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LOU REED; A LIFE, a biography by ANTHONY DeCURTIS
...Reed used to say that people would boast about... ...end. And if you have ever had any interest in Lou Reed – beyond Walk on the Wild Side, or maybe... ...and the Hampton estate of $US1.5 million). Lou Reed walked on the wild side, loved little dogs,... ...junkie” . . . and practiced meditation. Lou Reed demanded respect . . . and by the end of these... ...let me know if Lulu is worth going back to. Lou Reed; A Life by Anthony DeCurtis is published by... ...$38 There is a considerable amount about Lou Reed (and Velvet Underground) at Elsewhere,...
Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/8199/lou-reed-a-life-a-biography-by-anthony-decurtis/
THE BARGAIN BUY: Lou Reed, The Solo Years
...strange to live in a world without Lou Reed. Not that we chatted often -- indeed never --... ...is a lot of listening across those records. Lou Reed has been extensively covered at Elsewhere (you...
The Bargain Buy: bargainbuy/5983/the-bargain-buy-lou-reed-the-solo-years/
Lou Reed: Families (1979)
...Reed probably never struck you as having a...
Tagged with: andy warhol | david bowie | from the vaults | john cale | lou reed | patti smith | the velvet underground |
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/2967/lou-reed-families-1979/
LOU REED'S BETWEEN THOUGHT AND EXPRESSION: Boxed for you in '92
...and Magic and Loss albums, by the early 90s Lou Reed was ripe for an intelligent, revelatory... ...true, as he once said, that “no one does Lou Reed between than Lou Reed,” you cannot help... ...which was determinedly subtitled The Lou Reed Anthology. Note that definite article there,... ...too. Hmmm. All that said, the many faces of Lou Reed to that point are more than adequately... ...wilfulness and graduation from heroin to hero, Lou Reed undoubtedly deserved a retrospective box set,...
Tagged with: bessie smith | david bowie | john cale | john snyder | lou reed |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/1806/lou-reeds-between-thought-and-expression-boxed-for-you-in-92/
THE BARGAIN BUY: Lou Reed; Original Classic Album Series
...there is any part of Lou Reed's long solo career which has been overlooked,... ...losers) and took up tai-chi. This wasn't the Lou Reed that fans wanted. They wanted junkie-angry Lou... ...Velvet Underground days] -- was the reason why Lou Reed could sell out concerts in Europe and America.... ...might have been blowing. So here is a lot of Lou Reed and some of it towards the end of the... ...another story, told here. There is LOT about Lou Reed/Velvets at Elsewhere starting here (follow the...
The Bargain Buy: bargainbuy/5514/the-bargain-buy-lou-reed-original-classic-album-series/
TRANSFORMER; THE COMPLETE LOU REED STORY by VICTOR BOCKRIS
...Lou Reed – who is being inducted into the Rock... ...the Velvet Underground and, of course, Lou Reed. This book in hand is an update of his '94... ...book Lou Reed; The Biography which ended when Reed was still... ...at the time . . . By the end of his life Lou Reed had become a legendary figure in rock'n'roll,... ...turned down Reed's manuscript. For more on Lou Reed at Elsewhere start here. For more on Vevlet...
Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/6736/transformer-the-complete-lou-reed-story-by-victor-bockris/
LOU REED, SOLO INTO THE SEVENTIES (2013): Walk and Talk It
...anyone coming new to Lou Reed these days and wondering where to start: there... ...they are too uneven. Better would come from Lou Reed, and the Original Album Classics picks that... ...were even more "lost" on listeners. Lou Reed in the Seventies? Sample selectively. There is... ...more about Lou Reed's long and diverse solo career here. And the...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/5496/lou-reed-solo-into-the-seventies-2013-walk-and-talk-it/
GUEST WRITER MITCH MYERS considers Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music album from the distance of decades
...the following essay for Magnet Magazine about Lou Reed's most contentious and divisive album, Metal... ...breakout quotes) . In the past few decades, Lou Reed’s Metal Machine Music has been... ...the country rushing home with their brand-new Lou Reed album, only to conclude that something had... ...a friend of mine told me about this weird Lou Reed album that everybody hated but he thought was... ...of this record. “Whatever Lou Reed’s motive for making it, it’s still...
Other Voices, Other Rooms: othervoicesotherrooms/10516/guest-writer-mitch-myers-considers-lou-reeds-metal-machine-music-album-from-the-distance-of-decades/
Lou Reed: Hudson River Wind Meditations (vinyl release, CD)
...title of the latest Lou Reed biography probably confirms how many see him.... ...Warhol hovers overhead. But there was another Lou Reed, a softer and more thoughtful version of the...
