And the original version of Berlin contained this groaner:
Don't forget / Hire the vet / He hasn't had / That much fun yet / It was very nice…
It can be found on Lou's first solo release, with backing from Steve Howe and Rick Wakeman.

Velda and Lily
I agree with all the positive comments in this review. Other reasons to love it are the fantastic twisted performances by Maxine Cooper and Gaby Rodgers. Both are sexy in a fashion not usually seen in 50s films. Velda is used by Hammer to have photographed sex with married men for his divorce…

Velda and Lily
I agree with all the positive comments in this review. Other reasons to love it are the fantastic twisted performances by Maxine Cooper and Gaby Rodgers. Both are sexy in a fashion not usually seen in 50s films. Velda is used by Hammer to have photographed sex with married men for his divorce…

Stupid man / hitch hiking out of the good life in Saskatchewan… And co-written with Nils Lofgren!

Disagree. Transformer is great. Lou Reed Live is great. The 1st album has that Tom Adams cover which is totally cool, if misconceived. And Berlin, if you include the booklet, is as bleak as the music inside.
And, like Staircar1, I think Sally Can't Dance is awesomely sleazy.

Yeah. Lou Reed Live gets less attention, but Oh Jim is fantastic. That guitar duel seems to go on forever.

I was with you that day, Lovecraft. You're right about Dylan.

Thank you, Mr. Burroughs! Dim jerky stars are blowing away across a gleaming empty sky, the wild boys smile.

Alice did an interview talking about following the Stooges at the Eastowne Theater and the Grande. Knowing they couldn't match the violence of the sound, they went out to the dumpsters and pulled props and costumes. He speaks really well of all the Detroit bands, though. They were all friends, but when the others…

Yep. Berlin has held up for me ever since it was released; never tired of it.

Agreed. Lots of darkness on that album. Steven, you think?

Superdeformed brought up Sad Song, one of my favorites, so I'll return the favor — There She Goes Again by the Velvets. "You see her walkin' on down the street / Look at all your friends she's gonna meet / You better hit her." All to a beat they stole from Marvin Gaye's Hitchhike. The only time I saw Lou do it he…

I'm sold. Getting it out of the basement in 2 minutes. Thanks folks.

My students love Heart of Darkness. It's great for producing "found poetry" samples too.

I just read Reflections in a Golden Eye, Phodreaw. Give that one a shot. You can read it in one sitting, two tops. Odd movie, too, with a great Brando performance.

I've got to try Melancholy; I've had it on the back burner for years. And you're right about RLS. He is one terrific writer, and Kidnapped is one of my favorite books (for about 45 years now).

Holmes! How did I forget them? That's my most reread works.

I've mentioned it before a while ago, but Lonesome Traveler is great. It's got October in the Railroad Earth and Slobs of the Kitchen Sea which were originally stand-alone articles, for Esquire or something. The last piece ends with "the woods are full of wardens," which hits like a bell clapper.

Knowing I'd read The Stranger and The Plague, my uncle got me the hardcover Modern Library of The Fall and Exile and the Kingdom. The Fall might be my favorite from Camus.

That story can break the heart of the stoniest teen I teach.