Jonah, Pinkerton is not that much of an expert on vintage rock. The Velvet Underground’s White Light/White Heat dates from the 1960s, not the 1970s, and it’s usually said to be about Speed, not heroin. The Lou Reed/Velvet Underground song about heroin was called, well, Heroin. Pedantry exorcized, I’ll go and lie down now…
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Andrew Stuttaford is the editor of National Review's Capital Matters.
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