Queer is also a difference. These are not facts. Mere musings. Statements I've heard before. Some days I find them agreeable. Some days not so. I contradict myself. Queer, those of us who diverge and ...

You can hear it in her sound. The raw crackle. The often distorted guitars. The slightly haughty vocals. Reed’s fingerprints are all over Furman’s music. And, in her own words, Transformer “had a lot ...

Effectively closing what had been a key year in glam rock, Lou Reed’s sophomore solo effort Transformer swiftly left its mark upon the face of popular culture, with the former Velvet Underground ...

Lewis Hodgson: It was probably 2000, so I would’ve been nine turning 10. My family had just got dial-up internet at home and my dad was trying to download Lou Reed’s Transformer off Napster, song by ...

. In light of Reed’s passing in October 2013, the timing is appropriate for such a retrospective. These titles have been available individually on standard DVD, but this is the first time they’ve been ...

Originally released in 2001 director Bob Smeatons 80 minute Classic Albums Transformer was universally praised for its wellconstructed anatomy of a touchstone album Now expanded to interweave the ...

On Sunday, legendary rocker Lou Reed passed away at the age of 71. (MORE: Rock Legend Lou Reed Dead at 71) Reed embodied New York cool and the downtown culture of the 1960s and ’70s. His influence — ...

I first met Lou Reed at the Kings Cross Cinema (now La Scala) in London in July of 1972. David Bowie took me backstage to greet him. Like myself, David was an absolute admirer. Until that point, Lou ...