Lou Reed on Radio Cafe

July 13th, 2008 by Steve Bowbrick

This is great—and a real find. I’ve never heard Radio Cafe before. I learn that it’s a daily magazine show on BBC Radio Scotland, in this case presented by Janice Forsyth. Forsyth interviews Lou Reed, perhaps the world’s most prickly interviewee, and the show exposes a lot of process (the booking of taxis, some entertaining studio awkwardness and Forsyth’s nervous inner dialogue) to illustrate the difficulty of pinning the legend down. A little gem (/programmes, MP3).

3 Responses to “Lou Reed on Radio Cafe”

  1. Psychic Advice Says:

    Great blog, subscribed to your rss feed. Thanks.

  2. Daniel Weir Says:

    Isn’t there some great radio about . . .

    DW x

  3. Steve Says:

    Excrutiating and wonderful. The tension in the moments pre-interview is incredible.

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