1971 ad for the dreamweapon portfolio issue of aspen multi-media magazine

john cale reading a poem written by (presumably) the composer/mathematician dennis johnson, during a guest lecture at UCLA in 1966.

heroin 1965 ludlow st demo

Photos by Andy Warhol

John Cale and Betsey Johnson.

lou reed in the 60s was cooler than anyone ever

I know we could all feel safe like Sharon Tate

jonathan richman on experiencing the velvet underground at the boston tea party 1967-68

John Cale (famously of the Velvet Underground) performing Erik Satie’s Vexations on the old show I’ve Got A Secret

When you’ve begun to think like a gun The days of the year have suddenly gone Once you’ve begun to think like a gun The days of the year have already gone

some kinda love at l'olympia paris jun 1993

Andy Warhol, Lou Reed, and Paul Morrissey photographed by Nat Finkelstein, 1966.