We were very moved by Laurie Anderson's Farewell to Lou Reed in Rolling Stone. We've excerpted a chunk, but it's well worth reading the whole beautiful thing: rich insight into two very original people improvising a life together. Anderson's words need no commentary: 'How strange, exciting and miraculous that we can change each other so much, love each other so much…' ...Lou and I played music together, became best friends and then soul mates, traveled, listened to and criticized each other's work, studied things together (butterfly hunting, meditation, kayaking). We made up ridiculous jokes; stopped smoking 20 times; fought; learned to hold