OFF : Velvet Underground

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In a message dated 9/5/01 1:01:01 PM, mcintyre at PA.MSU.EDU writes:

<< In the interest of historical accuracy, maureen tucker was not a founding
member
of the Velvet Underground.  She replaced Angus Maclise who left when the band
started playing paying gigs, something about money corrupting the purity of
the
art.
 >>

"purity of the art?"

had maclise been in the exploding plastic inevitable? (sorry if the name is
wrong)

and what did "purity of the art" mean to lou reed when he played on the
records by 'the
soundalikes', [not the right name], those ersatz versions of hit records on
pickwick, etc.
lots of such records in the '60s....

and when did the velvets ever _not_ play 'paying gigs'?

====
ps> long ago and far away, when i managed the mail order dept of a place
called new england comics, (home of 'the tick') i took a phone order from a
kid who paid for the order w/his mom's credit card.
i took down the credit card ## and said "the name?"

and he says "maureen tucker".

?!?

so i said, jokingly, "does your mother play the drums?" not expecting the
answer to be "yes"...

and he says "yes".

?!?

he offered to get her on the phone but gawrsh, i couldnt've talked to her...

"<>"

"i know that she cares about me
i heard her call my name...."