Nelson Algren was a postwar US novelist whose fame appears to have slipped in recent decades. His best-known book, The Man with the Golden Arm, was made into a critically acclaimed film by Otto ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ezra Furman (left), has admitted enduring inspiration from Lou Reed’s classic 1972 album (Tilje Thilesen / Getty) You can hear it ...

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 ...

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 ...

Transformer was universally praised for its well-constructed anatomy of a touchstone album. Now expanded to interweave the original broadcast version with the bonus features on the original disc, the ...

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