The Velvet Forum

I think I might've found the reason that the film is silent. Per this comprehensive documentation of Heliczer's work: https://writing.upenn.edu/epc/mirrors/tomraworth.com/pierosite/ph.html Format: 8mm, 16 minutes, color, silent / sound on tape which suggests that a soundtrack was to be provided by ...

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According to online sources the Blue-Ray and DVD versions of Todd Haynes's VU documentary both include a complete version of Piero Heliczer's Venus In Furs among their bonus extras. I'm looking for confirmation of that, especially of the DVD, before I buy a copy.

I'm posting an inquiry on behalf of my friend and colleague, David Holzer. Please direct responses to him, at holzer.david [at] gmail.com. Does anyone know how Metal Machine Music was received in Japan when it was released? Lou claimed RCA Japan loved it. Michael Fonfara, then in Lou's band ...

Warhol in the gym with Cale

At the Gymnasium?

Two more. Note the phrasing of the CTO mention for the first of these:

http://www.songpoemmusic.com/vuforum/CTO1.jpg

http://www.songpoemmusic.com/vuforum/CTO2.jpg

A larger image of the August 22 ’65 flyer can be seen here: https://www.alinastefanescuwriter.com/blog/2024/5/13/kenneth-koch-on-the-tennis-racket-incident Another flyer, for the same show but billing the act as simply Transcendental Orchestra, is here: https://boo-hooray.cdn.bibliopolis.com/p ...

I believe this is the only one I've found:

I tried:

Yet all the foil seen in the background suggests it might've been at the Factory.