dolly, 153
Partridge, Marianne, 141
Pasolini, Pier Paolo, 188
“Pastime Paradise,” 250
“Paths That Cross,” 198, 209, 210
Patience and Prudence, 8
Patti Smith: Dream of Life (Sebring), 254
Patti Smith Masters, The (P. Smith), 208
Paul, Steve, 57, 63
Paulin, Mister, 102
Peace and Noise (P. Smith), 225–229
“Peaceable Kingdom,” 239
Pearlman, Sandy, 62
Peel, John, 240
“Penicillin,” 162
Penman, Ian, 178
“People Have the Power,” 198–199, 201, 209, 210, 211, 216, 223, 236, 237, 250
“People Who Died,” 253
Perry, Andrew, 243–244
Peyton Place (Metalious), 12
Phonograph Record Magazine, 174
Piaf, Edith, 13
pianist, search for, 84–85
Picasso, Pablo, 40
Pickett, Wilson, 94
“Pierrot,” 102
“Piss Factory,” 13, 91, 93, 142, 206, 209
“Pissing in a River,” 133, 137, 142, 164
Pixies, 232
Plant, Robert, 125
Plastic Letters (Blondie), 166
Playhouse of the Ridiculous, 78
Poe, Amos, 105
“Poem for Jim Morrison,” 173
poetry
hybrid form of, 79–80
Mapplethorpe and, 200–201
Neuwirth and, 46–47
publication of, 201
readings, 187, 202–204, 236, 241
Rimbaud and, 17–19
See also specific poetry collections
Poetry Project, the, 34, 66, 173
politics, 230–232, 235–236, 237–238, 240, 242, 245–246
Polk, Brigid, 44
“Poor Circulation,” 107
Pop, Iggy, 63, 128, 192
“Poppies,” 137, 209
Porco, Mike, 113
Portrait of Dora Maar (Picasso), 40
Posner, Louis J., 237
Pound, Ezra, 68
“Power to the People,” 198
“Prayer,” 59, 79, 164
pregnancies, 25–26, 194
“Privilege,” 126, 132–133, 166, 167, 177, 186
Puccini, Giacomo, 2, 8
“Pumping (My Heart),” 126, 137, 151, 159, 186
punk rock
&nbs
p; CBGB and, 87
development of, 149–150
emergence of, 156–157
See also specific punk artists
Purple Rose of Cairo, The (Allen), 197
“Qana,” 245
Quatro, Suzi, 83
Queen Elizabeth, 75
“Radio Baghdad,” 239
“Radio Ethiopia,” 60, 133, 136, 138, 139–141, 143, 144, 152, 153, 174, 226, 239
Radio Ethiopia (P. Smith), 135–147, 150, 162, 168, 177, 226
Rage Against the Machine, 249
Rag’n Roll Revue, 77
Ramone, Dee Dee, 87, 247
Ramone, Joey, 76, 107, 185, 247
Ramone, Johnny, 107, 247
Ramones, 103, 107, 159, 165, 171, 185, 247, 248
Ran (Kurasawa), 197
“Rape,” 77–78, 79, 80
Rasmussen, Gary, 206
Rastafarianism, 138
Ratcliff, Ben, 228
Rather Ripped Records, 97–98
“Ravens,” 214
Ray, Oliver, 205, 209–210, 213, 216, 227, 229,
238, 248–249
Raymond, Marge, 166
Reade, Lindsay, 124
reading, influence of, 4–5, 13, 37
Record Plant studios, 136, 140
Red Hot Chili Peppers, 243, 251
Redding, Otis, 131
“Redondo Beach,” 77, 107, 110, 120, 121, 132, 151, 159
Reed, Lou, 33, 44, 50, 96, 109, 120, 135, 136, 164, 218
Reeves, Martha, 121
Relf, Keith, 133
religion
Buddhism, 9–10
during childhood, 8–9
Christianity, 175–176
Jehovah’s Witnesses, 9, 85
Rastafarianism, 138
REM, 214, 229, 248, 250
“Renee Falconetti,” 66, 74
Reno Sweeney, 76, 83, 130
Resto, Luis, 212, 213
retirement
album work during, 194–195
announcement of, 189
lead-up to, 183–185
silence during, 194, 196
“Revenge,” 182, 184
Revolver (Beatles), 25
