Typical Girls: Women in Punk/Post-Punk/Underground Music (Circa 1975-1980s)

[Jason Gross <perfect AT furious.com>]

> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 15:39:33 -0800
> From: Sharon Cheslow <decomposition AT mindspring.com>
>
> On a related side note - I saw Patti Smith do readings a week ago for
> her new book Just Kids, about her years in NY with Robert
> Mapplethorpe.  She was so inspiring!  I saw her at the Hammer Museum,
> doing a tribute to Harry Smith (who lived in the Chelsea Hotel with
> her and Robert), and at Skylight Books.  It's interesting that many
> women from the first wave of punk - like Patti Smith - didn't even
> consider themselves feminists.  Patti told a story about an interview
> she did with a "feminist magazine" (maybe Ms.?) in the '70s, and she
> joked that she didn't know why they'd want to interview her.

And related to that... Patti's got a great NYC art exhibit that's 
been extended at Robert Miller Gallery.  It includes intriguing 
photos, paintings, videos, sculptures.

<http://www.robertmillergallery.com/index2.html>

Jason

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