Ill be honest with you

[sinestetici]

I have NO CLUE who DJ AM is. But I feel like maybe I should? Maybe you all could enlighten me. Was he actually a popular dj outside of Hollywood's elite? Does Paris Hilton know it doesnt take a fucking scientist to spin a couple of records

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[shellazure]

I dunno either, but John Mayer's twitter was all sad about it.

[sinestetici]

Everyone in Hollywood land is sad about it. I don't know...he was just a man who had already cheated death once. Why screw around with it again, you know? Esp when he had been "sober" for the last ten years.

Eh, whatever. I don't know why I'm being so hyper critical about this. I dont really want to care about it. But I've had a lot of friends OD and pass, and it's sad that the same people who mourn the DJ AM and Heath Ledger types were always the first to pass judgment on said friends.

[shellazure]

Don't forget, famous (or semi-famous) people can do no wrong. Look at Bret Michaels and Michael Vick.

[korperschwache]

I'm a bit less harsh than some about falling off the wagon, because I know how easy it is, even when you've been sober a long time -- contrary to what some people think, it doesn't get any easier just because you've been sober a long time. And I'm sure he spent all of his time around people who were drinking and doping constantly, which never helps. Which is not to say that he shouldn't have known better. Then again, addicts are rarely in possession of good judgment -- that's how they got to be addicts in the first place, nu?

[korperschwache]

He was apparently famous for being a DJ who hung out with famous people. I'd never heard of him either, but I don't follow DJ culture, and I'm sure the people who do never heard of Chris Witchhunter when he died, and that was big news in the (metal) circles I run in, so.... everything is relative, even in death. Or something like that.

I suspect the very fact that he escaped such a major disaster may well have convinced him on some level that he was invincible, thus the decision to apparently continue shooting up. I have a hard time working up sympathy for people dumb enough to do heroin or speed, though, so I won't be wasting any tears on the doofus.

BTW, congratulations on your new management deal -- I can't remember now if I said that or not, so there you go!

[sinestetici]

Hey thank you so much! I'm ridiculously excited about the possibilities and doors that are opening up as we speak. It feels good...like I've been living in a tunnel for a couple of years and finally I'm seeing some kind of light. It's a good feeling :)