During my web travels today I uncovered a nugget of news that surely must be the seventh sign of an impending apocalyspe. Apparently my hero, former Velvet Underground frontman, Lou Reed has recently not only appeared in but SCORED an instructional martial arts dvd! Now if you’ve been over to my house more than once chances are i’ve made you sit through one or several of the films in my collection of amusing instructional videos. From MC Hammer instructing us to drive safely in residential areas in a long forgotten Drivers Ed film (in a segment in which he delivers the immortal line “You gotta be safe when you’re drivin’ in your hood. Don’t drop the Hammer!”) to the crown jewel of my collection Michael Bolton’s instructional softball video (simply mindblowing, no other way to put it). I must admit I was shocked to see the trailer for the upcoming DVD. This is easily the oddest thing that can be attributed to Mr. Reed since that whole “Metal Machine Music” debacle (for the record I think that album is neat). I suppose the jury is still out, but if you are in Nashville and a friend of mine you should prepare yourself to bask in the multi-faceted glories of this dvd at my house sometime in the near future. Lou found a reason alright and apparently it turned out to be Tai Chi. Who woulda thunk it?