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Lou Reed: with his new album, the rock renegade conjures Edgar Allan Poe, literature's favorite hell-raiser, in a way your English teacher never did.(The Raven)(Interview)

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From: Interview
Date: 20030301
Author:Marcus, Greil

Lou Reed's The Raven (Sire/Reprise) began its life onstage as POEtry, a collaboration with director Robert Wilson commissioned by the Thalia Theater in Hamburg, Germany, in 2000. Now, featuring dramatic readings by the likes of Willem Defoe, Elizabeth Ashley, and Steve Buscemi; notable musical contributions by Laurie Anderson and Ornette Coleman; and songs by Reed and his band, the piece, produced by Hal Willner, has been made over into a double CD. With songs as rock 'n' roll rough as "Edgar Allan Poe" sitting alongside Reed's own rewrites of Poe's greatest hits, and with ...

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