music clip of the day

passings

Lou Reed, singer, songwriter, guitarist, March 2, 1942-October 27, 2013

Live (with Robert Quine [1942-2004], guitar; Fernando Saunders, bass; Fred Maher, drums), New York (Bottom Line), 1983

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lagniappe

musical thoughts

All great rock comes from a particular place. Take Lou Reed. Could he have emerged from Detroit? Nah—too self-conscious, too arty. San Francisco? Unh-uh—way too abrasive. He could only have come from one place, the city where, as the joke has it, a tourist goes up to someone and asks: “Can you tell me the way to the Empire State Building—or should I just go fuck myself?”

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taking a break

I’m taking some time off—back in a while.