Lou Reed Gets the Gritty ’70s-era New York Treatment in ‘A Life’
Rolling Stone contributing editor Anthony DeCurtis has written an arresting, confrontational, and oftentimes beautiful biography of the notoriously cagy musician.
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Musicians Are Cowards: An Interview with Pere Ubu’s David Thomas
Rock savant David Thomas, of art "punk" acts Pere Ubu and Rocket from the Tombs, weasels his way out of logical contradictions surrounding the early days, consumer culture, and the state of music today.