The Wire, Issue 210, August 2001

Includes "Invsible Jukebox", an interview with Laurie Anderson by Mike Barnes, photos by Jake Walters, in which Anderson responds to William S. Burroughs' "Silver Smoke of Dreams" from Break Through in Grey Room, and discusses Burroughs, among other topics, pp. 18-21.

Published in London, England by The Wire in August, 2001.

Thanks to Walter Rovere for noticing this item and for bringing it to the attention of this project.

Bibliographic Information: 

• Not in Shoaf
• Not in Schottlaender (v4)
• Raven 20010800TWIR.0.210

Contents: 

• Rob Young: editorial
• David Keenan: "Hamid Drake: Drum Dialectician" (essay)
• Robin Carmody: "Delia Derbyshire RIP" (memorial)
• Clive Bell: "Global Ear: Miyajima" (essay)
• Mike Barnes, Jake Walters: "Invisible Jukebox: Laurie Anderson" (interview)
• Chris Sharp, Sebastian Mayer: "Paradise Lost and Found" (interview with Christian Fennesz)
• Magnus Haglund: "The Ecstatic Society" (essay on Swedish music in the 50s and 60s)
• David Keenan, Johnny Volcano: "Freaks in Space" (on Acid Mothers Temple)
• Philip Clark, Savage Pencil: "The Primer" (on Morton Feldman)
• multiple music reviews
• Andy Hamilton: on Anders Beyer's The Voice of Music: Conversations with Composers of Our Time
• Steve Barker: on Dave Katz's & Jeremy Collingwood's Lee Perry: Give Me Power a Complete Discography
• Julian Cowley: on Carol J. Oja's Making Music Modern: New York in the 1920s
• Lina Dzuverovic-Russell: "Ether Talk" (on the Venice Biennale)
• multiple concert and club reviews
• event listings
• Drew Daniel: "Epiphanies" (on the music of Enoch Light)

Publishing Information: 

• Publisher & Editor-in-Chief: Tony Herrington
• Editor: Rob Young
• Reviews Editor: Chris Bohn
• Assistant Editor: Peter Shapiro
• Projects and Web Editor: Anne Hilde Neset
• Advertising Manager: Andy Tait
• Subscriptions and Administration: Ben House, Phil England
• Art Direction and Design: Kjell Ekhorn, Jon Forss
• Printing: St. Ives