Patti Smith's birthday (30 December 1946)

Subject: Patti Smith's birthday
From: The Shambles
Date: 19 Dec 06 - 05:15 PM

Patti Smith was born this day (20 December) in 1946.

Subject: RE: Patti Smith's birthday
From: SussexCarole
Date: 19 Dec 06 - 05:38 PM

Oh no she wasn't......Dame Spoons has a birthday in April.....

Subject: RE: Patti Smith's birthday
From: SussexCarole
Date: 19 Dec 06 - 05:39 PM

...and a good few years after 1946!

Subject: RE: Patti Smith's birthday (20 December 1946)
From: Anne Lister
Date: 19 Dec 06 - 06:43 PM

Dame Spoons and I are, in fact, twins. Spooky but true. Different genetic make-up, different parents, but hey, why should that get in the way? And Barbara Brown shares our birthday but not, I think, the year.

Anne

Subject: RE: Patti Smith's birthday (20 December 1946)
From: Brakn
Date: 19 Dec 06 - 06:57 PM

Wikipedia has it down as the 30th Dec 1946.

Subject: RE: Patti Smith's birthday (20 December 1946)
From: Brakn
Date: 19 Dec 06 - 07:02 PM

Not that it matters.

Subject: RE: Patti Smith's birthday (20 December 1946)
From: The Shambles
Date: 19 Dec 06 - 07:22 PM

Smiles

Subject: RE: Patti Smith's birthday (20 December 1946)
From: Dame Pattie Smith EPNS
Date: 19 Dec 06 - 07:34 PM

Well I never. Do I have a dobbleganger? I notice you miss off the e. Don`t worry I`ll let EVERYONE know when My birthday is, it`s a miracle I`m still here I suppose....self abuse and all that. I celebrate every one from now on.........

Subject: RE: Patti Smith's birthday (20 December 1946)
From: Splott Man
Date: 20 Dec 06 - 04:10 AM

From now till April???

Subject: RE: Patti Smith's birthday (20 December 1946)
From: Mick Tems
Date: 20 Dec 06 - 04:30 AM

Our friends on Mudcat are confused between Patti Smith, queen of punk, and Pattie Smith, queen of spoons. This is not the first time that mistaken identity has been the victim - we were touring Belgium a few years ago, and we were delighted that a crowd of punks had gathered to see us at this pub. Realisation slowly dawned when we gathered that it wasn't Mick Tems and Patti Smith the punks wanted, but the axe-playing Patti Smith...

Anyway, the mistake in the birthdays should put you right. Dame Spoons is FAR older than that... ouch! Only joking!

Subject: RE: Patti Smith's birthday (20 December 1946)
From: Wolfgang
Date: 20 Dec 06 - 04:45 AM

Shambles, switch to another who-was-born-today page, the one you are using now has too many errors.

Wolfgang

Subject: RE: Patti Smith's birthday (20 December 1946)
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 20 Dec 06 - 05:08 AM

It's not accuracy he's interested in Wolfgang, he's trying to prove his point, that he can only post in one thread!
Giok

Subject: RE: Patti Smith's birthday (20 December 1946)
From: Wolfgang
Date: 20 Dec 06 - 05:27 AM

Probably yes, but these birthday threads are too good to be ignored. Let's forget in here his motives and use these threads in a good way for us. I consider it an embarrassment for a music site to have wrong birthdays of musicians in thread titles. Patti Smith, well, but I cringe when I think that Mudcat has Paul Robeson's birthday still wrong in a thread title.

Wolfgang

Subject: RE: Patti Smith's birthday (20 December 1946)
From: Brakn
Date: 20 Dec 06 - 06:05 AM

Not to be confused with Patty Smyth who is married to John McEnroe.

Subject: RE: Patti Smith's birthday (20 December 1946)
From: A Wandering Minstrel
Date: 20 Dec 06 - 07:39 AM

Pattie,

how very ungallant of Shambles to reveal your age!

Thanks for your Christmas card

Subject: RE: Patti Smith's birthday (20 December 1946)
From: The Shambles
Date: 20 Dec 06 - 08:00 AM

I consider it an embarrassment for a music site to have wrong birthdays of musicians in thread titles. Patti Smith, well, but I cringe when I think that Mudcat has Paul Robeson's birthday still wrong in a thread title.

There are many more embarrasing things than that now demonstrated on our forum.

But if Paul Robeson's birthdate is wrong in a thread title - then I am not to blame for this - am I?

Perhaps you would accept that this is the fault of our anonymous 'moderators'?

Who now insist on changing these thread titles - without asking my permission or seemingly checking that the information that they are recording in the thread's title is correct.

For you also complain and blame me for NOT putting the date in the thread's title.

One of the reasons I do not put the date in the thread title - is because whichever site is used - there is always some argument among the pedantic few which such details matter to about which is the correct date - so if I use the same site I will be at least be consistently wrong.

And as I can always an rely on you Wolgang to check my posts in order to find such discrepancies - and as this appears to give you pleasure - I see little need for me to do it.

