[To Hell With Poverty]

2 reasons I really like him. The first being your point, he was a master troll. Played the modern art world like a fiddle, exposing it for the b.s. factory it is, and yet living it up and making some great contributions to design. Not “fine art” necessarily but fantastic design. He brought fun to that world and opened the door to it for the common person. Put the pop in populism you could say.

I guess my other point is that I really really really love the Velvet Underground and all the bands they accidentally launched.

I will excuse myself now. Fire away everyone. ;)

[Cecily]

[Olog-hai]

The late Malcolm Young of AC/DC fame once played in an Australian band called the Velvet Underground, as did AC/DC’s first singer, Dave Evans (who is relatively unknown outside Australia, and who shares the real name of U2’s “The Edge”).

The song in the first link is from the period before Malcolm joined the band, though.