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Vanishing Act

Vanishing Act

“How nice it is to disappear, float into a mist.” Musician and poet Lou Reed died on Sunday at the age of seventy-one. In this video, he recites the haunting and timely lyrics to “Vanishing Act.”

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music
Lou Reed
in memoriam

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