The history of rock and roll is as much about the venues that hosted shows as it is about the actual musicians.

David Polonoff is an esteemed author and chronicler of bohemian culture, having actively engaged in various countercultural movements over the past five decades, including Haight-Ashbury, Punk, and Dimes Square, and holds degrees in philosophy from Yale and New York University.

Lou Reed remains one of rock music’s most poetic and transgressive figures.