Music at Elsewhere: music/10959/lou-reed-hudson-river-wind-meditations-vinyl-release-cd/
The Little Willies: Lou Reed (2005)
...maybe they imagined their fellow New Yorker Lou Reed out there in the countryside havin' some fun....
Tagged with: blue note | from the vaults | lou reed | norah jones | willie nelson |
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/4046/the-little-willies-lou-reed-2005/
LOU REED AND PATTI SMITH IN THE 21ST CENTURY: Patent pending
...those archetypal New Yorkers Lou Reed and Patti Smith both released albums in the... ...call, "moving on" . . . And so? When Lou Reed delivered his one-liner about doing Lou Reed... ...A cautionary note about artists like Lou Reed however: perhaps familiarity has lessened...
Tagged with: andy warhol | david bowie | john cale | lenny kaye | lou reed | patti smith | the velvet underground |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/2770/lou-reed-and-patti-smith-in-the-21st-century-patent-pending/
THE BARGAIN BUY: Lou Reed; Original Classic Album Series
...Lou Reed's solo career after the Velvet Underground was...
The Bargain Buy: bargainbuy/5914/the-bargain-buy-lou-reed-original-classic-album-series/
LOU REED'S MAGIC AND LOSS ALBUM OF 1992: Heart and soul
...abrasive Plastic Ono Band album. In 1990 Lou Reed – with John Cale – took the death...
Tagged with: john cale | lou reed |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/1977/lou-reeds-magic-and-loss-album-of-1992-heart-and-soul/
Lou Reed: The Raven (Reprise)
"These are the stories of Edgar Allen Poe, not exactly the boy next door," yelps a breathless-sounding Reed over dramatic, grinding guitar riffery at the start of this guest-heavy collection
Tagged with: david bowie | from hell | lou reed | ornette coleman |
Music at Elsewhere: music/1976/lou-reed-the-raven-reprise/
Lou Reed: Words and Music 1965 (digital outlets)
...is the case with this collection of Lou Reed's “copyright tape” – raw...
Music at Elsewhere: music/10437/lou-reed-words-and-music-1965-digital-outlets/
Lou Reed: Metal Machine Music (1975)
...Machine Music is the Lou Reed album that even many Lou fans haven't heard --...
Tagged with: from the vaults | john cale | la monte young | lou reed | minimalism | sonic youth | the velvet underground |
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/3164/lou-reed-metal-machine-music-1975/
Lou Reed's Berlin: Lou Reed, Julian Schnabel (Madman DVD)
...last year posted Lou Reed's 1973 Berlin as an Essential Elsewhere album,...
Tagged with: david bowie | lou reed | the velvet underground |
Music at Elsewhere: music/2139/lou-reeds-berlin-lou-reed-julian-schnabel-madman-dvd/
Lou Reed: Berlin (1973)
...the Pickwick label in ‘64-’65 -- Lou Reed’s lyrics had a literary quality. With... ...just do a record? Anybody can do a record but Lou Reed can write people." Reviews of Berlin were...
Tagged with: chris knox | david bowie | john cale | john snyder | lou reed | the velvet underground |
Essential Elsewhere: essentialelsewhere/1791/lou-reed-berlin-1973/
Lou Reed: Foot of Pride (1992)
...And oddly enough, you might argue the same of Lou Reed whose Eighties had been equally uneven, not so... ...Bob Dylan at Elsewhere starting here, and Lou Reed starting here. For other one-off songs with a...
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/6770/lou-reed-foot-of-pride-1992/
LOU REED'S NEW YORK ALBUM (1989): The pugnacious poet
...about it, Lou Reed shouldn’t be here in 1989. Scan his... ...inclinations. It’s too easy to remember Lou Reed was a junkie and too easy to forget he’s... ...in the Sydney Morning Herald is right: “Lou Reed spent the Reagan era advertising Honda... ...problem is that for many he will always be Lou Reed, ex-Velvet Underground, ex-junkie. He knows... ...late Lester Bangs once wrote of him: “Lou Reed is the guy who gave dignity and poetry and... ...it. After all, he was warned. Ten years ago Lou Reed got it in one when he said, “I’m a...
