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
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