Bono, Boss Join Costello On Sundance Channel's Spectacle Oct 14, 2009
The show, which last season included Costello entertaining the likes of John, Tony Bennett, Lou Reed, Smokey Robinson, The Police, James Taylor, John Mellencamp, Norah Jones and former President Bill Clinton, is taped in front of a live audience at Harlem's Apollo Theater and The Masonic Temple in Toronto. The series will also air on CTV in Canada. (Multichannel News)
'New Moon' Soundtrack Clips Hit The Web Oct 10, 2009
New Moon' Soundtrack Clips Hit The Web. British Amazon site posts 30-second clips of all songs of soundtrack from second 'Twilight' film. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Stars will see (RED) at AIDS benefit Oct 1, 2009
Producer Willner has worked with top artists such as Marianne Faithfull, Lou Reed and Lucinda Williams, and has also created live events and albums in tribute to legends such as Kurt Weill, Leonard Cohen and Tim Buckley ... Producer Willner has worked with top artists such as Marianne Faithfull, Lou Reed and Lucinda Williams, and has also created live events and albums in tribute to legends such as Kurt Weill, Leonard Cohen and Tim Buckley. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
16 Magazine Pop Culture Auction Sep 26, 2009
He also managed such musical acts as the Ramones, Iggy and the Stooges, and Lou Reed, and is a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nominating Committee. Randi Reisfeld was the Publications Editorial Director at 16 Magazine, and currently writes young adult fiction. (Suite101.com)
Punk poet Jim Carroll dies at 60 Sep 15, 2009
The poet, who was also linked with The Doors and Lou Reed, appeared in artist Andy Warhol's films. Singer Patti Smith said he was "the best poet of his generation". (BBC News -- Americas)
Jim Carroll; wrote songs, ‘Basketball Diaries’ Sep 14, 2009
Like Lou Reed, he had a mesmerizing power, evident on such songs as People Who Died from Catholic Boy, a poetic litany of his dead friends that became a hit on college radio. The group s next two albums, Dry Dreams (1982) and I Write Your Name (1984), caused much less stir. (Boston Globe)
The Killers coming to SA Aug 26, 2009
After taking a breather with B-sides collection 'Sawdust', which included a duet with Lou Reed, the group returned to a more electro sound on last year's 'Day and Age. Drawing comparisons to the Pet Shop Boys it found the group working with Stuart Price who'd given Madonna a disco makeover on 'Confessions on a Dance Floor. (iAfrica.com)
Lets's get spiritual: Jimmy finds his roots Aug 22, 2009
Through the rock of ages, many stars have had Jewish roots: Bob Dylan, Lou Reed, the Ramones, Kiss and the Beastie Boys. Now we can add Barnsey, the Scottish immigrant kid who was raised a Protestant and played in the Salvation Army band before he became Australia's howling Working Class Man. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Out of the chrysalis Aug 14, 2009
Now, I'm more into Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground. . (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
'Provocative' work opens festival Aug 14, 2009
His new work is inspired by rock legends David Bowie, Iggy Pop and Lou Reed. In theatre, three plays by Ireland's most popular living playwright Brian Friel will be staged by Dublin's Gate Theatre company. (BBC News -- UK)
As teen musicals go, ‘Bandslam’ rocks Aug 14, 2009
When two of the teenage characters argue whether the Velvet Underground was better before or after Lou Reed kicked John Cale out of the band, you know this movie s doing something right. (Maybe not believably so, but who cares. (Boston Globe)
Weekend Hot Picks In Entertainment Aug 7, 2009
The homage includes rare film clips and audio files of Lou Reed (above left) and the gang in the studio and elsewhere as they created their legend while actually existing in relative obscurity. Comix, 353 W. 14th St.; 212-524-2500. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
An ageless clown like Alice Aug 7, 2009
I mean, Bob Dylan now plays golf, Iggy Pop plays, Lou Reed, of all people, plays. The entire underground, all the guys who should have died in the 1970s, all play golf. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Lucien Gainsbourg follows in his father’s footsteps Jul 10, 2009
These guys have played with David Bowie, Radiohead, and Lou Reed. I also know that they loved playing with my dad, and here is a chance for them to do some of that again. (Boston Globe)
Vic Chestnutt and Victoria Williams Jul 9, 2009
It included artists such as Pearl Jam, Lou Reed and the Waterboys covering Williams's songs and the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund was set up to assist not just Williams but other musicians with pressing health problems and no insurance. "That was a great gift," she says of the album. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
