viktor bockris is a hack but here's john cale in 1996:
Victor Bockris' biography of Reed, "Transformer", says that his parents tried to "cure" him of some of his personality traits by having him undergo electroshock therapy. Do you think that's true?
I know it's true. Some of that book, I don't know how he got it. No one in the band participated-- that was one of the terms of going out on tour. I think Lou has a certain problem with the truth. 90% of that book is true.
if lou shot up half the amount of speed that bockris attributes to him during 1974-75 it's a miracle he's still alive
― (REAL NAME) (m coleman), Thursday, 12 July 2012 15:54 (eleven years ago) link
you can listen to some episodes of lou's radio show w/ hal wilner on the bbc - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01ngqgqkind of fun.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 14:41 (eleven years ago) link
http://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com
This looks interesting, Lou DJ's on WPIX in 1979, with guest John Cale (who performs in studio, I think?)
― Iago Galdston, Saturday, 16 February 2013 13:42 (eleven years ago) link
I heard that when it was first broadcast. I believe I was about 14 at the time. Somebody on an another thread was complaining that there was some malware called "WPIX" and I was wondering how it ever got that name.
― Stranded In the Jungle Groove (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 16 February 2013 13:58 (eleven years ago) link
"Quentin Crisp, Naked Public Servant" ... unless Lou's right and that's what it was called in the US
― Le petit chat est mort (Tom D.), Saturday, 16 February 2013 14:42 (eleven years ago) link
that sendspace link insatalled something called 'easylifeapp' on my pc which i still haven't manged to remove, even after running malwarebytes.
― glumdalclitch, Saturday, 16 February 2013 15:01 (eleven years ago) link
Guess the right link is the one that says "Click here to start download from sendspace." Mouseover and you will see WPIX.zip. Don't click on the eight other things that say "Download."
― Stranded In the Jungle Groove (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 16 February 2013 15:03 (eleven years ago) link
i see.
― glumdalclitch, Saturday, 16 February 2013 15:19 (eleven years ago) link
I also clicked on another one first. It waited a few seconds and then said "Your download is ready. Please click to get it" at which point I backtracked and looked a little harder for the right link.
― Stranded In the Jungle Groove (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 16 February 2013 15:23 (eleven years ago) link
"I want to talk to that fucking Reed man why did his download fuck up my computer"
― Le petit chat est mort (Tom D.), Saturday, 16 February 2013 15:25 (eleven years ago) link
Ha, I actually discussed that on a fourth thread: PIX! PIX! PIX! PIX!! PIX!!!!!
― Stranded In the Jungle Groove (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 16 February 2013 15:27 (eleven years ago) link
sorry about the malware dudes. i normally don't use sendspace but mediafire wasn't allowing this one.
― tylerw, Saturday, 16 February 2013 16:13 (eleven years ago) link
hmm
hope he's okay
― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 23:02 (eleven years ago) link
yeahhh, saw that. wondering if he just got bumped in favor of daft punk or something.
― tylerw, Thursday, 28 March 2013 01:40 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.alfredo-roma.it/galleria/data/images/lou_reed.jpg
― Bees Against Racism (Tom D.), Monday, 20 May 2013 10:13 (ten years ago) link
i'll forgive anything of a man who co-wrote Drella. can't believe there's still no DVD of the live film.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Isl-5L0Jf5M
― piscesx, Monday, 20 May 2013 11:25 (ten years ago) link
Lou Reed recovering after liver transplant
Lou Reed, the US songwriter, poet and vocalist with the Velvet Underground, had a liver transplant last month, according to his wife, the musician and performance artist Laurie Anderson."It's as serious as it gets. He was dying. You don't get it for fun," said Anderson, who added that her husband was now on the road to recovery following the life-saving surgery.Reed, 71, cancelled a number of concerts in April and had surgery in Cleveland rather than in his native New York due to what Anderson described as the "dysfunctional" hospitals in his home town. She said in an interview with the Times: "I don't think he'll ever totally recover from this, but he'll certainly be back to doing things in a few months. He's already working and doing t'ai chi. I'm very happy. It's a new life for him."
"It's as serious as it gets. He was dying. You don't get it for fun," said Anderson, who added that her husband was now on the road to recovery following the life-saving surgery.
Reed, 71, cancelled a number of concerts in April and had surgery in Cleveland rather than in his native New York due to what Anderson described as the "dysfunctional" hospitals in his home town. She said in an interview with the Times: "I don't think he'll ever totally recover from this, but he'll certainly be back to doing things in a few months. He's already working and doing t'ai chi. I'm very happy. It's a new life for him."
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 1 June 2013 09:05 (ten years ago) link
Wow
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 2 June 2013 20:27 (ten years ago) link
How long do new livers last for?
― Mark G, Sunday, 2 June 2013 23:27 (ten years ago) link
Should see him through.
