Lou Reed Stuns Listeners with the Horrifying Story of Berlin
Stephen Demorest, Circus, December 1973
Confronted by the velvet shadow-master's terrifying movie without pictures, one employee ran from the studio in tears, Julie Christie stayed up all night talking about it, and Reed's producer had to be put away.
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