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depakid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-29-10 10:37 AM
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Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson stage 'high-frequency' dog concert

The couple said they make music for their rat terrier, Lollabelle.
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US rock star Lou Reed and his artist wife Laurie Anderson are to stage a "high-frequency concert" for canines in Australia. Music for Dogs, to be held outside the Sydney Opera House, is billed as "an inter-species social gathering on a scale never seen before in Australia". The bizarre recital in June will be largely inaudible to the human ear.

The couple said they have experience making music for at least one dog - their rat terrier, Lollabelle. "She likes things with a lot of smoothness but with beats in them,'' Ms Anderson told the Sydney Morning Herald. She said the inspiration for the performance at the Vivid Live festival in Sydney came while she was backstage at an event and thought: "Wouldn't it be great, if you were playing a concert and you look out and you see all dogs?"

The show, created by Ms Anderson, will last for 20 minutes as she says "dogs don't have a giant concentration span". The sounds will be played at high frequency like a dog whistle, setting dogs' ears twitching but barely audible to their owners. It is billed in the festival programme as "an absolute must for any dog and their two-legged friends".

More: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/asia_pacific/10181186.stm
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-29-10 10:38 AM
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1. How cool is that? Laurie Anderson put on one of THE best concerts I've ever been to.
Really.
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Webster Green Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-29-10 11:02 AM
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6. Me too.
Edited on Sat May-29-10 11:04 AM by Webster Green
'United States'. You had to go both Friday and Saturday to catch the whole thing.

Truly amazing!
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-29-10 11:48 AM
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8. I saw her at the Mosque in Richmond. Drove up from Norfolk....
and we were really tired that night. The concert was so creative we were completely invigorated by it.
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Webster Green Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-29-10 12:11 PM
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9. That is an amazing venue!
I saw both Jimi Hendricks and The Who there in 1967. It's a gorgeous small hall with perfect acoustics. I remember both of those incredible shows like they were yesterday.

I saw Laurie Anderson at the Warner Theater in DC in the mid '80s. It was a homecoming for me as I was the stage manager there in the mid 70s.
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-29-10 12:16 PM
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10. Wow! To hear a rock band - the Who and Hendricks - there - that is AMAZING!
I'm INSANELY jealous!
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Tunkamerica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-29-10 01:59 PM
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13. it's hendrix
hendricks is some guy in nascar.
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Webster Green Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-29-10 03:06 PM
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14. Doh!
I'm an idiot. Getting senile, I guess.
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-29-10 10:40 AM
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2. BREAKING: Every Dog In Australia Suddenly Goes Deaf. n/t
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Tikki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-29-10 10:42 AM
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3. 'bout time...we come come home, late, all zamped from a concert...
and our doggies know we've been out having a grand time without them.
This way they can swap stories about the show into their old age.


Tikki


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msongs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-29-10 10:43 AM
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4. wealthy people enjoying their largesse lol
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-29-10 10:48 AM
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5. I kind of like this idea...but am gobsmacked at how bad Lou Reed looks.
I think that Keith Richards looks better than Lou Reed.... :wow: :wow:
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Laughing Mirror Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-29-10 11:20 AM
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7. Finally, somebody does something different at a concert
Leave it to Laurie Anderson.
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-29-10 01:11 PM
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11. My cats like the "human" version of Lou Reed's music, as is.
I like this idea. I'd love to see pictures of the dogs in the audience. :)
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-29-10 01:21 PM
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12. Do your cats like 'catnip' videos? I know some that go berserk over them. Attack the TV, etc. nt
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-30-10 08:49 AM
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16. They haven't seen Catnip TV, but they love their catnip.
I know they also like the screensaver on my aunt's DVD player. Sunday Girl especially loves it. It is the letters D V D in an oval shape that moves all around the screen and changes colors. She loves that. She also loves listening to Blondie. She's named after a Blondie song and answers to that song. She has since she was a young kitten. Blondie is her favorite of all, but she likes Lou Reed too. She hates Courtney Love. Her ears flatten when I used to play Courtney Love. I don't do that any more, lol.

I used to have a dog that hated country music with a passion. He would growl and bark his "stop that!" bark when country music would come on in a movie or something.

Yogi just watched The Goonies with me last night. He also likes CSI: Miami when they have blonde haired women dancing. He loves blonde women and women in general. He perks up when he sees pole dancing, especially.
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Bluenorthwest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-30-10 08:38 AM
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15. Laurie and Lou are a virus from outer space
I've seen Laurie in venues small and large, in shows solo and with other musicians, other poets. I've seen her mostly tell stories, seen her mostly play music. I've attended some of her art installations as well. If I had to pick just one artist, out of all artists, like a Desert Island Artist, that would be Laurie Anderson.
Years ago, I told a friend I was going to see Laurie Anderson's concert that night. He looked at me oddly. "Burt Reynold's wife? From WKRP? She gives concerts?"
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-31-10 03:54 PM
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18. "Burt Reynold's wife" LOLOL
:thumbsup:
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-31-10 03:51 PM
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17. This is fun and cosmic.
Great idea.

Recommended.

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Patsy Stone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-03-10 02:14 PM
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19. I have absolutely no problem
beliving this. :)

Damn, they're so cool and weird. :loveya:
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 03:46 PM
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20. I'd had zero idea Laurie Anderson ever married!
How cool that she married someone who is also pretty damn cool.
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