Richard, Cliff, 152
Richards, Keith, 21, 25, 41, 250
Richman, Jonathan, 98
Ridiculous Theatrical Company, 49, 57, 78
Rimbaud, Jean Nicolas Arthur, 17–18, 24, 35, 39, 73, 80, 117–118, 138–139, 178
Robert Having His Nipple Pierced (Daley), 46, 67
Robinson, Lisa, 57, 83, 122
Rock (magazine), 64
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 217–219, 236, 248–250
“Rock n Roll Nigger,” 135, 152, 153, 166, 168–169, 173, 187, 216, 249
Rock’n’Rimbaud, 80, 97, 252
Rockwell, John, 81–82, 123
Rolling Stone (magazine), 62, 123, 141, 177–178, 223, 232
Rolling Stones, the, 20–21, 25, 35, 41, 43, 70, 110, 134, 149–150, 177, 248
Rolling Thunder Revue, 111–114
Romeo and Juliet soundtrack, 56
Ronettes, 248
Ronson, Mick, 103, 112, 114, 155
“Rosalita,” 153
Rothenberg, Jerome, 34
Rotten, Johnny, 134
Ruby and the Rednecks, 76
Runaways, 125–126
Rundgren, Todd, 55, 62, 181–183
Runt (Rundgren), 62
Ruskin, Mickey, 34, 95, 106, 135
“Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands,” 60
“Saint in Any Form, A,” 59
Salewicz, Chris, 126
“Sally,” 127
Salt-N-Pepa, 207
Sánchez, Fernando, 76
Sanders, Ed, 236
“Satisfaction,” 41
Saturday Night Live, 130
Saturday Night Special (TV series), 223
Saville, Peter, 124
Saze, 102
scarlet fever, 6
Schrader, Paul, 197
Scott-Heron, Gil, 121
Scribner’s, 36–37
Sebring, Steven, 254
Second Chance, 170–171, 185–186
Sedaka, Neil, 8
Sedgwick, Edie, 21–23, 45, 46, 49, 50, 66
Seger, Bob, 159
Selassie, Haile, 18, 138
September 11, 236–237
“Seven Ways of Going,” 126, 182
“Seventh Heaven,” 66, 126
Seventh Heaven (P. Smith), 66
Sex Pistols, 134, 149, 156, 179
Sexton, Anne, 58–59
sexual awakening, 12–13
Sgt. Pepper (Beatles), 28
Shanahan, Tony, 210, 212, 215, 238, 248–249, 251
Shangri-Las, 143–144
“She Walked Home,” 213
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 19
Shepard, Sam
“Ballad of a Bad Boy” and, 210
Blue Bitch and, 76
career of, 52–53
Cowboy Mouth and, 60–62, 96
first performance and, 57
introduction to, 55–56
Rolling Thunder Revue and, 112, 113
visit with, in London, 68
Shields, Kevin, 241–242
Simon, Paul, 251
Simone, Nina, 208
Sinatra, Frank, 83
Sinclair, John, 129, 130, 191–192
“Sister Morphine,” 43
Sitwell, Edith, 78
Slow Dazzle (Cale), 121
“Smells Like Teen Spirit,” 251
Smith, Beverly Williams, 1, 3–4, 5, 9, 239, 249
Smith, Fred (of Television), 103
Smith, Fred “Sonic”
benefit concerts and, 187, 206
career of, 191–193
credit to, 139
death of, 202
Dream of Life and, 197, 199
“Elegie” and, 247
Graceland and, 251
marriage to, 193, 195–196
MC5 and, 129–130
new songs from, 213
Peace and Noise and, 225
“People Have the Power” and, 198
“Pissing in a River” and, 137
plans for P. Smith’s career, 205–206
relationship with, 166, 176
retirement and, 189
Second Chance and, 171
Verlaine and, 163
work with, 200
Smith, Grant H., 1, 5, 20, 42, 230
Smith, Harry, 48
Smith, Jack, 78
Smith, Jackson Frederick, 194, 208, 223, 233, 251, 252
Smith, Kimberly Ann, 10, 206, 210, 232, 233
