I am watching the new Netflix documentary "The Andy Warhol Diaries," and it's really good.  I'm relearning several things, such as his influence on trendy pop art.  How his Marilyn Monroe images are iconic. That he created many portraits,...

When I think of the 1980s, I think of The Velvet Underground. Sure, the band itself had ceased to exist in any meaningful way back in August 1970, when Lou Reed walked out and went home to Long Island following a legendary stand at Max’s Kansas City....