Happy he wasn't on Squeeze, Willie "Loco" Alexander wrote on Monday, September
21, 2009 9:55 AM to say:
"I never replaced Lou Reed as rumor has it. We all took turns singing lead or
fronting the ghost VU. i liked playing drums behind Moe when she would sing the
best."
http://tinyurl.com/willielocoalbums
Tommy Rawlings from the U.K. has a nice short 'n' sweet tribute to
Jim Carroll on Gemmzine
http://tinyurl.com/inmemoryofjimcarroll
I was lucky enough to see Jim read in Seattle back in 1995. Riveting.
And I salute you, brother.
Rich
--- On Sat, 9/19/09, justajunkie <justajunkie@...> wrote:
From: justajunkie <justajunkie@...> Subject: [The Unofficial Lou Reed Club] Rest In Peace, Jim Carroll... Rest In Peace... To: theunofficialloureedclub2@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, September 19, 2009, 8:36 AM
I am very sad to let you know that Jim Carroll died on September 11, 2009.
It pains me to inform you of the passing of the talented magnificent Jim Carroll. His books, poetry and songs set an impossibly high standard for others to follow. He was the real deal. Period. A sweetheart.
I am very sad to let you know that Jim Carroll died on September 11, 2009.
He was at his desk working when he passed away.
http://catholicboy.com/index2.php
Jim Carroll
8/1/1949 - 9/11/2009
______________________________________________________________________
This from www.loureed.com
A message from Lou:
It pains me to inform you of the passing of the talented magnificent Jim
Carroll. His books, poetry and songs set an impossibly high standard for others
to follow. He was the real deal. Period. A sweetheart.
______________________________________________________________________
I am sorry that I did not post something sooner...
I had the opportunity to sit in my home with Jim one evening and listen as he
told me stories about what it was like hanging out with Lou and Andy.
be careful of the Antmusic site...lots of pop up windows
(PR) Voyageur Press continues to establish itself as America's leading publisher of pop and rock books with the impending arrival of three eye-popping illustrated history packages.
Three of music's top journalists are on board to study a trio of universally renowned (and interestingly varied) artists: Jim DeRogatis (Chicago Sun-Times) with THE VELVET UNDERGROUND: An Illustrated History of a Walk on the Wild Side; Jon Bream (Minneapolis Star-Tribune) with NEIL DIAMOND IS FOREVER: The Illustrated Story of the Man and His Music; and London-based Phil Sutcliffe (Mojo, Q) with QUEEN: The Ultimate Illustrated History of the Crown Kings of Rock. All three books will arrive in succession (one month apart from each other), starting Sept 15, 2009.
There should be a lot of activity in Velvetsland come September
From ANTMUSIC.com
http://www.antimusic.com/news/09/aug/27More_Details_On_The_New_Velvet_Undergroun\
d_Book.shtml
be careful of the Antmusic site...lots of pop up windows
(PR) Voyageur Press continues to establish itself as America's leading publisher
of pop and rock books with the impending arrival of three eye-popping
illustrated history packages.
Three of music's top journalists are on board to study a trio of universally
renowned (and interestingly varied) artists: Jim DeRogatis (Chicago Sun-Times)
with THE VELVET UNDERGROUND: An Illustrated History of a Walk on the Wild Side;
Jon Bream (Minneapolis Star-Tribune) with NEIL DIAMOND IS FOREVER: The
Illustrated Story of the Man and His Music; and London-based Phil Sutcliffe
(Mojo, Q) with QUEEN: The Ultimate Illustrated History of the Crown Kings of
Rock. All three books will arrive in succession (one month apart from each
other), starting Sept 15, 2009.
Yeah, but Craig, they know many Velvet Underground fans and college kids are
going to buy 'em. They expect it to sell out almost immediately. Go figure.
http://tinyurl.com/thevelvetunderground
don't mind me changing e mail addresses here, I'm cleaning up the spam in my
RRAnimal group
--- In theunofficialloureedclub2@yahoogroups.com, Craig Peacock <general@...>
wrote:
>
> What an absolutely pointless release.
