Lou Reed Will Read The Raven In Brooklyn Tonight

Tonight, former Velvet Underground frontman and current old, whispering frontman of Loutallica, Lou Reed, will be reading Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven in Brooklyn.

According to event details, he'll be offering "his own dramatization of the dark poem as well as the writer's other classics, plus songs inspired by Poe's work." Is Reed revisiting his old work (which was turned into a graphic novel earlier this year) to detract from his latest endeavor's terrible reviews?

In any case, this will all go down at BookCourt tonight at 7 p.m., and we'd recommend getting there early. But this would be a lot cooler if they held it at Poe's pad in the Bronx.

Here's a little listen at what you'll be getting tonight—while Reed does a great job with it, as with most things in life, we prefer Christopher Walken's version.

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By Jen Carlson in Arts & Entertainment on December 12, 2011 11:04 AM

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jisnotused

A reading of THE RAVEN?? Damn that guy is dark and mysterious!

Guest

Can we list Lou alongside other NYers that just don't know when to quit?

UPDATE: When will I listen to Loutallica again? NEVERMORE!!!

Jessica Jones

The old rocker wore his hair too long, wore his trouser cuffs too tight...

Detex

You are right, but THIS is still pretty cool...

SonnyBobiche

Lou Reed's version of Leonard Cohen's "Joan of Arc" was the worst thing that I've heard recently. No melody, no drama, no pathos; he just read and shouted the lyrics.

I do not think that he'll do any better with Poe's poem.

virgilstarkwell

In any case, this will all go down at BookCourt tonight at 7 p.m., and we'd recommend getting there early because Lou needs to get home watch Jeopardy at 7:30 so he can be in bed by 8:15.