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Monday, 3 June 2013 02:23 (ten years ago) link
Lou says: "I am a triumph of modern medicine, physics and chemistry. I am bigger and stronger than stronger than ever. My Chen Taiji and health regimen has served me well all of these years, thanks to Master Ren Guang-yi. I look forward to being on stage performing, and writing more songs to connect with your hearts and spirits and the universe well into the future."lol! never stop, lou!
― tylerw, Monday, 3 June 2013 13:47 (ten years ago) link
Lol love you Lou
― unfinest DN (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 3 June 2013 13:55 (ten years ago) link
I WILL OUTLIVE ALL OF YOU DIPSHITS
― tylerw, Monday, 3 June 2013 14:31 (ten years ago) link
the operation was performed in Cleveland to facilitate the transfer of Lou's liver to a display tank at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
― Brad C., Monday, 3 June 2013 14:36 (ten years ago) link
lou must've packed a lot of drinking into the 60s-70s - he's been sober for 30+ years, I think!
― tylerw, Monday, 3 June 2013 14:38 (ten years ago) link
search: lou's drum machine & noise guitar cover of "solisbury hill" by peter gabriel!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2PL4rmz-X4
― unfinest DN (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 4 June 2013 22:27 (ten years ago) link
I was on a radio station at the weekend and got the DJ to play "The Power of Positive Drinking" as a tribute to Lou.
― Bees Against Racism (Tom D.), Wednesday, 5 June 2013 12:34 (ten years ago) link
at the GQ men of the year awardshttps://sphotos-a-sjc.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/1280855_10151891415170953_1644506334_n.jpg
― tylerw, Tuesday, 10 September 2013 21:32 (ten years ago) link
"hey, it's Walk On The Wild Side! Whatcha been up to?"
― da croupier, Tuesday, 10 September 2013 21:51 (ten years ago) link
Miss Judy's Heroin Farm
― A Made Man In The Mellow Mafia (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 10 September 2013 21:55 (ten years ago) link
is Lou holding a water pistol?
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 10 September 2013 21:57 (ten years ago) link
that's the GQ lifetime achievement award, alfred, come on! but yeah, it is a water pistol.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 10 September 2013 21:59 (ten years ago) link
that is a lifesize silicone replica of Lars Ulrich's brain
― what's up ugly girls? (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 10 September 2013 22:00 (ten years ago) link
"tai chi? i think keef gave me an ounce of that once"
― da croupier, Tuesday, 10 September 2013 22:00 (ten years ago) link
legendary farts
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 10 September 2013 22:04 (ten years ago) link
actually had a little trouble ID-ing the dude on the left herehttps://sphotos-a-sjc.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/1234144_10151891521340953_674454303_n.jpg
― tylerw, Tuesday, 10 September 2013 22:06 (ten years ago) link
really?
― what's up ugly girls? (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 10 September 2013 22:08 (ten years ago) link
i'd recognize mickey dolenz anywhere
― da croupier, Tuesday, 10 September 2013 22:08 (ten years ago) link
Lou rapidly approaching "men who look like old lesbians" territory
― what's up ugly girls? (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 10 September 2013 22:09 (ten years ago) link
i'd recognize mickey dolenz anywhereha, that's what i thought at first! and then i was like ... jonathan demme? i dunno, maybe i haven't seen enough recent pics of jimmy page...
― tylerw, Tuesday, 10 September 2013 22:14 (ten years ago) link
yeah jimmy should actually be glad if music fans don't immediately associate him with that haircut yet
― da croupier, Tuesday, 10 September 2013 22:22 (ten years ago) link
Ha, at Twelve-String Monkee. Would have misidentified him too, except just saw that photo with QOTSA, and even then...
― I Am the Cosimo Code (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 10 September 2013 22:40 (ten years ago) link
My first thought at seeing that Lou Reed photo with Ronnie was, "Damn, Elvis Costello looks like hell!" Then I realized it was Lou and thought he looked good considering his rough year.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 10 September 2013 22:43 (ten years ago) link
EC hides a makeup kit in his porkpie.
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 10 September 2013 22:44 (ten years ago) link
https://sphotos-b-sjc.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/1234581_10151891396755953_1767081249_n.jpg
― tylerw, Tuesday, 10 September 2013 22:46 (ten years ago) link
Dianne Wiest as Laurie Anderson
― what's up ugly girls? (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 10 September 2013 22:47 (ten years ago) link
It was nice of Sally Jesse Raphael to say Hi to EC and Diane.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 10 September 2013 22:50 (ten years ago) link
sally jesse, terry gross, dianne wiest
― balls, Wednesday, 11 September 2013 02:21 (ten years ago) link
George Clooney, Sally Jesse, Terry Gross, Dianne Wiest
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 11 September 2013 02:23 (ten years ago) link
LOL
― Master of Treacle, Wednesday, 11 September 2013 10:08 (ten years ago) link