velvet underground

At his best, Lou Reed was to rock music what Jean Genet was to literature - a chronicler of an unsavory, lubricious underworld who compelled us to see beauty and grace in the dissipated and disturbing.

Dollar stores: Love 'em or hate 'em? This week's episode of "The Cheap Life" looks at the deals/no deals of shopping at dollar stores. Leave me a comment telling me what you think (on the YouTube page, not here) for a chance to win a $50 gift card ... and see Little Jeff scrubbing up in the bathtub!