You can learn a lot about a person—or, rather, the public perception of that person—not by typing their name into Google and hitting Enter, but by not hitting Enter. Because it’s then that Google will autofill the rest of your query in a game of instant word association. Punching in Lou Reed’s name along with any given letter of the alphabet will yield several complementary terms. Some reference career highlights (“Berlin”, “Rock and Roll”, “Velvet Underground”), some yield basic biographical info (“Laurie Anderson,” “New York”), some speak to some of his more curious late-career pursuits (“Edgar Allan Poe,” “Metallica,” “x10i signature edition...
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