was the manager, and the band had lou reed as its charismatic lead singer. kitty cox went to see the documentary. we re sponsoring a new band, it s called the velvet underground. a rock n roll band like no other. todd haynes new documentary on the velvet underground explores the unique set of circumstances that brought together four outsiders to create a distantly different sound. steeped in the heady mix of avant garde art and filmmaking of 1960s new york city. they go so deep. they go so deep within the 1960s itself, and they were so ahead of their time thematically and sonically that no one knew what to do with them, even at a time of incredible invention and desire for radical change. and it still took decades for people to catch up to what they were doing. so you learn so much about not only the 1960s,
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