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“‘We had a horrible reputation. Everyone figured we were gay. They figured we must be, running around with Andy and his whips!’ In San Francisco, when Gerard Malanga walked into an all-night restaurant dressed in black leather and carrying his whip he was arrested and charged with possession of a dangerous weapon.
The show attracted enormous media attention because of Warhol’s name, but little of this was concentrated on the Velvets. The Exploding Plastic Inevitable was regarded as an art event like the other ‘60s ‘happenings’, which just happened to have some bizarre background music. As for the Velvets, ‘We never did anything to ingratiate ourselves with the media, through lack of interest more than arrogance. I was convinced that if it was going to happen it would happen anyway. We were all really contemptuous of hype.’”
Sterling Morrison w/ Mary Harron, 26 April 1981 N.M.E
📷 Lisa Law, 1966
The show attracted enormous media attention because of Warhol’s name, but little of this was concentrated on the Velvets. The Exploding Plastic Inevitable was regarded as an art event like the other ‘60s ‘happenings’, which just happened to have some bizarre background music. As for the Velvets, ‘We never did anything to ingratiate ourselves with the media, through lack of interest more than arrogance. I was convinced that if it was going to happen it would happen anyway. We were all really contemptuous of hype.’”
Sterling Morrison w/ Mary Harron, 26 April 1981 N.M.E
📷 Lisa Law, 1966
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2 days agoc.j.madero
Good photo selection to go with the quote-- they're all looking very contemptuous!
2 days agomichaelhummel135
weapons inc. I assume you saw the recreation of the Inevitable in Oliver Stone's "The Doors" film? Fun stuff (esp. the Warhol meets Morrison scene) but surely quite fanciful (?)
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