Lou Reed

Tonight (Oct 27th), Lou will be joining the Gorillaz on stage at Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles to perform his hit song, “Some Kind of Nature”. This will be the third time Lou has performed this song live – he made a special appearance at the Gorillaz show at Madison Square Garden in New York on October 8th, and debuted his live version with the Gorillaz at Glastonbury Festival in the UK back in June.
The show tonight starts at 8:45pm. Tickets are available HERE

Monica Bielanko’s Youtube video for Walk on the Wild Side.

This Sunday September 26th at 4pm, famed tai chi Master Ren Guang-Yi’s short film, Final Weapon, will have its New York premiere at the 10th Annual Coney Island Film Festival. The film will be screened at the Sideshows by the Seashore venue at 1208 Surf Ave at Coney Island.

The Final Weapon is an action drama, featuring an appearance and music by Lou, about holding, using, and protecting an ancient form of martial art that when employed, renders the user invincible for 20 minutes, after which he/she dies. The film explores the question of whom are more important – those given the fatal responsibility to use overwhelming power or those given the task of protecting such power.

For more info go to www.coneyislandfilmfestival.com

Last Tuesday September 14th, New York celebrated the 45th anniversary of legendary music venue, Max’s Kansas City. The celebration kicked off at the Steven Kasher Gallery for the opening of an exhibition featuring over 150 vintage and limited edition photographs, sculptures and paintings by the inner circle of Max’s artists, including John Chamberlain, Forrest Myers, Larry Zox, Neil Williams, and Andy Warhol. The exhibition accompanies the launch of a new book from Abrams Image entitled Max’s Kansas City: Art, Glamour, Rock and Roll.

Edited by Steven Kasher, with luminous photographs by Bob Gruen, Anton Perich, Billy Name and more, and contributions by Lou, Lenny Kaye, Danny Fields, and Steven Watson, the book captures the exuberance and decadence of one of the coolest pop cultural institutions of all time.

Lou was among the Max’s regulars who came out last week to look back and remember the original downtown scene.

For more info go HERE and HERE

Master Ren Guang Yi, one of the foremost practitioners of traditional Tai Chi Chuan, stars in a new short martial arts film called, The Final Weapon. The 15-minute film is being screened at this year’s Action on Film International Film Festival in Pasadena, CA on Saturday July 24th.
As a student of Master Ren, Lou provided four of his songs to be featured in the film – ‘Street Hassle’, ‘Finish Line’, ‘The Spirit’, and ‘Set The Twilight Reeling’.

Read more about Master Ren Quang Yi at www.loureed.com/power/

For more information on Action on Film, go HERE

Rock duo, the Kills, recently covered the Velvet Underground song, ‘Pale Blue Eyes’, as part of Levi’s Pioneer Sessions program. Levi’s invited 13 of today’s pioneering musicians from pop, rock, soul, and rap to re-craft the classic songs that inspired their sound. Listen to the Kills’ stunning take on the song HERE

Lou surprised fans at Glastonbury Festival in the UK this past Friday, June 25th with his unannounced appearance as a special guest of headlining band, the Gorillaz. Lou performed his Gorillaz collaboration, “Some Kind of Nature”, to over 120,000 cheering fans. “Some Kind of Nature” appears on the recent Gorillaz album, Plastic Beach.

(posted by Brie)