Subject: RE: Patti Smith's birthday (20 December 1946)
From: Wolfgang
Date: 20 Dec 06 - 10:10 AM

It does not give me pleasure at all, but I hate it if wrong information is given on a site that many people come to for information about music and musicians.

But if Paul Robeson's birthdate is wrong in a thread title - then I am not to blame for this - am I?

Perhaps you would accept that this is the fault of our anonymous 'moderators'?

I have not at all stated in my post above who is to blame. However, you are the one who has given unchecked and wrong information as a fact first. For that and nothing else you have to take the blame.

Your reasoning for why you don't switch to another site is very funny. Why not just change to another source if one source is found to be often wrong?

Whenever I make a suggestion that could make the birthday threads a better source of information you treat me (or the suggestion?) as if that were another attack on your God (Max) given right to post whatever you want in the sense of the "closed threads and deleted posts" debate. Can't you forget that pet theme just for a minute? We are here in the music part of this site and should all try to make the information sound, reliable and easily accessible. That is my aim. The other discussion is in the BS part of this site.

Wolfgang

Wolfgang

Subject: RE: Patti Smith's birthday (20 December 1946)
From: Dame Pattie Smith EPNS
Date: 20 Dec 06 - 10:54 AM

Yesh I am celebrating alll the way until Aprilll. Maybe I`ll have a birthday party at Miskin for all mudcatters as it is quite a significant one.

Subject: RE: Patti Smith's birthday (30 December 1946)
From: Anne Lister
Date: 21 Dec 06 - 03:32 AM

thinks *in that case maybe Dame Spoons and I aren't twins after all, as my next birthday isn't particularly significant at all*

Anne

Subject: RE: Patti Smith's birthday (30 December 1946)
From: The Shambles
Date: 21 Dec 06 - 04:15 AM

I have not at all stated in my post above who is to blame. However, you are the one who has given unchecked and wrong information as a fact first. For that and nothing else you have to take the blame.

No Wolfgang - your embarrasment was at seeing what you judge to be the wrong dates in the thread title. As I do not place the dates in the thread title - and you have also posted to moan at that too - I can have no blame for our 'moderators' imposing changes to originators title - inserting innacurate information and doing this unchecked.

As you seem to hold me responsible for many of what you see as our forum's shortcomings - perhaps you would accept that our 'moderators/' should be blamed when they have provided inacurate information and be seen to take responsibility for all of their actions?

Subject: RE: Patti Smith's birthday (30 December 1946)
From: Dame Pattie Smith EPNS
Date: 21 Dec 06 - 01:26 PM

Tabster - I`ll be 55. What are you?

Subject: RE: Patti Smith's birthday (30 December 1946)
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 21 Dec 06 - 03:35 PM

Wait, Shambles and Wolfgang! You're both right!
The Birthday Threads are a fun read, and they should be accurate as well. Shambles, you had a great idea. Why not work with our resident pedant Wolfie to insure the dates are correct. Can't we...can't we all just get along?
And barring that, I think trial by combat is appropriate. Sackbuts and bombardes at twenty paces?

Subject: RE: Patti Smith's birthday (30 December 1946)
From: The Sandman
Date: 21 Dec 06 - 03:47 PM

well pat, happy birthday,my birthday is 31 1 51[an Aquarian],iam born on exactly the same day and year as phil collins.
he just chose the wrong time of day so I got all the musical ability and good looks and he got the drums and receding hairline

Subject: RE: Patti Smith's birthday (30 December 1946)
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 21 Dec 06 - 04:07 PM

When Patti made this album, Easter, the Rolling Stone interviewer asked her what kind of reactions she had to the sexy cover photo. She said, in so many words, "I can tell you what my reaction was. It made me want to masturbate."

The girl was a little demon, and made great punk music, and I still love her. and the album cover.

Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not mine....PSmith

Subject: RE: Patti Smith's birthday (30 December 1946)
From: Dame Pattie Smith EPNS
Date: 21 Dec 06 - 06:42 PM

Yea I looked like that once............

Subject: RE: Patti Smith's birthday (30 December 1946)
From: Anne Lister
Date: 21 Dec 06 - 07:05 PM

Pattie ... yes, I'll reluctantly concede that I too will hit the double fives. I suppose I've always thought of significant birthdays as ending in zero.

What shall we do - want to share Miskin?

Anne

Subject: RE: Patti Smith's birthday (30 December 1946)
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 21 Dec 06 - 10:12 PM

Dancing Barefoot

Subject: RE: Patti Smith's birthday (30 December 1946)
From: GUEST
Date: 22 Dec 06 - 10:38 AM

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Subject: RE: Patti Smith's birthday (30 December 1946)
From: Dame Pattie Smith EPNS
Date: 22 Dec 06 - 05:27 PM

Tabster - we are twins then. Wow I always wanted a sibling! Yes lets do a joint birthday - or even a joint.....I`ll be in touch before then.

Subject: RE: Patti Smith's birthday (30 December 1946)
From: Anne Lister
Date: 23 Dec 06 - 01:14 PM

roast beef, oh Spooner?

Have a good Christmas, anyway!