Lou Reed died 27 October, 2013. Here Mark E Smith eulogises – on being a criminally devout Velvet Underground fan. Not a 'Velvets' or 'Lou Reed' fan.

When funding bodies treat culture as a business enterprise, their insistence on results discriminates against music’s true value, argues Richards.

The Doomed Bird Of Providence's lead man Mark Kluzek relates a selection of sites dedicated to Australia's colonial past, and fodder for his dark and violent ballads. The Doomed Bird Of Providence's Blind Mouths Eat album is reviewed in The Wire 357.

Lou Reed died 27 October, 2013. Lydia Lunch pays tribute to the gender bender.

Lou Reed died 27 October, 2013. "So I fucking hated that song. I hated the record with the cool banana and I hated everything in the world but especially that record." Carla Bozulich arrives late to The Velvets.

Lou Reed died on 27 October, 2013. Ulrich Krieger remembers his time working with Reed on Metal Machine Trio.

Lou Reed died on 27 October, 2013. “Whatever you do, don’t talk to Lou.” Byron Coley ignores a warning.

Lou Reed died on 27 October, 2013. Masami Akita aka Merzbow pays tribute.

Lou Reed died on 27 October, 2013. Alan Licht on Reed, the connector.

Lou Reed died on 27 October, 2013. Ambarchi remembers Reed, from a near encounter on NYC's subway to telling the rock god to keep on fucking playing.

Lou Reed died on 27 October, 2013. Can's Irmin Schmidt on the sudden awakening brought on by The VU

Lou Reed died 27 October, 2013. Zeitkratzer's Reinhold Friedl remembers Reed, and performing Metal Machine Music

Lou Reed died on 27 October, 2013. Einstürzende Neubauten's Alexander Hacke on Reed's ultimate misanthropy, and the hidden Evil in his noise.

Lou Reed died on 27 October, 2013. Musician Alex Neilson on how 1978's Take No Prisoners intensified and counter acted his prejudices about Reed

Lou Reed died on 27 October, 2013. David Keenan remembers him.

Lou Reed died on 27 October, 2013. The Dead C's Bruce Russell on horrifying all solid citizens

The journalist and author of the recently published book Facing The Other Way: The Story Of 4AD, networks the label's visual aesthetic.

Comic artist and musician Malcy Duff's portal takes us on a journey through places that have inspired him and affected his work, from magic tricks to a Wisconsin mustard museum.

Since producing seminal albums by The Ramones, Suicide and Blondie, Craig Leon has had an active career in the music biz – from TV work and country recordings to his 1981 New Age synthesizer album for the Takoma label. He talks to Jennifer Lucy Allan about his early stints in the studio and the vagaries of the archival reissue market.