greetings

the new moon approaches as does the unveiling of our site. we need a 

little more time and look forward to the possibilities the site will 

afford us.

as we work out a few things i will keep you posted.

all good wishes

patti smith

greetings

i wanted to give everyone an update concerning our website. we are very 

close to having it ready. sorry its taking longer than expected but i 

for one am learning as we go.

tomorrow is brian jones' birthday. a good day to listen to old stones 

records. how about between the buttons.

well that is all for now.

all good wishes

patti smith

greetings

well we are up. and the band and i are off to europe. we will be 

updating the site as often as possible. i am still learning as i go....

today in history

( a good trampin' fact)

march 13, 2003...... 350,000 year old upright-walking footprints were 

found in italy. that's according to the journal Nature......

so, in the spirit of johnny appleseed, we are sprinkling the seeds of 

our site. i look forward to watching everything grow and actively 

participating in the process.

patti smith

greetings

we are departing london en route to milan

tomorrow is my mom's birthday and i feel her spirit

trampin' alongside me. i will have some quiet moments in italy

and i will send a few words about our days in london.

i send all my good wishes

patti smith

greetings

It's a rainy evening and after I finish my website duties i'm going to 

reread some H.P. Lovecraft. there's nothing like the smell of a rare 

and moldy book mingled with the wet and chilly air.

before I devote the night to the bookworm within, I wanted to mention a 

small fact which has come to my attention. some of you may like to 

pre-order trampin'. if you do it can be ordered thru sony. the packaging is 

my favorite- the limited edition (all paper). they also have a limited 

supply of a lyric pamphlet which I worked on and it's very nice. they 

will send it with the album while supplies last. I have checked the sony 

price of the album and it's a fair price.  

http://www.sonymusicstore.com/store/catalog/MerchandiseDetails.jsp?merchId=70056&sms=267614-92414-alt

this is a consumer service announcement just for pre-order people.  

otherwise please disregard it. i wish everyone a good evening, as I 

prepare a glass of tea and crack open my first edition of The Mountains of 

Madness.

all good wishes

patti smith

greetings

hopefully we all have given unto caesar what

is caesar's and can move on. although paying

taxes does give us a moment to take stock and

consider where our hard earned money is going.

the band and i spent the evening working on new

songs and getting our equipment in order for our

appearance on david letterman. airing friday.

cause for excitement and trepidation. tho i am

optimistic i will remember the lyrics to jubilee.

certainly dave will not notice the difference.

we are posting the lyrics so anyone can keep an eye

on my progress or lack of it.

a last word.  today marks the passing of joey ramone.

he was really a nice person. so may we give him

a good thought and a happy hey ho...

i must be off, time to don my boots and greatcoat

and set out to retrieve my copy of uncle wiggley's

airship that i foolishly left in a phone booth on the

other side of town.

all good wishes

patti smith

greetings

it is a beautiful day in new york city. the

dogwoods are flowering and i am happily

sneezing as i breeze past in search of a

good cup of coffee.

i am gathering research for our site. reading

up on byron and bronte. which brings a thought

to mind. some people have stopped me on the

street (only yards from a coffee pit stop) to

mention they have received these greetings.

but then they ask if we are playing anywhere.

just so you know all that information is in

the http://gold.sonymusic.com/click/10936/02Fh1N6yu sector of our 

http://gold.sonymusic.com/click/10765/02Fh1N6yu

these little messages are just me stopping

by. please come and enter our world. we

try to update it every day and it's a lot better

than these little notes.

by the way. coffee is great, but too much

of it, like anything else, should be avoided.

if you are trying to cut down, try thinking of

it as an aesthetic pal instead of a beverage.

i sometimes order a cup in a cafe and just

let it sit there. but i get the pleasure of its

aroma and just having it around.

well, thats about it for now. i have to locate

one of those hav-a-hanks in the deli up ahead.

handkerchiefs, by the way, still make great

birthday gifts and have been popular since

the early sixteenth century.

achooo

patti smith

Since there are so many new subscribers to the 

http://gold.sonymusic.com/click/11051/02GV1N6yu 

list, we wanted to let you know that if you order trampin'--

to be released next Tuesday--from the Sony Music Store, 

you'll receive a pamphlet containing the album's lyrics and 

photographs by Patti Smith - free with your purchase while 

supplies last.  The Sony Music Store carries the limited

edition, more environmentally friendly packaging created at 

Patti Smith's request, as well as the hard-to-find vinyl 

edition. Find trampin' http://gold.sonymusic.com/click/10762/02GV1N6yu

You can download trampin' now from the 

http://gold.sonymusic.com/click/10824/02GV1N6yu

Patti Smith To Be Interviewed on 

http://gold.sonymusic.com/click/11053/02GV1N6yu This Sunday 

This Sunday night (4/25) at 9 pm on "Out of the Box", 

Jonathan Clarke will interview Patti and play tracks from 

trampin'.

greetings

It's a grey monday morning. A good morning to listen to 

Gertrude Pridgett, or Ma Rainey as we know her best, for 

today is her birthday. If you are fortunate enough to own 

Ma Rainey, Volume 1 and 2, on Riverside Records, it may be 

nice to spin Chain Gang Blues or See See Rider. The later 

was the last piece of music Allen Ginsberg chose to listen 

to before his passing in April of 1997.

I have to admit I'm very excited that trampin' is 

coming out tomorrow. I am pleased to say it is also 

available on vinyl. A double record. Some of my favorites 

albums are double records, like Blonde on Blonde and 

Electric Ladyland. I have listened to ours and the 

quality is high.

