You Were Born. And So You're Free.

You know, that I know, that you know, that there is not a cooler 60 year old out there.

Laurie Anderson
Born, Free: June 5, 1947
Glen Ellyn, Illinois

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About 15 years ago, I walked by Laurie Anderson at a crosswalk in Soho. Nothing else happened. She has given the world her music. What else could you want? I gave her her privacy.

So, Happy Birthday.

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Sweaters
Born, Never Asked
O Superman (For Massenet)
It Tango
(Buy: Laurie Anderson: Big Science)

The Island Where I Come From
Pieces And Parts
Here With You
Life On A String
(Buy: Laurie Anderson: Life On A String)

F#@K Icelandic Science!

Icelandic "Science" Vessel
Slaughter — in the name of Science. So far, scientists in Japan and Iceland have discovered — whales eat krill.
February 2007

In defiance of the 20-year-old international ban on whaling, Iceland have returned to commercial hunting, showing a blatant disregard for the inherent cruelty.

This year the International Whaling Commission (IWC) will hold its 58th Annual Meeting on the Island of St.Kitts in the Caribbean.

This year is a particularly crucial year, as pro-whaling nations appear to have gathered enough support within the IWC to overturn some vital and long standing conservation and welfare measures.

Read more about Iceland's (as well as the United States, Russia, Norway, Japan and Greenland's) disregard for the lives of whales — in what they call a "sustainable and legal" hunting "in accordance with the rules of the IWC" — and do something about it.

The International Whaling Commission (IWC)
World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA)
The World Conservation Union (IUCN)
Species Survival Commission (SSC)
Campaign Whale
Whalewatch
GreenPeace

And, write to your representatives, now!

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One White Whale
Pieces And Parts
Here With You
(Buy: Laurie Anderson: Life On A String)

Tomb With A View

Cemetery overlooking Carver's Pond, The Rock
August 2006

Laurie Anderson: Pieces And Parts (Buy It!)
Laurie Anderson: Here With You (Buy It!)