[IH8Rice]

Nearly a year after surviving a plane crash in South Carolina, disc jockey Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein was found dead in his New York apartment Friday afternoon, his publicist said. He was 36.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/08/28/obit.dj.am/index.html



man, you survive a plane crash and you go out by OD'in

 

[BurlyShirley]

Never heard of him. Sounds like a jewish rapper?

 

[IH8Rice]

Never heard of him. Sounds like a jewish rapper?

Adam Goldstein does not sound Jewi....oh, wait it does

 

[jonKranked]

Sucks. He was a good DJ.

 

[GravityFreakTJ]

Given a second chance at life as they say and this is the outcome? I can't muster up any sympathy

 

[Bicyclist]

That sucks. Saw him live last Halloween, very talented DJ.

 

[Nick]

Given a second chance at life as they say and this is the outcome? I can't muster up any sympathy

 

[kazlx]

I'm on the who cares side of things. Nobody will miss him.

 

[RUFUS]

4th. You learn a very important life lesson and you flush it down the toilet along with the used needles because your life is so hard and complicated.

My custom title works for my attitude towards this thread.

 

[kazlx]

Yea, I love how people cry for a drug addict. If you see some crackhead OD'ing in the street you would just step over him, but since he spins dope rhymes yo, he deserves a memorial.

 

[maddog17]

no loss for me. i've never been a fan of those who go by the name DJ (fill in whatever stupid name you feel like using because you think it's cool and hip)

but what a pinhead for throwing his second chance away like that.

 

[Pesqueeb]

I feel like somehow I've been cheated of another opportunity to ask if it was auto-erotic asphyxiation.

 

[BMXman]

I'm on the who cares side of things. Nobody will miss him.

I'm pretty sure his family would disagree with you...wonder what people will say when you die

 

[BMXman]

but what a pinhead for throwing his second chance away like that.

my thoughts exactly...you survive a fricken plane crash and you temp fate again...or maybe he thought he was invincible since he survived the crash..hmm

 

[JohnE]

A DJ? That takes talent? Spinning other peoples music for people to dance to? No...besides, never heard of him...

 

[narlus]

A DJ? That takes talent? Spinning other peoples music for people to dance to? No...

ignorance is cute.

 

[stevew]

the sound gastric distress is more interesting than his music.

 

[narlus]

i personally have never heard of him nor his music, but there are plenty of talented DJs out there.

 

[stoney]

As someone of the "why do we really care?" school, I could care less. That being said, he was a phenomenal DJ... But not amazing enough for me to really give a siht though.

 

[narlus]

As someone of the "why do we really care?" school, I could care less.

how much less could you care? you imply there's room to go before your empathy level hits zero.


you were looking for 'i couldn't care less'...

 

[IH8Rice]

i thought he was a decent DJ, but i have no respect for people who OD, especially after being reborn after surviving a f-ing plane crash!

 

[JohnE]

Yeah...and if he OD-ed, I care even less...

No debate there are talented djs out there, those who mix and make a party out of nothing (Plus some alcohol and ex, throw in a roophy or three...) but I am tired of the celebrity for celebritys sake cult.

 

[stoney]

how much less could you care? you imply there's room to go before your empathy level hits zero.


you were looking for 'i couldn't care less'...

There is a still room for empathy. I feel bad for the family, and he was a good dj.
It's people like the German dude that tortured and raped his daughter for 20 years... those are the people I couldn't care less about.
But there is very little gap in empathy levels.

 

[jonKranked]

4th. You learn a very important life lesson and you flush it down the toilet along with the used needles because your life is so hard and complicated.

My custom title works for my attitude towards this thread.

So you smoke crack with needles in Vermont? Interesting.

I'm on the who cares side of things. Nobody will miss him.

I'm pretty sure his family would disagree with you...wonder what people will say when you die

Yup. I'm with BMXman.

A DJ? That takes talent? Spinning other peoples music for people to dance to? No...besides, never heard of him...

You try it, then report back when you have a hit record. Actually, report back when you've put together a coherent, in tempo track.


edit: for anyone curious to hear what his stuff sounded like, his 2 collaborations with Travis Barker can be found here:

http://www.trvsdjam.com/downloadpage/download_box.html



edit: I heard some more info on this on the radio during my commute this morning. Apparently he had been clean for years (his own words from a recent sound clip discussing his rehab show w/ MTV), but apparently some sh*t went down in his life over the last few weeks so that may have triggered him to get back on the pipe. Also, they said that close friends said he was suffering pretty severe PTSD from the plane crash.

For those of you who have never lost a close friend from drug or alcohol (or any kind of) addiction, you are flat out full of sh*t to say that no one will miss him or that they were a waste of life. Yes, the way the cause of death was stupid and preventable, but for those close to the victim its still a gut-wrenching loss.

 

[syadasti]

You try it, then report back when you have a hit record. Actually, report back when you've put together a coherent, in tempo track.

Looks like he already has one - DJ JohnE

 

[jonKranked]

Looks like he already has one - DJ JohnE

I knew it! JohnE is a skinny-white-boy-wanna-be- rapper!

 

[Sandwich]

survivor's guilt...

 

[jonKranked]

Apparently he was on Xanax and a few other anti-anxiety meds since the crash. Not known to bode well with recovering addicts...

http://www.tmz.com/2009/08/31/dj-am-dead-suicide/

 

[TN]

is this a "thoughts & prayers thread" or a "hey look this dumb ass who OD'd after a surviving a plane crash thread"?
either way.

 

[IH8Rice]

is this a "thoughts & prayers thread" or a "hey look this dumb ass who OD'd after a surviving a plane crash thread"?
either way.

the latter.

dude had all this money and he was smoking crack?
i think Whitney Houston said it best: "crack is for poor people"

 

[MMike]

I have no idea why this is making national news at all. Ok...he was some sort of local "celebrity"? People die every day. It was on our local entertainment new this morning on the the radio.


Who gives a toss? It's not like he was Michael Jackson or anything....

 

[IH8Rice]

it would suck if Michael Jackson died. dont jinx him

 

[Jim Mac]

ignorance is cute.

Just ask the Birthers!

 

[JohnE]

I knew it! JohnE is a skinny-white-boy-wanna-be- rapper!

You found me out...now I gotta go to PlasmaMonkey to hide my shame.

 

[Sghost]

Im always pissed when I have to alter what I'm doing because of some tard, but at least Weezer played an extra long set last night because of it.

 

[jonKranked]

A DJ? That takes talent? Spinning other peoples music for people to dance to? No...besides, never heard of him...

If you wanna hear what real DJ's can do, go check out "Entroducing..." by DJ Shadow. The entire album was made of nothing but samples.

 

[maddog17]

i personally have never heard of him nor his music, but there are plenty of talented DJs out there.

was he an actual musician? or did he just play records, do some scratching and mixing?

 

[jonKranked]

was he an actual musician? or did he just play records, do some scratching and mixing?

mixing/producing. I posted a link to 2 of his albums that can be downloaded for free earlier in the thread.

 

[TheTruth]

I am a robot, I don't hear lyrics. Beep Boop Bee Bop.

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[IH8Rice]

looks like this guy swallowed sht load of pills real quick
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090902/ap_on_en_mu/us_dj_am_4

The official told The Associated Press that six pills were found in the celebrity disc jockey's stomach and that the pill in his throat appeared to be the powerful painkiller OxyContin. The official didn't know how strong a dose each pill contained.

sad..