Eric * - 2004-09-22 14:22:12
Laurie Anderson completely ruined Lou Reed's career. He's now all happy and stuff. If theirs isn't a reason that marriage is wrong, then I don't know what is.* * * * * * * * * * * *
(whispers: boy, somebody's grumpy today. I think it was the "no fluttering" thing.)* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2004-09-22 15:12:13
Well, OK, but do you like her work, Eric *?* * * * * * * * * * * * Brett - 2004-09-22 15:29:11
No, Sylvia ruined his career by getting him to quit smoking and taking drugs. Laurie then came along during the end of that marriage (one might say she played Earhart to Lou's George Palmer Putnam).* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2004-09-22 15:30:58
nicely put.* * * * * * * * * * * * Eric * - 2004-09-22 15:34:08
"Set the Twilight Reeling" was all Laurie's fault. For some reason, she's not in jail for inspiring that album.* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2004-09-22 15:36:01
(whispers: my, someone's in a bit of a punitive mood. I guess I shouldn't have crushed him so.)* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2004-09-22 15:36:52
a picture for you Brett:
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thanks. a few years ago I made a special trip to purdue and photographed most of their earhart archive; i also managed to get a janitor to let me into a locked room in one of the dorms where she slept while helping the school establish its aviation program.
For the love of all that you regard as holy, PLEASE don't get me started on Earhart. * * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2004-09-22 16:02:34
(atheist ypsidixit, who regards nothing as holy, hypnotizes brett) at the count of three, I will snap my fingers and you will get started on earhart...* * * * * * * * * * * * brett - 2004-09-22 16:35:46
KHAQQ......I am on..... line.... 157/337 runng ....north and ....south. .....your signal is fad....ing. .....come in itasca..........(LOST CARRIER)* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura, trying new tack - 2004-09-22 16:38:43
(quietly hums "Lucky Lindy, Up On a Plane")* * * * * * * * * * * * tokyo rose - 2004-09-22 16:48:18
(signal found)......len miller.....in. the...mood... and.. i am ...sure you G I's all loved ...that song and you ... must be missing all ..your. sweethearts back in the states...and they are missing you to boys.... ... so you just stop fightin....... now and go back home to your lovely ladies........* * * * * * * * * * * * raymond - 2004-09-22 16:52:37
8-track speeder
all alone and lonely
in a dark red tr-6
with coney island baby
on the hissing 8-track
fighting the rush of wind
top down starlight above
big-rigs roar turn it up
turn it over turn me on
over the piney mountain
along the marshy shore
through the burning sands
leer past twinkling towns
won't stop there no more
'cause sally can't dance
glory give it to me now
glory of love see you through
stop stand still i do i do.* * * * * * * * * * * * brett - 2004-09-22 17:28:02
i will admit that i haven't bought a lou reed or laurie anderson album in over 10 years, despite continuing to listen to the older albums by both. I don't think they 'sold out' or anything, but I was pretty disappointed by their first attempt at collaboration ("In my sleep" from i think the 'until the end of the world' soundtrack?); in all fairness, I virtually never buy 'new music' from any other artists either.* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2004-09-22 18:30:31
love the posts by tokyo rose and raymond--thank you.
I gree with you Brett--I like her older solo work and didn't go for the collaboration. My alltime favorite song of hers is "We're in Record," if I remember the title right (I've misplaced the CD, darnit). The first time I heard that, it just seized me and made me cry. Then I listened to it about 20 times in a row. It's so beautiful. A masterful piece of work.* * * * * * * * * * * * brett - 2004-09-22 18:50:38
as for laurie i mainly listen to a very well-worn set of United States I have on vinyl; with Lou I mainly listen to things he did with that band Warhol liked so much.* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2004-09-22 19:30:03
Brett, would you agree that vinyl has a warmer sound than the same music on CDs?* * * * * * * * * * * * brett - 2004-09-22 19:43:24
i am not exactly the 'audiophile' type, in so far as getting snobbish about sound quality. I really love horrible recordings on crappy players, and these days (for vinyl) I'm using a very low-budget 1970's cheap plastic portable model. For the week I've been listening the same cd on constant repeat, on a cheap boombox, which is a collection of hawaiian chants originally recorded on wax cyllinders around 1900. If you were sitting here listening to it you would know that 'warmth of sound' is not my primary interest.
I do agree that there's something to the basic argument of analog vibrations being more 'organic' to our mammalian ears than digital, though.* * * * * * * * * * * * brett - 2004-09-22 19:49:22
"last"
"to"
please insert these words into the post above in the appropriate locations.* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2004-09-22 19:50:06
Yes, I'm an analog gal whenever possible. I love my rotary phone, fished from an estate sale with my dad in Toledo. Each of my 4 alarm clocks (I stay up too late too often) are windup. I even have lovely old candle sconces on the living room wall, about as analog as you can get. Analog cred is a beautiful thing. :)* * * * * * * * * * * * add your comment: