Arts, Briefly: Alcohol and Drugs Abound in Pop? Who Knew?
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Lyrics about drugs, alcohol and tobacco pervade popular music in the United States, according to a study published in the journal Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, Reuters reported. The report of a team led by Dr. Brian Primack of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and released on Monday calculated that Americans from ages 15 to 18 listening to 2.4 hours of music a day hear 84 references to substances daily and more than 30,000 annually. About two-thirds of the references put drugs, alcohol and tobacco in a positive light by associating them with sex, partying and humor, the study said. Some genres, like rap and country in comparison with pop, have more references than others. The team used Billboard charts to identify the most popular songs of 2005, based on sales and airplay. They selected the 279 most popular from country, pop, R&B, rap and rock to examine for references to drugs, alcohol and tobacco. One third had explicit references; 42 percent had some kind of substance abuse reference. Jonathan Lamy, a spokesman for the Recording Industry Association of America, said, âWhile we have not had the opportunity to thoroughly assess the study, itâs important to note that music is generally a reflection of society.â He noted that albums carry parental advisory logos.
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Sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll are all well and good, but as the years pass they get harder to do gracefully. Well, at least the drugs and rock 'n' roll part, hangovers and amp-induced tinnitus taking longer and longer to recover from and hurting more than they did in the old days.
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From the blockbusters you know about to the art exhibitions you should know about, the pop culture events to look for
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The question du jour is this: IsBritney Spears&#39; white-trash marriage legal or will the pop tart have to do it One More Time? Us Weekly rang in with a story yesterday claiming
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You only need one word to sum up the year in pop 2004: Usher. Clearly, it was his house. The rest of us were just overnight visitors.
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A Brazilian pop producer who was  killed earlier this month when he slammed his motorcycle into a  car after leaving the Latin Grammy awards was under the  influence of alcohol at the time of the crash, a coroner's  spokesman said on Tuesday.
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Pediatricians may think they know whether a teenage patient is using alcohol or drugs and to what extent, but a new study finds doctors greatly misjudge the problem.
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Michael Levy. Q: How common is it for someone to both have a drinking problem and a drug problem? My son basically uses everything and anything he can get his hands on.
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Tycho:   One of the questions during a a panel at PAX had to do with the italicised line at the end of each day's post.  They're almost always song lyrics, and back before we were paying for bandwidth (and before RIAA rape gangs were prowling the web) these lines used to link directly to the MP3.  I maintained the practice afterward because it's sort of like a song of the day, and I like the idea that someone might be struck by a strange turn of phrase and seek out a piece of music.  It also serves as a gauge of my mental state at the moment.  Today's song, for example, is Stan Rodgers' incredible live version of the sea shanty "Rolling Down To Old Maui," which Pandora kicked out after about a week of tuning the station.  I've listened to it about thirty times today.    The person who asked the question at the con complimented my musical tastes, and I accepted the compliment, but I'm almost always late to the scene.  I just bought Interpol's "Turn On The Bright Lights," for chrissakes.  I'm mostly lucky to know people who do have unique library.  I told him I would mention a few of my favorite bands on the site, but then I forgot.  Essentially, it's music that cool people were listening to a decade ago (where applicable).  I am a musical carrion bird.    He wanted me to list off a few bands, and I said I would last week, but then I forgot.  These are the first ten albums I could think of.    "Starless" by Shiner
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The latest station stop on the pop-star train wreck's itinerary involves kids and cops and EMTs and gurneys and lawyers and an unspecified intoxicating substance.
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A study of people's taste in music reveals a quarter of classical music buffs have tried cannabis.
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Fairgrounds boast bands that time, and the pop charts, forgot. REO Speedwagon is still around - who knew?
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Arts & entertainment: Things are changing on the airwaves. Caroline Sullivan finds Radio 1 ditching rock for 'pop'
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A couple of Rolling Stones had a few words of counsel for todayâs drug-prone young musicians, Reuters reported.
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The new breed of pop singers loves to tell us about the burdens of stardom. Their music is better when they don't.
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Pop culture, society's meeting ground, has the privilege of playing a starring role in its conflicts.
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WASHINGTON It&#39;s not just a cliché: Sex and drugs often do go together. A survey of US teenagers shows that youths who say that at least half their friends are having sex are more likely to report having tried marijuana, alcohol and cigarettes.