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...bunch of people sitting in a club, like getting into the poetry, or like, ‘Yeah, I dig you’—that doesn’t do anything for me anymore.” That was Patti Smith in a radio interview circa 1976. She was a woman. She was confrontational. And she was the great hope of her generation...
...cover is a whopping six-and-a-half minutes long, and includes an unintelligible interlude of her poetry: “Goat-skin drums advancing with hands outstretched, and we keep filling them with nitrous, asbestos, baby-bombs blasting blue,” she blabbers. Gee, Patti, we’re really getting into that poetry of yours. “Smells Like Teen Spirit” is also the most recent song she covers here, and it’s indicative of her antiquated sensibilities—the kind of song that Reader’s Digest subscribers might...
...covering “White Rabbit”? What could Patti possibly have to say about drug culture today? Maybe she heard about Ecstasy on “Dateline” the other night and thought acid culture was the exact same thing...
...most generous adjective the album deserves is “inoffensive.” There’s nothing explicitly wrong with these covers. The production is clean, there are no meandering jam sessions, and you can get through the album relatively quickly. Patti seems to be genuinely engaged in her vocals, as always. But who cares? This album is lost. Patti is lost...
...Police Department shared with us the missing person flyer for Mr. Barclay,” HUPD spokesman Steven G. Catalano wrote in an e-mailed statement. “Our officers and detectives have been asked to keep an eye out for him.” MIT spokesman Patti Richards said the school is doing its best to search for Barclay. “We are following up on all leads,” Richards said. “We have contacted all the places where he debated across the country.” The MIT Police are requesting that...