Arts Books Wellbeing The Art of the Straight Line: Lou Reed’s Passion for Tai Chi by Tammy Moir Lou Reed was many things: a musician, singer, songwriter, poet, and founding member of the Velvet Underground. But he was also an accomplished martial artist, with a passion for Tai…
Music News Photography Never before seen 35mm photos of David Bowie, Lou Reed, Freddie Mercury and The Jam in 1970’s NYC. by Happy Imagine stumbling on this goldmine. A punter from NYC found a bunch of old 35mm snaps he took of David Bowie, Lou Reed, Freddie Mercury and The Jam in the…
News Couple’s Wisdom: Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson’s 3 “rules to live by” by Happy In 2015, Laurie Anderson gave a speech on behalf of Lou Reed for his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and with it, shared their three golden…
Drugs Lists Music Here are the 25 best ’70s songs to get high to by Luke Saunders Delve into the 25 most mind-bending, beguiling, or downright beautiful ’70s songs to kick back and light up too. Purple haze, Jesus saves. As society nervously shifted towards a new…
Pop Culture Video WATCH: Interview questions that wouldn’t fly today by Happy Brace yourselves for some of the worst interview questions that, by some miracle, made it to air. Television has come a long way since the ’70s, and looking back over…
Features Pro Audio The evolution of Neve in 5 iconic consoles by Dan Shaw Neve is one of those hallowed names in the audio world. Follow the turning points of the company through 5 of their most revolutionary consoles. For anyone who has more…
News Want to know what Lou Reed listened to? Check out this playlist made before he died by Happy In 2013 the world said goodbye to beloved musical icon, Lou Reed. Throughout his long career, he released 22 solo albums and five studio albums with The Velvet Underground. Yet…
Books News I’ll Be Your Mirror, Olive, Again and more: Happy’s Weekend Reading by Dan Shaw Time to dive into another five of the best new reads for this weekend. The comprehensive collection of Lou Reed‘s lyrics is contained within the pages of I’ll Be Your…
News A newly discovered Lou Reed tape reveals Andy Warhol-inspired lyrics by Sophie Lamberts Her “mind was being blown all over the place”. Cornell University music professor Judith Peraino was researching a book at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh when she discovered a…
News Lou Reed’s lyric book is being reissued with Martin Scorsese intro by GK Singh Lou Reed‘s lyric book, I’ll Be Your Mirror: Collected Lyrics is set for a reissue from Faber & Faber. The book, which has been out of print for several years,…
News Poetry Fancy a read of some unreleased Lou Reed poetry? Get your hands on this new book by Bill Robinson In a new book, to be released this April through Anthology Editions, previously unpublished Lou Reed poems will be released. The book will feature Reed’s introduction to the poems, an…
News Iggy, Blondie, and Patti: see the first shots from the Smithsonian’s massive concert photo archive by Happy Back in the tail end of 2015, the Smithsonian institute began a massive, crowd-sourced photography campaign. They put the call out for shots of our favourite rock ‘n’ rollers ever,…
News Lou Reed’s substantial personal archives are finally being shared with the public by Happy On what would have been his 75th birthday, it has been announced that the substantial personal archives of the great Lou Reed will finally be shared with the public. Lou…
