![]() Released in 1989 and simply titled New York, Lou Reed’s fifteenth solo album unflinchingly depicted with savage indignation and the fervency of a biblical prophet an AIDS-stricken city in which friends were continually “disappearing” – a desolation row of pestilential welfare hotels of battered wives, crack dealers, TV bigots, racist preachers and venal politicians of kids selling plastic roses for a buck by the Lincoln Tunnel of a Hudson River deluged with garbage and of bloody vials washing up on city beaches. This year marks the 25th anniversary of one of rock & roll’s most audacious and electrifying recordings. In commemoration of the first anniversary of his death, we are presenting for the first time the complete version of a remarkable interview that Lou Reed did with contributing editor Jonathan Cott early in 1989 in New York City. “There’s a bit of magic in everything,” Lou Reed once sang, “and then some loss to even things out.” Reed died exactly one year ago today at the age of 71, and although his loss will never even things out, it is an appropriate day to celebrate his enduring creative spirit and the undying magic of his inspiring musical and poetic legacy. ![]()
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