Andy says ‘Where shall we go today? . . . . . '

Elliott Erwitt, Andy Warhol, New York, 1986

 

The Velvet Underground and Nico play Andy Warhol’s Plastic Inevitable Sunset Strip

I wasn’t sure about this poster it smacked of AI to me! ? It looked to modern somehow, Newsweek with a Roy Lichtenstein Pop Art rip off !? But hey . . . .until I do more research I will leave it there. Certainly Andy called the band's events as The “Exploding” Plastic Inevitable Show at times with Light Shows and film showings and as to whether they ever played the Sunset Strip I remain unsure so  . . . . . . watch this space!

Actually seem to be genuine despite the lack of the word ‘Exploding’ and the original poster seems to have gone for $10,000!

Andy of the Day . . . . .

Andy Warhol with Vera Cruz and his superstars Viva and Ultra Violet in the West Village, 1968.

Photos by Sam Falk for the New York Times Magazine

 

Jed Johnson with his (their!) dogs, Amos and Archie by Andy Warhol (1977)

 Not often seen and overlooked by many but Jed was Andy’s longest standing boyfriend/partner and they were considered a married couple by many close friends

snapshots taken by Andy 1977

Artist of The Day : ANDY WARHOL

 

Andy Says “It’s just a mirror"

THE VELVET UNDERGROUND

Sterling, John, Mary Woronov, Andy (sitting) Lou, Nico, Gerard Malanga, Moe

The Velvet Underground and Andy Warhol in Los Angeles

 

Little Nell’s Night Club | Sting, Bob Dylan and Andy Warhol 1987

Lots of folk seem to have been posting this picture as (rightly) historical and leaving out the woman featured. She is key and is Nell [Nell Campbell at Nell's nightclub in NYC on January 14, 1987] from the night spot Nell’s playing host to Gordon ’Sting’ Sumner, Bob Dylan and Andy Warhol. 

So just to make amends . . . . . .

Would have loved to be sat at this table huh?

Little Nell's

[At Nell's with Bob Dylan, Nell, Andy Warhol, Sting, Ian ...

Paul Morrisey 1938 -2024

Jane Forth, Morrisey, Joe on the poster and Andy

We’ve lost Andy Warhol’s perhaps greatest collaborator/cinematographer Paul Morrisey and auteur genius master of American cinema verité, the first film I watched of theirs was this - ‘FLESH’ in 1968. A notorious lfelong conservative he managed the Velvet Undergound and collaborated on several Warhol projects. They fell out later and Morrisey again dismissed or misunderstood (as so many did! sic) Warhols ‘inactivity’ for something else but remains important in cinema history despite his rabid right wing views and anti-drug stance and hated being described as Warhol’s collaborator! 

Joe Dallesandro in Paul Morrissey's Flesh 

#paul morrissey

#joe dallesandro

The Guardian obituary here . . .

with thanks to american primitives . . .

 

Kiss (1963) by Andy Warhol

it’s a film . . . . . . of people . . . . . . . kissing . . . . . . . 

ART OF THE DAY | Jean-Michel Basquiat portraits of Andy Warhol

 As portraits go I think these are genius (he was I reckon!?) 

We demand of our artist and painters especially those portraitists that they give us a likeness and I maintain quite clearly these are both extraordinary likenesses of Andy Warhol

Jean-Michel Basquiat, Portrait of Andy Warhol, (detail)  1982

Below: Jean-Michel Basquiat, Brown Spots (Portrait of Andy Warhol as a Banana), 1984

“ACTRESS SHOOTS ANDY WARHOL"

On 3 June 1968, Valerie Solanas shot Andy Warhol and art critic Mario Amaya at Warhol’s studio.

Solanas met Warhol in the mid-60s and wanted him to produce a play she had written. Warhol did not produce the play (in fact, he lost her script) but had her appear in his film I, a Man in 1967.

Solanas became convinced that Warhol (and others) were trying to steal her writing. She then confronted Warhol in his studio, where he was meeting with Amaya.

Amaya was wounded but released from the hospital the same day, Warhol, however, was critically wounded. His chest was opened and his heart manually massaged. His injuries lasted the rest of his life.

Solanas turned herself into the police the day after the shooting and explained the assault by stating “it’s not often that I shoot somebody. I didn’t do it for nothing. Warhol had tied me up, lock, stock, and barrel. He [Warhol] was going to do something to me which would have ruined me.” Solanas was charged with attempted murder, assault, and illegal possession of a gun. She was diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic and served a 3-year sentence, which included time in a psychiatric hospital.

