HeyJaredLeather Saints Archive
A weekly newsletter exploring the untold stories of the artists, musicians, poets, and filmmakers who inhabited New York's 1960/70s golden age. Through the lens of Patti Smith's Just Kids.
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Patti Smith in Posters (opens the original)
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Today I’m sharing a special preview of an upcoming exhibition at New York’s Howl! Happening on 6 East 1st Street in the East Village, just around the corner from the former location of CBGB. I’ve written before about my first visit to their sister gallery on the Bowery for the Drag Queens of New York exhibition. I made no secret in that piece about my love for the work they do for the downtown New York scene. Originally set up by Jane Friedman, who eagle eyed Just Kids fans may remember as being
Coney Island Baby (opens the original)
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Ever since reading about Patti Smith’s visits to Coney Island in Just Kids, it has been a dream of mine to one day make that journey myself. Perhaps that fascination goes even further back, to my childhood, when my Dad’s love of all things The Velvet Underground introduced me to Lou Reed’s 1975 album Coney Island Baby. To this day, it remains one of my favourite albums ever and the title track one of my most replayed songs. Despite not mentioning anything about Coney Island itself, instead writt
Visualising Patti Smith's Just Kids (opens the original)
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Those of you who read my notes and/or Instagram may have seen that I suddenly got quite ill last week and had to rush to my local hospital. Hence why I missed my scheduled post last Monday. In my delirium the workaholic in me wanted to finish that post before leaving, but I sobered myself up enough to realise that health must come first. It was a good decision. I was diagnosed with a kidney infection. I’m just finishing a course of strong antibiotics, so hopefully I am in the clear now. But my s
Once upon a time in July 1976 when John Cale invited Patti Smith, Lou Reed, and David Byrne to come jam with him (opens the original)
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What follows is one of my favourite 1970s New York stories. I’ve pieced this together from various sources, including personal accounts from fans, an interview with John Cale, two reviews by Lisa Robinson [a future Leather Saint], one of which I found in a French music magazine and had to translate back to English, and a review from Craig Gholson in New York Rocker. The year was 1976. The Velvet Underground in its original form had long since split up. Yet it’s members were still spread across t
How I Met Patti Smith in New York City (opens the original)
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Back a week early for a special one-off story. This will be my first paywalled post and I say that with great reluctance. I am very much for openly sharing information and knowledge. But what follows is a very personal story, one which I don’t wish to share to the whole internet. I’ve only told my closest friends and I’d like to extend that to those of you who have kindly opted to help support Leather Saints through a monthly donation. Meeting Patti in person is a beautiful memory for me that I
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