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Patti Smith at the Vic, and

Patti was great – and oh argh I think I’m getting Mark’s cold. She comes on [like some heroin/heroine] like she’s so punk rock – she spits on people and says fuck all the time – but she’s such an old hippie. Peace.

I made a set list –

Transcend – I wrote, but I think it’s “Ain’t it strange”
Redondo beach
April Fool
Dancing barefoot
Fuji San
happy birthday to “unknown interrupting stranger”
We shall live again – but I think it’s really “Ghost Dance”
Beneath the southern cross – from Gone again
Night time, Ain’t got nothin yet, born to lose, pushin too hard – Lenny Kaye Nuggets medley
Something about the tour bus and 2:30 am Chicago – that I thought she made up on the spot
My Blakean Year
Neil Young cover – It’s a Dream
River
Because the night
“Jesus died for somebody’s sins but not mine” —> Gloria

Encore – This is the girl
People have the power
Rock & roll nigger

Here’s a community set list.

We were up in nosebleed territory, but it was still fun.

NOT-industry seats – closer to the ceiling than the stage. Vic Theater, Chicago

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