#Monica LaPorta

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Lou Reed & The Tots - Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California, April 20, 1973

The Tots' Last Stand??! As far as I can tell, this was the final Lou Reed & The Tots gig, 50 years ago this week, bringing to an end the first phase of Lou's solo career. Just over a week later, our hero would be in Kansas City with an entirely different band — Moogy Klingman's band, to be exact.

But you wouldn't know that the Tots' days were numbered from this recording. The (soundboard?) tape is a little crispy, the mix a little wonky, but the rambunctious spirit of the band comes through quite nicely all the same, with Vinny LaPorta (guitar), Eddie Reynolds (guitar), Bobby Resigno (bass) and Scottie Clark (drums) all sounding as confident and cohesive as ever. Lou sounds confident, too — he's leaning much more heavily on Transformer as opposed to old VU numbers at this point. As such, we get rare outings for "Make Up," "I'm So Free" and "Andy's Chest."

The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium was, of course, where Bowie and the Spiders From Mars brought the house down a few months prior; one can only imagine that many of the same Los Angelenos were in attendance for Lou's debut there. Did Reed walk out on the pier afterwards, contemplating his past, present and future? More importantly, did he ride the Ferris wheel?! "Why not get high, high, high?"

Lou Says (1973): I dig the gay people and the glitter people. I make up songs for 'em, so I have to. It's just that I was doing that in '66, except people were a lot more uptight then. They weren't into it. Now they are, so I drag them out of the dingy little clubs they go to, and I can get them into a concert hall where they can go do any fucking thing they want, and the straight people are getting as off on it as anybody else.

Photo: Jeff Albertson

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Dark Moon Falls Volume III

Dark Moon Falls Volume III

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Release Blitz: Dark Moon Falls

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    Dark Moon Falls: Volume 3   By Scarlet Le Clair, Elaine Barris, Cora A. Murray, Susan Griscom, Robbie Cox, S.J. Pierce, Christina Escue, Monica LaPorta, Tami Lund, Skye Jones, Ava K. Michaels, Bella Roccaforte Paranormal Romance Date Published: April 20, 2021 Publisher: Hot Box Publishing Release Week Sale – Only $.99 Until April 25th Dive into the romance and come to Dark Moon Falls. High…

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