Grab It While You Can

Lou Reed Street Art, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photographed by Chelsea Marie Hicks.

A call came through on my cell phone as I walked through Grand Central Terminal one afternoon. It was a number I didn’t recognized so I almost ignored it. Something told me to answer; when I did, a chipper female voice asks, “Would you like to interview Lou Reed?” Without skipping a beat, I say, “Of course!” The publicist eagerly gave me instructions as to when and where I should meet the rock musician and...