Tag Archives: New York
Lou Reed’s New York at 25
“Romeo Rodriguez squares his shoulders, curses Jesus runs a comb through his black ponytail.” That’s one of my favorite lines in a Lou Reed song. It’s from “Romeo had Juliette,” the opening track on Reed’s fifteenth solo album, New York. While Reed was always preoccupied with and identified with the city, the New York album [...]
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Tagged 1989, 25th birthday, Dirty Boulevard, Halloween Parade, Lou Reed, New York, Rome had Juliette, Romeo Rodriquez, Statue of Liberty, Stature of Bigotry
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Sun Ra’s Cosmic Cult Film
One of the weirdest cult music movies of all time, Space is the Place (1974) is a fictional film written by Joshua Smith and composer, poet, keyboardist and cosmic philosopher Sun Ra. Born Herman Poole Blount in Birmingham, Alabama in 1914, Ra’s music ultimately found him following his muse all over the country from Chicago [...]
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Tagged Alabama, Arkestra, Bergman, Berkeley, Chicago, Florida, New York, Philadelphia, Saturn, Seventh Seal, Space is the Place, Sun Ra, University of California
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