Al Filreis
Laurie Anderson, 2003
Laurie Anderson visited the Writers House in 2003. On the third day of her visit, I interviewed her for an hour or so, and here are segments of the recording:
- introduction by Al Filreis (3:19): MP3
- on the Nerve Bible and the body (4:06): MP3
- on the autobiographical nature of the Nerve Bible (1:57): MP3
- on time and responsibility (4:34): MP3
- on ending but not concluding performances (2:28): MP3
- on performing Statue of Liberty at the 2001 Town Hall performance (8:20): MP3
- on starting out as an artist and being in a commune (7:49): MP3
- on technology and media (8:57): MP3
- on Puppet Motel (2:52): MP3
- Anderson's favorite contemporary poets (6:37): MP3
- on the impossibility of technology being sensually subtle (6:27): MP3
- on Melville's bible and Songs and Stories from Moby Dick (8:33): MP3
- on whether or not people are getting better (3:51): MP3