The last minute or two of that Retinal Circus Heroin...wow.
― dan selzer, Friday, 29 July 2011 17:19 (twelve years ago) link
yeah that weird bending of the guitars/lou's voice -- "all of eeeevilllll n this town!"
― tylerw, Friday, 29 July 2011 17:20 (twelve years ago) link
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O6_Q6XXQifg/TjINNlAMD7I/AAAAAAAAAhc/r-no1Ma06XU/s1600/VUWhiskeyHB.jpg
― tylerw, Sunday, 31 July 2011 20:38 (twelve years ago) link
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UQ5nz18lkv0/TjIMtv-97BI/AAAAAAAAAgA/cda0_NtGYiI/s1600/VUsetlist.jpginteresting that the velvets were playing goodnight ladies at some point...would be interested to hear their rendition.
― tylerw, Sunday, 31 July 2011 20:42 (twelve years ago) link
how the fuck have the Matrix tapes not emerged yet
― Spikey, Monday, 1 August 2011 03:27 (twelve years ago) link
yeah pretty irritating right? i'm sure that the powers that be think there's more than enough late 1969 VU out there officially, but it seems like someone like Rhino Handmade would jump at the chance to put out a deluxe box set of all this stuff. i know that the guy who owns the tapes has licensed similar projects to the Doors and Jefferson Airplane, but I think there's some kind of argument going on between him and the VU camp.
― tylerw, Monday, 1 August 2011 14:51 (twelve years ago) link
I blame Lou... or, failing that, Mike Love... hold on tho, Mo's gone all Tea Party, I blame her
― R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Monday, 1 August 2011 15:02 (twelve years ago) link
yeah lou must've put the kibosh on any/all VU reissues. they haven't really done anything since the deluxe VU & nico, right? aside from that sundazed vinyl version of the quine tapes.
― tylerw, Monday, 1 August 2011 15:04 (twelve years ago) link
That typewritten Whisky newsletter is "especially groovey!"
― Sugar-coated Satan Sandwich (Dan Peterson), Monday, 1 August 2011 15:11 (twelve years ago) link
btw here's unterberger's piece on the matrix tapes, with an interview with the SOB who is holding them backhttp://www.richieunterberger.com/vuexc10.html(jk about the SOB thing. i love you dude, can i come over to your house)
― tylerw, Tuesday, 2 August 2011 20:01 (twelve years ago) link
“They’re beautiful tapes. We listened to some playback of a little bit of the tapes about a year ago over at some studio in Berkeley, and they sounded just great. One of their fans who was [there] said, ‘Oh, these are the holy grail of Velvet Underground tapes.’ If there’s a market for them, they should come to me.”
― tylerw, Tuesday, 2 August 2011 20:05 (twelve years ago) link
going back through this thread, i see i'm repeating myself. oh well.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 2 August 2011 20:12 (twelve years ago) link
Just noticed in that Whiskey newsletter thing, playing with Moby Grape "for the first time anywhere", the Flying Burrito Brothers, "a new group formed by two former Byrds, Chris Hillman and Graham Parsons".
― R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Thursday, 4 August 2011 15:55 (twelve years ago) link
hee hee, bet they sucked that night.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fokpCjkmNpY/TjIMpYf7S7I/AAAAAAAAAfo/OnUzB-2P6SQ/s1600/VUmaxsreceipt.jpg
this is all coming from over here, which is selling some serious VU ephemera from the "sterling morrison collection"
http://velvetundergroundmemorabilia.blogspot.com/
― tylerw, Thursday, 4 August 2011 21:19 (twelve years ago) link
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CymbC_S-P5c/TjIM0aG7nII/AAAAAAAAAgo/KJ7UcUDFqBI/s1600/VUunioncard.jpegvu trainspotter heaven
― tylerw, Thursday, 4 August 2011 21:22 (twelve years ago) link
wow. his tugboat pilots license! His 1968 W2!
― lizard tails, a self-regenerating food source for survival (wk), Thursday, 4 August 2011 21:26 (twelve years ago) link
essential parts of the VU experience
― tylerw, Thursday, 4 August 2011 21:28 (twelve years ago) link
steak lobster chickpeas
― Ask The Answer Man (sexyDancer), Thursday, 4 August 2011 21:45 (twelve years ago) link
Decent tipper.
― nickn, Friday, 5 August 2011 05:29 (twelve years ago) link
important new bloghttp://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lr6x7zn7Ih1r2gpaao1_500.jpghttp://bananaunderground.tumblr.com
― tylerw, Thursday, 8 September 2011 16:25 (twelve years ago) link
that's pretty impressive how they don't move the banana on any of them.
