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SPOILER ALERT Gossip Girl mom Kelly Rutherford (delightful actress, superfluous character) just let slip the true identity of the 'mo on the show. Oops!

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Tea-Swilling Musician Is Not Into Drugs

Moby, the purposely bald and nerdy musician frequently seen wandering the Lower East Side in search of commercials to score, is warning his brethren in the music industry about the dangers of drugs. "I look at Pete Doherty and Amy Winehouse, I wonder what they're going to be capable of when they're 30, in terms of cognitive and emotional abilities. Drugs burn you out," says the diminutive drum programmer, who knows too much about teabags. "You feel bulletproof if you're selling records and making money and everyone wants to sleep with you, but then things start to go wrong." In other news, somebody once wanted to sleep with Moby. [ohnotheydidnt]

3:38 PM on Mon Mar 24 2008
By Hamilton Nolan
1,198 views, 25 comments

Latest by n/a: I liked how in that "American Hardcore" movie he kept insisting that he was the lead singer of Flipper for one show and they cut to that other guy who called bullshit on it...oh wait, I meant to post this more »

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Scientists Discover Building Blocks Of Music: 40s, Blunts

FINALLY, medical researchers have completed a detailed study of popular music. But the results are staggering: American music is "awash" with lyrics about drugs, alcohol, and tobacco. Rap music was the most high, at a 77% drug-mentioning clip; Country came in second at 36%. Reuters shows its cute fairness agenda by quoting both Three Six Mafia and country singer Joe Nichols. It's a party for everyone! The bad news in all this? "The study did not quantify references to sex, violence, or expletives." [Reuters]

6:03 PM on Mon Feb 4 2008
By Hamilton Nolan
785 views, 20 comments

Latest by smartster: Ok I looked up the references in the original paper, and there are loads of studies that attempt to test whether being exposed to positive portrayals of drugs influences young people to start doing drugs. But most of these studies only more »