Sinister: I Like Edie Sedgwick's Earrings.

[MWaggner at xxx.com]

In a message dated 98-10-19 00:19:59 EDT, you write:

> 
>  Anyway, they were also showing a film of
>  Andy Warhol, "Outer and Inner Space". So I got to stare at four images of
>  Edie Sedgwick for half an hour. At one point it struck me that she
>  reminded me of our very own Isobelle. Maybe its just the hair cut. And
>  Edie was wearing these really big earrings. They were wonderful. But I
>  seem to remember that Edie was a bit of a mess in her later years. Didn't
>  the Cult write a song about her? For all those coming in for the New York
>  show on Sunday, maybe you can catch the film before the meet-up. There
>  are showings at 11.30, 12.45, 2, 3.15, and 4.30. No shows Monday or
>  Tuesday it seems, though. On Madison, at 75th street.
>  


Oh, Edie *was* beautiful -- and there is indeed a resemblance to Isobel, now
that you mention it.  Hair and I think eyes.  The photo on TBWTAS is very
"Edie."  She was an icon of sorts, in the Warhol heyday, and was sadly
destroyed by it all.  She didn't reach the same heights of fame as the other
Warhol Superstars like Viva, etc., but Warhol was very taken with her, as was
Bob Dylan who she believed loved her.  

There is an excellent book, "Edie: An American Biography" written by Jean
Stein and edited by George Plimpton, that captures her life and the times very
well.  It explores her family, an old-monied WASP clan led by a manic-
depressive father -- and its effect on her and hers on them as well.  The book
was written in an unusual style, as I remember, but it's up in the attic now
and I don't feel like wading through crates of books at the moment.   I think
it is out of print in its original form, but there is a new book in paperback
that might be the same, called "Edie: An American Girl."   Well worth a read,
the original at least.

Was Eric Anderson in the movie you mentioned as well?  I know he was in
something called "Space" with her.  Anyone on the list interested in lovely
romantic songs sung by a soft-voiced boy with a guitar who seems to worship
women might look into his recordings if they can find any.  He was a promising
"folksinger" of that time, who came close to hitting big, but sadly never
quite did.  Eric had some involvement with Patti Smith as well, and wrote her
a great song called "Wild Crow."  He lives in Norway now but still comes to NY
each year and performs at the Bottom Line, sometimes with Rick Danko from the
Band, sometimes with a funny French Canadian saxophonist.  His new recordings
aren't as good as the old, I don't think,  but "Blue River" is gorgeous, as is
"Stages: The Lost Album."   The first time I heard a song by him I was
immediately captured by it -- it was called "Is it Really Love at All."  I can
still remember hearing it that first time.  Nothing ever grabbed me like that
again until I heard IYFS.

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