Friday, January 18, 2008

Unlistenable

I always knew Sean Paul was shitty, but this proves it.

Surgeons operated on Stacey Gayle's brain to cure a rare condition known as musicogenic epilepsy. Gayle was suffering as many as 10 grand mal seizures a day despite being treated with medications designed to control them. The condition became so bad she eventually had to quit her job and leave the church choir where she sang. Bummer for you chickie.

Eighteen months ago, she began to suspect that music by reggae and hip-hop artist Sean Paul was triggering some of her seizures. She recalled being at a barbecue and collapsing when the Jamaican rapper's music started playing, and then remembered having a previous seizure when she heard his music. Her suspicions were confirmed on a visit to the Long Island medical center last February, when she played Paul's "Temperature" on her iPod for doctors. Soon after, she suffered three seizures.

During the first surgery, doctors implanted more than 100 electrodes in the right side of her brain to pinpoint the abnormal area of her brain. The surgeons followed that procedure with a second surgery to remove the electrodes, along with parts of her brain suspected of causing the seizures. Within three days, she was released from the hospital and has not experienced a seizure since.

Personally, I would leave my brain alone. If I have such an adverse reaction to that music that my brain freaks out and reboots, I think it's clear it is bad. that's why you vomit when you upset your stomach, get a fever, or have diarrhea. You body has defenses against toxic substances and fights them accordingly.

Watch these at your own risk.



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