>
>
> On 09/08/27 23:50, "joeviglione" <joeviglione@...> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Velvet Underground - The Singles (7 of 'em) on Sundazed
> >
> > Liner notes by David Fricke of Rolling Stone
> >
> > September 15 release date
> >
Recorded live at the Ultrasonic Recording Studio, Hempstead, New York, December 26, 1972 Â I bet it's this often bootlegged show, officially(??) released as "American Poet"
that's my guess...
-----Original Message-----
From: MikkoAN1 <mikkoan1@...>
To: theunofficialloureedclub2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, 25 May 2009 9:42 am
Subject: [The Unofficial Lou Reed Club] Live In New York 1972
I'm guessing it's in the vein of R'n'R Animal and Lou Reed - Live albums but slightly earlier (were the two others not recorded in 1973?).
ps. Introduced a girl (a big Iggy fan) to Lou's music and she's been playing the Best of (my first Lou album) for the past fortnight non-stop. Thinking of getting her Tra
nsformer and/or Berlin next. Maybe Street Hassle.
Amazon's promoting this new release, has anybody any knowledge of this new (?)
Lou Reed - Live in New York 1972:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0021BUUC4/ref=pe_3451_15673161_snp_dp
(The photo does no favours for poor old Lou)
I'm guessing it's in the vein of R'n'R Animal and Lou Reed - Live albums but
slightly earlier (were the two others not recorded in 1973?).
ps. Introduced a girl (a big Iggy fan) to Lou's music and she's been playing the
Best of (my first Lou album) for the past fortnight non-stop. Thinking of
getting her Transformer and/or Berlin next. Maybe Street Hassle.
Hi,
I'm looking for recent Lou Reed and John Cale recordings, 2008, 2007, ...
If anyone is interested in old fashioned cdr trading, please send me a mail.
J.
Germany
Op Ma, 16 maart, 2009 7:06 pm schreef stardust198412:
>
> There's a record I came across on e-bay by the Velvet Underground with
> the songs "What goes on/Jesus"... it's on an MGM/not for sale label - no
> picture sleeve... Do you know anything about this record? Was it ever
> "officially" released or just this promo? thanks
>
> Please look at the discografie off the velvets. This was an other
unortodox project.Pale blue eyes
>
> aubgeenpc@...
>
Op Ma, 16 maart, 2009 7:06 pm schreef stardust198412:
>
> There's a record I came across on e-bay by the Velvet Underground with
> the songs "What goes on/Jesus"... it's on an MGM/not for sale label - no
> picture sleeve... Do you know anything about this record? Was it ever
> "officially" released or just this promo? thanks
>
> Please look at the discografie off the velvets. This was an other
unortodox project.Pale blue eyes
>
> aubgeenpc@...
>
I finally got around to seeing the Berlin dvd. It's a great show. Very well put together and the choir is a nice touch. I haven't bought the live album yet but is it the same performance on the dvd?
Matt
-- "Life Is What Happens To You While You're Busy Making Other Plans" John Lennon
--- On Mon, 16/3/09, meirrachel <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
From: meirrachel <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> Subject: [The Unofficial Lou Reed Club] Re: can someone tell me something about this Velvet Underground record To: theunofficialloureedclub2@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, 16 March, 2009, 11:34 PM
That sounds like the 3rd album. Check Amazon to see if the other songs match:
A few seem to like it a lot but I prefer VU albums in the order of release so my favorite is the 'banana album' then WL/WH and then this.
--- In theunofficiallouree dclub2@yahoogrou ps.com, "stardust198412" <stardust198412@ ...> wrote: > > > There's a record I came across on e-bay by the Velvet Underground with the songs "What goes on/Jesus"... it's on an MGM/not for sale label - no picture sleeve... > Do you know anything about this record? Was it ever
"officially" released or just this promo? thanks >
That sounds like the 3rd album. Check Amazon to see if the other songs match:
http://www.amazon.com/Velvet-Underground/dp/B000002G7G/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=musi\
c&qid=1237246295&sr=1-2
A few seem to like it a lot but I prefer VU albums in the order of release so my
favorite is the 'banana album' then WL/WH and then this.
