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1971 ad for the dreamweapon portfolio issue of aspen multi-media magazine

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gerard malanga reading two poems by lou reed during a guest lecture at UCLA in 1966.

the first poem is entitled "everyone must have an operation". the second is "the people just have to die for the music," which would later be published in intransit #4: the andy warhol-gerard malanga monster issue, in 1968. parts of it initially appeared in an essay written by reed for aspen no. 3, in 1966.

the beginning of the second poem is as follows:

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john cale reading a poem written by (presumably) the composer/mathematician dennis johnson, during a guest lecture at UCLA in 1966.

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heroin 1965 ludlow st demo

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Lou Reed with his dachshunds Duke and Baron at the Factory in New York City, 1977.

Photos by Andy Warhol

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John Cale and Betsey Johnson.

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lou reed in the 60s was cooler than anyone ever

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John Cale - Leaving It Up to You (1975)

Originally included on Helen of Troy, but dropped because of it’s controversial lyrics, this is Cale at his more passionate and abrasive.

I know we could all feel safe like Sharon Tate

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jonathan richman on experiencing the velvet underground at the boston tea party 1967-68

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John Cale (famously of the Velvet Underground) performing Erik Satie’s Vexations on the old show I’ve Got A Secret

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When you’ve begun to think like a gun The days of the year have suddenly gone Once you’ve begun to think like a gun The days of the year have already gone

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some kinda love at l'olympia paris jun 1993

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Andy Warhol, Lou Reed, and Paul Morrissey photographed by Nat Finkelstein, 1966.