LETTERS
Mail Dept., CREEM Magazine, P.O. Box 931869, Los Angeles, CA 90093 REVISIONARY REQUEST I can’t believe that you’d go ahead and publish Lou Reed’s comments about me without checking your facts to see if they’re true or not. As it turns out, they are not.
LETTERS
Mail Dept., CREEM Magazine, P.O. Box 931869, Los Angeles, CA 90093
REVISIONARY REQUEST
I can’t believe that you’d go ahead and publish Lou Reed’s comments about me without checking your facts to see if they’re true or not. As it turns out, they are not.
I have no problem with his claim that I wrote “vile shit” about him, as that’s a matter of opinion. On the other hand, his claim that I am “the guy that was behind a lot of those bootlegs” is a statement of fact—incorrect fact, however. I am not responsible for any Velvet Underground bootlegs, have never received any tapes from Steve Sesnick, and have never even met the man.
My attorney informs me that Reed’s incorrect statements constitute defamation of character. I suggest you publish a retraction, lest you be held liable for libel.
Sincerely yours,
Philip Milstein
Cambridge, MA
(On the liner notes of The Velvet Underground [And So On] bootleg album, the last paragraph begins: “Once again, we have raided the too-long-closed vaults of Vetvetdom. ”
Those liner notes were signed by Philip Milstein.—Ed.)
SO WRITE MUSICIAN OR SOMETHING!