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We're joined by Organized Meat to discuss Lou Reed's solo career. His electric shock therapy as a kid, The Velvet Underground, Andy Warhol, The Factory, and nearly every solo album Reed released in his career.

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Time Stamps

00:00 Lou Reed Intro
15:30 Lou Reed's Childhood
21:08 Delmore Schwartz
26:40 The Velvet Underground/Andy Warhol
45:09 Transformer (1972) and David Bowie
50:42 Reed's sexuality
55:40 Berlin (1973)
01:04:38 Lou Reed Helps End Communism
01:10:35 Metal Machine Music (1975)
01:16:08 Relationship with Rachel Humphreys
01:18:23 Coney Island Baby (1976)
01:27:45 Street Hassle (1978)
01:37:40 The Blue Mask (1982)
01:45:20 New Sensations (1984)
01:52:53 Lou Reed and Jesse Jackson
01:55:07 Death of Andy Warhol
02:04:22 Lou Reed and Guns n' Roses
02:07:40 Ecstasy (2000) and more Lou Reed stories