PATTI SMITH TO RELEASE MEMOIR

Just Kids, a book by the "Godmother of Punk" Patti Smith is being published on January 19th. The book explores her relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe and their artistic journey in New York City.

If you can't wait until the nineteenth the latest Rolling Stone offers excerpts from Just Kids, including this dandy -"I sat on the floor as Kris Kistofferson sang 'Me and Bobby McGee' to Janis. I was there for these moments, but so young I hardly recognized them."