Comments on: Unsolicited Career Advice for … Lou Reed

By: Dw. Dunphy On… An Open Letter to Mick Jones | Popdose

Dw. Dunphy On… An Open Letter to Mick Jones | Popdose — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:31:46 +0000

[...] week, I’m taking a cue from Popdose’s own Uncle Donnie (and not from my cousin Donnie, thank you very much) to offer up a little pre-emptive career [...]

By: EightE1

EightE1 — Tue, 19 May 2009 06:59:30 +0000

Uncle Donnie has a thing for faking death -- I can't help that.

Yes, Bangs and Lou had quite the relationship -- adversarial but tender, in a mid-70s, Times Square S&M club sorta way. It's rumored that Lou wrote "The Last Great American Whale" for Lester.

They say he didn't have an enemy
His was a greatness to behold
He was the last surviving progeny
The last one on this side of the world

I say he wrote it for Fudgy the Chocolate Whale, which Tom Carvel hawked until his dying day.

By: jhallCORE

jhallCORE — Tue, 19 May 2009 05:29:41 +0000

Chuckled when I saw the Kurt Loder reference and knew it was only a matter of time before Lester Bangs garnered a cameo nod. In this instance, I don't mind the Fake Your Death advice. Really, Lou has kinda been among the Living Dead for a quite a while.

By: EightE1

EightE1 — Tue, 19 May 2009 02:59:30 +0000

By: EightE1

EightE1 — Tue, 19 May 2009 01:59:30 +0000

By: jhallCORE

jhallCORE — Tue, 19 May 2009 00:29:41 +0000

By: EightE1

EightE1 — Mon, 18 May 2009 18:16:01 +0000

That is sort of his default bit of advice, isn't it? I suppose it's better than just telling the person to “Die.”

By: Jack Feerick

Jack Feerick — Mon, 18 May 2009 14:41:40 +0000

Fake your death.

Oh, Uncle Donnie, that's your answer for everything ...