On the 5th of November the book Feedback by Igancio Julia will be available in English for the first time.
The book contains  interviews with the members of the Velvet underground and lot's of pictures too.
Until now this book was only available as a Spanish release but finally it get's a English release too.

Ignacio Julia is a longtime writer for Routa 66, the Spanish music magazine!

Below you can see the cover of the book

Artificial Eye is pleased to announce Lou Reed's critically acclaimed concert film "Lou Reed's Berlin", directed by Julian Schnabel (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) will be officially released on Monday 27th October on the new Blu-ray format, in addition to the conventional DVD release.  

We have just received Blu-Ray check discs for this release that feature the following extras: Lou Reed Biography, Julian Schnabel Biography, and Berlin Trailer. 
The Blu ray has the same extra's as the DVD, so no interview with Lou Reed as it said in the press release before.

The Dutch singer Rick de Leeuw and Jan Hautekiet covered the Lou Reed song "Caroline Says II"
They also translated the lyrics. The translation is done well, and it sounds very good.
Below you can view a clip from 'De wereld draaid door' on which they performed the song.

The album 'Waar' was released last month and contains the cover called 'Karolien zegt'
It took them a while to get the album released cause it was difficult to get Lou Reed's permittion to cover the song.

You can order the album 'Waar' at bol.com

Lou Reed - Berlin: Live at St Ann's Warehouse

Released on Matador Records, 10/28/08

By Sarah-Jayne Couhault (Oct 03, 2008 )

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

When Lou Reed first released his Berlin album in 1973, Rolling Stone referred to it as a "distorted and degenerate demimonde of paranoia, schizophrenia, degradation, pill-induced violence and suicide". Some 30 years later, the magazine named it one of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

The recent audio release of Reed's 2006 performances of Berlin, was recorded over four days at St Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn -- the first time that Reed had ever performed the album live.

If you're not a seasoned Lou Reed fan and you don't know the album's tumultuous history, Berlin may initially take you by surprise given that in a word (or three), it is dark, dark, dark. The album has been said to tell the tale of a dysfunctional, self-destructive couple who are addicted to sex, drugs and rock n'roll. So depressing is Berlin, that the stories told in each song follow themes of domestic violence, drug abuse, neglected children, suicide and death.

The mood of the album is somewhat exacerbated by Reed's voice - in fact, his cheese-grater-for-vocal-chords mixed with melodic gospel backups and Steve Hunter's killer guitar licks (Men of Good Fortune) amplify the devastation and destruction of Berlin's story, which was later captured as a 'rock-musical' by Julian Schnabel and recently released on DVD.

Storytelling is the key to Reed's Berlin repertoire. In listening to Berlin, you pay attention to every word. The Bed for example, is a tragic tale of suicide that draws you in like a good novel that you can't put down. You feel as tortured as the artist himself appears. Whilst the mood of the album is unapologetically dire, the tempo picks up in Sweet Jane, which (to some relief) adds a little sugar to an otherwise bittersweet experience.

Whilst once deemed a commercial flop by critics, Berlin continues to push boundaries and tolerance levels, and is now touted as the winning arrow in Reed's difficult career bow.

From SF station

Yet an other long review of the new Berlin US dvd.

You can read the full review on  Blogcritics magazine

A good review of the American release of the Berlin dvd can be found here
It looks like the American release has different extra's then the UK version. The extra's on the American release include a 5 minut interview with Lou Reed and Julian Schnabel. And six minutes of behind the scenes, with the band and Lou Reed.