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Matt Welch Reason Magazine 10/27/2013 Since Lou Reed’s influence was exponentially bigger, and his personality occasionally much smaller than, his music, it’s worth remembering why the late Velvet Underground singer/songwriter was deservedly famous in the first place. Jesse Walker posts some of the evidence below, to which I would add that the span of decades […] October 27th, 2013 | Tags: 1960s, Andy Warhol, Czech Republic, Gustáv Husák, John Cale, Laurie Anderson, Lou Reed, music, political dissidents, The Velvet Revolution, The Velvet Underground & Nico, Vaclav Havel | Category: History | Comments are closed
Ed Morrissey HotAir.com 12/23/2011 Via The Right Scoop, here’s a heartwarming story from Turtle Bay that will have you saying “awww.” Or perhaps, “errrr…” The UN General Assembly offered a moment of silence to honor a world leader that passed away this week — and it wasn’t Vaclav Havel:
[…] December 23rd, 2011 | Tags: dictatorship, Jimmy Carter, Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong Un, Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, Vaclav Havel | Category: Communism, North Korea, United Nations, Video | Comments are closed
Michael Winfrey Reuters 12/18/2011 Václav Havel, a dissident playwright who was jailed by Communists and then went on to lead the bloodless “Velvet Revolution” and become Czech president, died at 75 on Sunday… …Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said on Twitter, “Vaclav Havel was one of the greatest Europeans of our age. His voice […] December 18th, 2011 | Tags: Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Dissident, NATO, obituary, Soviet Union, Vaclav Havel, Velvet Revolution, Warsaw Pact | Category: Communism, Europe, Politicians | Comments are closed
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