Tagged with: david bowie | lou reed |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/1983/lou-reeds-new-york-album-1989-the-pugnacious-poet/
Sunn O))): Metta, Benevolence (Southern Lords/bandcamp)
...Mary Anne Hobbs) and sit somewhere between Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music (the album not his live...
Further Outwhere: further/10183/sunn-o-metta-benevolence-southern-lords-bandcamp/
Genya Ravan: Junkman (1979)
...Desire ('78, on which she sang a duet with Lou Reed) but albums by the Dead Boys and Ronnie...
Tagged with: brenda lee | from the vaults | genya ravan | jackie de shannon | lesley gore | lou reed |
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/2854/genya-ravan-junkman-1979/
GRAHAM BRAZIER INTERVIEWED (2004): The Brazier still burning
...City Lights imprint, biographies of Brando and Lou Reed ... The CD collection is modest: a Grateful...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/5272/graham-brazier-interviewed-2004-the-brazier-still-burning/
L'Epee: Diabolique (A Recordings/Southbound)
...vocals (in French), and reference points in Lou Reed's solo career in the Seventies. And...
Music at Elsewhere: music/9098/lepee-diabolique-a-recordings-southbound/
The Fuzzies: Cupid (Powertools/digital outlets)
...minimalist alt.rock. It more clearly recalls Lou Reed, Tom Verlaine and other with that New York...
Tagged with: new zealand music |
Music at Elsewhere: music/10830/the-fuzzies-cupid-powertools-digital-outlets/
RECORD PRODUCER JOHN SNYDER INTERVIEWED: Ethics, soul and a conscience . . . in the music industry?
...Of more interest was a long overdue box set of Lou Reed material he began compiling in 1990 which...
Tagged with: james blood ulmer | john snyder | lou reed | ornette coleman |
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/1813/record-producer-john-snyder-interviewed-ethics-soul-and-a-conscience-in-the-music-industry/
The Feelies: Here Before (Pop Frenzy)
...but a more languid lyrical delivery (a little Lou Reed on Again Today) although the snappy...
Tagged with: the feelies |
Music at Elsewhere: music/4191/the-feelies-here-before-pop-frenzy/
THE STROKES (2001): The future, the past or just passing through?
...CBGBs, and you’re likely to bump into Lou Reed in the poetry section of Barnes & Noble....
Tagged with: blur | gordon raphael | iggy pop | lou reed | oasis | regina spektor | sky cries mary | the strokes |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/3147/the-strokes-2001-the-future-the-past-or-just-passing-through/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Joe Sampson of T54
...of original Tupelo Records Nirvana 12"s, Lou Reed/John Cale Songs for Drella on VHS, Pavement's...
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/6044/the-famous-elsewhere-questionnaire-joe-sampson-of-t54/
Tom Morgan: Orange Syringe (Fire/Southbound)
...plans and turn the tv down”), puts on Lou Reed clothes for the excitingly propulsive pop of...
Music at Elsewhere: music/5586/tom-morgan-orange-syringe-fire-southbound/
JOHN CALE, FRAGMENTS OF A RAINY SEASON, CONSIDERED (1982/2016): The new society still ain't pretty
...careers are of any length. The late Lemmy and Lou Reed for example released albums which became their... ...complete rethink and re-framed by the death of Lou Reed. The disturbing negativity of the original is... ...John Cale at Elsewhere starting here, about Lou Reed here and Velvet Underground here. Elsewhere...
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The Album Considered: albumconsidered/7349/john-cale-fragments-of-a-rainy-season-considered-1982-2016-the-new-society-still-aint-pretty/
RHINOCEROS: SATIN CHICKENS, CONSIDERED (1969): Made like the Monkees, and not built to last
...comparisons with the Monkees as well as having Lou Reed and Rick James appear later. Whoever... ...player Michael Fonfara went on to lead Lou Reed's touring band in the late Seventies: he's on...
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The Album Considered: albumconsidered/9565/rhinoceros-satin-chickens-considered-1969-made-like-the-monkees-and-not-built-to-last/
HENRY ROLLINS INTERVIEWED (1990): Volume and vehemence
...go and free the music up in the process. Like Lou Reed – he gave it up and I can have it....
Tagged with: amiri baraka | free jazz | henry rollins |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/2113/henry-rollins-interviewed-1990-volume-and-vehemence/
U2, ACHTUNG BABY TURNS 20 (2011): The handbrake turn
...glam footstomp and a keening guitar part; Lou Reed's Satellite of Love comes off less persuasive...
