HIGH FIDELITY.(American performace artist, Laurie Anderson)(Interview)

From: WWD | Date: May 17, 2007| Author: Lipsky-Karasz, Elisa | Copyright information

Byline: Elisa Lipsky-Karasz

Laurie Anderson is one of those New Yorkers who reassures other Manhattanites that their city is officially cool. Like rare, indigenous birds, a mere sighting of her and her mate, Lou Reed, is proof the downtown wildlife is not yet extinct. And whether the outspoken, iconoclastic duo has sought it or not, the two have been elevated to patron saints of a certain order, lending their support to creative institutions from The Kitchen to the Brook...

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