Patti Smith
Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond
Pushkin Industries
4.5 • 4.3K Ratings
🗓️ 22 March 2022
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Summary
Today we have the one and only Patti Smith on the show. Patti is the prototypical downtown, New York City artist. Her 1975 debut album Horses is credited as one of the masterpieces of its time. It also cemented her as one of rock n roll's great lyricists. But her writing extends far beyond music. Her 2010 memoir, Just Kids, won the National Book Award for its brilliant portrayal of the ‘70s bohemian art scene in New York, and Patti’s experience living in the Chelsea Hotel with the famed photographer, Robert Mapplethorpe. Today Patti publishes near-daily offerings of poems, songs and serialized fiction on her Substack newsletter. It’s a journal of sorts that she started during the solitary days of the pandemic.
On today’s episode, Malcolm Gladwell talks to Patti Smith about her writing in the studio Jimi Hendrix built, Electric Lady. It was there, she tells Malcolm, that she met Hendrix in 1970—just weeks before he passed away. Patti also talks about hanging out with and writing lyrics for Janis Joplin, and she recalls the fun she had during a failed attempt to cover Adele in concert.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey y'all, today we have the one and only Patty Smith on the show. |
| 0:16.0 | Patty's a prototypical downtown New York City artist. |
| 0:19.6 | Her 1975 debut album Horses is credited as one of the masterpieces of its time. |
| 0:26.6 | It also cemented her as one of Rock n Roll's great lyricists. |
| 0:30.7 | But her writing extends far beyond music. |
| 0:33.2 | Her 2010 memoir Just Kids won the National Book Award for its brilliant portrayal of the |
| 0:38.6 | late 60s Bohemian art scene in New York, and Patty's experience living in the Chelsea |
| 0:43.8 | Hotel with famed photographer Robert Maplethorpe. |
| 0:47.7 | During those years, Patty hung out with Andy Warhol at the factory and was mentored by |
| 0:52.0 | great writers like William S. Burrows and Alan Ginsburg. |
| 0:55.6 | Today, Patty publishes near daily offerings of poems, songs, and serialized fiction on |
| 1:02.0 | her substack. |
| 1:03.0 | It's a journal of sorts that she started during the solitary days of the pandemic. |
| 1:08.4 | On today's episode, Malcolm Gladwell talks to Patty Smith about her writing in the studio |
| 1:12.7 | Jimmy Hendrix built, Electric Lady. |
| 1:15.9 | It was there she tells Malcolm that she met Hendrix in 1970 just weeks before he passed. |
| 1:21.8 | She also talks about hanging out with and writing lyrics for Janice Joplin. |
| 1:26.8 | And she recalls the fun that she had during a failed attempt to cover Adele in concert. |
| 1:35.2 | This is Broken Record, liner notes for the digital age. |
| 1:38.5 | I'm Justin Richmond. |
| 1:40.7 | Here's Malcolm Gladwell and Patty Smith. |
| 1:43.9 | Patty thank you for joining us on Broken Record. |
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