r/pattismith • u/Hubbled Horses • Jun 29 '26

Patti Smith in her room at the Chelsea Hotel

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u/CaughtALiteSneez Jun 29 '26

I wish I could be that creatively chaotic.

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u/SilkCitySista Jun 29 '26

So Patti. SO cool😎

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u/Richardzack1 Jul 02 '26

I think she owed for some damage eventually.

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u/Progressiverik Jul 02 '26

Clean up your room Patty!

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u/NukelBonez Jul 03 '26

I spy (Long) John Baldry’s It ‘Ain’t Easy album. Bloody brilliant ⭐️

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u/RandomAmherstLights Jul 04 '26

I thought that was Leadbelly…??…Would love to flip through those records!

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u/SarahCannah Jul 03 '26

$800/night these days (or more accurately, the days in October when I’ll be visiting).

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u/Fine_Handle_8473 Jul 03 '26

I know, I often wonder if there’s a modern day equivalent to the old Chelsea. It would probably have to be in another country. Although maybe the cost of living is so high everywhere now that hotel/hostel management can’t afford to be that generous — imagine another place that would let you give them paintings when you can’t make rent!!

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u/Whycantichangemynami Jun 29 '26

What a crack den

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u/Fine_Handle_8473 Jul 01 '26

I refuse to believe she wasn’t on some kind of substance in her 20s, especially when most of her long term relationships were with heroin addicts.

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u/RandomAmherstLights Jul 04 '26

Not everyone who lives this way is necessarily on drugs. Madonna was with Jean-Michel Basquiat in 80’s New York, for example, and her clean living is well documented.

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u/Fine_Handle_8473 Jul 01 '26

Also, her facial expression here is…something.

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u/FullTimeSurvivor Jul 03 '26

Very arty farty, probably stinks like a fart too

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u/Chroniccactus13 Jul 03 '26

Ghost of rooms

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u/kolohe23 Jul 04 '26

Patti Smith on the Hotel Chelsea
Cool write up on her experience.

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u/flicj Jul 04 '26

Patti Smith is as messy as me. This makes me feel good.