The Velvet Forum

New BBC drama based on the diaries of Andy Warhol starts Wednesday 11:15p.m on Radio 4. It will be available on I player, not sure what overseas availability will be. From the trailer I've heard it should be worth a listen.

BBC 4 Tuesday night. There was a short feature on Andy Warhol's leather trousers (pants to you Americans) on Radio 4 this morning, not sure which programme, about 11.30, it will be on I player The TV prog was mentioned in that, should be worth a watch . .

Lenny Henry has a browse thru some of Warhol's 'time capsules' according to a trailer I heard just now, I'm not a massive fan of Mr Henry's broadcasting style but I'm sure it will be worth a listen.

. . the intro to Sweet Jane is used in BBC Top Gear's caravan trip special . . . incidentally I remember hearing a rap song using a loop of the the frst part of The Gift a while ago, ironic as The Gift was already a rap . . . .

...[/quote]You would need a strat pickup and the Vox repeat percussion built in, and a distortion booster too i think. Nobody has done this to my knowledge, mainly because there are no clear photos of that guitar to see how they are arranged. But to be picky, this wouldn't be the Ostrich gtr, which ...

. . I've often thought of building a Lou Reed signature model Ostrich guitar - Gretsch (probably have to be a look-a-like) semi acoustic with an extra set of pick-ups wired for stereo and the plug-in Vox booster and the 'caution K-9 corps' sticker . . . has anyone ever done this?? . .

. . was this maybe the 'booster' refered to in the lyrics of Sister Ray?? . . .

. . there's the Boston '68 film of course, if your ears can take the sound quality . .

,. . . could be reference to David Bowie's encounter with ''Lou Reed'' outside Max's Kansas City, he found out after that the bloke he'd been talking to was actually Doug . .