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PLAYLIST: 14 Amazingly Poetic Songs

Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Lyrics as Poetry, Lyrical Poetry, Video, Poetic Lyrics, Most Poetic Songs, Fiona Apple, Paul Simon, Spotify Playlists, Aimee Mann, Bob Dylan, Poetic Music, Poetry, Lou Reed, Books News

To celebrate National Poetry Month, we've created a playlist of our favorite lyrical poetry. Combining words and music from four decades of writing, i...

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Dog Ears Music: March 32nd Playlist, Part II

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Engelbert Humperdinck, World Party (Featuring Anthony Thistlethwaite), Eels, Andrew Gold, James Maddock, Sun Kil Moon, Death Cab for Cutie, K'naan, Danielle Evin, New Birth, Music, Terence Boylan, Chuck Berry, Arcade Fire, The Flaming Lips, Chet Baker, mp3s, Bill Evans, Artie Shaw, Al Green, Phil Ramone, Alice Coltrane, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra, Benny Goodman, Dog Ears, Lou Reed, Entertainment News

This week our playlist includes music by Chuck Berry, Al Green, Artie Shaw, Engelbert Humperdink, Arcade Fire, and more.

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Lady Gaga, David Bowie And Madonna Get A Shot Of Color

Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Andy Warhol, Kate Moss, Bob Marley, Video, Rock N Roll, Madonna, Lady GaGa, David Bowie, Mick Rock, Syd Barrett, Slidepollajax, Lou Reed, Marc-Bolan, Arts News

For his latest show at CATM Chelsea, seminal rock photographer Mick Rock brings his iconic '70s imagery out of hiding along with some new ones, but th...

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Guild Hall Celebrates Laurie Anderson, Bruce Weber, Jon Robin Baitz, and Dina Merrill

Regina Weinreich | Posted 05.06.2012

Given the decidedly downtown edge to the awardees, the speeches were rather formal. Lou Reed presented to Laurie Anderson for Performing Arts.

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Looking For Cindy Sherman: A Retrospective At MoMA

Regina Weinreich | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Debbie Harry, Chuck Close, Eva Respini, Ralph Gibson, Cindy Sherman, April Gornick, Eric Fishl, Eric Bogosian, Laurie Anderson, Museum of Modern Art, Female Artists, Michael Stipe, Molly Ringwald, Lou Reed, Arts News

On the 6th floor of the Museum of Modern Art, Cindy Sherman is just where you want her, everywhere.

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Tammy Takes Nico to Nihilist Nirvana

Michael Sigman | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Andy Warhol, Lou Reed, William Wordsworth, Tammy Lang, The Beatles, Nico, Velvet Underground, Elvis Costello, Chet Baker, Tammy Faye Starlite, Bootleg-Theater-Silverlake, Bootleg Theater, Video, Entertainment News

I never thought Nico would make me feel 14 again. That's exactly what happened last week when I caught Tammy Lang's performance of Chelsea Madchen, a fabulous show in which she eerily reincarnates the Warhol superstar Nico.

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Channeling Nico in Silverlake

Wendy Block | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Channeling, Palm Springs, College, Cajun, Velvet Underground, English Literature, Silver Lake, David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Chelsea, New York, Lou Reed, Bootleg Theater Silverlake, Bootleg Theater, Entertainment News

If you wandered into the Bootleg Theater in Silverlake last Thursday night just before 9, you would have seen about 50 mostly middle-aged people sitting at bar tables laughing and drinking, interrupted suddenly by six musicians.

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The Return of the Blues Wanderer: A Conversation With Dion, Plus Anthony Green's Beautiful Things Album Streamer

Mike Ragogna | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: The Big Bopper, Jimmy Reed, Buddy Holly, Anthony Green, The Lovin' Spoonful, Paul Simon, Tracy Nelson, Circa Survive, Good Old War, Dion, Dave Marsh, Matthew Nelson, Sam Nelson, John Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., Abraham Lincoln, Ritchie Valens, Dion & the Belmonts, Hank Williams, Gunnar Nelson, Lou Reed, Richard Nixon, Bobby Kennedy, Muddy Waters, Nelson, John Hammond Jr., The Deer Hunter, Bob Dylan, Robert Johnson, Mike Bloomfield, John Hammond, Dion DiMucci, John Lee Hooker, Bob Hyde, Ricky Nelson, Richie Havens, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News

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A Black-And-White View Of Philip Glass, Lou Reed At Occupy Protest

Posted 12.09.2011

Read More: Video, Ows, Occupy Wall Street, Lou Reed Occupy Lincoln Center, Satyagraha Philip Glass, Philip Glass Opera, Philip Glass Occupy Lincoln Center, #Occupywallstreet, Philip Glass, Satyagraha, Lou Reed, Culture News

Philip Glass and Lou Reed occupied Lincoln Center last week, after a performance of Glass' opera, "Satyagraha," at the Metropolitan Opera in New York ...

