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Lou Reed

Batman vs. the lavender genius of crime!: I watched the great 10-hour Japanese antiwar film! Now it's your turn. Plus: Topiary genius, life after the tsunami, and a gay British crime lord.; Andrew O'Hehir Jul 18, 2008
A rock 'n' roll poll for Passover: Passover is a time of questions -- and Audiofile wants to know who's your favorite Jewish rock star.; Apr 2, 2007
Nelson Algren's New Orleans: The 1956 classic "A Walk on the Wild Side" captured the Crescent City as we'll never see it again -- seedy, brutal, alive.; By Allen Barra Sep 7, 2006
The Fix: A look back at the pundits who predicted box office woe for "Brokeback." Plus: Bye-bye, "West Wing." Hello, baby J.Lo?; Jan 23, 2006
Lou Reed takes his best shots: The rock legend discusses his digital photography and Warhol before suddenly asking, "If the sun was an oboe, what would you do?"; By Amy Reiter Jan 19, 2006
The big Bangs: A former Creem magazine colleague of Lester Bangs remembers -- and members of the Doors, the MC5, Blondie and the Mekons respond to -- the late, great rock critic's bracing vitriol.; By Roberta Cruger Sep 3, 2003
The week in dirt: Sting's very, very impressive sexual stamina and John Leguizamo's very, very large tripod exposed. Also: Matthew Hooker is very, very angry with Nicole Kidman, and more.; Read by Amy Reiter May 16, 2001
Rhyme time with Kidman's stalker!: Nicole does her best to keep "a wonderful man" away. Plus: Britney disses her hometown, Leguizamo's got a major bulge and Woody Harrelson runs from the law!; By Amy Reiter May 10, 2001
Lou Reed: The Velvet Underground founder gave us heroin, the exalted transvestite and euphoric nastiness. Who knew salvation could sound so good?; By Chris Colin May 16, 2000
Did Lester Bangs die in vain?: Jim DeRogatis' solid new biography argues that "America's greatest rock critic" spawned a generation of self-absorbed hacks -- and a neutered music press that wouldn't have a place for him anymore.; By Ira Robbins Apr 4, 2000
Real Life Rock Top 10: By Greil Marcus Apr 3, 2000
David Bowie: As the master of self-reinvention -- from Ziggy Stardust to the Thin White Duke to Normal David -- he became the most influential rock star of the post-Beatles era.; By Greg Villepique Jan 25, 2000
Patti Smith: A punk icon in jeans and leather jacket, she added ecstasy and spiritual exaltation to the poet-songwriter equation.; By Greg Villepique Nov 9, 1999
The dearth of cool: Are white hipsters an endangered species? Is sellout just another word for nothing left to lose?; By Frank Houston Nov 1, 1999
Neighborhood Girl: David Bowman interviews Suzanne Vega, whose poems and lyircs were recently published in the volume 'The Passionate Eye'.; By David Bowman Feb 17, 1999
The glam that fell to earth: Todd Haynes' opulent ode to the glam-rock era may be 50 percent polyester, but it's full of heart.; By Stephanie Zacharek Nov 6, 1998
Turning the tables on Terry Gross: Salon gets personal with NPR's Maestro of conversation.; By Lori Leibovich Jun 22, 1998
Death and Violence in Rock 'n' Roll: Cynthia Joyce interviews Mikal Gilmore on his new book 'Night Beat: A Shadow History of Rock 'n' Roll,' the golden age of old rock stars and rock's redemptive force in American culture.; By Cynthia Joyce Mar 20, 1998
The Awful Truth: Of cock rock kings and other dinosaurs: Seeing "Cocksucker Blues," about the glory days of Mick and the Stones, makes Cintra Wilson lament the loss of the great cock rockers of yore.; By Cintra Wilson Mar 10, 1998
Punk forefathers Iggy Pop and Lou Reed show their age: Sam Hurwitt reviews Iggy Pop's "Naughty Little Doggy," and Lou Reed's "Set the Twilight".; By Sam Hurwitt Aug 1, 1996

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Lou Reed

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