5Top: Albums artists dont want you to hear Jul 6, 2009
Most rock fans know the Velvet Underground started as a trailblazing rock group led by Lou Reed and John Cale. But its not so well known that after Reed quit in 1970, Cales replacement, Doug Yule, continued on fronting the band. (MSNBC -- News)
Cellist Haimovitz is free-spirited about mixing classical, modern Jun 26, 2009
He speaks excitedly of the club s technological capacities and envisions a place that can go from putting on Purcell s Dido and Aeneas in the opening week to Lou Reed or something the next day. As hip as this all sounds, though, his plan for the opening-night event is surprisingly conventional: a performance of Brahms s well-worn Piano Quintet, with an A-list of performers that includes pianist Leon Fleisher and violinist Pamela Frank. (Boston Globe)
Malibu Seen (4) Jun 25, 2009
" The black and white 16-mm collection takes you back to the famous "Factory" days with portraits of Edie Sedgwick, Lou Reed and Dennis Hopper.SEE THE LIGHTSpeaking of a groovy trip down memory lane, one of the '70s most far out faves is about to resurface. Back in the day, anyone who was anyone made their way to Griffith Park to see the hypnotic laser light show, "Laserium. " The psychedelic glow-in-the-dark spectacle was a must see, delighting stoners, high school students and hippies for 28... (Malibu Times, CA)
Delmore Schwartz is Worth Another L... Jun 25, 2009
The musician Lou Reed, a former student of Schwartz s, spoke of him as a muse-like figure. Saul Bellow, a former friend, based the character Humboldt Fleisher on Schwartz in his 1973 novel Humboldts s Gift. (Suite101.com)
Six Day Festival of Amnesty International's Ground-Breaking Comedy/Rock Benefit Shows - Includes Six World Premieres & One All-Day Marathon Screening! Jun 20, 2009
Performances include The Police (specially reformed after a 4-year hiatus), U2, Peter Gabriel, Miles Davis, Jackson Browne and Lou Reed, Carlos Santana, Fela Kuti, Joni Mitchell, Yoko Ono, Joan Baez, The Neville Brothers, Bryan Adams, Howard Jones and appearances by Robert DeNiro, Michael J. Fox, and Muhammad Ali. There will be a free giveaway at the screening -- all attendees will receive a limited-edition commemorative poster at the event. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
interview with Michael Moorcock Jun 19, 2009
In recognition of the newly released ", we recently coordinated an interview between the celebrated author and the readers of . We hope that you enjoy reading it! We'll select three lucky participants to win their own copies of the collection later this week. Ever since the late 60's and early 70's there has been a strong connection between fantasy fiction and heavy metal music, and most fans of one are also into the other. Mr. Moorcock has always been involved with rock bands like Hawkwind and... (Harper's Magazine)
Cutting down carbs Jun 18, 2009
Being confident that you're not going to be kicked in the giblets, serving chook as Lou Reed sings about transvestites, helps too, but then Oscillate Wildly is named after an instrumental track by The Smiths. Posted in at 10:13 AM. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Addicts commit crime to get help Jun 16, 2009
Cale, originally from Carmarthenshire, was a founder member of the cult band Velvet Underground with Lou Reed and now lives in Los Angeles. But he returned to Wales to make the BBC Wales programme, talking to addicts and also about his own heroin and cocaine use in the past. (BBC News -- UK)
The eagle has landed Jun 16, 2009
Bill Callahan has been described as "part Johnny Cash baritone swagger, part Lou Reed halting witicism." You might remember the singer-songwriter when he performed under the name of Smog and started out with poorly tuned guitars and poor-quality equipment. The smog has lifted for the Maryland-born performer who is in town promoting his new record, "Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle," a haunting mix of Americana and country, loaded with guitar riffs, thought-provoking lyrics, and that lush... (Boston Globe)
Frameline favorites Jun 16, 2009
Maybe because, as Lou Reed put it, Little Joe never once gave it away. 4:15 p.m. Saturday, Castro Theatre. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Graduation calls for Alice Cooper, not old marching tunes Jun 1, 2009
So Lou Reed's "Heroin" is out. be topic appropriate. (Yahoo News)
On the Net: Charting online music discovery May 7, 2009
