Last Night I Said Goodbye To My Friend
Lou Reed, John Cale And Moe Tucker at the induction of the Velvet Underground into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996, performing a song they wrote for the deceased fourth member of the band, Sterling Morrison:
Lou Reed And New York
From one of my all-time favorite albums - Lou Reed's New York - is this song, Dirty Boulevard:
What Goes On
The Velvet Underground album that I first got into was the third album, the one with Doug Yule on it.John Cale, who I later came to respect greatly for both his work on the first two Velvet Underground albums and his solo work, was already gone.I came to the album off an REM b-side, a cover of "There She Goes Again (which was actually a VU song off the Velvet Underground And Nico album.)I was
Lou Reed Dead At 71
Just became aware of this:Lou Reed, a massively influential songwriter and guitarist who helped shape nearly fifty years of rock music, died today. The cause of his death has not yet been released, but Reed underwent a liver transplant in May.He didn't look well after the transplant.RIP. Saw him back in 2005 or 2006 at a club in Chelsea.He was prickly.Somebody called out the name of a song as he a
Obama Is A Disaster
This is the first and probably only time you will see me agree with Peggy Noonan:Peggy Noonan: "The ObamaCare rollout is a disaster for the White House, not a problem or a challenge or an embarrassment, not a gaffe or a bad few weeks. It is a political disaster, and the only question is whether it is partially recoverable, meaning the system can be made to work in a generally satisfactory way
Cuomo Loves His Teacher Evaluation System Even If He Can't Vouch For It's Accuracy
Just in case you think getting rid of NYSED Commissioner John King would solve the problems with teacher evaluation systems in districts around the state, here's Sheriff Andy Cuomo touting APPR:Cuomo said New Yorkers typically seek change in state government, but they are also resistant to it because it's nerve-wracking. There are typically kinks when a state agency undergoes any kind of policy ov
10-26-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Perdido Street SchoolJohn King Says NYSED Won't Help Teachers Who Were Rated Using Faulty DataJessica Bakeman at Capital NY reports that NYSED Commissioner King says SED will do nothing to help teachers who were rated using erroneous data:ALBANY—The state Education Department is telling teachers whose evaluations were based on faulty data they will have to deal with their lo