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| From | "floatingunder" <underthefloat@msn.com> |
| Subject | Re: Andy Partridge and Lou Reed - more random meetings.... |
| Date | Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:02:18 -0000 |
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--- In audities@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Myers" <pulmyears@...> wrote:
>
> Further to this Partridge and Lou Reed theme. Believe it or not, I
once peed
> beside Andy Partridge in the men's loo at Virgin Records label
headquarters
> in Portobello Road London in 1984 (XTC had just released the single
This
> World Over - the best Police song that Sting never wrote) - from
the Big
> Express album. After we washed our hands (yes, mom I washed my
hands) we
> shook hands and went over to the promo department where Andy gave
me the
> single, in both the 7 inch format (with bonus postcards) and the 12
inch
> vinyl single. Needless to say as an XTC fan it was pretty freakin
cool for
> me.
>
> A couple of years ago, I was taking a "walk on the west side" i.e.
in the
> West Village in NYC when I noticed a dog under a table of a
sidewalk cafe.
> When I looked up at the dog's owners I found myself staring at Lou
Reed and
> Laurie Anderson having a serious looking conversation. I didn't dare
> interrupt.
>
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