Is anyone else reminded of The Prisoner as this bad boy gets underway?
Lou’s movements here split the difference between his 1974-era speed-jive and his more recent work in Tai Chi.
What do you think, is this Reed’s best promotional video or are you a “My Red Joystick” guy?
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Lou Reed is reissuing the Metal Machine Music album, remastered and in a variety of formats.
Details are available at Lou’s website.
I hadn’t remembered that it was originally quadrophonic, and the quad mix will be available. There will even be a Blu-ray version. I’m fine with the CD version I have.
Pitchfork is also reporting that there will be a European tour where he will be accompanied by a couple of fellow traveling noiseniks. One of them, Ulrich Krieger, was the man behind the rerecording of the piece done mostly with acoustic instruments and excerpted here, with the master sitting in:
I will report back if I hear of North American dates, because this is one you wouldn’t want to miss.
Air ball or slam dunk?
Lou with Mike Patton and John Zorn…and a headless guitar!
This is the most exciting find I’ve uncovered in some time. Can someone please explain what this is…and why? Thanks.
Hey, I finally got to watch the first two episodes of Spectacle: Elvis Costello with…, the new Sundance channel talk show, in which Elvis plays James Lipton to a legendary guest musician. I know some of you have been following this nascent show.
The first episode, with Elton John, was fantastic. The two immediately got down to musician-on-musician rock nerd talk, with Elton talking about being a young rock snob in England who thought it was cooler to buy American releases of records while his American counterparts were seeking the UK releases. There was little to no typical rock mythologizing about drug abuse, sexual escapades, and a career’s worth of landmark hair architecture. This was a music talk show for the few of us who got into this for reasons other than “meeting chicks.”
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