by Patti Smith
(2)Release Date: January 19, 2010
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How Patti Smith became Patti Smith...absolutely riveting!
January 19, 2010 Before she became the Godmother of Punk, Patti Smith was just some girl who came to New York in search of herself. We the have a tendency to view her as always having been a rebel, guitar in hand, spouting her distinctive mix of poetry and invective at society. But the reality was that Smith came to New York as a refugee, uncertain of who she was and what she wanted to be. That's sometimes a bit hard to believes or realize, but in "Just Kids" Smith reveals just that: she wasn't one half as confident then as she is now, and that she had no idea what she was going to do once she arrived in New York. While this is true of almost everyone from her generation, it is somehow shocking and the lover bizarre to ponder. More interesting was that her first and partner in New York was none other than future photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. The years The bulk of "Just Kids" is Smith's recollection of Smith's early in New York with Mapplethorpe and how they came to create their possess the art image as artists and autuers and to craft their image and. Again, it seems weird to think of Either of them as being anything other than fully formed individuals, and that, in and of itself, seems supremely bizarre. We seldom think of the intervening events that came to create them as artists, but here is Patti Smith lying bare exactly how she came to be what she became. The result is a fascinating and spellbinding narrative that you can scarcely set down. Ultimately Smith learns that Mapplethorpe is gay and both go on to finds degree their own loves and their own directions in life and in art. In that "Just Kids" feels like only the beginning of a captivating story, the transition to another chapter, and I sincerely hope, a transition to another volume of memories, like memories I'm no doubt certain that Smith has a wealth of other than span well into the 80s, 90s and beyond. But for now I'm encouraged to hear what she has to say as for now, the era before she down the became Patti Smith. And rather than being a trip memory lane, "Just Kids" reminds us that everyone had to start in some place, and success is never easy or certain. Smith's prose also wonderfully captures an era of New York City that has largely faded to the mists of the place time and memory. It is a time and I was glad to revisit for a while. Immensely enjoyable and quite readable "Just Kids" is probably one of the best rock autobiographies I've ever read!
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