Stay Soft

Shibuya - Tokyo, Japan

Sid + Steve

Oil painting

Nico, Bataclan, Paris, France, January 29, 1972

[Text ID: I know I’ll always think of you with something like hurt and nostalgia―and a great deal of love.]

"So, over the past year Pete Doherty's life has epitomised the trajectory of a true rock 'n' roll legend. Following a fraught departure from The Libertines, he has been vilified and cast as a scapegoat for conservative political posturing. A feeding frenzy of press coverage was precipitated by his dating Kate Moss, charges of robbery, blackmail, and carrying a knife, jail time, rehab, and also admissions that he had been a prostitute and drug dealer. All of this overwhelms the most interesting aspect of the 26 year old musician's life. In a business dominated by manufactured mediocre talents, he is a true original, a charismatic frontman, songwriter, and performer. So the past two years of Doherty's life are captured here in photographs taken by Dior Homme fashion designer Hedi Slimane."

peter doherty & carl barât of the libertines

Paul McCartney during a press call at Abbey Road studios prior to the ‘All You Need Is Love’ performance on ‘Our World’ live television show, 1967.

will barnet, "dialogue in green," 1970, lithograph

Jackie Fox and Joan Jett / The Runaways 1977