Terrific piece by my friend Andrew Epstein about Lou Reed and the - TopicsExpress



          

Terrific piece by my friend Andrew Epstein about Lou Reed and the NY avant garde of the 1950s-60s-70s and Reed as poet. Refusing to honor any distinction between literature, art, and rock music, Reed saw the Velvet Underground as an experiment in extending both the thematic content and the challenging forms he found so thrilling in poetry, Beat writing, movies, or Andy Warhol’s art into the world of churning guitar chords, wailing feedback, and smoky clubs.
Posted on: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 14:26:06 +0000

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