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From: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbiannewsmagazine)
Date: 20030218
Author:Flick, Larry

As a public figure whose personal life has been the subject of media scrutiny, Lou Reed says he instantly rejected the idea of using The Raven (Warner Bros.), his elaborate two-CD ode to Edgar Allan Poe (also available in one condensed CD), as a vehicle of speculation about the mysterious writer's life. "That's a brand of titillation that I simply refuse to participate in. It's demeaning," asserts the enduring rocker, whose own sexuality has previously been the source of speculation, from his years as a member of the Velvet Underground and through a solo career that includes ...

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