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Lewis Allan "Lou" Reed (born March 2 1942 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. Reed first found prominence as the guitarist and principal singer-songwriter of The Velvet Underground (1965 - 1973). The band gained relatively little notice during its life, but is considered by some to be the seed from which much alternative rock music sprang. As the Velvets’ principal songwriter, Reed wrote about subjects such as S&M ("Venus in Furs"), transvestites ("Si...Read More >
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Hey everyone! In narrative form, here's my experience seeing Lou mothereffing Reed on this past Sunday. So my friend, Jeff, and I arrived at the concert at 7:30. We were told that Reed's sound check was running late so the opening would be delayed. Typical. So they finally opened the doors when the sound check was done. We got to our seats in front row, second balcony (great view). Shortly after at about 8:10 or so Thurston Moore came out. A man sitting in the secti... MORE
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I will be attending this show on April 20th in Northampton. I was wondering if any other MOGs were going? Or if anyone knew the buzz on what he's supposed to perform? All I read in articles and see in interviews is that "He'll be doing a short US east coast tour, then go back to Europe to perform Berlin." So I'm not sure what that means for his US tour. Can anyone help?... MORE
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Ahhh, as promised, here's a longer clip of the historic first meeting between Lou Reed and Perry Farrell, backstage at SXSW 's Convention Center.
This longer clip has an intimate backstage, 'Andy Warhol' video interview feel, where you fall into the cadence of the conversation.
(IF YOU ARE READING THIS ON THE MOG HOME PAGE , PLEASE USE THE LINK BELOW TO GET TO THE FULL POST WHERE YOU CAN VIEW THE VIDEOS .) Topics? Lou talks about his friendship with Jul... MORE
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MOG -buddy Lou Reed just announced a string of US and European live shows beginning in MA April 20th. The former Velvet Underground frontman will play 9 shows on the east coast US before heading to Europe.
APRIL :
20 Northampton, MA Calvin Theater
22 Washington, DC 9 :30 Club
24 Asbury Park, Asbury Park, NJ Paramount Theatre
25 Norfolk, VA NorVa
26 Richmond, VA The National
29 Asheville, NC Orange Peel
30 Knoxville, TN Tennessee Theatre ... MORE
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It's an honor to have Perry Farrell interview Lou Reed on behalf of MOG in this exclusive MOG interview. Lou talks about his new upcoming Julian Shnabel directed film about Lou. We put SXSW Mogger Indiepixie on the scene. GET IT NOW AT : http://mog.com/indiepixie/blog_post/150401... MORE
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Imagine the wiry filament of energy Perry Farrell meeting the one-and-only Lou Reed for the first time. This 'meeting-of-minds' occurred after Lou's Keynote Speech at the SXSW convention center Thursday, March 13th.
Perry Farrell
Lou and Perry right after the interview. Photo by Faith-Ann Young for MOG . Keep in mind- since Lou can be sensitive to media- this is a rare occurrence to capture him talking so openly on camera.
Plus, since Lou had discussed hi... MORE
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Music Magic.
“I Love punk music” “and I was the first one”
Imagine. Sun is setting slowly over Austin’s Fader Tent. People packed like cattle to watch the Lou Reed Tribute.
My Morning jacket. We all sway and sip. Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth throws himself around on Stage. (see below) He's killing it. Romps in crowd. Throws himself over the stage and then back on. Eyes closed most of the time.
Dr. Dog. All are there. Moby comes on stage. With h... MORE
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MOG raged it up yesterday at the after party for the Julian Schnabel–directed film "Berlin,” which revisits Lou Reed's 1973 concept album of the same name. The flick, a concert film taped in 2006 at Brooklyn’s St. Ann's Warehouse, screened at Austin’s Paramount Theater yesterday. Reed, who pioneered punk with the Velvet Underground and continues to stretch music’s boundaries with a successful solo career even came to the party, that hosted sets from Austin psych-rockers the ... MORE
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I haven't listened to Lou's "New York" album in quite a while. Today I heard "Dirty Boulevard" on the radio and when I got home and saw how much the stock market had tanked it immediately made me think of this song which is my favorite on the album. The old man rocks on this one. Reminds me a bit of Lightnin' Hopkins for some reason.... MORE
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After my trip to Myanmar I've become a bigger supporter of the Second Amendment than ever. Government should fear the people, not the other way around. I have no idea how Lou feels about it but I know he's serious about liberty and human rights and is more than aware of the damage done to both by the Bush Regime.... MORE
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In the news these last couple of days I read of a little girl who won a contest for choice Hannah Montana tickets. She won with an essay which detailed how her father had been killed in Iraq, among other things, and that life was rough.
It turns out the girl of eight(?) conspired with her mom to fabricate the whole thing.
The Mom, defiant to the end, said "We did what we had to do to win". (or words to that effect).
If that doesn't depress you, give the track a listen.
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The keynote speaker for the 2008 SxSW Music Conference and Film Festival has just been announced - it will be LOU REED ! The former Velvet Underground frontman and successful solo artist will kick off the music festival on March 13th with a keynote address. A screening of the documentary, "Lou Reed's 'Berlin' " a film by Julian Schnabel, will be held in conjunction with the keynote speech. The film documents a recent performance of the landmark 1973 album. South by S... MORE
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Here's a new Lou Reed song. Over at Pitchfork and Stereogum they don't much care for this one, but I kinda like it.
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Due to circumstances beyond control, my mogging allocation has been reduced to, well, less than I'd like. So, I gotta make the most of it. It's getting colder here, and my dogs react in typical warming themselves fashion. They bark. And bark. And bark.
Gonna introduce my horny little dachsund to that stray cat that's been hangin' round Bow wow fer sure.... MORE
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RodneyPWelch of rodneypwelch@bellsouth.netI'm not sure what everyone else was listening to in the summer of 1978, but Lou Reed's Street Hassle spent an awful lot of time on my turntable. It was the first of many albums I would go on to buy by Lou Reed, and this title track was one of the strangest, scariest, moodiest, darkest and most fascinating things I'd ever heard. Still is. This was Reed's comeback album, in a way, one of several, and it was I think kind of a response to the punk explosion which Reed and the Vel... MORE
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