Smith, Linda, 1, 3, 4, 6, 39–40, 66, 70, 77, 198
Smith, Sigrid, 137
Smith, Todd, 2, 4, 6, 179–180, 202, 204
“Smoke on the Water,” 223
Snow, Phoebe, 76
“Snowball,” 126
Snowden, Don, 125
So It Goes, 124
“So You Want to Be (a Rock ‘n’ Roll Star),” 182, 186
Soft White Underbelly, 62
“Sohl,” 85, 206
Sohl, Richard Arthur (DNV)
audition of, 85–86
on auditions, 103
on Blondie, 108
Bull and, 97
death of, 201, 205
in Detroit, 193
Dream of Life and, 197
“Elegie” and, 247
exhaustion and, 143
“Hey Joe” and, 92
on Kral, 104
on Max’s, 94–95
P. Smith on, 110
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and, 248–249
Television and, 89
on tour, 127, 187
Wave and, 181, 183
Solanas, Valerie, 49
Some Girls (Rolling Stones), 177
“Somethin’ Else,” 227
Songs of Experience (Blake), 31, 241
Songs of Innocence (Blake), 31, 241
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��Sonic Reducer,” 247
Sonic Youth, 210, 214
Sonic’s Rendezvous Band, 130, 137, 171, 192,
193
“Soul Kitchen,” 251
South Bank Show, The, 173
Soutine, Chaim, 19
“Space Monkey,” 106–107, 126, 166
Sparks, 85, 155–156, 242
“Speak Low,” 83
“Speak Softly Love,” 56
Speck, Richard, 77–78
Spector, Ronnie, 250
“Spell,” 228
Spin interview, 184–185
Springsteen, Bruce, 87, 94, 105, 153, 166, 169, 170, 176, 248
Spungen, Nancy, 180
St. Mark’s Church, 33–34, 56, 62, 68, 70, 103, 104, 173, 202, 226, 232, 236, 253
“Stairway to Heaven,” 8
Stalk-Forrest Group, 62
“Star Spangled Banner,” 186
Stein, Chris, 80–81, 87, 103, 246
Stein, Jean, 21–22
Stein, Seymour, 163
Steinman, Jim, 76
Stern, Theresa, 88
Stewart, Rod, 48, 131
Stilettos, the, 80, 81, 103
Stills, Stephen, 250
Stipe, Michael, 214, 216, 226, 229, 233, 248, 250, 254
Stoner, Rob, 114
Stooges, the, 29, 117, 248
“Strange Messengers,” 232
Strauss, Neil, 209, 224–225
Street Hassle (Reed), 109
Street Legal (Dylan), 251
“Stride of the Mind,” 239
Striho, Carolyn, 206, 208
Sulton, Kasim, 200
“Summer Cannibals,” 213, 223
Summer of Love, 28
“Sweet Surprise,” 113
“Sympathy for the Devil,” 41
Talking Heads, 165, 185, 248
“Tapper the Extractor,” 160
Tears for Fears, 250–251
Teenage Lust, 76, 87
Teenage Perversity & Ships in the Night (P. Smith), 128, 145
Telegraph Books, 65–66, 67
Television
breakup of, 185
at CBGB, 104, 106–107
debut album of, 163, 165
early career of, 87–89, 95–96, 103
Eno and, 136
Meltdown and, 242
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and, 248
Them, 93
Thomas, Dylan, 78
Thomas, Jon, 102
Thompson, Dennis, 129
Thorpe, Jeremy, 131–132
“Thread,” 166
Through the Looking-Glass (Carroll), 5
Thunders, Johnny, 76, 95
Thunderstorms New York Style (Craven), 70
Tibet, 9, 203, 208, 225, 227, 229, 231, 232
“Tide Is High, The,” 247
“Till Victory,” 167
“Time Is on My Side,” 20, 94, 110, 134, 151, 174
“To Remember Debbie Denise,” 79
Tomlin, Lily, 128
Tommy (the Who), 156
“Torn Curtain,” 107
Torres, Edwin, 236
Tosches, Nick, 79
touring
contemporary, 252
with Dylan, 215–217
Easter and, 173–175, 177