Laurie Anderson – performer, composer, artist and all-round superstar of New York's downtown avant garde – has spent decades probing the bizarre customs and rituals of American life. She's outraged by the president, inspired by Occupy.
But what has her worked up is a specific piece of legislation: the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which President Obama signed at the end of 2011. The act gave the president the power to order the military to detain anyone, American or otherwise, without trial, for life. "On the face of it, unconstitutional," Anderson argues. "That made me crazy. That's why I wrote Dirtday!" MORE HERE
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