When I was a kid, cool was the antithesis of enthusiasm. Mezz Mezzrow used the term cool in Really the Blues, describing these guys who are getting stoned in a basement while the house burns down around them. Cool people didn't get excited, even if they were on speed. They wouldn't run around shouting 'fire'. To get belligerent or rowdy was definately uncool. Getting drunk in an exuberent way was uncool, so was being incoherent.
Coke heads often became uncool because of toxic psychosis. After a couple of days of heavy use they'd freak out, thinking they were under surveillance from cops sat in trees outside their house.
A lot of crap is talked about coke being harmless. When you mainline coke the buzz is very close to the OD level, so you're always chasing an OD. I remember these guys who used to fix up in pairs. The first guy would shoot up and OD. His buddy would bring him round, wrapping wet towels round his head and walking him round the room. Then there'd be 10 minutes of animated conversation while the buddy made up his fix. He'd then OD and be resuscitated. They'd go on like this through the night until the coke was gone, unless one of them didn't make it. Bit like Russian roulette. All 100% pharmaceutically pure NHS cocaine in those days of course.
Very few people can afford such big habits today. The jazz drummer Phil Seaman used 9.5 grams of heroin a day in the early 60s. That would kill not just one elephant but a whole herd.
Coke heads often became uncool because of toxic psychosis. After a couple of days of heavy use they'd freak out, thinking they were under surveillance from cops sat in trees outside their house.
A lot of crap is talked about coke being harmless. When you mainline coke the buzz is very close to the OD level, so you're always chasing an OD. I remember these guys who used to fix up in pairs. The first guy would shoot up and OD. His buddy would bring him round, wrapping wet towels round his head and walking him round the room. Then there'd be 10 minutes of animated conversation while the buddy made up his fix. He'd then OD and be resuscitated. They'd go on like this through the night until the coke was gone, unless one of them didn't make it. Bit like Russian roulette. All 100% pharmaceutically pure NHS cocaine in those days of course.
Very few people can afford such big habits today. The jazz drummer Phil Seaman used 9.5 grams of heroin a day in the early 60s. That would kill not just one elephant but a whole herd.
little birdie in the sky
took a poop
it hit my eye
i'm just glad that cows don't fly