I am ashamed to admit it, but I’ve come to Patti Smith LATE. Recently. In the last four years in fact.    Where have you been all my life?   Truth be told, Patricia Lee ‘Patti’ Smith has always been right here, lurking in the periphery of my pop sightlines but never quite square on, in sharp focus, in the same way as say a David Bowie or Talking Heads. The latter have intensely occupied my soul with many years of study and devotion. Patti’s and my ‘relationship’ is relatively new, only now really starting to gain traction. Growing up in the 70s I’d heard ‘Because The Night‘ tons of times, usually on the any number of AM radios on in our house –…