Comments on: Language is a Virus ~ Laurie Anderson http://www.MyMuseMoviesMusicAndBooks.com/2010/03/30/language-is-a-virus-laurie-anderson/      Journeys and words inspired by the arts... Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:14:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Patrick http://www.MyMuseMoviesMusicAndBooks.com/2010/03/30/language-is-a-virus-laurie-anderson/comment-page-1/#comment-260 Patrick Wed, 31 Mar 2010 22:14:27 +0000 http://www.MyMuseMoviesMusicAndBooks.com/?p=1270#comment-260 Yes, well, it is all about the hair. Just ask Keith Richards! Laurie tends to go with the "big bristly brush" look. O Superman... I'd forgotten completely about that one. Yes, this is it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzYu88jIDYs Definitively '80s electronic and mucho sympatico with Kraftwerk, Philip Glass and John Cage. She's collaborated -- or at least communed -- with just about everyone who's done anything remotely experimental in art or music: Glass, Cage, Zappa, Bowie, Peter Gabriel, William S. Burroughs (who appears in <i>Home of the Brave</i>), Timothy Leary, Andy Kaufman, Jean Michel Jarre, Dave Stewart (Eurythmics)...it's an impressive list. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurie_anderson" title="Laurie Anderson on Wikipedia" rel="nofollow">Anderson's Wikipedia entry</a> lists a dizzying array of accomplishments. Yes, well, it is all about the hair. Just ask Keith Richards! Laurie tends to go with the “big bristly brush” look.

O Superman… I’d forgotten completely about that one. Yes, this is it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzYu88jIDYs

Definitively ’80s electronic and mucho sympatico with Kraftwerk, Philip Glass and John Cage. She’s collaborated — or at least communed — with just about everyone who’s done anything remotely experimental in art or music: Glass, Cage, Zappa, Bowie, Peter Gabriel, William S. Burroughs (who appears in Home of the Brave), Timothy Leary, Andy Kaufman, Jean Michel Jarre, Dave Stewart (Eurythmics)…it’s an impressive list.

Anderson’s Wikipedia entry lists a dizzying array of accomplishments.

]]> By: Gary http://www.MyMuseMoviesMusicAndBooks.com/2010/03/30/language-is-a-virus-laurie-anderson/comment-page-1/#comment-259 Gary Wed, 31 Mar 2010 21:24:13 +0000 http://www.MyMuseMoviesMusicAndBooks.com/?p=1270#comment-259 Funny. I was thinking of Laurie Anderson just the other day as I pondered what to write. Didn't she do 'O Superman'? I also had no idea she was married to Lou Reed! As for Andrew Belew, I saw him support Bowie in concert a few years back. Was singularly impressed. Bad haircut; fine guitarist. Funny. I was thinking of Laurie Anderson just the other day as I pondered what to write. Didn’t she do ‘O Superman’? I also had no idea she was married to Lou Reed!

As for Andrew Belew, I saw him support Bowie in concert a few years back. Was singularly impressed. Bad haircut; fine guitarist.

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