Tagged with: arcade fire | brian eno | explosions in the sky | my back pages | radiohead | u2 |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/4527/u2-achtung-baby-turns-20-2011-the-handbrake-turn/
The Lemon Twigs: Songs for the General Public (4AD/digital outlets)
...Steinman but with deliberately arch, sneering Lou Reed-like verses and a chorus which lacks the...
Music at Elsewhere: music/9564/the-lemon-twigs-songs-for-the-general-public-4ad-digital-outlets/
The MC5: The Big Bang! The Best of the MC5 (2000 compilation)
...includes Bob Seger (American Ruse) and early Lou Reed (Shakin Street). Except with...
Tagged with: dr feelgood | iggy pop | jefferson airplane | mc5 | wayne kramer |
Essential Elsewhere: essentialelsewhere/2246/the-mc5-the-big-bang-the-best-of-the-mc5-2000-compilation/
Joan As Police Woman: Real Life (Rhythmethod)
...to lyrics. She counts among her admirers Lou Reed, Nick Cave, Sparklehorse and others whom she...
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Music at Elsewhere: music/942/joan-as-police-woman-real-life-rhythmethod/
DAVID BOWIE REMEMBERED (2016): The man, now in the rearview mirror
...some lesser selling albums (like Dylan, Lou Reed and others he often sold fewer records than... ...Dance in the Outback. He produced Iggy Pop and Lou Reed, sang Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth with...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/7332/david-bowie-remembered-2016-the-man-now-in-the-rearview-mirror/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Rickie Lee Jones
...Rickie Lee Jones was at the Laurie Anderson-Lou Reed curated Vivid Festival in Sydney a couple of...
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/5527/the-famous-elsewhere-questionnaire-rickie-lee-jones/
JIM DeROGATIS INTERVIEWED (2011): Nothing if not critical
...giving us a hard time. “And that's what Lou Reed is like. I've interviewed Lou Reed too many... ...Edgar Allen Poe'. How about writing some Lou Reed songs again?” DeRogatis has written and...
Tagged with: beatles in new zealand | from the vaults | keith richards | mick jagger | neil innes | the beatles | the beatles anthology in print | the beatles remastered | the rolling stones | the velvet underground |
Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/4177/jim-derogatis-interviewed-2011-nothing-if-not-critical/
Tamikrest: Adagh (Glitterhouse/Yellow Eye)
...almost monotone, delivery. Nothing like Lou Reed, but a bit like Lou Reed if you get my drift....
Tagged with: african blues | ceasefire | chicago blues | etran finatawa | jimi hendrix | malouma | musiques metisses | robert johnson | ronnie earl | tamikrest | tinariwen |
World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/3094/tamikrest-adagh-glitterhouse-yellow-eye/
FRANK ZAPPA (1940-93) REMEMBERED 15 YEARS ON: Straight and Bizarre
...most untalented bore who ever lived” -- Lou Reed "I happen to be a composer who sells...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/2086/frank-zappa-1940-93-remembered-15-years-on-straight-and-bizarre/
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE by JIM DeROGATIS: When the whip comes down
...pop or rock of their period. Singer-songwriter Lou Reed -- who took as his subjects things common in...
Tagged with: andy warhol | brian eno | david bowie | garth cartwright | jabberrock | jim derogatis | john cale | lou reed | the velvet underground |
Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/2611/the-velvet-underground-an-illustrated-history-of-a-walk-on-the-wild-side-by-jim-derogatis-when-the-whip-comes-down/
ONE OF THE GREATEST ALBUMS OF ALL TIME, MAYBE (2023): Art's ignored classic comes to light again
...what I mean”. On the album's release Lou Reed was asked about it and said, “What is...
Absurd Elsewhere: absurdelsewhere/10797/one-of-the-greatest-albums-of-all-time-maybe-2023-arts-ignored-classic-comes-to-light-again/
DAVID BOWIE: LODGER, CONSIDERED AT 40 (2019): The fantastic voyage into the familiarly unfamiliar
...released just after a public punch-up with Lou Reed) which was, ironically, overrun in the UK by...
Tagged with: the album considered |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/8946/david-bowie-lodger-considered-at-40-2019-the-fantastic-voyage-into-the-familiarly-unfamiliar/
Dion: Born To Be With You (1975)
...fans were Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, Lou Reed, Paul Simon and many others. Reed inducted him...
Tagged with: bobby gillespie | dion | phil spector |
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/7310/dion-born-to-be-with-you-1975/
Various Artists: Lawless soundtrack (Sony)
...Brimstone and a bluegrass-kissed version of Lou Reed's White Light/White Heat, Cave and Ellis offer...
