Patti Smith - A Reading Of Virginia Woolf

amandertot Says:

Jul 31, 2009 - What is it that she is reading here? I searched the text of "The Waves" for this selection and couldn't find it.

souljaEXVOTO Says:

Aug 14, 2009 - "Jackson Smith, Jesse Smith... AND THEIR MOM! " awesome. and The Waves is my favorite Virginia Woolf. Thx 4 the upload.

SpaghettiWstrnGrl Says:

Sep 29, 2009 - Now That's how you read literature! With emotion, passion. The words are pregnant and should sound like you are giving birth to them when you release them from your mouth. Patti Smith I LOVE YOU!

DeathOfSilentWings Says:

Nov 14, 2009 - I'd agree, but she reminds me too much of my English teacher. :P

MrsWoolff Says:

Nov 17, 2009 - Thats hot. :)

DeathOfSilentWings Says:

Nov 17, 2009 - Debatable, really. :P

pollysioux Says:

Jan 12, 2010 - grazie patti

sweetmilkboy Says:

Apr 21, 2010 - can anybody tell me which book was she reading please?! Thanks!

blairgillmith Says:

Apr 27, 2010 - @sweetmilkboy 'the waves'

placebosoulmates Says:

Jun 10, 2010 - i almost cried... immortal Virginia and great oh great patti!!

OscarLimaMike Says:

Jun 25, 2010 - yes, well said.

TheOrlando1892 Says:

Aug 27, 2010 - I owe my existence to Virginia. Love, Orlando

MissClareCharlotte Says:

Jan 26, 2011 - Now that is truly an art-form. Indescribably magnificent writing, a fitting musical accompaniment and a heart-felt reading... aside from in your mind, this is how you bring literature to vivid life. Wonderful. Thank you for posting this.

TheAlflee Says:

May 30, 2011 - ORLANDO is the best book i ever read

HelloEarthFriends Says:

Jun 29, 2011 - beautiful reading of virginia woolf's the waves ... though most of it is patti's own work, i think. correct me if i'm wrong, but the only thing from the novel i can find is the part where she says, "Now, too, the time is coming when we shall leave school . . . (etc. etc) . . . one man will single me out and will tell me what he has told no other person" -- direct quote from the waves

MissClareCharlotte Says:

Jul 13, 2011 - Yes, that's correct, but Patti is lifting other parts of The Waves and melding them into her own diction. Taking a train etc. It would be interesting to have this kind of treatment given to other Woolf works, wouldn't it? ~C

aeonosphere Says:

Jul 25, 2011 - I love Virginia Woolf, an all around literary all-star. I look no further for literature which encapsulates life-- inner and exterior life as can be depicted and translated into words and sounds and pauses. None better than Virginia, to my mind, in the ouvre of a brilliant transcendent woman. Different, but none better. Patti Smith knows this and does a good job of gratifying us with a new take on our elder stateswoman. Loved this!

lemonyellow7 Says:

Aug 29, 2011 - - adore.

lemonyellow7 Says:

Aug 29, 2011 -  brava!

fenriz218 Says:

Sep 23, 2011 - "Now That's how you read literature for women! With emotion, passion. The words are pregnant and should sound like you are giving birth to them, not pressed like a backyard abortion. The sentences should flow like menstrual blood into a moist tampon before the literal menopause." (Vaginia Woolf)

Ellexorip Says:

Nov 21, 2011 - wow!!! that was awesome. she resurrected that passage! she brought that passage to life so beautifully....i feel like i'm gonna die, lol >.<

56Rimbaud Says:

Feb 1, 2012 - OH LA LA THIS IS BEAUTIFUL, THANKS PAT!!

khatia2016 Says:

Mar 4, 2012 - Where is this poetic performance? i love patti smith!:)

agiwle Says:

Mar 8, 2012 - Not to forget Patti's album, 'Wave'.

jp70117 Says:

Apr 12, 2012 - What the... That's it! Einhorn is Finkle! Finkle is Einhorn! Einhorn is a man! Howard Stern is Patti Smith! Patti Smith is Howard Stern!