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<\/p>\n Born, Never Asked
\nIt was a large room. Full of people. All kinds.
\nAnd they had all arrived at the same buidling
\nat more or less the same time.
\nAnd they were all free. And they were all
\nasking themselves the same question:
\nWhat is behind that curtain?<\/p>\n
You were born. And so you’re free. So happy birthday.
\n(From Big Science)<\/p>\n
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Happy Birthday! Laurie Anderson <\/a> What do you know, Adam Smith and John Maynard Keynes<\/a> shared a birthday with Laurie.<\/p>\n June 5, 1723 \tEconomist Adam Smith was born in Kirkcaldy, Scotland. Nytimes today described Laurie as Rock singer on On this day birthday page. No fact checking? (the times they are changing, ha).<\/p>\n “Some common themes in her works are airplanes, dogs, family, the United States, dreams, and language. ” I must add Walter Benjamin, Italo Calvino and all the other smart people are referenced in her work. Sound Zero<\/a>, an interview. Gravity’s Angel Last night I woke up. Saw this angel. He flew in my window. Well he was an ugly guy. With an ugly face. Well, we were just laying there. Born, Never Asked It was a large room. Full of people. All kinds. And they had all arrived at the same buidling at more or less the same time. And they were all free. And they were all asking themselves the same question: What is behind that curtain? You were born. And so you’re free. … <\/p>\n
\nLaurie is a Gemini\/Pig<\/a>. (THE INDUSTRIOUS CONNOISSEUR).<\/p>\n
\nJune 5, 1883 \tEconomist John Maynard Keynes was born in Cambridge, England.<\/p>\n
\nA very useful site if you want to know more about her work, L.A FAQ
\n<\/a> by John Gluck and Jim Davies.
\n(Fassbinder and Marilyn Monroe have appeared in Laurie’s songs, the Gemini compatriots were born one day apart, Fassbinder on May 31 and Marilyn on June 1st. Andy Warhol<\/a> and Fassbinder wanted to be Marilyn and Norma Jean thought she wanted to be Marilyn. )<\/p>\n
\nSongs and Stories from Moby Dick<\/a>
\nMoon Rocks<\/a> (Interview on her work with Nasa)<\/p>\n![\"Laurie](\"http:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/images\/Laurie.jpg\")
(via<\/a>)<\/p>\n
\nYou can dance. You can make me laugh. You’ve got x-ray eyes.
\nYou know how to sing. You’re a diplomat. You’ve got it all.
\nEverybody loves you.
\nYou can charm the birds out of the sky. but I, I’ve got one thing.
\nYou always know just what to say. And when to go.
\nBut I’ve got one thing. You can see in the dark.
\nBut I’ve got one thing: I loved you better.<\/p>\n
\nAnd he said: Girl, pretty proud of yourself, huh?
\nAnd I looked around and said: Who me?
\nAnd he said: The higher you fly, the faster you fall. He said:
\nSend it up. Watch it rise. See it fall. Gravity’s rainbow.
\nSend it up. Watch it rise. See it fall. Gravity’s angel.
\nWhy these mountains? Why this sky? This long road. This ugly train.<\/p>\n
\nAn also ran in the human race.
\nAnd even God got sad just looking at him. And at his funeral
\nall his friends stood around looking said. But they were really
\nthinking of all the ham and cheese sandwiches in the next room.
\nAnd everybody used to hang around him. And I know why.
\nThey said: There but for the grace of the angels go I.
\nWhy these mountains? Why this sky?
\nSend it up. Watch it rise. See it fall. Gravity’s rainbow.
\nSend it up. Watch it rise. And fall. Gravity’s angel.<\/a><\/p>\n
\nAnd this ghost of your other lover walked in.
\nAnd stood there. Made of thin air. Full of desire.
\nLook. Look. Look. You forgot to take your shirt.
\nAnd there’s your book. And there’s your pen, sitting on the table.
\nWhy these mountains? Why this sky? This long road? This empty room?
\nWhy these mountains? Why this sky? This long road? This empty room.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"