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
the comic book told me so http://i792.photobucket.com/albums/yy201/Aramchekster/LouReedLivetheBackHolesInSpacemagpg05.jpg
― tylerw, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 18:07 (twelve years ago) link
Another amazing cover:
http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/50b4c3b2b26705a7ed716ffb7c7ce798/2103097.jpg
"Franz Schöler präsentiert die Velvet Underground Story"
― Race Against Rockism (Myonga Vön Bontee), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 18:18 (twelve years ago) link
cover connection, xp:
http://moonsetgallery.com/catalog/images/Dianogah.jpg
― i don't believe in zimmerman (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 18:26 (twelve years ago) link
Who the fuck is going to sit in a library and read a Lou Reed bio all day.
lol 18 y.o. underrated a would have gone back to the library every day for a month until he had the whole book memorized
― same old song and placenta (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 18:39 (twelve years ago) link
just requested the Bockris book through interlibrary loan ... I'm Waiting for My Librarian
― Brad C., Wednesday, 11 April 2012 19:38 (twelve years ago) link
Ha, aero otm
― zing left unguarded, the j/k palace in flames (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 21:44 (twelve years ago) link
lol 15 y.o. zappi went to library & looked through microfiche for any references to Warhol/Factory/Velvets or anything even vaguely related. then Up-tight came out, hoo boy.
― zappi, Thursday, 12 April 2012 00:02 (twelve years ago) link
Will read my copy of the Unterberger book while awaiting my turn out the community ILX copy of the limited edition memorabilia book
― Thunderword ESQ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 14 April 2012 02:42 (twelve years ago) link
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa72/vulcangascompany1969/sunn_amps.jpg
― tylerw, Friday, 20 April 2012 18:39 (twelve years ago) link
http://blog.chron.com/bookish/files/2012/04/seeing-the-light.jpgGot this one at the library today.
― Trip Maker, Monday, 23 April 2012 21:29 (twelve years ago) link
I've been eyeing that.
I just finished the two Bockris books, Up-Tight (nice photos, other contents superseded by the Unterberger book imo) and Transformer (lots of entertaining dirt but ultimately overwhelming in its Lou-ness; after finishing it, I felt like I had been listening to different versions of "Heroin" on repeat for a few days).
― Brad C., Monday, 23 April 2012 21:37 (twelve years ago) link
nice cover on the jovanovic book, though he really isn't a great writer, having read his big star and pavement books. what's the angle on this -- just a history?
― tylerw, Monday, 23 April 2012 21:38 (twelve years ago) link
Looks like that. Claims "exclusive" interviews.
― Trip Maker, Monday, 23 April 2012 21:43 (twelve years ago) link
I put a notify in it to pick up at the circ desk once it has been processed.It just feels good in my hands. Not sure how interested I am in actually reading it.Never read this guy before.
― Trip Maker, Monday, 23 April 2012 21:45 (twelve years ago) link
― tylerw, Monday, April 23, 2012 10:38 PM (36 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
If I'm thinking right that's from a photoshoot from L.A. when the Exploding Plastic Impossible crew went out there. there's a photo of the band with reflection in a window in the photobook version of Uptight which I wish i still had. From what I remember, they're dressed almost exactly the same which is why I'm thinking it's from that shoot. Always stuck in my head at least partially cos I loved Lou's boots in the photo. Not sure how much i like Uptight without the 60s photos.
The South Bank Show on them from the mid 80s was also pretty tasty.
― Stevolende, Monday, 23 April 2012 22:22 (twelve years ago) link