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In 1975, Lou Reed gave Andy Warhol a BASF C-90 cassette. One side was a mix of live Reed songs recorded at recent tour dates. The other was an apparently homemade demo of a dozen songs based on his friend and mentor’s newly-published The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A …

Hedwig and the Angry Inch’s John Cameron Mitchell has teamed up with Eyelids — a psychedelic group featuring members of Decembrists, Guided By Voices and the Jicks — to record an EP of Lou Reed covers. The proceeds will benefit Mitchell’s mom, who has Alzheimer’s disease. They also released an …