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Beck's giving his website an overhaul. One of the new sections, Record Club, launched today with a cover of the Velvet Underground's "Sunday Morning." The idea behind the Record Club's for Beck and friends to go into the studio sans rehearsal, re-record entire albums, and then post one song a week from that session in, it seems, grainy live and layered video form. He opted to start it all with VU's absolutely essential 1967 collection The Velvet Underground & Nico, which means we'll also get to hear Beck weigh in on sadomasochism, the Factory, Downtown NYC, copping heroin, thinking about heroin, taking heroin, etc. But as he cheekily notes at the site, they almost opened by getting busy in a Burger King bathroom (not really):[A]fter lengthy deliberation and coming close to covering Digital Underground's Sex Packets, all present voted in favor of the 'other' Underground's The Velvet Underground & Nico. Participants included this time around are Nigel Godrich, Joey Waronker, Brian Lebarton, Bram Inscore, Yo, Giovanni Ribisi, Chris Holmes, and from Iceland, special guest Thorunn Magnusdottir, and myself.Take a look.Continue reading Beck Covers Velvet Underground & Nico...
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Beck continues making good use of his down time between album cycles with the second phase of his Record Club, the project which sees Hansen invite a tag-archive-friendly set of friends to cover an a classic album in its entirety, in a day, with no rehearsal. He recently finished posting clips from the Velvet Underground & Nico session, feat...
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Voyageur Press has joined forces with renowned rock journalist Jim DeRogatis (Chicago Sun-Times) for the forthcoming book, The Velvet Underground: An Illustrated History of A Walk on the Wild Side.
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Beck: Record Club Continues
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As previously reported, Beck and his bros (among them Nigel Godrich, Joey Waronker, and bro-in-law Giovanni Ribisi) are plowing through covers of The Velvet Underground & Nico. Track 5 "Run Run Run" can now be heard here.
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After launching his DJ mix series, Beck's back on The Velvet Underground & Nico tip. As you likely recall, one of the new sections on his overhauled website involves he and his friends going into the studio and covering entire albums, then posting a song a week from the session. He's launching it with VU. Folks were more enthusiastic about "...
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The Velvet Underground: New Music: Times New Viking: Various Covers (Live in Columbus, Ohio) [MP3]
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Since September 2008 the Wexner Center in Columbus, Ohio, has presented an Andy Warhol exhibition called "Other Voices, Other Rooms". In addition to showcasing Warhol's art, the exhibition also had an extensive musical component, including presenting Dean & Britta's 13 Most Beautiful... Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests and putting on...
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