I'm Searching For My Mainline.

Still on a Velvet Underground kick. I was really digging the live version of 'Venus In Furs' from '66 in the VU video I previously posted which compelled me to hunt down live bootlegs from the '66-'68 period when John Cale was still in the band. At that point in time there seems to be far more willingness on Lou Reed's part to engage in experimental territory with Cale by way of noise/drone/jams. Happily for me, I came across an insane treasure trove of a blog full of VU bootlegs in FLAC format that allows me to bliss out to crazy VU shit like a jam that melds into 'Sister Ray' over the course of 40 minutes. Check out The Nuns Are On The Sea Wall if you want to be overwhelmed.

More rambling & direct links to a few VU boots in particular after the break.

I Could Sleep For A Thousand Years.

I was pretty happy to hear my favorite Velvet Underground song, 'Venus In Furs' the other day in a coffee shop (which has subsequently set me off on a current VU binge). Not a ton for me to really ramble on about regarding this vid but I'm enjoying watching it over and over. It's Jonas Mekas footage that has been manipulated by the original youtube poster with an end result that I'm enjoying a lot. Maybe it's the overtly sinister feel that I can't seem to get enough of. Yeah. That's it.

More info on the youtube page.