Witness the Darkness. (Literally, It's Removed)

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Do not hold your breaths any longer: it's here at last, in its entirety! After a deliverance of more than two weeks, now you can watch a complete video recording of 'The Speed of Darkness', a live performance by Laurie Anderson from 1997, uploaded by LukeK79 (whose other Andersonite uploads are also highly recommended).


'The Speed of Darkness' features stories about, amongst others, 

control

while

holding a mirror up to late twentieth century techno-culture.

The musical parts contain elements from 'Bright Red', the 'Nerve Bible' performances as well as the then-subsequent 'Moby Dick' / 'Life on a String'.

Playlist:

1. Intro / World Without End
2. Alexander the Great / Hey Ah Hey / Music and Sand / Cybersex
3. Technology / Content Providers / Hotel Hot Dogs
4. Hunting for Information / The Night Flight from Houston
5. To the Moon / You've Got to Have Leaders
6. Rockefeller Center / Theme Park with Peter Gabriel and Brian Eno
7. Therapies / Can You Hear Me? / Someone Else's Dream / Microsoft and Vatican
8. Interspecies Communications / Michael Jackson / Elvis Séance / Video Conference
9. Video Conference (cont'd) / Work Ethic and Control Rooms
10. The Language of the Future (as the Voice of Authority)
11. Muddy River / Pillow Speaker Song