--- In theunofficialloureedclub2@yahoogroups.com, "stardust198412"
<stardust198412@...> wrote:
>
>
> There's a record I came across on e-bay by the Velvet Underground with the
songs "What goes on/Jesus"... it's on an MGM/not for sale label - no picture
sleeve...
> Do you know anything about this record? Was it ever "officially" released or
just this promo? thanks
>
There's a record I came across on e-bay by the Velvet Underground with the songs
"What goes on/Jesus"... it's on an MGM/not for sale label - no picture sleeve...
Do you know anything about this record? Was it ever "officially" released or
just this promo? thanks
An Essay On Lou Reed’s CD - Berlin: Live At St. Ann’s Warehouse
February 4th, 2009
by Joe Viglione
On
September 1, 1973 Lou Reed unveiled an amazing new band at Tanglewood
in Lenox, Massachusetts, the debut of material from the album Berlin
along with nuggets that the singer/songwriter established in The Velvet
Underground. To this day it remains one of my all-time favorite
concerts up there with The Rolling Stones 1972 Boston Garden show with
Stevie Wonder (famous for former Mayor Kevin White’s “My City’s In
Flames”)
speech), Queen at the Music Hall (and I was never a big fan of the
band, it was just a great night), The Doors on the Boston Common in
1972 without Jim Morrison, Fleetwood Mac/Savoy Brown on the Boston
Common, also in 1972, and a handful of others. But Lou’s 9/1/73 show
still rates as numero uno in my book, for presentation, drama,
craftsmanship and sheer rock and roll energy.
That those vintage shows occurred before rock music became so very
corporate, and that the artists were at the peak of their powers, is
something to be considered when reviewing reinvention recorded 33 years
later. The music of Berlin as unveiled at Tanglewood was pure
perfection - it was a warm summer’s night in the open air, a long drive
out to Lenox, and Lou Reed in evolution, the transition as he was
morphing out of the “Transformer” into his Rock ‘n’ Roll Animal phase.
Less than four months later the Rock ‘n’ Roll Animal album would be
initiated from concerts taped December 21, 1973 at Howard Stein’s
Academy of Music in New York, and Lou was already growing tired of the
concept come December. A Boston Phoenix review of the 1974 album asked
“Vegetable, Mineral or Animal?” (though not necessarily in that order)
in regards to Lou’s performance. It was sad, but true, the majesty of
Lenox was not captured when the singer refused to stand up to the
microphone to sing his songs on time, at this pivotal point in his
career. We caught shows in Rhode Island and Boston just before the New
York taping, and with engineer extraordinaire Stuart “Dinky” Dawson
capturing the concerts for all time on his stereo soundboard cassettes,
one can hear many of the shows of the extraordinary group up on
Wolfsgang’s Vault and hear Lou as he performed on different nights - it
truly is a study in rock and roll psychology.
BERLIN 2006
The essence of the Berlin album is the first draft itself, the lp
released on RCA records. Why the need for Berlin redux? Well, this
better-late-than-never affair - Lou Reed Berlin: Live At St. Anne’s
Warehouse, is actually the answer to that question - what if Janis
Joplin had lived to record another day? What if John Lennon was
directing “Instant Karma” on film rather than the myriad tributes to
John Lennon which is all we can look forward to. That this is an
important addition to the magical myth that is the post-Velvet
Underground career of Lou Reed means that it succeeds in adding to, not
subtracting from, and has brought long-awaited new attention to the
long lost artistic leap that few understood.
Hi,
During the summer of 2007 some of us had the chance to talk to several
Berlin-bandmembers. (Steve Hunter, Rob Wasserman, Fernando Saunders,...)
We are happy to announce that the first interviews are-finally- online.
You will find it in a new -free- section on the RGTT Lou Reed forum,
called 'Berlin Special'
Thomas
http://www.loureedforum.com
Hey,
I'm looking for any essays Lou Reed wrote for magazines in the 60's on
popular music. I found this one on the net
http://www.ubu.com/aspen/aspen3/bandstand.html and it is incredibly
interesting, but I need more! Does anyone know where I can find them?
Thanks.
Great news for Lou and Laurie fans:
Lou Reed will join Laurie Anderson on the first of November in
Groningen,The Netherlands were she will have her dutch premiere of
Homeland.