just a quick notice here... i've got a "real-life" buddy on the phone right now telling me that the velvet underground are under-appreciated. NOW... there was a time when none of their recordings were in print, but that was many years ago... & i'm going to assume all of you have heard of the velvet underground.

if you haven't... then we're all just going to have to wait while you get caught up with the last 40 years of recorded music.

lou reed... nico... john cale... moe tucker... sterling morrison... & doug yule, who by 1973 was the only remaining original member.

but their first four studio records (1967-70) introduced kinky sex & frank drug use to major label music (on verve, no less). with a sound that pavement matched exactly to garner lo-fi glory 30 years later. the 1972 album "live at max's kansas city" documents lou reed's final show with the band... recorded on a fan's portable cassette recorder.

great band. but by now... everyone knows that... don't they?