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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lewis Hodgson: It was probably 2000, so I would’ve been nine turning 10. My family had just got dial-up internet at home and my dad was trying to download Lou Reed’s Transformer off Napster, song by ...

On Sunday, legendary rocker Lou Reed passed away at the age of 71. (MORE: Rock Legend Lou Reed Dead at 71) Reed embodied New York cool and the downtown culture of the 1960s and ’70s. His influence — ...

RCA Records made a radio spot for the release of “Transformer” that may have been amusing, disturbing or both to Reed. Over a medley of the most hard-rocking moments of the album, the announcer reads: ...

When an artist the stature of Lou Reed passes (as he did on October 27, 2013, at the age of 71), it is inevitable that people will reflect back on their experiences with that artist. For most of us, ...