some Q's for rocktropolis transcript

["Fiona Webster" <fi>]

Thanks to j.BOLt for putting up a more complete version of the
Rocktropolis transcript!  Here are some questions (I labeled them
with Q:) that I remember, to fill in some of the blanks...

		--Fiona


Q: What did you feed your kids for dinner tonight?

PATTI: Fruit, cheese, bottled water, vegetables and bread. 

Q: What influences were helpful to you when you were a teenager?

PATTI: I was inspired and encouraged by the energy of the Stones -
they helped me get through difficult adolescent times.

Q: Could you tell us about your relationship with Sam Shepard?

PATTI: I wrote a play called "Cowboy Mouth" w/ Sam in 1971. In that
context he encouraged me to improvise w/ language and I still apply
the things I learned in my performances.

[...]

Q: [something about her early musical influences?]

PATTI: Well Jim, In the early '60s jazz was extremely vibrant in the
Philadelphia area and I was exposed to the music of Coltrane, Kirk &
Monk. That music helped form my artistic cosmology. 

Q: How did you meet Lenny Kaye?

PATTI: I read an article he wrote about a cappella music in 1970 and
was so taken with it I called to thank him for writing it and we
became friends.

Q: Did you have fun doing the recent CBGBs concerts?

[the two answers following this question should be combined as
follows...]

PATTI: Yes. It was great fun, inspiring, and the club has kept its
integrity. It also gave us an opportunity to raise money for the
Robert Palmer Health Fund. And remind Robert, that we were thinking of
him and appreciated all his support as a writer and musician through
the years. We were sorry to hear of his passing today and that makes
the experience even more meaningful. 

[...]

Q: Could you tell us what's happening with the spoken-word album that
was supposed to have been released in by Tim/Kerr records?

PATTI: It was reading I did w/ Tony Glover playing harmonica in
Minnesota in 71 - I'm not certain that it merits release but am
considering it.

[...]

Q: [something about whether she likes Horses or Radio Ethiopia
better?]

PATTI: I was attempting different things - I was more interested in
improvising w/language on Horses and sound in Radio Ethiopia.

Q: [I think this was a question about what she thought of Legs
McNeil's book, Please Kill Me--does anyone else remember for sure?]

PATTI: I didn't read it. 

Q: What albums are you listening to right now? What books are you
reading?

PATTI: Albums: <i>John Coltrane Live at the Village</i> (Vanguard);
<i>Grateful Dead Fillmore East 2/11/69</i>; Books: a biography of Paul
Revere and <i>The First Man</i> by Albert Camus. 

Q: [Maybe Phillip remembers his question? (-:]

PATTI: Great work continues to inspire - only others can answer the
second part of your question Phillip! 

Q: What do you think of Jim Carroll, and of the things he wrote in
<i>Forced Entries</i>?

PATTI: I think that Jim Carroll is a fine writer and a good performer
and I've never read <i>Forced Entries</i>.

[...]

Q: [I think this was a question about what she means by "outside of
society"?]

PATTI: For those creative and responsible enough to conduct their
lives behind the social norm. 

[...]

Q: If you could pick anyone in the whole world to talk to, who would
you pick, and why?

PATTI: Stephen King

Moderator says, "any reason why? you like scary stories?" 

PATTI says, "I got a proposition for him." 

Moderator says, "is it a secret?" 

PATTI says, "It's between me, him and Michaelangelo."

[...]

Q: You've talked before about your interest in the blues.  Do you have
plans to record a blues album some day?

PATTI: Considering how my life is going it's probably almost for
certain.

[...]

Q: What books are you working on right now?

PATTI: I'm doing a major project with Doubleday that will contain all
the lyrics, annotations, journal entries and photographs from
1971-1998.

[...]

Q: Where did you meet Oliver Ray?

PATTI says, "Mars."