A large portion of the audience walked out. Other than hocking Klipsch headphones & over-hyping the MMM art exhibit--this was the worst event I ever attended through Goldstar. I've been a big Lou Reed fan, so I was sorely disappointed. After he espoused his support for the Occupy Movement, Reed talked about $300+ headphones w/super narcissist Bob Ezrin for nearly 20 minutes! Can anyone say h-y-p-o-c-r-i-t-e? My friend was like, "Occupy what?" I feel sorry for the people who paid full price for tickets.

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Worst show I'd ever seen. Lou Reed didn't sing at all. Just talked about boring stuff from the past like vinyl records and old turntables. No preparation. The guys sounded like two burned out hippies. A waste of money.

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The advertisement for this event clearly stated it was a conversation with Bob Ezrin and Lou Reed. There were many articles in various newspapers stating this fact. Nowhere was there any mention of Lou playing any music. This was all about the music exhibit that had just opened at CSULB. So my expectations was that this would be just what was advertised so I was not disappointed. It was a conversation, not an interrogation. Bob made mention they have known each other for over 40 years, so any chat with old friends would start out casual and slow and then get to the exhibit, etc. Of course some of it was technical but very interesting. It was very boorish for the one young man to yell out "This is boring!" before the conversation really got started. He should have just quietly left if this wasn't for him. Apparently some people have low attention spans or have to check their text messages every second instead of listening. If someone felt it was not what they thought it was, then they should quietly leave - and some did later. The theater was sold out except for the last 4 rows. Later as the conversation got more technical some others in the audience quietly left, but it wasn't half the audience. And to dismiss Lou or Bob as old hippies because a person in attendance didn't understand what was going on just says more about the audience member. I think the event was priced right at the Goldstar price, but I would not have paid double for the event. It might have been a more interesting experience and it should have been suggested that the audience members experience the installation BEFORE the conversation then we would have been able to discuss the experience better. The concepts were very interesting and I don't think Bob or Lou came off as rude.

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“Conversation with Lou Reed and Bob Ezrin” was truly a terrible experience. Not only was the moderator, Mr. Ezrin, unprepared and unstructured, he was rude. Instead of the conversation about Lou Reed’s life, music, career, and experiences, Ezrin prompted the conversation towards the upcoming election, Occupy Wall Street, and irrelevant information about ear buds (and not even to connect to how ear buds can enhance a music experience!) We understand that Mr. Reed has a very particular style and message, but when some people in the audience asked him to talk about music, he insulted them using profanity and told them that if they didn’t like what he and Ezrin were ranting about, they “could get out” of the auditorium. People began trickling out, and when we could no longer tolerate their discussion, we were forced to leave early as well.

The customer service representatives said that many people had complained about the Lou Reed/Bob Ezrin debacle and that Reed and Ezrin had disregarded their contract agreement with the Carpenter Center in discussing those offensive and controversial themes.

Very sad that they Reed and Ezrin were so abrasive and unappreciative of fans who held so much respect for them prior to this event.

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