It all started with Lou Reed ... After recently watching Julian Schnabel's Lou Reed concert documentary "Berlin," I went looking for footage of Reed playing material from his concept album or anything else in the `70s ... Somehow, a casual search for Lou Reed had led to a persisting love of African music that's still heading in a hundred different directions. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
A busy playmaker May 4, 2009
Listening to Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson at the ICA were Jim and Kim Pallotta, philanthropist Barbara Lee and son Zach, ICA architects Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio (who make Time magazine's list of the world's 100 most influential people), stylist Mario Russo, Boldfacers founder Lisa Pierpont, ICA director Jill Medvedow, and board president Paul Buttenwieser. Hello Dalai Introduced years ago by Senator John Kerry, Charles Hotel owner Dick Friedman and the Dalai Lama have become fast... (Boston Globe)
Duff McKagan's Loaded, 'Sick' Apr 13, 2009
Further echoes are of Lou Reed in the spoken-word on "Mother's Day" (about the fragility of life), and the Stones in the funky "Blind Date Girl." McKagan takes some shots at ex-girlfriends and ex-biz partners (some might interpret these as knocks on Axl Rose or Scott Weiland, but Duff says no). The highlights are the riff-laced love songs with a domestic edge, as he lauds his wife who stood by him and gave him a couple of daughters. (Boston Globe)
Rachel Fuller Presents 'IN THE ATTIC' With Pete Townshend And Friends 2-CD/1-DVD Set to be Released as Best Buy Exclusive Today, April 7th, 2009 Apr 8, 2009
Writing about an interlude of Who songs delivered by Townshend at the latter show, Andy Greene noted in Rolling Stone's Rock & Roll Daily that, "The four song set was the single greatest solo acoustic performance I've ever witnessed." IN THE ATTIC features appearances by Lou Reed, Ben Harper, Tenacious D, Jimmy Fallon, Amos Lee, Rachael Yamagata, Joe Purdy and Alexi Murdoch. About Best Buy Co., Inc.. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Review: Good trip 'Adventureland' Apr 5, 2009
Lou Reed provides sweet relief to repeated bursts of Falco's "Rock Me Amadeus." Yes, in retrospect, that's exactly what being young in 1987 was like. A mature movie about immature young people, "Adventureland" may be too muted to succeed in today's marketplace, too sensitive for its own good. (CNN -- International)
Photo poll: What music sums up '80s? Apr 4, 2009
What's your '80s musical genre. What's your '80s musical genre. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Adventureland: Jesse Eisenberg Is Cute Enough To Spread on Toast Apr 4, 2009
Em offers James rides home from work, Lou Reed and Big Star blasting from the car stereo, and confides in him about her miserable family. But she's secretly involved with Mike Connell (Ryan Reynolds), Adventureland's mechanic and chief Lothario, who's both much older and a married man. (Slate)
'Adventureland': Good Together, By Kurt Loder Apr 4, 2009
Here he meets Stewart's character, Em, an NYU student who's passing the summer with her remarried dad and his insufferable new wife and also carrying on an icky after-hours affair with the park's married maintenance man, Connell (Ryan Reynolds), a failing musician on the other side of 30 whose sole claim to distinction is having once "jammed with Lou Reed." (As if Lou Reed were in the habit of jamming with anyone ... (Lou Reed's work is wittily referenced throughout the film, and the scene in... (VHI.com -- Music News)
"Adventureland" Apr 3, 2009
He's really a musician -- supposedly, he once played with Lou Reed -- and among the other park employees, his cool quotient is high ... At one point James assesses her LP collection and praises her for having all the right names in it: Eno, Big Star, his own personal favorite, Lou Reed. (Salon)
Legacy of 80s music cloven by new film, musical Apr 3, 2009
The film is stuffed to the tilt with tunes, boasting a pulsating soundtrack of The Replacements, Lou Reed, Big Star, The Cure, Husker Du, the New York Dolls and others (the acclaimed indie band Yo La Tengo, formed in 1984 and still active, fills in the score. . (FOX 11, AZ)
'Adventureland' Apr 2, 2009
There James meets, among others, Joel (Martin Starr), a closet intellectual; Lisa P (Margarita Levieva), the park hottie; and Mike Connell (Ryan Reynolds), a maintenance man and musician a few crucial years older, who, according to park lore, supposedly once played a set with Lou Reed. Most important, James meets Em (Kristen Stewart), a sharp college student who works at the park mostly to create distance from her hated new stepmother. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Elton & Elvis vs. ‘the moronic entertainment environment' Mar 28, 2009
