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Laurie Anderson (born June 5, 1947) is an United
States|American experimental performance artist
and musician. 

Anderson was born in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. She
attended Mills College in California, and
eventually graduated from Barnard College magna
cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, studying art
history.  In 1972, she obtained an MFA in
sculpture from Columbia University.

She performed in New York through the 1970s,
becoming more popularly known in 1981 with the
single "O Superman", which reached number two on
the national pop charts in Britain. "O Superman"
was part of a larger stage work entitled United
States (Anderson)|United States and included on
the following album Big Science (Anderson)|Big
Science. Her more recent stage work includes a
multimedia presentation inspired by Moby-Dick. She
starred in and directed the 1986 concert film,
Home of the Brave (1986 film)|Home of the Brave,
and also composed the soundtracks for the Spalding
Gray films Swimming to Cambodia and Monster in a
Box. Her varied career even included voice-acting
in the animated film The Rugrats Movie. In 1994
she created a CD-ROM entitled Puppet Motel.

She wrote the New York City article for the
Encyclopædia Britannica and in the late 1980s
hosted the Public Broadcasting System|PBS series,
Alive from Off Center, for which she produced the
short film, What You Mean We?.

Anderson has collaborated with William Burroughs,
Mitchell Froom, Peter Gabriel, Perry Hoberman,
David Sylvian and boyfriend Lou Reed. She also
worked with comedian Andy Kaufman in the late
1970s (with a romantic involvement hinted at in
some of her spoken word performances about him). 

Anderson, who rarely revisits older work (though
themes and lyrics occasionally reappear) went on
tour performing a selection of her best-known
musical pieces in 2001. One of these performances
was recorded in New York City only a week after
the September 11, 2001 attacks, and included a
stirring performance of "O Superman" which
contained lyrics that almost seemed to predict the
events of 9/11. This concert was released in early
2002 as the CD, Live in New York, which remains
her most recent album release.

In 2003, Anderson became NASA's first (and, she
says, last) artist-in-residence, which inspired
her most recent performance piece, The End of the
Moon.

Rumors emerged of a possible new album release in
the fall of 2004, but this turned out to be false
as Anderson seems too busy mounting a succession
of themed shows, as well as composing a piece for
Expo 2005 in Japan.

== Album discography ==

*1982 - Big Science (Anderson)|Big Science
*1984 - United States Live (box set)
*1984 - Mister Heartbreak
*1986 - Home of the Brave (1986 film)|Home of the
Brave (soundtrack album)
*1989 - Strange Angels
*1994 - Bright Red
*1995 - The Ugly One with the Jewels (spoken word)
*2000 - Talk Normal (greatest hits collection)
*2001 - Life on a String
*2002 - Live in New York

The above list includes solo albums only, and
doesn't include compilation albums that include
works by Anderson and others, such as those
released by Giorno Poetry Systems. Anderson also
recorded a number of limited-release singles in
the late 1970s, as well as a 12-inch single for "O
Superman" in 1980.

==External links==
* http://www.laurieanderson.com/
LaurieAnderson.com
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http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~jimmyd/laurie-anderson/f
aq/ Laurie Anderson FAQ
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http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~jimmyd/laurie-anderson/d
iscography/in-our-sleep/current.html Discography
to 2002
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http://ic.arc.nasa.gov/story.php?sid=78&sec=earth
Eclectic Laurie Anderson visits Ames
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http://www.artfacts.net/index.php/pageType/artistI
nfo/artist/4769 Artist's page in Artfacts.Net
Laurie Anderson in the contemporary art world.
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http://bulletin.ninemsn.com/bulletin/site/articleI
Ds/8C680EA5AF85A97ECA256C69001ED665 Sound Zero:
Laurie Anderson
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http://briancotts.tripod.com/cottsweb/thirty/thirt
yep73v.html The Mathematics of Longing A blog
entry that features a detailed description/review
of Laurie Anderson's The End of the Moon.

===Listening===
*http://www.newmusicjukebox.org/composers/c_works.
asp?ComposerID=18441&ActorID=38876
NewMusicJukeBox.org: Laurie Anderson