lou reed

hadn't visited lou reed's website in awhile, but he now has all kindsa interesting vid up, including the high-fuckin'-larious "velvet underground on lawrence welk" clip. my buddy geoff in philly, who attends more shows in a month than i do in a year, saw lou perform his berlin alb in its entahrty at st. ann's in brooklyn, with musos that included soul sista extraordinaire sharon jones, gtrist steve "the decatur gator" hunter (who played on mitch ryder's killer '71 version of lou's "rock and roll" as well as all of lou's -- and alice cooper's -- worthwhile '70s output), and bassist rob wasserman (who was a crucial element of lou's new york and magic and loss albs, and whose own duets alb is worth seeking out to hear lou sing "one for my baby"). said it was boss (of course).