The guest list includes Lou Reed, the Police, Smokey Robinson, Tony Bennett, Herbie Hancock, Norah Jones, James Taylor, John Mellencamp, Ren. e Fleming and John, who appears on the first show and is also an executive producer of the series. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Woody Harrelson, Salman Rushdie, Madonna Mar 28, 2009
Among the events, which will bring together 160 writers from 40 countries, is the Evolution/Revolution reading series on April 29, which will feature Edwidge Danticat, Salman Rushdie and Muriel Barbery, among other authors, reading in their original languages; an April 30 panel hosted by The New York Review of Books, "The Economic Crisis and How to Deal With It," including George Soros, Nouriel Roubini and Paul Krugman, the Nobel-winning columnist for The New York Times and the International... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Rising punk-pop star Ida Maria is a party girl - and a deep thinker Mar 27, 2009
Her list of heroes is long, but one name looms large: Lou Reed. "I love his way of writing simple words and simple chords," says Maria. (Boston Globe)
Critics' pop music picks in Boston Mar 27, 2009
JENNY SCHEINMAN This fiddler-vocalist has worked in the classical, jazz, and rock arenas as a collaborator and arranger with everyone from Lou Reed to Norah Jones to Bill Frisell. She's equally diverse in her own recordings, which hew closer to folk and country. (Boston Globe)
Lollapalooza Rumors: Killers, Tool, Decemberists Joining Lineup? Mar 24, 2009
Lou Reed also rumored to be playing the Chicago festival. by Gil Kaufman. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Dean and Britta add sonic depth to Warhol screen tests Mar 24, 2009
Some of the subjects were well-known: Lou Reed, sphinxlike in wraparound shades and drinking a Coke; a young and very serious Dennis Hopper; Nico, the dark angel of the Velvet Underground; Edie Sedgwick, Warhol's doomed socialite muse, her afterimage burned on our retinas when the screen goes white at the end of the clip ... For the Lou Reed screen test, Wareham played a righteous VU stomp called "I'm Not a Young Man Anymore," a "new" song from a recently unearthed 40-year-old bootleg; the title... (Boston Globe)
From soup to nuts Mar 21, 2009
From 1964 to '66, Warhol used a 16mm Bolex camera to shoot "Screen Tests," his revealing black-and-white silent portraits of hundreds of Factory visitors, including Dennis Hopper, Lou Reed, and Edie Sedgwick. At tonight's multimedia "Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips: 13 Most Beautiful . . . Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests," Wareham and Phillips will perform with their band while Warhol's silent-film portraits are projected overhead. (Boston Globe)
Sara Wasserman Joins That Other Label/Pacific Coast Jazz Mar 18, 2009
Over the course of the past seven years, her family's roots and shoots led her to musical collaborations with Lou Reed, Christian McBride, Aaron Neville, Vernon Reed, DJ Logic and Stephen Perkins. The result is Solid Ground, an album of songs that is both the reflection of a beautiful creative soul and a brilliant showcase for a truly spectacular voice. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Python and politics Mar 18, 2009
For its musical influences, Ex Norwegian draws from the Kinks, Lou Reed, and Talking Heads. For its name, the Miami foursome borrowed from a Monty Python episode. (Boston Globe)
Critic's corner Mar 12, 2009
Tonight's repeat is the Lou Reed interview. Costello plays Reed's "Femme Fatale," Costello and Reed play "Perfect Day" together, and Reed (above right, with Costello) reveals the "secret chord" in "Sweet Jane." The highlight, though, comes when an apparently drunk Julian Schnabel recites by heart Reed's "Rock Minuet" and tells a remarkable vignette about the death of his father. (Boston Globe)
Warhol's 15 more minutes Mar 11, 2009
" Inside the Factory room, next to Amoeba employees performing as the Velvet Underground, filmmaker Peter Max Lawrence shot screen tests of guests, like the ones Warhol used to make of Lou Reed, Dennis Hopper and other denizens of the Factory. A handful will be shown at the de Young on April 24 and May 15. As Lawrence hunched over his video camera, a short film he'd made for the event, called "Becky Darling," was being projected on the giant wall behind him. When asked what the film was about,... (San Francisco Chronicle)
The Top 5 The Killers Songs Mar 5, 2009