Music at Elsewhere: music/5271/various-artists-lawless-soundtrack-sony/
Surf Friends: Confusion (SF)
...like an antipodean Velvet Underground/genial Lou Reed. And even though Humans is a Clean piece of...
Tagged with: arch hill | chris knox | david kilgour | flying nun | pavement | surf friends | the chills | the clean |
Music at Elsewhere: music/3722/surf-friends-confusion-sf/
Tom Waits: What Keeps Mankind Alive? (1985)
...Sting, Nick Cave, Bryan Ferry, Johnny Depp, Lou Reed, Charlie Haden, John Zorn, Van Dyke Parks,...
Tagged with: chuck e weiss | from the vaults | lawrence ferlinghetti | tom waits |
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/3601/tom-waits-what-keeps-mankind-alive-1985/
PUNK REVOLUTION NYC, a doco by TOM O'DELL (Chrome Dreams DVD)
...Lee Black Childers from Warhol's crowd, Lou Reed biographer Victor Bockris, Craig Leon who... .... . . And then there is rare footage of Lou Reed and John Cale in an early performance, the New...
Film at Elsewhere: film/4682/punk-revolution-nyc-a-doco-by-tom-odell-chrome-dreams-dvd/
10 ALBUM COVER PARODIES: It looks familiar but . . .
...Andy Warhol might have enjoyed this, even if Lou Reed didn't. Dead Milkmen from Philly are a...
Something Elsewhere: somethingelsewhere/6173/10-album-cover-parodies-it-looks-familiar-but/
THE BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2017: THE YEAR IN REISSUES
...Cale was outstripping his former bandmate Lou Reed during the Eighties. There is darkness and...
Music at Elsewhere: music/8225/the-best-of-elsewhere-2017-the-year-in-reissues/
THE BARGAIN BUY: The Sony "Original Album Classics" series: Pop-pop pop music
...Nilsson, cornerstone Patti Smith . . . and Lou Reed...
The Bargain Buy: bargainbuy/5767/the-bargain-buy-the-sony-original-album-classics-series-pop-pop-pop-music/
RECOMMENDED REISSUE: Howe Gelb; Sno Angel Like You (Fire/Southbound)
...and more empathetic speak-sing Lou Reed, Bob Dylan if he'd heard the Velvets rather...
Music at Elsewhere: music/7668/recommended-reissue-howe-gelb-sno-angel-like-you-fire-southbound/
OLIVER LAKE and JUMP UP: PLUG IT, CONSIDERED (1983): Forget art and argument, let's dance
...and after (collaborations with Bjork, Lou Reed, A Tribe Called Quest, Mos Def and many, many...
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The Album Considered: albumconsidered/9621/oliver-lake-and-jump-up-plug-it-considered-1983-forget-art-and-argument-lets-dance/
SEDITION AND ALCHEMY: A BIOGRAPHY OF JOHN CALE BY TIM MITCHELL (2005): Opportunity knocked
...musicians, and through a friend met Lou Reed, an aspiring songwriter. And the rest is rock...
Tagged with: books and authors | john cale | lou reed |
Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/1912/sedition-and-alchemy-a-biography-of-john-cale-by-tim-mitchell-2005-opportunity-knocked/
John Martyn: Solid Air (1973)
...Moon, Elton John's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Lou Reed's Transformer, Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells...
Essential Elsewhere: essentialelsewhere/2432/john-martyn-solid-air-1973/
MATTHEW SWEET INTERVIEWED (1993): It should be a more Sweet world
...yourself, would Robert Quine (ex-Voidoid and Lou Reed’s bands), Television's Richard Lloyd,...
Tagged with: badfinger | dwight twilley | john lennon | luke jackson | matthew sweet | neil young | power pop | roger mcguinn | the byrds | the searchers | tom petty |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/3617/matthew-sweet-interviewed-1993-it-should-be-a-more-sweet-world/
Dion: Tank Full of Blues (Blue Horizon)
...or had guests like longtime admirer Lou Reed, and most recently a stage production The...
Music at Elsewhere: music/4834/dion-tank-full-of-blues-blue-horizon/
DELANEY DAVIDSON INTERVIEWED (2014): Christchurch, Colorado and Womad
...to his early role models in music were Lou Reed and the songs from Fiddler on the Roof, but...
