Photo Videos of Some of My Trips
I have recently got into making videos of the photos of some of my trips accompanied by music that has been important to me over the years. This includes tracks by the likes of the Velvet Underground,...
View ArticleAdam Ritchie: Photographer
I came across Adam Ritchie when I was researching into the Velvet Underground. Most of the early pictures of the band were taken by him and Lisa Law. It seems strange that there are not more pictures...
View Article‘The Velvet Underground and Nico’: 10 Things You Didn’t Know – Rolling Stone
Source: ‘The Velvet Underground and Nico’: 10 Things You Didn’t Know – Rolling Stone Actually, I did know most of this, but not Warhol’s idea of putting a crack on the record to make the phrase ‘I’ll...
View ArticleCamille Paglia on the Iconic Cover of Patti Smith’s Horses | Literary Hub
Source: Camille Paglia on the Iconic Cover of Patti Smith’s Horses | Literary Hub “THE MAPPLETHORPE PHOTO SYNTHESIZES MY PASSIONS AND WORLD-VIEW” In 1975, Arista Records released Horses, the first rock...
View ArticleOverloaded: The Story Of White Light/White Heat | MOJO
BY DAVID FRICKE (Mojo Magazine) “NO ONE LISTENED TO IT. BUT THERE IT IS, FOREVER – THE QUINTESSENCE OF ARTICULATED PUNK. AND NO ONE GOES NEAR IT.”– Lou Reed, August, 2013 BY MID-1967, ONLY a few months...
View ArticleHow Coffee Bars Fueled the Vietnam Peace Movement – The New York Times
Further evidence of the importance of coffee bars in the radical culture of the 1960s. (From the New York Times.) In the summer of 1967, Fred Gardner arrived in San Francisco with the Vietnam War...
View ArticleQ&A: A.J. Weberman on Dylan, Lennon, Garbage, New York, and the JDL – Tablet...
Good interview and article about A.J. Weberman by David Samuels of the Tablet. Source: Q&A: A.J. Weberman on Dylan, Lennon, Garbage, New York, and the JDL – Tablet Magazine Alan Weberman is a stone...
View ArticleBob Dylan’s Masterpiece, “Blood on the Tracks,” Is Still Hard to Find | The...
By Alex Ross (New Yorker Magazine) In September, 1974, Bob Dylan spent four days in the old Studio A, his favorite recording haunt in Manhattan, and emerged with the greatest, darkest album of his...
View ArticleReflections and Recollections
Have been back a week now and have decided to write about my feelings about visiting New York. The reason I went was to fulfil a long ambition to visit a place that figured large in my imagination and...
View Article101 Best New York Movies Set in the Greatest City in the World
The 101 best New York movies include classics like The Godfather and Serpico and romantic comedies like Annie Hall and Desperately Seeking Susan. — Read on...
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