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Lou Reed: Walk on the Mild Side

Ian Penman, The Guardian, 16 February 1996

Lou Reed was the ultimate rock'n'roller who mimed shooting up on stage. Now he's clean and sober, but what kind of shape is his music in? Ian Penman meets a rebel turned elder statesman.

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