Apr 18, 2011 John Zorn, Laurie Anderson, Lou Reed and Philip Glass on Japan
John Zorn, Laurie Anderson, Lou Reed and Philip Glass share memories of Japan following their April 9th benefit concert in New York. John Zorn recalls a torchlight Noh performance at Kiyomizudera, Laurie Anderson a concert in a bamboo forest, Philip Glass the silence of Japanese audiences, and Lou Reed… his first calculator watch:
“I got on the subway for three hours to go to this one store that had this one calculator watch. I bought the last one. I mean, now it’s very common, but at that point that was the only one. I realized how much I had in common with anyone who would build a thing like that…”