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Rockers Get Married for Ten Bucks
- Posted on May 7th 2008 12:00PM by James Sullivan
Laurie Anderson recently told the BBC that her wedding to longtime boyfriend Lou Reed last month in Boulder was a frugal affair. On a whim, they stopped in to get a marriage license. "They said, 'Are you two related?' and we said, 'Not that we know of,'" Anderson recounted. "We paid ten bucks and that's it -- we're married."
Aawwww. Lou has always seemed like a big ol' softie, hasn't he?
Presiding over the "ceremony" in a mutual friend's backyard was the honorable Nick Forster, co-host of the nationally syndicated NPR program etown and member of the long-running bluegrass band Hot Rize. Forster tells the Rocky Mountain News that he was ordained as a minister in the Universal Life Church almost as a joke, online.
He and his wife and etown co-host, Helen Forster, recently bought an old church and set about converting it into the show's new home. But when zoning became an issue, Forster tried to appease the planning board by retaining the building's status as a church. The board told him not to bother, but the ordainment did allow him to read the happy couple their vows.
"The reality is they've been together 16 years," said Forster. In that case, ten bucks sounds about right.
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mary
it's hard to belive last week, mariah carey had pulled an "amy whinehouse" by getting hitched after she had gone out with nick cannon last month....AND NOW THIS???!!!
May 08 2008 at 3:07 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Regina Mcgrath
I always thought, Lou Reed was Gay ? I have read about
him being Gay ! This is a Surprise !!!
Mick
Boy that's said about your IQ Crapmoon418 I mean Sunmoon418.
May 08 2008 at 1:52 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
es
Great lesson for all those people out there spending ridiculous amounts on their weddings. . . love is love. . . it's stronger than money and could care less how much you spend on it.
May 08 2008 at 1:19 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Slice
Yeah I agree that pop culture makes people forget about some of the great ones like a Lou Reed. Some of the comments in here are quite disturbingly wack. Let the man & his wife have 15 minutes of new fame...
May 08 2008 at 12:40 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
carol eaton
Regarding..."Who are these people?" Lou Reed influenced what you listen to now! His music/lyrics is still relevant.
May 08 2008 at 12:21 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Sunmoon418
WhatEVER...Who gives a CRAP!
May 08 2008 at 12:21 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
carol eaton
Lou Reed & Laurie Anderson....Love the both of them!!
I can hear 'Walk on the Wild Side' in my head right now. It was my anthem in my youth...STILL IS!
Mick
It's a shame that knowledge of music is dead today. People like Sunmoon418,Ray,LindaFun,and Sara should stick to some of that socalled music crap they got out now.
May 08 2008 at 12:07 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Rob
Yes, I think a few of the younger generation need to
"Take a walk on the Wildside" and meet "Sweet Jane"!
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