tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post1191510951447872095..comments2023-10-03T11:41:21.191+01:00Comments on The Truth About Lies: #496Jim Murdochhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-30397527643451519372015-03-03T21:33:09.968+00:002015-03-03T21:33:09.968+00:00I think I prefer the cover to Wave, Kass. Have you...I think I prefer the cover to <a href="http://magar57.altervista.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Patti-Smith-Wave-1979-front.jpg" rel="nofollow"><i>Wave</i></a>, <b>Kass</b>. Have your read her memoir, <i>Just Kids</i>? I kept meaning to get round to it but you know what it’s like. She’s a photographer herself. Not in the same league as Mapplethorpe but there’re some interesting <a href="http://flavorwire.com/223028/take-a-look-at-patti-smiths-first-major-photography-exhibition-camera-solo/view-all" rel="nofollow">shots</a>.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-90152715295937543582015-03-03T16:37:06.447+00:002015-03-03T16:37:06.447+00:00Robert Mapplethorpe cover of Patti Smiths "Ho...Robert Mapplethorpe cover of Patti Smiths "Horses"... so cool.Kasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05233330248952156754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-4889531998145682472015-03-02T13:48:57.954+00:002015-03-02T13:48:57.954+00:00What was so great about the punk ethos, Kass, was ...What was so great about the punk ethos, <b>Kass</b>, was the ‘anyone can make a record’ mindset. It was very similar to what’s gone on with self-publishing in recent years. And, yes, both produced a pile of tripe and what’s happened? No one remembers all the truly awful punk records but the great ones—and there was a goodly number of absolute classics—have survived. On top of that some excellent musicians like Paul Weller and Elvis Costello are still with us. Talent will out. At least that used to be the case. In the seventies there was no Internet and so the music we were exposed to was still local. When I talk about punk I think of bands like The Sex Pistols, The Clash, Buzzcocks and The Damned. An American would probably highlight bands like The Ramones, New York Dolls, Richard Hell and the Voidoids and even Patti Smith. We, of course, were aware of them just as America would’ve been aware of what was happening here but we still stuck to our local heroes. Now I don’t see that happening as much. I really don’t have the same loyalty to local artists: there’re good records and bad, good books and bad, good films and bad and that’s the end of it.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-24275630492276937722015-03-01T14:30:49.332+00:002015-03-01T14:30:49.332+00:00I had very little exposure to this type of music. ...I had very little exposure to this type of music. My daughter's best friend was in <i>Salt Lake City Punk</i> as an extra because she fit the look. I was glad my daughter didn't jump on this bandwagon.<br /><br />Your poem is very descriptive.Kasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05233330248952156754noreply@blogger.com