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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 [...]

I propose we have Jargon Neutrality legislation.

I mentioned Net Neutrality yesterday. It was somewhat vague, somewhat inarticulate, but mostly incoherent. I was very sleepy. It seems that NPR’s story on the topic (from the 21st) was similarly confounding for Jack Degolia. If that’s how you spell his name. He wrote in a letter to “All Things Considered,” “I had no clue [...]