I caught Laurie Anderson last Fall at Berkeley and, at the time, was honestly not blown away with her current touring piece, Homeland (though I love her in general, and steal from her liberally). Now though, I'm stuck by how prescient she was about Larry Geitner's current mess (click on "Homeland quotes and phrases" roll over "Only An Expert Can Deal With The Problem").
Another thing that struck me at that show was how, no matter what she's been doing artistically since, like, Life On A String, it's all situated in New York. There's almost always a little soliloquy about walking down 6th Ave. or even just a sonic thing that is so downtown late-80's that ultimately, if you're an audience that's not in New York listening to hear, you feel like you're just eavesdropping. Isn't this also true of every Bay Area poet re: the Bay Area?
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