I own a copy of her S.C.U.M. Manifesto (The Society for Cutting Up Men) and it is a psychotic read as evidenced by her diagnosis and yet now, much like there are ‘serious’ followers of the unspeakable vainglorious psychopath Charlie Manson, there are people who think she nailed it and that men should be eradicated! The photograph of Andy’s chest (by Richard Avedon) became legendary and yet as implied here the injuries plagued him for the rest of his life and though lucky to survive the shooting it is almost certainly responsible for his dying when he did (too young! at 58)

thanks to Gregory Galloway

© Richard Avedon

© Richard Avedon

 

Song of The Day - Lou Reed and John Cale ' Hello It's Me' (from songs for Drella) saying Goodbye to Andy Warhol

GOODBYE: “Hello It’s Me” by Lou Reed and John Cale

with thanks again as ever to O My Soul

(great choice for a song to push I loved this piece for Andy Warhol and a life long Warhol obsessive . . . . . . )

BANANA: AFTER 50 YEARS THE ULTIMATE WARHOL VELVET UNDERGROUND MYSTERY IS FINALLY (ALMOST) SOLVED!!

Andy Warhol's Velvet Underground - AFTER 50 YEARS of THE BANANA ALBUM - Dangerous Minds

Great article and sad news upon the death of muso Howie Pyro . . . . . . . . 

Howie Pyro Obituary - Rolling Stone

Andy Warhol - Mario Banana 

Sounds of The Day - China Crisis :: Kings In A Catholic Style (live version 1985)

 Watching the excellent Andy Warhol's America the soundtrack was superb and period specific and you know how sometimes the tracks take you right back to the era and the Eighties was no exception . . . .this kicked me right back and caught my attention, the single track was played somewhat unexpectedly in the brilliant three volume series at the end and here the band are live on TV show "Bliss" August 23rd 1985, filmed in Carlisle.

posted by ScottishTeeVee

BBC iPlayer - Andy Warhol's America 1-3 Life After Death

Extended mix . . . . . . . . 

♫HQ♫

John Cale (and Nico)

 Speaking of Nico! 

Personally my obsessions focussed more on the other members of the Velvet Underground and Andy Warhol himself as their first mentor manager but also the poetic figure of Welsh wizardry that of John Cale singer songwriter iconoclast, viola player and producer collaborator (Eno et al) . . . . . . . here with Nico

Edie Sedgwick

𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘵, Edie Sedgwick during the filming of “Ciao! Manhattan,” 1967

Amongst the most beautiful people and the closest Andy Warhol ever came to marrying someone of the opposite sex (allegedly!) the tragic Edie Sedgwick, pill popper, drug user and spoiled little brat socialite the downhill run happened FAST! Dead at 28. Andy as per usual (from her to Jean-Michel Basquiat) did nothing to help save her . . . . . . . . . 

Go to him now, he calls you, you can't refuse When you ain't got nothing, you’ve got nothing to lose You're invisible now, you got no secrets to conceal  “Like a Rolling Stone” – Bob Dylan 

Bob Dylan - Andy Warhol - Edie Sedgwick

David Bowie on Andy Warhol

 "Andy Warhol looks a scream, hang him on my wall . . . . . "

B ★ O ★ W ★ I ★ E 

Bowie by Andy Warhol [Polaroid]  - CHRISTIE'S AUCTION  2015

David Bowie Polaroid, by Andy Warhol, September 1971.

Their first meeting at The Factory in New York did not start well. For one, Andy hated David’s song about him, being extremely self-conscious about the awkward appearance that David referenced in it (”Andy Warhol looks a fright” *sic). David meant the song as a tribute, but to Andy, it felt mocking. Oops. So how did they get through this to become friends? 

“It was my shoes that got him,” David said in 2003, shoes which had been given to him by Marc Bolan. “That’s where we found something to talk about. They were these little yellow things with a strap across them, like girls’ shoes. He absolutely adored them. Then I found out that he used to do a lot of shoe designing when he was younger. He had a bit of a shoe fetishism. That kind of broke the ice.”

  edit: original photo source here; story source here.  Article from Performing Songwriter - 

"Andy walking, Andy tired

Andy take a little snooze

Tie him up when he's fast asleep

Send him on a pleasant cruise

When he wakes up on the sea

Sure to think of me and you

He'll think about paint and he'll think about glue

What a jolly boring thing to do

Andy Warhol looks a scream

Hang him on my wall

Andy Warhol, Silver Screen

Can't tell them apart at all"

CHRISTIE'S AUCTION Note: David Bowie

ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)

Price RealisedUSD 10,000

Estimate

USD 5,000 - USD 7,000

Closed: 29 Sep 2015

David Bowie News reference The Factory visit

check this live version!!!!!

ANDY's FLOWERS

Andy Warhol Working on Flowers at the Factory, East 47th Street, New York City, 1964 

© 2012 Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Andy on Politics

“I think the Communists picked the best color.” 

Andy Warhol

Morning! . . . . . . 

[Monday morning at that . . . . . . . .]

"Jean Michel came over to paint but he fell asleep on the floor. I woke him up and he did two masterpieces that were great." 10/2/84 Andy Warhol diaries