Tagged with: new zealand music | womad 2014 |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/6175/delaney-davidson-interviewed-2014-christchurch-colorado-and-womad/
AUCKLAND CITY LIMITS FESTIVAL 2018 CONSIDERED: Pull up to the hard rock, baby
...everyone from Elvis (the judo moves) through Lou Reed (that wrapping of the mike cord around the...
Live reviews + concert photos: livereviews/8336/auckland-city-limits-festival-2018-considered-pull-up-to-the-hard-rock-baby/
DAVID SANBORN, JAZZ AND ELSEWHERE SAXOPHONIST INTERVIEWED (1992): Where it's at, wherever "at" is at.
...guitarists Ribot and Bill Frisell for Lou Reed’s Jesus. Elsewhere he plays tunes by...
Tagged with: bruce springsteen | david sanborn | ecm records | miles davis | ornette coleman | pat metheny |
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/1906/david-sanborn-jazz-and-elsewhere-saxophonist-interviewed-1992-where-its-at-wherever-at-is-at/
Paul Weller: Saturns Pattern (Parlophone)
...come to nothing). Later he taps the spirit of Lou Reed/Velvert Underground for Long Time which comes...
Music at Elsewhere: music/6992/paul-weller-saturns-pattern-parlophone/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Delaney Davidson and Marlon Williams
...could climb onto with a chair. I also went to Lou Reed when I was about 4. I remember the song How Do...
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/5327/the-famous-elsewhere-questionnaire-delaney-davidson-and-marlon-williams/
TARANAKI WOMAD 2020: THE ARTISTS' LINE-UP in words, sound and vision
...from collaborations with Stevie Wonder, Lou Reed, and WOMAD’s Peter Gabriel, to some of...
World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/9154/taranaki-womad-2020-the-artists-line-up-in-words-sound-and-vision/
UNEARTHING THE PAST FOR THE PRESENT AND FUTURE (2024): Seldom, or never, heard Kiwi rock from the Seventies
...Underground's White Light White Heat and Lou Reed's Vicious, and opened for Reed in...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/11032/unearthing-the-past-for-the-present-and-future-2024-seldom-or-never-heard-kiwi-rock-from-the-seventies/
JOHN CALE INTERVIEWED (2005): Flipping the Velvet
...quit in 1968 after repeated disagreements with Lou Reed and the band's first two, and best, albums -...
Tagged with: brian eno | john cale | lou reed | the velvet underground |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/401/john-cale-interviewed-2005-flipping-the-velvet/
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND, WHAT GOES ON (BOX SET, 1993): The velvet blueprint
...refers to the “girl drummer”) and Lou Reed; the other a tedious, mostly incomprehensible... ...large) number of New Zealand bands. Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison and Mo Tucker...
Tagged with: john cale | lou reed | the velvet underground |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/2146/the-velvet-underground-what-goes-on-box-set-1993-the-velvet-blueprint/
EDDIE AND THE CRUISERS, a film by MARTIN DAVIDSON (Triton DVD)
...of A Season in Hell that we hear kind of Lou Reed's Street Hassle with a little Doors and...
Tagged with: bruce springsteen | film in elsewhere | from the vaults | john mellencamp | power pop | steven van zandt |
Film at Elsewhere: film/4218/eddie-and-the-cruisers-a-film-by-martin-davidson-triton-dvd/
THE BARGAIN BUY: The Sony "Original Album Classics" series: It's jazz, maaan
...Nilsson, cornerstone Patti Smith . . . and Lou Reed...
The Bargain Buy: bargainbuy/5769/the-bargain-buy-the-sony-original-album-classics-series-its-jazz-maaan/
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . WILLIS ALAN RAMSEY: The love song of two semi-aquatic rodents
...James Brown but oddly enough not including Lou Reed) and 25 People Who Quit or Were Fired Before...
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WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . .: weneedtotalkabout/7802/we-need-to-talk-about-willis-alan-ramsey-the-love-song-of-two-semi-aquatic-rodents/
Adam Hattaway and the Haunters: Woolston, Texas (digital outlets)
...of the Stones (Wasting Our Time with a crafty Lou Reed-cum-pop twist), classic Seventies rock tropes...
Music at Elsewhere: music/9797/adam-hattaway-and-the-haunters-woolston-texas-digital-outlets/
Cowboy Junkies; At the End of Paths Taken (Zoe) BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2007
...the imagination, especially their version of Lou Reed's Sweet Jane. The mood of the album was all of...
