OK, so this is sooooo ’80s, but you know, in retrospect Laurie Anderson is pretty cool. I saw her give a talk last year at the New School about her stint as a NASA resident artist (yes, it does did exist!) and thought she was one of the most grounded and humane people I have seen onstage. This video comes by way of my Internet search for the origins of the William S Burroughs’ quote: “Language is a virus from outer space…”

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