We have a lot of work this week. Posting the remaining 

lyrics on the site. TV. Jobs coming up. And now we have 

some streaming on the songs. I never heard of it before so 

I was kind of suspicious. They're these little 

http://gold.sonymusic.com/click/11069/02Gh1N6yu  of 

the songs you hear on the computer. I tried it out and they 

sound good. You have to have a QuickTime thing. I don't 

know where you get it. Maybe it comes free in the computer. 

In any event it's probably not analogue. The vinyl is 

though and so is Ma Rainey.

Well that's all from the technical perspective. I got to 

stop at the hardware store and pick up a phillips screw 

driver and an SAE 6-Point Socket Set. The old turntable 

needs repairing. Gotta spin some vinyl. 

If you get trampin' I hope you like it.

Happy Birthday Ma

patti smith

Greetings

it's real early and it's raining and lightning out. i can 

hear the sanitation trucks in the distance moving through 

the rain soaked streets. i haven't written this week 

because i smashed my finger playing guitar at the warsaw in 

brooklyn. my amp sounded too clean and i got highly 

agitated. speaking of clean, mother's day approaches and a 

nice gesture may be to gather up all that laundry laying 

around and get it done. i prefer doing my own but there is 

a a plethora of possibilities. one being to visit mom

with a full load on sunday and show her how much you need 

her.  in any event nothing beats the scent of freshly 

washed sheets and hardly any accomplishment of mankind is 

better than getting all one's socks in order.

i've got to get back to my site work. sunday we will have 

something special on our site so come and visit. i will 

write more next week when my finger heals. it's my own 

fault but when i get a guitar in my hand it brings out my 

mean streak. at least i didn't put my foot through the amp 

grill like i did to some poor fender twin some time ago. it 

had to be retired into a small but attractive coffee table. 

speaking of coffee it's stopped raining. there's some real

army issue brewing at the deli. no need for galoshes, i've 

got my trusty work boots so i'll be moseying along into 

dawn.

wherever your mother may be, in the home or in the heart,

she gave you life if nothing else. give her a good thought

and put on some clean matching socks. for as my mom always

said, you never know when you may have to remove your

shoes.

all good wishes

patti smith

greetings,

This missive is late in coming due to the saga of my 

smashed finger. I will spare the gruesome details but the 

outcome is a civil war style gauze wrapping and no index 

finger usage for a few days. this makes folding laundry 

very problematic. i guess there is no chance of me playing 

guitar at the http://gold.sonymusic.com/click/10936/02I_1N6yu on May 

16, although I 

seem to be psychically channeling mass sighs of relief. I'm looking 

forward to playing it though. It's our third time. And this time we 

are filling in for a Donovan rain date cancellation. Which 

just goes to show they are so fond of us they even consider 

us a good stand in for Donovan. What a great life.

We have a lot of work coming up and i am happy to report we 

broke in 10 of our http://gold.sonymusic.com/click/11069/02I_1N6yu 

tunes at the warsaw last week. 

the people in brooklyn gave us a great sendoff as we go 

trampin' through the world. but not before we hit Hoboken. 

Oh another great thing about the festival is we get to hang 

out inside the courtroom. Just the band and a few random 

little ones looking for the bathroom. We just lounge around 

making up our set list, sampling the huge deli tray of cold 

cuts, broccoli and dip. Now normally i don't eat cold cuts 

and they should not be consumed on a daily basis as they 

are filled with preservatives. But i make an exception 

here. The cold cuts in Hoboken are a cut above other towns. 

we do have to watch for paper airplanes sailing into the 

dip and salsa. but street festivals should always be kid 

friendly.

well i've got to be off. time to soak my finger in a warm 

salt solution. it was cool sharing some of what goes on 

behind the scenes at these big festivals. come on down to 

Hoboken. it will be fun even without my guitar playing.

patti smith

greetings

well the ole smashed finger saga is about closed,

tho soon to be re-enacted for a made for tv movie

starring judy davis. she was great in naked lunch

and a passage to india. two very good rental movies.

by the way there was a rumor circulating that i was not 

typing my own greeting when my finger was wrapped up. this

is an untruth. i had no ghost typist. but everything is back

to normal and by madrid I should be ready for my lonely

stratacaster. so hop on that plane 

http://gold.sonymusic.com/click/10936/02K21N6yu should be fun.

patti, you may be thinking, what is this greeting about?

well, i can't say that I know. i could remind you to 

register and vote in the upcoming presidential election. if 

you need assistance you can go to the 

http://gold.sonymusic.com/click/11575/02K21N6yu 

on our site. there's a link waiting for you. or i could 

simply mention that may 19th is andre the giant's birthday. 

let's give him a good thought. maybe you could rent the 

princess bride along with naked lunch.  

i was exaggerating about the made for tv movie but

everything else i've stated is absolutely true.

all good wishes

patti smith

greetings

I'm writing a bit early as we are heading for Madrid.

We will play the Festimad and certainly spend time

in the Reina Sofia Museum contemplating 

http://www.spanisharts.com/reinasofia/picasso/guernica.htm.

For decades we had it right here at MOMA.

One merely mounted the stairs to find it. In 1981

it returned home. It was sad to see it go. It was

a good thing. It is where it should be. In Spain.

i would be amiss if i didn't mention that yesterday was

Bob Dylan's birthday. It's a good day to throw open the

shutters, put on The Times They Are A Changin' 

and take those worn, encrusted boots out of the

closet or from under the bed and give them a good

cleaning. There have been times in history when men have 

tramped trough the ice and snow, or manned the trenches, 

the soles of their shoes nearly gone, young soldiers, under 

Washington, Lee or Napoleon with no foot covering at all. 

So it is good to show appreciation for our well trodden soles.

So, as we sail off to Spain we send a salute to Bob.

My trusty boots await and when we return I shall

resume my quest for the perfect laces.

all good wishes

patti smith