And Lou Reed was its ambiguous sovereign ... passed-out drunk or shooting up. Both Kronstad and Humphreys, the romantic partner who succeeded her, feel more alive on the page than Reed, who ...

Lou just started drinking and couldn’t stop,” Kronstad said. “I’d try to keep up with him. It was just ridiculous.” Image Thrown back amid his family and his childhood culture, Reed was ...

Hermes quotes Cale as saying, “Sesnick fucked up my relationship with Lou…and I was angry at Lou for letting him do it.” Without the Velvets to buoy him, Reed became a different character ...

In 1973, Lou Reed ... yourself up or down, but to attain equilibrium you need to take certain drugs. They don't getcha high even, they just getcha normal." In revisiting "Berlin," Reed found ...