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(01-06-2023, 01:11 AM)thatguy Wrote: From Facebook:
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The Art of the Straight Line is a book of essential wisdom covering Tai Chi, mindfulness, creativity and the art of living and dying. Lou had undertaken the writing of this book in the latter years of his life. It has been edited by his wife Laurie Anderson and his friends Stephan Berwick, Bob Currie, and Scott Richman.
Lou was an accomplished martial artist whose practice began in the 1980s. He studied with Chen Tai Chi pioneer Master Ren GuangYi. This book is a comprehensive collection of Reed’s writings on Tai Chi. It includes conversations with Reed’s fellow musicians, artists, friends, and Tai Chi practitioners, including Julian Schnabel, A. M. Homes, Hal Willner, Mingyur Rinpoche, Eddie Stern, Tony Visconti, Iggy Pop, Lars Ulrich, Darren Aronofsky, and masters from the Chen family - the creators of Tai Chi.
The Art of the Straight Line goes on sale March 14 and is available now for preorder wherever books are sold.
The book will be published by Faber in the UK & Ireland on March 16th.
https://www.harpercollins.com/…/the-art-of-the-straight-lin…
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--tg (01-06-2023, 01:30 AM)Drunk Monk Wrote: I was interviewed for this. I hope I made the cut. I remember not being very happy with the interview. It was a phoned with all the authors on the line and I felt we got way off track. We’ll see. This has been in the works for years…
Stephan Berwick is an old friend and I know Scott Richman. Master Ren is also an old friend - we even shared a room once and got hellaciously drunk together. And of course, I know Laurie.
I just got a digital advanced galley. I made the cut. I'm on page 255-257 in between Tracee Hutchinson and Jon Miller.
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YAY!!
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FYI, KFM is planning a sweeps promo for this title...
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I thought for my birthday that I would do nothing for work whatsoever. I did have to answer one email but that took less than a minute. I read this for fun, but then halfway through I realized it kinda still was work. Dammit.
Nevertheless is was a fun read. A lot about music and martial arts and their confluence - my two favorite subjects. It’s a collation of Reed’s interviews and some writings, plus a ton of essays from his circle recalling Tai chi anecdotes about Lou.
There’s a goodly excerpt of my interview with him on p168 and my essay on p243. Upon reflection, I’m not satisfied with what I wrote - maybe it was edited or adapted with stuff from my interview, although it might have been closer to my original than I remember. It might have just been an off writing day, or I just didn’t invest enough into it. I think I wrote it about 4 years ago. Nevertheless I’m honored to be included because many of the other contributors are illustrious.
Many of us make the same mistake - we put too much of our own personal story into our essays. It’s like we all have an agenda to stand out despite all being in Lou’s shadow here. In all fairness, I wish I had been more of a fan of Lou’s music. I utterly respect him but couldn’t name half his albums if asked.
The book reads well nonetheless. Many of the anecdotes are amusing and several of the other contributors are eloquent. I was entertained.
I wish I had spent more time with Lou. He invited me to hang out in sf with him the day after we had lunch but I was right up against deadline and my car was wonky and need of repair so I wasn’t confident it’d make it up and back. In hindsight, that was such a missed opportunity. It was fucking Lou Reed - deadline and car troubles be damned. It stand among my collection of road-not-taken regrets.
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Saying you and others put too much of yourselves into it - I've noticed that's common when people speak at funerals/memorials. Since this is a memorial, perhaps it was fated.
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When I was doing the interviews for the two documentaries, I got that way too much.
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Yeah I guess it’s a thing. This book chose not to edit them that much because everyone is trying to self promote in their own way, and being artists and behind-the-scene peeps, some are of interest.
I made mention of my concert psychedelic crisis work and that dangles. Laurie really wanted to know if I ever discussed it with Lou, and I did but only in passing. She thought that was something of interest so it was included.
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It looks like I'll be appearing with the Kitchen Sisters in a KALW in-person event on Thursday evening Jan 25 at 220 Montgomery, SF. It'll be a live listening event to their podcast on Lou, with Laurie chiming in via Zoom. I'm to give a short presentation on Tai Chi.
FYI - here's the podcast - https://kitchensisters.org/podcast/lou-reeds-tai-chi/
More info to come.
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In the house!
A very pleasant scene. Lots of radio peeps.
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