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Aronofsky's Lou Reed, Metallica Video Arrives

Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Lou Reed Metallica Lulu, Darren Aronofsky, Loutallica, Lou Reed Metallica, Metallica, Video, Lou Reed Metallica the View, Darren Aronofsky the View, Darren Aronofsky Lou Reed Metallica, Track of the Day, Aronofsky Lou Reed Metallica, The View, Music, Lou Reed, Culture News

Lou Reed and Metallica may be getting pummeled elsewhere, but the one fan they have is perhaps the only one that matters -- Darren Aronofsky. The visi...

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Garland Jeffreys: The King of In Between (and I)

Caroline Vella | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: 1970's, Wild in the Streets, I'm Alive, Wfuv, The King of in Between, Coney Island Winter, Roller Coaster Town, Garland Jeffreys, New York City, Lou Reed, boomitude.com, Caroline Vella, Huff/Post50 News

I first heard the Garland Jeffreys' tune "Roller Coaster Town" on my local radio station WFUV and I was instantly taken. It led me to dig deeper into his new album, The King of in Between, and I found it was just as good a ride from beginning to end.

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The Lou Reed/Metallic Fling We All Disapprove Of Continues

The Huffington Post | Mallika Rao | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Metallica, Loutallica, Lou Reed Metallica, Video, Iced Honey, Loutallica Live, Lou Reed Metallica Live, Lulu, Lulu Live, Lou Reed, Culture News

The Loutallica fling we all disapprove of marches blissfully on! After committing the musical equivalent of tattooing their names on each other's arms...

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Oscar-Nominated Director Will Produce A Music Video For Lou Reed, Metallica Track

AP | JOHN CARUCCI | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Metallica, Lou Reed Metallica, Loutallica, Darren Aronofsky, Video, Darren Aronofsky Lou Reed Metallica, Iced Honey, Iced Honey Video, Lulu, Lulu Album, Music, Darren Aronofsky Iced Honey, Lou Reed, Culture News

By John Carucci, The Associated Press NEW YORK — Award-winning director Darren Aronofsky will direct a music video from the new Metallica and Lou...

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Is The Metallica/Lou Reed Collaboration The Worst Piece Of Junk Ever?

Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Metallica, Lulu Reviews, Video, Metallica Lou Reed Collaboration, Lulu Review, Metallica Lou Reed, Lulu, Music, Lou Reed, Culture News

By WAYNE PARRY, The Associated Press I'm still not sure if this is the worst piece of junk to be produced in album form in the last 20 years, or ge...

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Making Whoopie at the 20th Annual Jazz Loft Party

Regina Weinreich | Posted 12.30.2011

Read More: Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra, Jazz Foundation of America, Ron Carter, Randy Weston African Rhythms Quartet, Tom Harrell Quintet, Gene Bertoncini, Lou Reed, Music, Culture News

We had a sublime night, especially listening to a divine duet, Ron Carter on bass and Gene Bertoncini on guitar, performing the standards "Autumn Leaves" and "My One and Only Love." Yeahhh.

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Lou Reed and Metallica

Timothy Greenfield-Sanders | Posted 12.26.2011

Read More: Metallica, Lou Reed, Entertainment News

Lou Reed and Metallica celebrated their collaboration album "Lulu" the other night in New York. I shot this in the back room of Steven Kasher Gallery...

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Andy Warhol's Screen Tests: I'll Be Your Mirror

Network Awesome | Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Andy Warhol, Art, Dennis Hopper, Bob Dylan, Lou Reed, Factory Screen Tests, Andy Warhol Screen Tests, Andy Warhol Films, The Factory, Andy Warhol Factory, Arts News

Warhol's Screen Tests show the artist's gaze at its blankest. Auditioning factory stars and starlets, in front of a locked or unlocked frame, these harshly lit studies function as portraits of the sitters.

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Lou Reed And Metallica Drop A Full Track From 'Lulu'

The Huffington Post | Mallika Rao | Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: The View Metallica, Metallica, Video, Lou Reed Metallica Album Lulu, The View Lou Reed, Track of the Day, The View Lou Reed Metallica, Lulu, Music, Lou Reed and Metallica Album, On Our Radar, Lou Reed, Culture News

Have a listen to the first full track off "Lulu," the Lou Reed/Metallica (Loutallica) collabo-album due out this Halloween. It's called "The View," bu...

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Look Whose Album Art Was Banned From London's Subway

Posted 11.21.2011

Public transit systems have traditionally been home to plenty of unsavory sights, from public displays of affection to public displays of urination, b...

