Changes

Again, more self-referential updates: besides working on UA issues over at the Desert Lamp, I’ve also started doing blogging on broader affairs over at The Kosmopolitan, a new publication that seemlessly combines low and high culture, serious analysis and Thackerian humor (it’s fair to argue that there is no difference), and the arts and politics — we hope. It’s starting to get under away, and I encourage you to explore the site — even in its infancy, there are a lot of great features already up. The blog, entitled Marque and Reprisal (intro post here), will also be doing a live-blog of the imminent presidential debate. Please tune in, adjust your RSS feeders, and don’t maverick play drinking games that result in stomach pumps!

Songs for these financial times

The Great Depression had Woody Guthrie; the Great Bailout will have poor Beatles parodies! All apologies go out to the Fab Four; the original lyrics can be found here.

Paulson and ‘Nanke, assets at your feet
Wonder how you manage to make ends meet
Who find the money, who seeks the rent
Did you think that money is feder’lly sent

Friday night arrives without a bailout
Sunday morning weeping with a gun
Monday morning’s House, they nixed the package
See how they run

Paulson and ‘Nanke, Bear Stearns at your breast
Wonders how you manage to feed the rest
Pay pay pay pay pay. . .
See how they run

Paulson and ‘Nanke, housing market’s dead
Not much you can do from inside the Fed

Tuesday afternoon the market’s bending
Wednesday morning papers, sturm und drang
Thursday night your LIBOR needed mending
See how they run

Lady Pelosi, Paulson at your feet
Wonder how you manage to make ends meet.