wow... what amazing people, and what an amazing book! i finished it in two days, that's how easy and addicting it is to read. very detailed, and full of great pictures. i closed the book wishing that i could be there, somehow, at the factory in the sixties; i felt like i had bonded with Edie, Billy, Brigid, Candy, Jackie, Holly, Nico... it is a profoundly sad and haunting book, considering how the majority of these people are dead from liver failure, cancer, overdose, suicide. i will definitely read it again and again.

This book gives an excellent history of Warhol's factory from it's genesis to it's demise, with lotza cool pics too.

I wrote this awful review of Billy Name's book on Warhol, and I apologize, because since then I've learned more.
Meanwhile, the book I just read, "Factory Make" is good. Realy good. But not that good.

... lies the Factory regulars. Watson tells the stories of each of the Silver Factory regulars in parallel, with attention to detail and balance. No shortage of talent and no shortage of self-destructiveness in this group. Focusing on the sixties seems wise because Warhol accomplished little outside of the sixties. Not focusing on Warhol seems wise because such a gifted group has usually been neglected.

This quality of research and of writing are rare. And, if the draft ever comes back, you can learn from this book several good ways to be rejected.

Many books and articles have been written about Andy Warhol, The Factory, The Silver Sixties and Andy's Superstars but, this book is the only one that takes a comprehensive look at all of the elements of that era that could only happen in the Sixties. I initially got this book because I'm a huge fan of Edie Sedgwick (after having read the AMAZING Edie: An American Biography) and love to find new info and pictures of her. This book didn't shed any new light on Edie (except for the fact she had an affair with the Velvet's John Cale). In fact, I was surprised that the author took alot of info from Edie's biography verbatim. Other than that slight oversight, I cannot get enough of this book. Watson did an amazing job of chronicling the lives of the (many) Superstars Andy "created" and stuck in front of the camera to "say nothing". As much as Andy and his ilk wanted to "say nothing", just their existence said so much and is still being talked about today. Waston also did a superb job of capturing the whys and hows of The Factory, even going so far as to have side notes of the Factory's lingo and quotes from Superstars and other artists. One quote that struck me and sums up is this book was given by John Richardson. He stated, "Although Andy Warhol's famous movies are among the most boring ever made, this book about them is endless fascinating". FM is filled with trivia and candid photos (some of them, never before seen) of that weird and special time at the Factory (the most productive and artistic in my opinion). If you're a fan of Edie, Andy or any of the superstars, this book is a MUST have! You will endlessly re-read the text and pour over the pictures time and again.