Tagged with: best of elsewhere 2006 | best of elsewhere 2007 | cowboy junkies | felice brothers | guy clark | lou reed | songs of america | the handsome family | wilco |
Music at Elsewhere: music/1175/cowboy-junkies-at-the-end-of-paths-taken-zoe-best-of-elsewhere-2007/
THE BARGAIN BUY: Various Artists . . . Pure, Guitar Legends
...actually. Kinda weird but welcome to hear Lou Reed's Vicous followed by the Pavlov's Dog lost...
The Bargain Buy: bargainbuy/6866/the-bargain-buy-various-artists-pure-guitar-legends/
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND, REDUX (2014): The Return Again of White Light/White Heat
...and at times unworthy (John Cale reading Lou Reed's story The Gift which hardly bears repeated... ...of Sonic Youth and others by even longer. Lou Reed said no one listened to it and people stayed...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/6070/the-velvet-underground-redux-2014-the-return-again-of-white-light-white-heat/
CAT MOTHER AND THE ALL NIGHT NEWSBOYS. THE STREET GIVETH … AND THE STREET TAKETH AWAY, CONSIDERED (1969): The musicians not the music?
...the New York Rock Ensemble but also live with Lou Reed, Judy Collins, Hall and Oates and many others....
The Album Considered: albumconsidered/11026/cat-mother-and-the-all-night-newsboys-the-street-giveth-…-and-the-street-taketh-away-considered-1969-the-musicians-not-the-music/
Various Artists: Follow Me Down; Vanguard's Lost Psychedelic Era 1966-70 (Vanguard/Border)
...worked with Alice Cooper, David Bowie and Lou Reed; Jerry Jeff Walker was in Circus Maximus which...
Music at Elsewhere: music/6823/various-artists-follow-me-down-vanguards-lost-psychedelic-era-1966-70-vanguard-border/
Cowboy Junkies: Songs of the Recollection (Proper Records, digital outlets)
...quietly in a church, included their cover of Lou Reed’s Sweet Jane and in the decades since...
Music at Elsewhere: music/10290/cowboy-junkies-songs-of-the-recollection-proper-records-digital-outlets/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Chris from Gold Medal Famous
...anyone it would be . . . (And you would play?) Lou Reed and we’d play Metal Machine Music. The...
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The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/6239/the-famous-elsewhere-questionnaire-chris-from-gold-medal-famous/
Jim Carroll: People Who Died (1980)
...in the same breath as Patti Smith and Lou Reed. Carroll's rock career was admittedly short --... ...circuit as Patti Smith and hanging out with Lou Reed, his move into rock'n'roll performance was...
Tagged with: from the vaults | garth cartwright | hound dog taylor | jim carroll | lawrence ferlinghetti | lou reed | patti smith | willy de ville |
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/2855/jim-carroll-people-who-died-1980/
VANGUARD RECORDS IN THE SIXTIES (2012): The label out in front
...Dick Wagner who subsequently worked with Lou Reed and Alice Cooper was in The Frost; the...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/5279/vanguard-records-in-the-sixties-2012-the-label-out-in-front/
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . GARY WILSON: The retro avant-garde artist at play
...some of that declamatory, quivering urgency of Lou Reed on pieces like this, Cindy, Groovy Girls Make...
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WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . .: weneedtotalkabout/6794/we-need-to-talk-about-gary-wilson-the-retro-avant-garde-artist-at-play/
Listening: Stoned Is (1968)
...in the Doug Yule-led Velvet Underground after Lou Reed and Stirling Morrison's departures and appears...
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/9118/listening-stoned-is-1968/
Lake/Landaeus/Osgood: Spirit (digital outlets)
...Meshell Ndegeocello, James Blood Ulmer, Lou Reed . . . It has been a remarkable career but he...
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/10887/lake-landaeus-osgood-spirit-digital-outlets/
BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2009 Antony and the Johnsons: The Crying Light (EMI)
...up-front here, and who sings back-up with Lou Reed. Quite where you locate his fragile balladry...
Tagged with: antony & the johnsons | best of elsewhere 2009 |
Music at Elsewhere: music/2135/best-of-elsewhere-2009-antony-and-the-johnsons-the-crying-light-emi/
THE VIVID FESTIVAL, SYDNEY 2010: The laughin' Lou and lovely Laurie show
...the married couple of “old rocker” Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson, who have co-curated the... ...he falls sound asleep. It's that old rocker Lou...
