“Comeback records always worry me, especially when they're made by one of my heroes, and I'd heard stories about Gil Scott-Heron recently, about drug arrests and prison terms and other troubles. I wasn't prepared for the ravaged shakiness of his voice on this record or the raw spoken word pieces or the dark electronic backgrounds.” MadeStoriesVoiceTermDarkWorryRecordsPiecesTroubleHeardHeroDrugPrisonPreparedBackgroundsComebackMy HeroSpoken WordHerons Author:Will Hermes
“People used to make records, as in the record of an event, the event of people playing music in a room, and now everything's cross-marketing, its about sunglasses and shoes, or guns and drugs that you choose.” PeopleUsedRoomsRecordsEventsDrugGunCrossesShoesMarketingYou ChoosePlaying MusicSunglasses Author:Ani DiFranco
“99% of my life I was lied to. I just found out my mom does more dope than I do(Damn!). I told her I'd grow up to be a famous rapper, make a record about doing drugs and name it after her (-Oh, thank you!).” DoeFoundNamesGrowsGrowing UpRecordsMomDrugMy MomDamnRapperLiedDope Author:Eminem
“Just for the record, I'm in favor of drug testing EVERY year just as long as it's a level playing field. The problem arises that a lot of these substances are hard to detect. So, it's very difficult to have true, drug-free bodybuilding competition, especially on the professional level.” YearsLongHardProblemDifficultLevelsRecordsFieldsDrugCompetitionFavorsAriseSubstanceTestingBodybuildingPlaying FieldsLevel Playing FieldDrug FreeDrug Testing Author:Lee Labrada
“The regime of control tightens inexorably in our schools, many of which now have video cameras, police patrols, chain-link fences, random unannounced locker searches, metal detectors, drug-sniffing dogs, networks of informants, undercover police posing as students, and a comprehensive system of passes so that there is a record of each student's authorized whereabouts at all times. What a perfect preparation for life in a prison or a totalitarian society!” SchoolPerfectRecordsDogStudentsDrugPoliceCamerasPrisonVideoAll TimeChainsPreparationLinksMetalsRegimesFenceComprehensiveLockersPosingUndercoverSniffingVideo CamerasInformantsWhereaboutsMetal DetectorsChain Links Author:Charles Eisenstein
“Revelations: A curious record of the visions of a drug addict.” VisionRecordsDrugCuriousRevelationsAddictDrug Addict Author:George Bernard Shaw
“The Hank Williams Syndrome: Come to Nashville, write some good songs, cut some hit records, make money, take all the drugs you can and drink all you can, become a wild man and all of a sudden die.” MenWritingArtSongDiesRecordsCuttingDrinkDrugMaking MoneySyndromesNashvilleHank WilliamsWild Man Author:Waylon Jennings
“A lot of rappers want somebody to always sing on their records. If you can hold a note, they're gonna' ask you to come and be apart of their creativity. At that time, they were eager and on the streets selling drugs or in the studio making music. That was a big part of our lives were I grew up.” IfsWantBigsAsksCreativityRecordsOur LivesStreetsGrewDrugGrew UpNotesStudiosSellingRapperSelling Drugs Author:Nicki Minaj
“Chávez inadvertently made the US drug war tactics look good. Quite a feat, given the disaster which is the drug war. After expelling the DEA (not necessarily a bad thing, given its record in Colombia and elsewhere), he failed to devise a credible strategy for Venezuela.” LooksMadeWarGivenRecordsDrugStrategyDisasterBad ThingsElsewhereTacticsWar On DrugsFeatsCredibleColombiaVenezuela Author:Rory Carroll
“If you don't think drugs have done good things for us, then take all of your records, tapes and CD's and burn them.” IfsThinkingDonePoliticalRecordsDrugGood ThingsTapeCdsProhibitionOld Records Author:Bill Hicks
“U.S. domestic drug policy does not carry out its stated goals, and policymakers are well aware of that. If it isn't about reducing substance abuse, what is it about? It is reasonably clear, both from current actions and the historical record, that substances tend to be criminalized when they are associated with the so-called dangerous classes, that the criminalization of certain substances is a technique of social control.” IfsWellsDoeActionCertainSocialGoalClassClearRecordsDangerousPolicyDrugAbuseHistoricalCurrentsTechniqueSubstanceReducingSubstance AbuseSocial ControlDrug Policy Author:Noam Chomsky
“You can't lie to kids about drugs. They know about drugs. You can't say they're just all bad. They know life is a little more complicated. I have never done heroin. I would never recommend heroin, but it hasn't hurt my record collection.” KnowsLittlesDoneKidsLife IsLyingHurtRecordsDrugComplicatedCollectionsHeroin Author:Bill Maher