Lou Reed turns it up to 11
By Marc Perton
I have to admit to getting just a little depressed by this post about Lou Reed’s performance at the Web 2.0 conference. Since when did web execs become such stuffed shirts that they can’t stop talking biz for a few minutes to listen to a legend? Thank goodness Lou turned up the volume “so loud it … hurt.” And thank goodness for Web 2.0 organizer Tim O’Reilly, the first person to cut loose and start dancing around the room. Note to the rest of you: If you can’t lighten up a little, just take your paradigm shifts and next-generation business models and go back to your investment banks and dead-tree media companies. Please.
