nice — was wondering if Forced Exposure would have it, too. The Sterling Morrison interview with Ignacio Julia is definitely the best / most comprehensive Q&A he ever did, not sure if there will be more / different stuff in there in this new book.
― tylerw, Thursday, 25 August 2022 18:54 (one year ago) link
Maureen: I'll go to Heaven. She's already into it? Lifelong, maybe.
― dow, Thursday, 25 August 2022 18:56 (one year ago) link
Of course, a good Catholic girl.
― Buckfast At Tiffany's (Tom D.), Thursday, 25 August 2022 19:11 (one year ago) link
INT. What's it going to be like?MAUREEN: Psychedelic...color clouds...
― dow, Thursday, 25 August 2022 19:20 (one year ago) link
they list lots of places that carry it incl. a couple in canada.http://ugly-things.com/about/where-to-buy-ugly-things🕸/🕸
*Jaysus, Ugly Things charges a minimum of $22 to ship to Canada (Priority International Shipping). Anyone got a line on an extra copy & want to send me one via lettermail?― war mice (hardcore dilettante), Thursday, August 25, 2022 3:22 AM (six hours ago) bookmarkflaglink*Send me an email I can probably sort you out.
― war mice (hardcore dilettante), Friday, 26 August 2022 03:23 (one year ago) link
That's where I got my copy last weekend. On the way home a can of beer burst in my bag and I only just dried out the mag and read the article today. Truly, one of the most trainspottery pieces of VU lore of all time!
― everything, Friday, 26 August 2022 05:24 (one year ago) link
Mine arrived yesterday, via Juno (UK)
― Mark G, Friday, 26 August 2022 08:46 (one year ago) link
exhibit A for sterl as the sickest guitar player ever: https://t.co/3iCx97jeMe— Tyler Wilcox (@tywilc) August 29, 2022
― dow, Tuesday, 30 August 2022 03:06 (one year ago) link
What does it mean when Lou Reed says "Everybody's college" in the first response from that interview?
― budo jeru, Friday, 2 September 2022 06:05 (one year ago) link
Thanks for exhibit A!
― I’d Rather Gorblimey (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 2 September 2022 13:53 (one year ago) link
Assume it means "Everybody is a college graduate." Don't know why he would say that, but then again that is often the case.
― I’d Rather Gorblimey (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 2 September 2022 13:54 (one year ago) link
Nico - ‘All That Is My Own’ - clanking martial finale from Desertshore LP, 1970.https://t.co/rid1dRKGiw pic.twitter.com/Kk8ogTFZKZ— Johnnie Johnstone (@tnpcollection) September 3, 2022
― dow, Saturday, 3 September 2022 19:12 (one year ago) link
Velvet Underground, Andy Warhol pic.twitter.com/fHBbCVuRBu— Pat Thomas (@PatThomas1964) September 4, 2022
― dow, Monday, 5 September 2022 21:27 (one year ago) link
last night i dreamed i was doug yule and lou reed hate-fucked my throat. this new release better be worth it!
in unrelated news maybe it's time for me to look into getting a prazosin scrip
― Kate (rushomancy), Thursday, 8 September 2022 15:54 (one year ago) link
Okay, now I want to hear this thing, not for the demos of known songs so much as several I'd never heard of, even from bootleg mavens:https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/sep/08/laurie-anderson-on-lou-reeds-lost-demo-tape-he-really-wasnt-that-interested-in-his-past Good comments from Anderson, hope she'll say more about it/him in this regard.
― dow, Thursday, 8 September 2022 17:39 (one year ago) link
lmao rush
― budo jeru, Thursday, 8 September 2022 17:41 (one year ago) link
Lou Reed :: Transformer | Transformedhttps://t.co/QMe8Ym9VFDTo celebrate a 1/2 century of Transformer, here’s an alt version of the album, cobbled together from live performances, NYC apartment demos and internet sessions, stretching from the early 1970s to the 21st century. pic.twitter.com/Zzzi3GRbR5— aquarium drunkard (@aquadrunkard) September 6, 2022
― dow, Friday, 9 September 2022 00:32 (one year ago) link
Has anybody run down where exactly the stuff on the Todd Haynes soundtrack comes from? Picked up a vinyl copy today & there aren't explanations for what the source is for the Theater of Eternal Music excerpt (or anything else).
― with hidden noise, Friday, 9 September 2022 14:44 (one year ago) link
https://www.criterion.com/films/33386-the-velvet-underground
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 15 September 2022 16:21 (one year ago) link
No 4K?!? If ever a doco needed it, it’s this one.
― assert (matttkkkk), Thursday, 15 September 2022 21:52 (one year ago) link
The original master is 4K so maybe someday.
A lot of the archival stuff used was in 16mm so it should still look pretty great in HD. Past that, any added resolution is more about improving the film grain as all the captured detail is already there.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 15 September 2022 22:29 (one year ago) link
Actually, I completely forgot they stacked a lot of those films on top of each other, so yeah, 4K would have DEFINITELY been better!
exactly
― assert (matttkkkk), Thursday, 15 September 2022 22:36 (one year ago) link
"Words & Music, May 1965" releases today
― StanM, Friday, 16 September 2022 15:39 (one year ago) link
Thanks. I guess that I just didn't know that until you told me.
― Ride On Proserpina (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 16 September 2022 19:55 (one year ago) link
Ah I see what you did there..
