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Contemporary Contempt

There’s this song, “The Gift,” by the Velvet Underground. It’s John Cale reading a short story about a guy shipping himself across the country to his girlfriend, while the rest of the Velvets jam on an instrumental number that sounds like Booker T. and the MG’s from Hell. What’s notable about the song, other than [...]

Can a guy get a sub-prime over here?

We took a look at a house yesterday. We’re not buying yet, and this is maybe the fourth house we’ve gone to see. I was kind of charmed by this place. It was in decent condition, but had clearly been made into a duplex and then rejoined. There was a clear line down the center [...]