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Google 11/14/2018 4:55:55 AM

Documentary Twin Bill Showcases The Velvet Underground's SHS Connection Nov. 16 - TAPinto.net

Documentary Twin Bill Showcases The Velvet Underground's SHS Connection Nov. 16
TAPinto.net
SUMMIT, NJ - The Film Society of Summit will deliver a pair of documentary films thematically linked to American rock band The Velvet Underground. The twin bill will be shown in Summit on November 16, beginning at 7:30, and feature Director Anthony ...

Google 11/13/2018 7:09:16 PM

Here's what Lou Reed sounded like before The Velvet Underground - Far Out Magazine

Far Out Magazine

Here's what Lou Reed sounded like before The Velvet Underground
Far Out Magazine
Long before finding fame The Velvet Underground, Lou Reed had been creating music for years either in teenage doo-wop bands or in semi-fake studio bands while working for a budget New York City label as a staff-songwriter which inadvertently led to ...

Google 11/11/2018 2:26:37 PM

Some kinda love: A super-cool Velvets deep dive - The Villager

The Villager

Some kinda love: A super-cool Velvets deep dive
The Villager
BY PUMA PERL | There aren't many people around who saw the original Velvet Underground lineup. I did, once. I was 16, and had no idea where I was going or why. (Decades later, I figured out that it was the “Exploding Plastic Inevitable” show at the ...

Google 11/9/2018 12:02:01 AM

In a New Velvet Underground Exhibition, a Gritty Subculture Meets the Corporate Moment - The New Yorker

The New Yorker

In a New Velvet Underground Exhibition, a Gritty Subculture Meets the Corporate Moment
The New Yorker
The Velvet Underground was established in 1965, and became the house band for Warhol's Factory and “The Exploding Plastic Inevitable,” his series of multimedia performances. Initially led by the musical partnership of Reed and Cale, it quickly released ...

Google 11/3/2018 1:03:28 PM

How Can You Have “The Velvet Underground Experience” Without the Music? - Pitchfork

How Can You Have “The Velvet Underground Experience” Without the Music?
Pitchfork
On December 11, 1965, the Velvet Underground played their first paying gig in a high school auditorium in Summit, New Jersey—and mostly cleared the room. It was a three-song performance that “accelerated and swelled like a giant tidal wave, which was ...

Google 10/30/2018 5:42:35 PM

5 reasons why this new Velvet Underground exhibition is an unmissable trip - NME.com (blog)

5 reasons why this new Velvet Underground exhibition is an unmissable trip
NME.com (blog)
Earlier this month, a new exhibition dedicated to The Velvet Underground opened in the city that made them – New York. Step into the space in Greenwich Village and you'll be transported back into the '60s, before Starbucks lined the streets and when ...

Google 10/29/2018 5:00:46 PM

Remembering Lou Reed: The Velvet Underground & Solo Live Jams Spotify Playlist - JamBase

Remembering Lou Reed: The Velvet Underground & Solo Live Jams Spotify Playlist
JamBase
Rock 'n' roll legend Lou Reed died on this date in 2013 at the age of 71. An archetypal New Yorker and frontman for the seminal art-rock pioneers The Velvet Underground, Reed was also successful as a solo musician, artist, poet and cultural icon.

Google 10/27/2018 2:16:47 PM

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