Tagged with: boris | laurie anderson | lou reed |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/4197/the-vivid-festival-sydney-2010-the-laughin-lou-and-lovely-laurie-show/
Iggy and the Stooges: Ready to Die (Warners)
...couple of decades. In that regard he's like Lou Reed has been since '92, always better enjoyed for...
Music at Elsewhere: music/5644/iggy-and-the-stooges-ready-to-die-warners/
GREG FLEMING, GET OFF AT LINCOLN ALBUM: (2019) A track-by-track drive-by from Greg
...D.C, Ronald Hugh Morrieson's Hawera or Lou Reed's New York. I've been writing about Auckland...
Tagged with: new zealand music |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/9143/greg-fleming-get-off-at-lincoln-album-2019-a-track-by-track-drive-by-from-greg/
NORAH JONES CONSIDERED (2016): Old ways and a new day breaking
...others) alongside originals. The closer about Lou Reed (hear it here) is very funny and shows what a...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/7654/norah-jones-considered-2016-old-ways-and-a-new-day-breaking/
Dean & Britta: Back Numbers (Zoe)
...is new to you then this laconic, brooding, Lou Reed-influenced and love-saturated collection is a...
Tagged with: dean & britta | lou reed |
Music at Elsewhere: music/1064/dean-and-britta-back-numbers-zoe/
Little Willies: For the Good Times (Milking Bull/EMI)
...is nothing here as genuinely funny as their Lou Reed song on the last one. Like the idea of this?...
Music at Elsewhere: music/4724/little-willies-for-the-good-times-milking-bull-emi/
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND AND NICO, AGAIN (2014): Still at all tomorrow's parties
...Nico's solo album Chelsea Girl (on which VU's Lou Reed, John Cale and Sterling Morrison played) and a...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/6078/the-velvet-underground-and-nico-again-2014-still-at-all-tomorrows-parties/
JOSH ROUSE PROFILED (2002): The stars come out
...producer Roger Moutenot (who has John Zorn, Lou Reed on his CV), and Ben Folds' drummer. He's worth...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/8272/josh-rouse-profiled-2002-the-stars-come-out/
LOVE IN BRIGHT LANDSCAPES, a doco by JONATHAN ALLEY
...Talking Heads etc) and worked his way back to Lou Reed and Bowie. The fact Perth had no rock history...
Film at Elsewhere: film/10415/love-in-bright-landscapes-a-doco-by-jonathan-alley/
WARREN ZEVON INTERVIEWED (1992): Tales from the dark side
...that year mentioned in the same breath as Lou Reed’s live Rock’n’Roll Animal...
Tagged with: bruce springsteen |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/1897/warren-zevon-interviewed-1992-tales-from-the-dark-side/
Songs: Songs (PopFrenzy/Rhythmethod)
...that languid indifference of early Dylan and Lou Reed (without the menace) but mostly they don't...
Tagged with: arch hill | beach house | camera obscura | john cale | popfrenzy | songs | the bats | the clean | the velvet underground |
Music at Elsewhere: music/2860/songs-songs-popfrenzy-rhythmethod/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Ham Hornhead of the Trons
...In a stream of consciousness interview Lou Reed talks of his desire to build machines to make... ...would play…?) The previously mentioned Lou Reed ... and I would play Run Run Run The three...
Tagged with: devo | electronica | kraftwerk | neu! | ralf hutter | the famous elsewhere questionnaire | the trons | wire |
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/3853/the-famous-elsewhere-questionnaire-ham-hornhead-of-the-trons/
VELVET UNDERGROUND REPACKAGED (2012): Some velvet morning when I'm rich
...the essential VU, and albums by former members Lou Reed and John Cale? ESSENTIAL UNDERGROUND No... ...on Velvet Underground at Elsewhere here, on Lou Reed here and John Cale here. Oh and Andy Warhol...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/5305/velvet-underground-repackaged-2012-some-velvet-morning-when-im-rich/
Superturtle: Wait For It (Sarang Bang/digital outlets)
...stomp live. Lyrically it has a kind of early Lou Reed cyncism. And after the sound of someone...
Tagged with: new zealand music |
Music at Elsewhere: music/9616/superturtle-wait-for-it-sarang-bang-digital-outlets/
BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2009 Sonic Youth: The Eternal (Matador)
...game and when they also make an aural nod to Lou Reed's flattened delivery on Poison Arrow it is as...
Tagged with: best of elsewhere 2009 | lou reed | sonic youth | thurston moore |
Music at Elsewhere: music/2459/best-of-elsewhere-2009-sonic-youth-the-eternal-matador/