The Lou Reed Curse -

The Lou Reed Curse - A pox on Eric Alterman's politics, but he does some great music writing.

In this article, he talks aboutthe Lou Reed Curse:

A few days later, I was telling this story to my close friend, Mike, who lived in Washington. He told me of the curse that Lou had cast on his life. I don’t remember all the details, but Mike was the Lou Reed fan to end all Lou Reed fans from the time he attended Columbia as an undergrad for about a decade and a half. That’s when Lou’s curse began to take effect. I forget the details, but it was no joke. Mike would always put on one of Lou’s albums mark the key moments of his life and something would always go horribly wrong. Girls would dump him; his wife had a miscarriage and I forget what else, but it was bad. He never listened to his favorite artist ever again. I tried to think of what life would be like if I felt forced to exile myself from Bruce Springsteen or Bob Dylan. I couldn’t bear it

That's just the beginning - it gets much better.

Unlike, say, his political commentary.

Posted by Mitch at April 9, 2003 05:59 PM