Lou Reed
Jim Carroll, the legendary Manhattan poet and punk rocker, died of a heart attack on Friday, Sept. 12, at the age of 60. On Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 15, the day before a private funeral service for family and friends, some New Yorkers who knew Carroll shared their memories of him with the... READ MORE»
Lou Reed, legendary frontman of the Velvet Underground, and Julian Schnabel, noted artist and filmmaker, were sitting at a rustic wooden table inside the Steven Kasher Gallery in Chelsea on the evening of Thursday, June... READ MORE»
By Molly Fischer | June 5, 2009 | 10:30 am
“I feel like the Benetton ads,” said filmmaker Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, posing for photos with Senegalese singer... READ MORE»
“Have you seen Jennifer Connelly?” a reporter for local CW affiliate WPIX-Channel 11 asked legendary rocker Lou... READ MORE»
Chef David Bouley forced his maitre'd to turn Lou Reed away from his new restaurant because he was wearing jeans and sneakers. [Eater] Now that Taylor Momsen and Chace Crawford have been spotted making out, we're starting to think all these Gossip Girl hook-ups are some kind of PR ploy. [P6] Jeremy Piven is getting a little sick of people confusing him with Ari Gold. [Gatecrasher] Giuseppe Cipriani is hiding out abroad until his family's legal... READ MORE»
It's been a good month for Lou Reed. Just weeks after it was made public that the 66-year-old indie icon wed his longtime girlfriend, Laurie Anderson, Sirius Satellite Radio announced that Lou Reed will host a weekly show on Sirius' Disorder channel, joining other hosts for the radio network like Marky Ramone, David Johansen (a.k.a. Buster Poindexter) of the New York Dolls, Martha Stewart, Eminem and Tony... READ MORE»
Everywhere at Once, Village East Cinema, 1:15 p.m. can’t help but think that inspiration for Everywhere at Once must have been born during a late-night heavy-talking/drinking session…in this film photographer Peter Lindbergh and “experimental filmmaker” (uh-oh) Holly Fisher collaborated to “weave together a tapestry of images” using Mr. Lindbergh’s photographs and clips from the 1966 Tony Richardson film Mademoiselle starring Jeanne Moreau. Ms. Moreau narrates using a poem by Kimiko Hahn. Got it? Donkey in Lahore,... READ MORE»
Lou Reed secretly married his long-time girlfriend Laurie Anderson in Colorado on April 12 and then celebrated back here in New York with friends like Julian and Olatz Schnabel and Richard Belzer of Law & Order.... READ MORE»
The Tribeca Film Festival just unveiled the line-up for its Spotlight, Showcase and Restored/Rediscovered sections, which include titles by Jose Padilha, Julian Schnabel, Harmony Korine, Guy Maddin and Tom Kalin, and world premieres from Peter Tolin and Adam Yauch. Director Julian Schnabel's new film Lou Reed's Berlin, a documentary about Mr. Reed playing his Berlin song cycle live for the first time at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn, and Gunnin' for That #1... READ MORE»
On April 2, St. Ann's Warehouse in Dumbo will present a concert celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Hal Willner's Stay Awake, the producer's classic 1988 interpretation of the Vintage Disney Songbook, Brooklyn Vegan reports. Mr. Willner revived the project last June at the behest of former Pulp front man Jarvis Cocker, who invited Mr. Willner to present it live for the first time at London's 2007 Meltdown Festival, which Mr. Cocker curated. The St.... READ MORE»
CONCERTS Cyndi Lauper is bringing her True Colors to Radio City Music Hall on June 1 (and to Jones Beach on June 3), along with fellow new wavers the B-52s, Rosie O'Donnell, and the Indigo Girls, in a Logo channel-sponsored benefit for the LGBT lobbying organization the Human Rights Campaign. Icing on the cake: Queer Eye's Carson Kressley is hosting. [On Sale: Friday, March 14 at 10 a.m.] From the "bands it's hard to believe... READ MORE»
Hey, New Yorkers, where is your revolutionary spirit? Lou Reed, David Byrne and Blonde Redhead are wondering why our city of "visionaries" isn't rallying against the war in Iraq. Well they've got a solution: a SPEAK UP! concert in DUMBO.... READ MORE»
New York artist and filmmaker Julian Schnabel, along with French Vogue editor-in-chief Carine Roitfield and Bobby Shriver of the (Product)RED Campaign, will be honored by the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) at the organization’s 10th annual gala on January 31, according to Variety. Presenters for the humanitarian fete, being held at Cipriani in midtown, include Marc Jacobs and Lou Reed (although the evening’s highlight may just be a special performance by none... READ MORE»
“Life is short. There’s no reason why you can’t love many different ways of creating,” said Vanity Fair and GQ photographer Mark Seliger at his 401 Projects gallery in the far West Village, where an exhibit called “Visions of Rock” debuted on Saturday, Sept. 8. A black-and-white picture of Pink—topless (yikes!), arms raised high, shot by Bryan Adams—anchored the room. Other musician/photographers included Patti Smith, Michael Stipe, Mick Fleetwood and Jakob Dylan. Velvet Underground... READ MORE»