JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL & EYELIDS – "TURNING TIME AROUND" EP: A love Letter to Lou Reed [COLOR VINYL] – New 12"

  The band donates all profits from the sale of this album towards the immediate health care costs of the Alzheimer's treatment for John Cameron Mitchell's mom Joan.JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL & EYELIDS "TURNING TIME AROUND" EP by Eyelids From John Cameron Mitchell: Lou Reed is probably my favorite musical artist. Hal Willner and Laurie Anderson asked me and my "Anthem: Homunculus" composer Bryan Weller to sing "Turning Time Around" (from Lou's album Ecstasy) and my favorite Velvet Underground ballad "I Found a Reason" at a special Lou Reed Day at Lincoln Center. I extrapolated on Lou's melody and, inspired by performance artist Justin Vivian Bond, mashed it up with WB Yeats' poem "The Second Coming" rewriting "what rough beast slouches towards Bethlehem to be born" as "what orange beast..." Who could that refer to I wonder? My buddy Chris Slusarenko, who produced our Hedwig tribute album "Wig in a Box", invited me to sing Turning with his wonderful Portland Oregon band Eyelids. Bryan s