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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 [...]

You look… ridiculous.

So I’ve only seen a few seasons of Project Runway, and I truly enjoyed it. It’s an actually interesting reality show – I like watching people be creative on deadline, with strict constraints. It’s sort of like the end of my college career, except that I didn’t get to dress hot girls in poetry. Come [...]