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ContactMusic — Veteran rocker LOU REED accepted a bizarre honour in New York on Saturday (19Jun10) - when he agreed to rule as king over the annual beachfront Mermaid Parade.The singer... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — The Coney Island Mermaid Parade might be one of the few last vestiges of “old” New York’s theatricality. Which is to say, every year it’s okay to dress up like a drag queen fish, hang out with the Velvet Underground’s Lou Reed (pictured abo... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Chris La Putt The 2010 Mermaid Parade happened Saturday afternoon in Coney Island with special guests Lou Reed & Laurie Anderson acting as king and queen. More pictures from the annual event (NSFW), which unfortunately included a captive... more info

Pitchfork — Here is the undersea adventure of a video for the latest Gorillaz single, "On Melancholy Hill". The clip mixes different animation styles and boasts brief cartoon cameos from Plastic Beach guests including Lou Reed, Snoop Dogg, and De La Soul, to nam... more info

Pitchfork — -- The charity Artists Project Earth is currently holding an online auction to raise money for victims of recent earthquakes in Haiti, Chile, and the Tibet Plateau. Fleet Foxes, TV on the Radio, R.E.M., the Killers, Madonna, Beyoncé, the Kooks, a... more info

Totally Fuzzy — a r n e l said... Mercedes Sosa - Mercedes Sosa Canta Charly Garcia (1997) Mercedes Sosa - Misa Criolla This Mortal Coil - Blood Schiller - Zeitgeist (1999) Schiller - Voyage (2002) Schiller - Leben (2003) http://bestfbothworlds.blogspot.com Global ... more info

Perez Hilton — Send us some tickets!!! The Sydney Opera House is going to the dogs. Lou Reed and his composer wife, Laurie Anderson, will be holding a high frequency 20-minute recital for dogs and their "human companions" in Australia later this week. Sound kind ... more info

Guardian Music — In Sydney this weekend? Grab your dog (or bat) and head to the harbour for Laurie Anderson's Music for Dogs, a new piece written especially for the outer reaches of canine auditionThis Saturday, Laurie Anderson takes her music into realms only dogs c... more info

Topix — Cacophony ... Lou Reed in Metal Machine mode at the Sydney Opera House last night. more info