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Creem Profiles

PATTI SMITH

(Pronounced “Boy Howdy!”)

December 1, 1976

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HOME: Redondo Beach and all points east of MacDougal Street.

AGE: Younger than the Runaways will ever be.

PROFESSION: Poetry's high priestess for twenty-first century Rock 'n' Roll.

HOBBIES: Horse taming, dancing on shoes and rewriting Rimbaud.

LAST BOOK READ: The Wild Boys by William S.Burroughs, obviously.

LAST ACCOMPLISHMENT: Converting Lenny Kaye fom a big time rock critic to a head crushing slambam guitarist.

QUOTE: "Haile Selassie don't need no tribute from me!'

PROFILE: An honorary Ph.D. in ball crushing for her work in neofeminist rock music and a Master's degree in guts for withstanding naked humiliation in the Daily Planet's porno expose, make up the complex character of the sweetest little mean bitch of all time. All Hail The Queen of Rock 'n' Roll.

BEER: Boy Howdy!