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Lou Reed Announces Summer European Tour

Lou Reed is set to embark on a summer European tour called “From VU to Lulu,” which we’re guessing means he’ll cover the span of his career leading up to last year’s rough Lulu. The tour will kick off in Luxembourg on June 6 and end in Trencin, Slovakia on July 5.   read more

Members of Velvet Underground Suing Warhol Foundation

Members of the Velvet Underground are suing the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts for the use of the band’s iconic “banana” image, the New York Post reported. Lou Reed and John Cale said the foundation illegally licensed the logo for use on iPad cases and accessories. Warhol was the band’s manager and producer when the album was produced, but never copyrighted the design.   read more

A Playlist for Alaska's 98th Birthday

All right, so maybe 98 years ago today Alaska merely became a U.S. territory. (It wasn’t until almost 50 years later that President Eisenhower actually declared AK the 49th state.) But why not go ahead and celebrate the inclusion of this frosty state beneath the stars and stripes?...  read more

Twenty Awesome August Holidays Plus Songs to Help You Celebrate Each

As August draws closer, there are a few of us here around Paste HQ who have been feeling pretty down because it means summer is almost over. But then we found out about 20 days in August worth celebrating. Then we put together this list to help you help us commemorate these upcoming holidays: ...  read more

Soundtracking NASA's new Constellation Program: Great Space Songs You Haven't Heard a Million Times, Part 1

After this year, NASA will officially be retiring the space shuttle. So what's next for America's space program? This week, the National Mall in Washington has hosted an exhibit featuring a mock up of the Orion capsule, which will be NASA's new space vehicle of choice come 2015. Along with the ARES rocket array, the Orion capsule is part of NASA's new Constellation Program, an undertaking as ambitious as the 1960s' Apollo Program that first sent a man to the moon. Eventually, NASA plans for the program to take astronauts back to the moon, and perhaps even to Mars.On April...  read more

Let's Get (Meta) Physical: Top 5 Top 5 Lists in John Cusack film High Fidelity

Us music geeks love making Top 5 lists. It helps us deal with and understand this big scary world. Writer Nick Hornby understood this when he wrote the novel High Fidelity. As did John Cusack and director Stephen Frears when they made the movie version. Today, in Paste's List of the Day, we divulge our Desert-Island All-Time Top 5 Most-Memorable Top 5 Lists from the film version of High Fidelity. ...  read more

Satellite of Love: Lou Reed joins Sirius radio

Perhaps it's acquired a few extra layers of crustiness over the years, but there's little doubt that Lou Reed's sweet, sensual voice has always had the power to stand on its own. When the man talks, it's the sound of pure New York City cool seeping out through his lips. ...  read more