Back in 1991, Lounge Lizards leader and occasional actor John Lurie made a surreal travel show, Fishing with John, where he and some of his friends (Tom Waits, Jim Jarmusch, Willem DaFoe, Matt Dillon ...

Anton Fier, an early member of The Lounge Lizards and The Feelies, led The Golden Palominos, and was a major player in the downtown NYC scene, has died at age 66. While there has been no official ...

Each episode of HBO’s “Painting with John” was at once seemingly random and sharply focused, united by the irascible charisma of painter/musician/actor John Lurie, co-founder of the Lounge Lizards and ...

John Lurie hasn't recorded any music since contracting Lyme disease several years ago; in fact he couldn't even listen to music because of the neurological effects of the disease. He retreated to ...

On his new HBO show Painting With John, John Lurie creates intricate watercolors from his house in the Caribbean while telling star-studded stories from his previous life as a downtown New York icon.

John Lurie catches up with Kyle Meredith to talk about Season 2 of Painting with John, his HBO series that finds the musician, painter, actor, director, and producer creating his watercolor ...

For a somewhat obscure figure, John Lurie has been very much in the public eye lately. Last year, his long-running jazz band the Lounge Lizards released the great Queen Of All Ears, and Lurie also ...

Meet the talented cast and crew behind 'John Lurie and the Lounge Lizards Live in Berlin 1991 (1992)' on Moviefone. Explore detailed bios, filmographies, and the creative team's insights. Dive into ...

Among other things, John Lurie is a reality-television pioneer. A musician who founded jazz group the Lounge Lizards and who moonlighted as an actor in films such as Jim Jarmusch’s “Down By Law,” ...

When John Lurie was in his mid-teens, his sister gave his older brother a harmonica for his birthday. That, combined with the acquisition of a Little Walter record, had the two brothers obsessed with ...

Twenty-five years ago, Evan Lurie was a Lounge Lizard who haunted New York City night spots and European jazz festivals. Today he’s the musical tour guide for Pablo the penguin, Tasha the hippo, ...

In his new HBO program “Painting with John,” John Lurie wants you to know that he knows the comparisons to Bob Ross are inevitable, but he’s there to quickly subvert them. “None of the trees in my ...