Since this is the inaugural post for Open House, we decided it would be appropriate if it was about our moniker’s inspiration, "Songs For Drella" by Lou Reed & John Cale.
After the death of pop artist Andy Warhol in 1987, life long adversaries and former Velvet Underground cohorts, Reed & Cale, began working together for the first time in decades. The result was this, an odd, amusing, and strangely moving experiment in minimalism and storytelling. With merely a guitar, keyboard, and viola, Reed and Cale would take turns on vocals, sometimes singing as themselves, sometimes channeling the persona of Warhol.
I first heard "Songs For Drella" in 2002, but it’s effect on me now remains to same. When it came time to assign a name to what it was we were trying to do, it was among the first ideas to spring to mind. Why? You decide.
Open House
Slip Away (A Warning)
A Dream
I Believe
--Popkoff
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I haven't listened to this album in years. It's brilliant, inspiring, and very special to me. To think I found it used...
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