In late-1964-early-1965, Lou Reed wrote to the poet Delmore Schwartz, his creative-writing professor at Syracuse University, and described his life in New York City since graduating the previous spring. Reed noted his unsubmitted Harvard application and ambivalence about grad school; he obliquely referenced the “sick but strange and fascinating” experiences …
Read More »Hear Lou Reed's Primordial, Super-Rare Country-Folk Recording of 'Heroin'
Lou Reed can’t help but laugh after announcing the title of a new song, “Heroin,” on a demo recording from May 1965. He then gives a surprisingly folky, almost Dylan-esque performance of the tune, which would become a noisy, droning blast of euphoria on The Velvet Undergound and Nico a …
Read More »This Lou Reed Demo Sat in an Envelope Unopened For Nearly 50 Years
To hear the first few seconds of the video above may catch you by surprise: It’s Lou Reed announcing the title of a song while declaring he wrote the words and music. Only it’s a song we know very well — “I’m Waiting for the Man” — and it’s from …
Read More »'Westworld' Season Four Trailer Previews Surreal New Worlds
Westworld will return for an eight-episode fourth season June 26 on HBO Max. The sci-fi drama, which aired its third season over two years ago, hinted at what’s to come in an unsettling teaser trailer titled, “It doesn’t look like anything to me.” The trailer, set to Lou Reed’s “Perfect …
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