Saturday, March 14, 2026
Friday in St. Paul
Last night I went to see Patti Smith here at St. Catherine's in St. Paul-- one of a number of performers who have chosen to come here after the ICE invasion this winter. She was fascinating, as usual, and gave us a version of this song, which she wrote with her late husband Fred "Sonic" Smith back when they lived in suburban Detroit. In fact, if you go to about 3:10 of the video she visit the American Coney Island downtown and then shows off some of the Diego Rivera murals at the DIA-- treasures, all.