― the wheelie king (wk), Thursday, 8 September 2011 16:55 (twelve years ago) link
the ultimate vu trainspotting book? http://inevitablevucatalogue.wordpress.com/
― tylerw, Monday, 12 March 2012 22:51 (twelve years ago) link
that looks cool.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 12 March 2012 22:53 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, pretty fun. also pretty expensive.
― tylerw, Monday, 12 March 2012 22:54 (twelve years ago) link
I'll let you tell me if it's any good.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 12 March 2012 22:58 (twelve years ago) link
can we share custody? I'll let you have weekends.
― tylerw, Monday, 12 March 2012 22:58 (twelve years ago) link
Might be the only way we could swing it!
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 12 March 2012 23:33 (twelve years ago) link
insane VU / lou reed comic book from the 70s?!http://i792.photobucket.com/albums/yy201/Aramchekster/LouReedLivetheBackHolesInSpacemagpg19.jpgpdf of the whole thang: http://www.divshare.com/download/16935302-8d0
― tylerw, Tuesday, 10 April 2012 22:37 (twelve years ago) link
what the hell
― Disco Bob & MC Criminal (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 10 April 2012 22:59 (twelve years ago) link
That's plain crazy.
― AnotherDeadHero, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 08:24 (twelve years ago) link
Crazy comic book, crazy guy!
― Charles Kennedy Jumped Up, He Called 'Oh No'. (Tom D.), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 11:07 (twelve years ago) link
and yet... it all makes sense...Scary blue veins as we approach the neg!
― tylerw, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 14:44 (twelve years ago) link
http://i792.photobucket.com/albums/yy201/Aramchekster/LouReedLivetheBackHolesInSpacemagpg16.jpg
― tylerw, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 14:45 (twelve years ago) link
^ Lou dances Swan Lake in enormous tutu
― zappi, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 15:13 (twelve years ago) link
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v204/bobbldr/mypix/Pers_Tools_Music/vu.jpgi guess Sundazed is putting this out? hmm
― tylerw, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:29 (twelve years ago) link
can't see the tracklisting, is this a reissue of the live vol. 1 or 2...?
― Jilly Boel (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:32 (twelve years ago) link
i think it's a rejigged version of VU and Another View comprised of studio sessions from 1969. confusing, yes.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:33 (twelve years ago) link
hmm. would maybe purchase... looks nice anyway
― Jilly Boel (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:34 (twelve years ago) link
It's the "lost" album...huh.
― Trip Maker, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:35 (twelve years ago) link
the lone Velvet's vinyl I have is a random German reissue of the 2nd LP from like 1972. will see if I can find the cover... this would be a nice addition
― Jilly Boel (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:35 (twelve years ago) link
... the one with the sorta wildly inappropriate Roger Dean-style cover?
― Charles Kennedy Jumped Up, He Called 'Oh No'. (Tom D.), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:36 (twelve years ago) link
nah, it's this (not German btw, misremembered that bit)
http://www.audiophileusa.com/covers400water/89217.jpg
― Jilly Boel (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:37 (twelve years ago) link
kinda love it honestly
extensive quotes from David Bowie in the liner notes lol
― Jilly Boel (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:38 (twelve years ago) link
yeah that cover is cool. there's also this onehttp://www.minilps.net/images/stories/shop_image/product/velvetshmcd2j.JPG
― tylerw, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:39 (twelve years ago) link
I think I might actually finish the Unterberger book this evening, after several weeks of squinting. It's like those Lewisohn Beatles tomes, numbing in its level of detail but hypnotic after a while.
Other recommended reading?
― Brad C., Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:59 (twelve years ago) link
been wanting to read Bockris' trashy bio for years. Local library copy is "library only"! Who the fuck is going to sit in a library and read a Lou Reed bio all day.
― Jilly Boel and the Eltones (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 18:01 (twelve years ago) link
i enjoyed that coffee table NY Art book that came out a couple years back. some great photos, wacky interviews. the new ellen willis anthology has her great VU essay in it (same one from stranded, i believe). the unterberger book is great, though, it's my fave VU book, even though i rarely agree with his musical assessments (he seems to have no love for the avant garde side of the band). just a ton of info on my favorite band.bockris bio is pretty trashy, but has some good stuff in it. lou is probably due a better bio at this point.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 18:02 (twelve years ago) link
yeah I'm kinda amazed there aren't more. waiting for him to die I guess.
― Jilly Boel and the Eltones (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 18:04 (twelve years ago) link
lou will outlive us all.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 18:06 (twelve years ago) link