Longtime friend of the show and one of my favorite people in the world to talk music with, writer/director/showrunner Brian Koppelman (Billions, Rounders, Ocean’s 13) joins me to talk about Lou Reed’s mid-career classic ‘New York’ album. We talk about how Lou got sober and political simultaneously, the powerful simplicity of the music and the carefully crafter lyrics that Reed agonised over, Brian’s memories of living in NYC when this album was released, how the city looms large over both Lou and Brian’s writing, how Brian has deployed Lou’s songs in his TV series ‘Billions’, Lou’s enduring influence and much more.

Hey Lou guys - Wiilie listen to our podcast? 
We think you should Nick a copy, maybe even during your Haircut  - it should leave you in XTC! 

Chris and Henry (again) consider records from February 1982!

The Blue Mask | Lou Reed
Always on my Mind | Willie Nelson
English Settlement | XTC
Pelican West | Haircut 100
Nick The Knife | Nick Lowe

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Today on the show I discuss Lou Reed, the idea of 'the first human song', co-dependency in relationships & the drug of love, nostalgia.