May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
From the makers of Uncut magazine – a WHOLE 124 page special edition on the Velvet Underground, and their individual members. I have only taken a quick glance through it so far – but it looks pretty extensive…and dare I say possibly more insightful than the documentary? I am still finding myself aghast that with…
I think this documentary ended up posing more questions than it answered. Firstly, it doesn’t sugarcoat the notion of Lou Reed being….well…actually perhaps they DO sugarcoat it. Because what became obvious was that to label Reed “troubled” is somewhat of an understatement. I actually started to wonder how anyone managed to work with him. Certainly…
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UPDATE: Oct 5th – saw a review in the latest Rolling Stone. Thought I’d post it here. Looking into what was coming up for viewing at the Glasgow Film Theatre, I spied this! When I was at the Living Proof screening last week, I decided to secure a ticket for one of the screenings of…
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About two thirds of the way through this one, I decided I wanted to make it look a little pop art. I do like to give quite a bit of my work that pop art edge. It was starting to go a bit Lichtenstein and I thought “why stop there? Let’s make it a bit…
I didn’t think I’d get to do this last night. I couldn’t record anything of Catherine’s and only just nabbed two pictures of her before I was pounced upon. But, here is my ONE SONG recording. Last night it was the turn of Andy Warhol. (Full review of the gig to come after I’ve had…
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He probanly won’t see the funny side…but, I posted it on the SMO wall anyway. Lol
Well, I never knew! Not only had Ms Turbett taken pictures of David Bowie…but in an extra wonderful connection, she had also photograhped Andy Warhol! Doesn’t he “look a scream”?! ? Both pictures are labelled as Feb 7th, 1980 at the Savoy.
Ooh, did you see what I did there, Minds fans? Boom boom! I HAD to “Warhol” The Boy 🙂 I’m just endlessly fiddling about with this app. I love it so much. But I want to do more…more and more. So I think I might have to explore other options…other apps out there. Oh, can…