travelogue: ireland part 1
Bits and bobs from my first week in Ireland, exclusively for paid subscribers.
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The Patti Smith Quartet, Vicar Street, Dublin, Ireland, 27 & 28 June 2024
If she has taught us nothing else she has taught us how to continue to walk with the dead.
remnants: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ, 24 March 2009
I love the rehearsal shows, because they are rehearsals. Some are more polished, some are leaning towards a train wreck.
Ann Powers on Joni Mitchell
Ann Powers’ book on Joni Mitchell is not just the best book on Joni Mitchell that exists. It’s one of the best books about music.
Detroit honors Patti Smith
It will rise from the ashes.