Gibberings CXIX: In B4 close...

[Infinite Jest]

Barry Kidston .... a depressing cautionary tale if ever there was one. He was trying to synth MPPP (a synthetic opiod) but fucked it and made MPTP instead which iirc gave him and some friends instant Parkinsonism.

Yeah, that's the one I'm thinking of, although they didn't give any details.

 

[jancrow]

Horrible tale... didn't pan out too well after those events either.

There was a slender silver lining in that advances in the understanding and treatment of Parkinson's were made because of that incident but obviously we're still a long way off from fixing the fucker.

 

[Albion]

Barry Kidston .... a depressing cautionary tale if ever there was one. He was trying to synth MPPP (a synthetic opiod) but fucked it and made MPTP instead which iirc gave him and some friends instant Parkinsonism.

That's horrific. Did their health deteriorate from that moment on?

 

[Ceres]

they were left with it permanently afaik

 

[brimz]

I Like This Lots

 

[jancrow]

That's horrific. Did their health deteriorate from that moment on?

they were left with it permanently afaik

I think it was rapid onset permanent fuckedness, there are a few articles about it online and I think a book. Kidston himself deliberately OD'd a while later.

 

[JessHalo]

It would be more subversive if it said ' Drugs Fuck Your Brain'

Sorry..i'm doing cynical, testy, bitch today.

 

[third eye squeegee]

..Whatever happened to Adam West?

I fear he got the order he was on about in the MDPV thread..

 

[ColtDan]

chicken flavoured ham... lol what the fuck

 

[swedger77]

Aye....not to mention VEGI-FUCKIN-TARIAN Chicken Ham!

 

[pinkpapaver]

Save hmv

 

[badandwicked]

I havent seen the news but heard on fb, 3 friends i know of out of work already if its true theyre going into admin.

 

[knock]

are there any high-street record shops left then?

 

[ColtDan]

Supermarkets and online stores will be the only thing left at this rate

 

[jancrow]

Yep, sadly HMV are in administration now. Over 70% of music is now bought online, and this seems to have happened quite quickly - I wouldn't be at all surprised if they signed long leases on incredibly expensive high street shops back when this looked far less likely.

 

[badandwicked]

Surely no-ones surprised at this.

 

[jancrow]

I'm surprised they didn't foresee it, or try to diversify a bit faster tbh.

 

[ColtDan]

remembered spending hours looking through cds in hmv back in the day, think the first cds i bought were from there were the slim shady lp and linkin park hybrid theory, loads of posters and crap. although if i recall theyre pretty over priced

 

[jancrow]

I'm talking Velvet Underground and Nico... on tape.

 

[Albion]

I'll miss the HMV speaker systems that often pumped out decent music while I played xbox in their stores. I really liked HMV's interior design too...That's something the online market can never provide.