Robert Earl Davis, Jr.; better known as DJ Screw; was a southern hip-hop pioneer. DJ Screw was said to have been the originator of the "chopped and screwed" musical style that sweep the hip-hop world during the 90's. Just as he was about to break into national stardom in the hip hop industry, DJ Screw was found dead in the bathroom of his recording studio on November 16, 2000 at the age of 29. "The Harris County medical examiner confirmed suspicion that (DJ) Screw had overdosed on a combination of codeine and other drugs" (Sarig, 2007, p. 320). In an autopsy released a few months following his death, it was revealed that DJ Screw not only had toxic levels of codeine in his system but also Valium and PCP. A close friend of DJ Screw stated in a interview that he (DJ Screw) had in fact used the same drug everyday for the past decade (Hall, 2001). He was also known to be an advent smoker of marijuana. Those who did not want to believe his death was due to an overdose claimed he died of a heart condition, and although he did have an enlarged heart the autopsy showed no signs of heart disease. DJ Screw's former manager, Charles Washington, was on one of the only people to openly admit that it was in fact the codeine mixed drink called Syrup, along with other drugs that ultimately caused his death. The signs of drug abuse were visible shortly before his death. In an interview shot for a documentary about his life called Soldiers United for Cash; DJ Screw is seen smoking damp cigarettes that were laced with some type of liquid. The producer of the documentary; TJ Watford, claimed he feared DJ Screw was about to overdose. "Screw didn't seem to have any direction," Watford said. "He was talking in circles. I thought I saw a dead man wa...
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Alcohol has always been a part of feminine culture, but it took a dramatic shift in the early 20th century. In the book, Domesticating Drink, Catherine Murdock argues that during this period, women transformed how society drank and eradicated the masculine culture that preceded this shift. Murdock draws from a few different sources to prove her argument, such as: etiquette manuals published after the turn of the century and anecdotes from the time period. She provides many interesting and unique perspectives on how drinking culture evolved, but she shows a clear bias towards “wet” culture and also makes very exaggerated claims that turn her argument into something that is nearly impossible to completely prove.
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In Alcohol: The World’s Favorite Drug, written by Griffith Edwards, the many stages, views and sides of alcohol are addressed. Not only does one see the present effects of alcohol, but one sees the history and future of alcohol, both scientifically and socially. The author’s purpose was to demonstrate that alcohol has many faces to be differentiated and it has been this way for an extensive amount of time.
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There in front of her is a bottle; it reads quite simply “DRINK ME” (Carroll 14). At first, she was weary about the bottle. It could be poison, but she was not for certain. She did not hurry to drink from the bottle, and studied it for a while. She questioned the consequences, but it seemed that none were too frightening to stop her from
The rhythm of social life is changing, language is changing, tastes and preferences are changing too. A writer, who suddenly thought of using the gallant novel language of XVIII century, in our time would have seemed a ridiculous. Something similar happened in the views on musical art. Pop infrastructure dominates among the many musical styles today with its producers, performers, groups, image makers, fan clubs and all the necessary components. It has become an everyday sound-visual reality with an endless number of charts, popularity ratings, brands, music videos; with constantly appeared shocking rumors, star showdowns, scandalous articles in newspapers and magazines. Being a music producer, Bennie Salazar, one of the main characters of “A Visit from a Goon Squad”, could not accept the changing of tastes on the music. Seemed he just should be a part of this movement. But for him "the problem was precision, perfection; …digitization, which sucked the life out of everything that got smeared through its microscopic mesh. Film, photography, music: dead. An aesthetic holocaust!" (Egan, 24). Probably, many
As far as I can remember, alcohol has been a common issue in my life. Whether we were at the beach or just waking up, there was always an open bottle of beer or liquor. Due to the fact that my father was such a heavy drinker, my mother feared that I would grow an addiction as a result. Despite all the anger and regret that alcohol caused in my father’s life, I still feared that I would have an irrepressible impulse to drink. As the years went by, my father’s addiction and the challenges it brought in my life, eventually shaped me to become who I am today.
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It was around Two o'clock in the morning on April 14th when I was walking home from the local bar. The company had been especially poor that night, few people had been in attendance and those that had were the same dour faces that were always seen wallowing in their gloom over whatever wasted life they had once lead and were now facing the winter years from. Regardless of the disappointment of the outing I had endeavored to drink till closing time.