― Mark G, Friday, 16 September 2022 20:42 (one year ago) link
ok, sorry.
― StanM, Saturday, 17 September 2022 04:23 (one year ago) link
(the lyrical reference to "Heroin" icydk)
― Mark G, Saturday, 17 September 2022 08:58 (one year ago) link
I didn’t know. I saw bits and pieces of it coming out but had no idea whether and when the whole thing was out
― Ride On Proserpina (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 17 September 2022 11:22 (one year ago) link
Is the Todd Haynes doc available for streaming or DVD? An Amazon search turned up no physical media it seems.
― sweating like Cathy *aaaack* (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 29 September 2022 13:12 (one year ago) link
Apple TV for streaming, and there is a Criterion bluray/DVD coming in … November?
― assert (matttkkkk), Thursday, 29 September 2022 13:33 (one year ago) link
a previously-unknown song from "squeeze"
http://velvetforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=146101
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0U9VVPqhLY
― Thus Sang Freud, Friday, 14 October 2022 09:09 (one year ago) link
saw the doc when it came out last year and finally rewatched last night. the bit when "Venus in Furs" comes in, like 45min into the film... god, what an incredible, breathtaking moment haynes sets up. all the thousands & thousands of times i've listened to those songs in innumerable different versions and permutations over so many years, i never thought i'd recapture the feeling of hearing the velvets for the first time again, but it truly comes across in that moment. that first note hits and my heart stops and i'm right back to that first time listening to the banana album as a kid. the electric shock of the new combined with that dreamlike feeling of familiarity, like "that's IT, THAT'S the sound I've been straining to hear but couldnt quite imagine!" what a blessing to be able to access that feeling again.
― waste of compute (One Eye Open), Tuesday, 10 January 2023 22:34 (one year ago) link
^good post!
― Farewell to Evening in Paradise (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 10 January 2023 22:36 (one year ago) link
yes
― sleeve, Tuesday, 10 January 2023 22:50 (one year ago) link
I kinda wanna get the Criterion version but our screen isn't big enough to really do it justice
― sleeve, Tuesday, 10 January 2023 22:51 (one year ago) link
That says everything I wanted to say about it. Made the familiar music fresh and strange all over.
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 10 January 2023 22:57 (one year ago) link
geez, i have to see this. i'm so bad at watching music docs :/
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 11 January 2023 00:10 (one year ago) link
That moment was so great in part because there were about fifty minutes of buildup before it happened.
― Farewell to Evening in Paradise (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 11 January 2023 02:12 (one year ago) link
Although before that they play a snatch of it over the titles near the beginning.
― Farewell to Evening in Paradise (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 11 January 2023 02:23 (one year ago) link
It’s like a magic trick - they show it to you, then convince you it doesn’t exist, then bring it back
― waste of compute (One Eye Open), Wednesday, 11 January 2023 02:37 (one year ago) link
Yes.
― Farewell to Evening in Paradise (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 11 January 2023 02:38 (one year ago) link
They give you a bit of isolated “Heroin” viola solo at the very beginning too.
― Farewell to Evening in Paradise (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 11 January 2023 02:39 (one year ago) link
Really also amazing to hear old friends and girlfriends speaking- Allan, Richard, Shelley - and Delmore, proud and regal.
― Farewell to Evening in Paradise (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 11 January 2023 02:48 (one year ago) link
https://recordmecca.com/products-page/museum-quality-collectibles/sterling-morrison-velvet-underground-ultra-rare-absolutely-cd-with-hudson-valley-philharmonic-orchestra-1-of-10/
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 17:24 (one year ago) link
wow
― obsidian crocogolem (sleeve), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 17:26 (one year ago) link
O_O
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 21:36 (one year ago) link
more trainspotting: https://www.ebay.com/itm/374503734097
This is a series of 5 minute Public Service Announcements, disguised as radio shows in the 1960's. They were sent out to radio stations. The format was usually the same. It would begin with the artist or member of the group being featured doing an intro for VISTA (Volunteers In Service To America). Then a story about the program and finally, a song from the featured artists. Each album usually contained 6 segments and were youth oriented, as they were trying to recruit young people.
Now, the Voices Of Vista LP we are offering are shows #76 A, B & C and #77 A, B & C. Featured are Lenny Welch (singing The Right To Cry), Gary Lewis (singing Ice Melts In The Sun), Simon & Garfunkel (singing At The Zoo), The Critters (singing Marryin' Kind Of Love), Tommy Roe (singing Sing Along With Me) AND The Intimates (singing ???-it sounds like it would be called Summer Fun).
If you search for Voices Of Vista shows 76 & 77, you'll find a show with Leon Bibb and Pic Temple.
The show we have doesn't seem to exist and is presumed UNRELEASED!
NOW it gets interesting!
Lou Reed, in his pre-Velvet Underground days was in a group called The Intimates. They released one single on Epic.
The song on this LP is NOT either side of that single.
SO, you may say that it must be ANOTHER group with the same name.
BUT, at the beginning of their segment was the introduction. "Hi. This is Bob Motta for Vista". Bob Motta WAS in Lou Reed's Intimates!
SO, could we have an UNRELEASED early Lou Reed track surfacing?
― tylerw, Tuesday, 14 March 2023 21:51 (one year ago) link
they're asking $999.99, lol
R.A. Lafferty is laughing all the way to his Ktistec Machine.
― Think Fast, Mr. Mojo Risin’ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 21:53 (one year ago) link