First of all, it is totally amazing that you guys are back with us in 2009. And you both look healthy, moderately wealthy and wise, which is just great.

I first found out about you guys around 1985, as a teenager, when I opened up my favorite book "Robert Christgau's Consumer Guide to the Seventies" and read this:

One Kiss Leads to Another [Kama Sutra, 1970]: This audition tape by the Venus in Furs Society--a record collectors club whose firsthand contact with "decadence" consists of one DMT experience and moderate quantities of oral sex--bears a spooky resemblance to The Velvet Underground (LP number three, the lyrical one)... (from Christgau's website)

As a new fan of the VU, courtesey of the reissue of their albums in the spring of '85, I was quite excited by what I read. I kept on the lookout for the album but didn't find a copy until fifteen years later -- in a used bin in Boulder, Co. And then it took me months till I found a record player to play it on. Then I finally heard it and it was...sweet.

Perhaps the Ugly Things article will shed light on this, but was there indeed a Venus in Furs Society? The VU influence IS there, although there is a bunch of other stuff too. Also, what about the rest of the Christgau references? Was he just being flip? Although he only gives you guys a "B", he still makes you sound pretty cool.

Looking forward to hearing and learning more,

Markus

Hello Markus,
As far as Venus in furs -we were never members and did not know of them in the day(1970).We later found out that they were a fan club of the velvet underground.At that time,I dont think any one of us would have named that band as an influence.As far as the rest of the review,I dont remember how decadent we were and I dont think "decadence"as a quality was something we were trying to get into the album.We were going for laughter and rhythm.
Thanks,
Tommy

Thanks for the reply! Yeah, I actually think the VU influence is overrated. I hope you guys can play summer gigs at some nice little coffee shop somewhere in NYC....if I can make it, I'll come up for it on the train (from DC).

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