[lbo-talk] The Sting Meister

[Michael Pugliese]

   A few years ago I was in the Village Vanguard seeing the pianist Marcus 
Roberts when a beefy security guard who spoke no English blocked my path 
out of the men’s room. I was about to assert my God-given right as an 
American to leave any men’s room whenever I damn pleased, when I noticed 
the President of the Czech Republic (and a personal hero of mine) Vaclav 
Havel, leaving the club, trailed by Henry Kissinger and Lou (Reed). (What 
were they talking about before the set? NATO? The Velvets’ reunion? Henry’s 
fear of an international criminal tribunal?) Henry and Vaclav jumped into a 
limo, while Lou was stuck behind them in a jeep. I felt his pain, but I 
said nothing.
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