Lou, if you want to do “freeform radio,” you don’t have to go to a big corporate satellite radio station, you could just head down to Jersey City and get a show on WFMU.org, THEY are the real freeform radio station. Run by volunteers and listener support, totally independent of commercial entities, WFMU.ORG is in a class by itself, and has a rich history of WONDERFUL RADIO. Apparently the reporter who asked you about whether you own a piece of satellite radio stock hit a nerve, “what did I do to deserve that! Whaaa!”

Sounds like you are protesting a bit too much. At least admit you are getting paid a HUGE amount for doing the radio schtick. Besides, WFMU has more listeners than sirius, AND FMU listeners are more serious music fans.

how funny to see a bunch of “no-body”s tell a legend what to say and do with his career,,,,,,,OH MY GOD, he said something you don’t agree with,,,,HOLY COW, he spoke for a product, sold a song as a jingle and made some money. As if you guys know better.

I want to hear about what Lou has to say that The Lower East side resmebling a section of Disney World called Lower East Side land and that its a shell of its former self with Sex in the City Shoe botiques and big retail stores for wanne be hipster celebraties like Moby. It is now a Suburban waste land shopping hall and big frat Party at night. Thx to Guiliani and Bloomberg and Moby too. move to the stix it has more character

I was around when Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground made their big splash. They defined avant-garde for my crowd, which declared them brilliant. Imagine my shock a few years later when I heard an interview with him on the radio, and interview I eagerly anticipated. He was vapid. There was no there there.

Apparently there still isn’t.

As much as I love Lou, sometimes he does strike me as an ornery old cuss. I only wish he could take all of his rage and focus it into a sequel to ‘New York.’ I think it’s high time for him to re-explore our nation’s cultural zeitgeist starting from his own hometown. I want to hear what Lou has to say about the post-9/11 post-Bush world in which we live.

Remember that Honda (?) scooter ad he did in the 80s to the tune of Walk on the Wild Side? Mr. gritty New York integrity. Wonder how much he got for that.