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From Woody Guthrie to Little Nut Tree: Chatting With Rob Wasserman and Dan Zanes

Mike Ragogna | Posted 11.18.2011

Read More: Arlo Guthrie, Carol Channing, Charles Mingus, Rob Wasserman, Pete Seeger, G.E. Smith, Dan Zanes, Neil Young, Edie Brickell, Joan Osbourne, Bobby McFerrin, The Blind Boys, Sierra Leone Refugee Allstars, Madeleine Peyroux, Van Dyke Parks, Elvis Costello, Philip Glass, Bruce Hornsby, Matthew Broderick, Lou Reed, Woody Guthri, Chris Whitley, Tom Morello, Suzanne Vega, Studs Terkel, Wilco, Bob Dylan, Robert Johnson, Angelique Kidjo, Sheryl Crow, Del Fuegos, Nora Guthrie, The Grateful Dead, Michael Franti, Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell, Sharon Jones, Ani DiFranco, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News

On Woody Guthrie: "in a short life he saw so much, but he was really present and there with people. I think he's just really vital, not just in his vision, but as a spokesman for America."

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A Pair of Kings: Chatting with Peter Wolf and O.A.R.'s Marc Roberge, Plus Samiam's "Nightly" Audio Premiere

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.14.2011

Read More: Van Morrison, Little Steven, Mick Jagger, Aerosmith, Bob Wills, Dave Matthews, Thelonius Monk, Bono, Jimmy Rogers, Kyle XY, The Beach Boys, Neil Young, Willy DeVille, DJ Logic, Cam Neely, Jason Beebout, James Cotton, Dave Matthews Caravan, Marc Roberge, David Lynch, Charlie Parker, Boston Celtics, Willie Nelson, Russell Simmons, Lou Reed, The Rolling Stones, Peter Wolf, Muddy Waters, DIc Rivers, Neko Case, Twilight, Magic Dick, Bob Dylan, Keith Richards, Little Steven's Underground Garage, Shelby Lynne, J. Geils Band, John Lee Hooker, Cam Neely Cancer Foundation, U2, ABC Family, Fenway Park, Joni Mitchell, The Dixie Chicks, Jonathan Demme, Jimi Hendrix, David Ruffin, O.a.R., The Four Seasons, Ozomotli, Samiam, Entertainment News

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"I Gave Up On Lou Reed After the First Pre-Velvets Acetate" and Other Lies Told by the Jaded

Sal Nunziato | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: Kiss, The Who, The Ramones, Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, Lou Reed, Music Critic, Music Criticism, Music, Culture News

I've always felt that disliking something because it's popular is actually slightly worse than liking something because it IS popular.

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Marianne Faithfull: Going Into the Light With Horses and High Heels

Holly Cara Price | Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: New Orleans, Andrew Loog Oldham, New Album, Venus in Furs, Horses and High Heels, Mick Jagger, Anita Pallenberg, Music, Jenni Muldaur, Mary Weiss, As Tears Go By, Marianne Faithfull, Dr. John, Nola, Brian Jones Presents the Pipes of Pan at Jajouka, John Porter, George Porter Jr, Shangri Las, Doug Pettibone, Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch, John Dunbar, Broken English, Entertainment News, Hal Willner, Rolling Stones, Wayne Kramer, Lou Reed, Carlo Nuccio, Entertainment News

I've grown a pretty thick skin over the years when it comes to celebrities. However it's just not that often that I find myself sitting across someone who, frankly, was a bonafide teen idol in my particular pantheon. We're talking photos stuck onto bedroom walls here.

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Shepard Faireyâ„¢: On Street Art And Street Cred

Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington | Posted 09.02.2011

Read More: Risd, MOCA Los Angeles, Ronald Reagan, Brooklyn Street Art, MOCA LA, Russion Constructivism, BrooklynStreetArt.Com, Los Angeles, Street Art, New York, Jaime Rojo, D*Face, The Clash, Word to Mother, Steven P. Harrington, Supply and Demand, Martha Cooper, Rhode Island School of Design, Art in the Streets, Rhode Island, Shepard Fairey, Andre the Giant, Cope2, Tmz, Circle Jerks, Barry McGhee, Invader, Blek Le Rat, The Cult, Lou Reed, Billy Idol, Sid Vicious, The Stooges, Iggy Pop, Public Enemy, Craig R. Stecyk III, The Police, Banksy, Faile, Kraftwerk, Keith Haring, Huey Newton, Arts News

Shepard Fairey has grown up before the eyes of fans, peers and would be competitors. Undaunted by criticism he gets from both sides of his chosen voca...

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So What If Garland Jeffreys Is 68? He's Still Wild In The Streets

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 08.24.2011

Read More: Garland Jeffreys, Lou Reed, Entertainment News

The terrifying thing about Memory Lane is how far back it goes. What were you wearing in 1973? I'd bet: Pampers. Me? I was out and about, listening to Garland Jeffreys.

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