Quo Fuit places 6 dated presences for Lou Reed across 6 places, from 1942 to 2013.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Lewis Allan Reed (March 2, 1942 to October 27, 2013) was an American musician, songwriter and poet.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Lou Reed is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Lou Reed was documented, and when
2 March 1942exact date
Freeport, New Yorkattested“Lewis Allan Reed was born on March 2, 1942, at Beth-El Hospital (later Brookdale) in Brooklyn and grew up in Freeport, New York.”source: Wikipedia: Lou Reed
2 March 1942exact date
Brooklynattested“Lewis Allan Reed was born on March 2, 1942, at Beth-El Hospital (later Brookdale) in Brooklyn and grew up in Freeport, New York.”source: Wikipedia: Lou Reed
2 March 1942exact date
Beth-El Hospitalattested“Lewis Allan Reed was born on March 2, 1942, at Beth-El Hospital (later Brookdale) in Brooklyn and grew up in Freeport, New York.”source: Wikipedia: Lou Reed
1964year
Long Islandattested“Reed moved to New York City in 1964 to work as an in-house songwriter for Pickwick Records.”source: Wikipedia: Lou Reed
1964year
New York Cityattested“Reed moved to New York City in 1964 to work as an in-house songwriter for Pickwick Records.”source: Wikipedia: Lou Reed
27 October 2013exact date
Baltimoreattested“On October 27, 2013, the day of Reed's death, Pearl Jam dedicated their song "Man of the Hour" to him at their show in Baltimore and then played "I'm Waiting for the Man".”source: Wikipedia: Lou Reed
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In each of these, a source puts Lou Reed and the place in the same dated sentence without stating
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1958year
Freeport, New Yorkmentioned“After participating at a talent show at Freeport Junior High School in early 1958, and receiving an enthusiastic response from the audience, the group was given the chance to record an original single "So Blue" with the B-side "Leave Her…”source: Wikipedia: Lou Reed
1960year
Syracuse Universitymentioned“Upon his recovery from his illness and associated treatment, Reed resumed his education at Syracuse University in 1960, studying journalism, film directing, and creative writing.”source: Wikipedia: Lou Reed
June 1964month
Syracuse Universitymentioned“Reed graduated from Syracuse University's College of Arts and Sciences with a BA cum laude in English in June 1964.”source: Wikipedia: Lou Reed
1973 to 1978period
Club 82mentioned“From 1973 to early 1978, Reed was in a relationship with Rachel Humphreys, a trans woman he met at Club 82.”source: Wikipedia: Lou Reed
August 1974month
United Statesmentioned“Sally Can't Dance which was released later that year (in August 1974), became Reed's highest-charting album in the United States, peaking at No.”source: Wikipedia: Lou Reed
1983 to 1984period
Village Voicementioned“Who expected anything like this from Reed at this late stage of the game?" In the Village Voice, Robert Christgau called The Blue Mask "his most controlled, plainspoken, deeply felt, and uninhibited album." After Legendary Hearts (1983)…”source: Wikipedia: Lou Reed
1985year
Sun City (South Africa)mentioned“He also appeared on Steven Van Zandt's 1985 anti-Apartheid song "Sun City", pledging not to play at that resort.”source: Wikipedia: Lou Reed
22 September 1985exact date
Champaign, Illinoismentioned“In 1998, The New York Times observed that in the 1970s, Reed had a distinctive persona: "Back then he was publicly gay, pretended to shoot heroin onstage, and cultivated a 'Dachau panda' look, with cropped peroxide hair and black circles…”source: Wikipedia: Lou Reed
1996year
Rock and Roll Hall of Famementioned“Impossible doesn't mean very difficult, very difficult is winning the Nobel Prize, impossible is eating the sun." The Velvet Underground were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.”source: Wikipedia: Lou Reed
February 2000month
Bowery Theatrementioned“In February 2000, Reed worked with Robert Wilson at the Thalia Theater again, on POEtry, another production inspired by the works of a 19th-century writer, this time Edgar Allan Poe.”source: Wikipedia: Lou Reed
May 2000month
Romementioned“In May 2000, Reed performed before Pope John Paul II at the Great Jubilee Concert in Rome.”source: Wikipedia: Lou Reed
October 2006month
Dublinmentioned“In October 2006, Reed appeared at Hal Willner's Leonard Cohen tribute show "Came So Far for Beauty" in Dublin, along with Laurie Anderson, Nick Cave, Anohni, Jarvis Cocker, and Beth Orton.”source: Wikipedia: Lou Reed
June 2007month
Turinmentioned“In June 2007, he performed at the Traffic Festival 2007 in Turin, Italy, a five-day free event organized by the city.”source: Wikipedia: Lou Reed
August 2007month
Long Islandmentioned“In August 2007, Reed recorded "Tranquilize" with The Killers in New York City, a duet with Brandon Flowers for the B-side/rarities album Sawdust.”source: Wikipedia: Lou Reed
Two people documented in the same place in the same year is a correlation, not a meeting.
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How to read this page
Every line above is a dated fact taken from a source, with the sentence it came from and a link
back to it. Nothing is inferred, and a gap in the record is not evidence that someone was elsewhere.
A tag says how the fact is carried by its source: documented a structured,
explicitly dated record, attested a sentence that states the person was there,
mentioned a sentence that ties the person to the place without stating presence.
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