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I like this piece: http://kreftingmoondawn.wordpress.com/2013/10/29/how-do-you-think-it-feels-and-when-do-you-think-it-stops/ On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 4:58 PM, Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > Here's some imagery to go along with this: Lou Reed and Nico at Scepter > Studios, NYC, 1966: > http://25.media.tumblr.com/**tumblr_ljcetzypnL1qbfoleo1_**500.jpg<http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljcetzypnL1qbfoleo1_500.jpg> > > This blog site has a link to download the "rare" VU acetate without the > aggressive over-processing on the commercial release: > http://fm-shades.blogspot.com/**2007/01/velvet-underground-** > nico-april-1966.html<http://fm-shades.blogspot.com/2007/01/velvet-underground-nico-april-1966.html> > > -- Tom Fine > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "david goren" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 6:43 PM > > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Excellent Lou Reed rememberance > > > It's been said that only 250 people bought the first Velvet Underground >>> LP -- but every one of them went out and started a band. >>> >> >> >> >> Actually, that stems from a 1982 quote from Brian Eno who said the VU's >> first five records only sold 30,000 but everyone who bought one started a >> band. >> >> http://blogs.wsj.com/**speakeasy/2013/10/29/how-many-** >> albums-did-lou-reed-and-the-**velvet-underground-really-**sell/<http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2013/10/29/how-many-albums-did-lou-reed-and-the-velvet-underground-really-sell/> >> >> >> On Oct 29, 2013, at 6:29 PM, Paul Stamler <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >> On 10/28/2013 8:07 PM, Tom Fine wrote: >>> >>>> Marc Myers hits all the right points. Many obituary writers clearly >>>> didn't understand Lou Reed, the NYC arts scene of the 60's through 80's, >>>> and pretty much anything else that was hip and different. Lou Reed's >>>> influence on a certain strain of rock music cannot be overstated. He may >>>> also have influenced the fact that the Czech Republic is a stable >>>> democracy today (one news report indicated that the Velvet Underground >>>> strongly influenced a young Vaclav Havel to become a poet dissident). >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Peace, >>> Paul >>> >> >> >>