"Tranquilize" featuring, Lou Reed. From the band's compilation album, Sawdust", released in 2007 Tranquilize is one of the most intricately developed songs that The Killers have ever created. The song s rhythmical lyrics were written by the band s lead singer, Brandon Flowers and features back-up vocals by, legendary musician, Lou Reed. The contrasting sound of Flowers smooth, velvet-like voice with Lou Reed s deep and ragged tones is absolutely mesmerizing; helping to create the song s... (Suite101.com)
Secret Policeman's Ball & Amnesty I... Mar 1, 2009
Musicians include Pete Townshend, Sting, Phil Collins, Bob Geldof, Peter Gabriel, Donovan, Jackson Browne, Lou Reed, Kate Bush, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Mark Knopfler, and Chet Atkins. Classic Skits With Monty Python s John Cleese. (Suite101.com)
What's Up? Feb 28, 2009
SINGSATIONAL: On "You Are My Little Bird," Elizabeth Mitchell's most recent album for all ages, the crystalline-voiced singer included tunes by Woody Guthrie, Lou Reed, Bob Marley and Neil Young. Chances are she'll sing many of them today at her concert at Joe's Pub. Noon, 15 for adults, 12 for kids 12 and younger. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Van Morrison's Astral Weeks: Live at the Hollywood Bowl Feb 25, 2009
Lou Reed did it with , Brian Wilson did it with , Roger Waters did it with , Arthur Lee (RIP) did it with Love's. Even Anthrax did it, with. (Slate)
4/5: Leonard Cohen plays the Dodge Feb 22, 2009
When Lou Reed inducted Cohen into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008, Reed said Cohen is a member of the "highest and most influential echelon of songwriters.". Cohen's official Web site: leonardcohen. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
The science of selling out Feb 22, 2009
Page last updated at 11:40 GMT, Friday, 20 February 2009. Iggy Pop swings - and misses - in the Swiftcover advert. (BBC News -- UK)
Leonard Cohen plays first US concert in 15 years Feb 20, 2009
When he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last year, Lou Reed said he was among the "highest and most influential echelon of songwriters." In the 2005 documentary "Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man," which featured a tribute concert to Cohen, Bono called him, speaking for music, "our (Percy Bysshe) Shelley, our (Lord) Byron.". Cohen has already toured Canada, Europe and Australia and will continue playing several dozen North America concerts through the spring. (Yahoo News)
For Antony, nothing's worthwhile without tears Feb 19, 2009
When I listen to Hegarty on records (his own, not those he has made with Rufus Wainwright, Lou Reed or Hercules and Love Affair), I always feel as if I've come into a scene of recent devastation, where only he can see heaven's shadow. Much of his concert was like that too. (Globe and Mail)
Columbia Records Set To Release New Leonard Cohen CD & DVD Live In London Feb 18, 2009
When inducting him into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in March 2008, Lou Reed singled out Leonard Cohen as among the "highest and most influential echelon of songwriters.". Source: Columbia Records. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Antony and The Johnsons find unique inspiration Feb 17, 2009
After making inroads with the thoughtful, tender and at times near tear-inducing I Am A Bird Now in 2005, and performing with Bjork and Lou Reed among others, Hegarty is returning with The Crying Light, an album whose title track is an homage to Kazuo Ohno. "He's is a very charismatic dancer and kind of an ecstatic performer," Hegarty says of Ohno. (Jam! Showbiz)
My Bloody Valentine Feb 13, 2009
Perfect Day Lou Reed. The narcotic mood of Mr Cranky's uncharacteristically loved-up classic is illuminated in the cautionary comedown, usually omitted in smoochy cover versions: "You're gonna reap just what you sow.". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Evocative soundscape revives Warhol's superstars Feb 8, 2009
Two icons were given pre-existing accompaniment: Nico, Bob Dylan's I'll Keep it With Mine; and with Lou Reed, coolly swigging from a bottle of Coke, came a suitably cranked-up version of the Velvet Underground's own Not a Young Man Anymore. Least successful was Edie Sedgwick's song: Wareham seemingly unable to exercise self-restraint in the face of those enormous doe eyes. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Departing festival director ticked all the box offices Feb 8, 2009
Linehan, who returns to Dublin next month, had an impressive track record, presenting such high-profile artists as Ralph Fiennes, Lou Reed, Bjork, Sylvie Guillem and Brian Wilson, while championing lesser-known musical and theatre talents. The former director of the Dublin Theatre Festival believes the Sydney Festival has the potential to become one of the world's three or four great arts festivals. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
