Surgery needed to listen to today's music

[genlock]

By FRANK ELTMAN, Associated Press Writer
Thu Jan 17, 10:50 PM ET



GARDEN CITY, N.Y. - Now that surgeons have operated on Stacey Gayle's brain, her favorite musician no longer makes her ill. Four years after being diagnosed with epilepsy, Gayle recently underwent brain surgery at Long Island Jewish Medical Center to cure a rare condition known as musicogenic epilepsy.

Gayle, a 25-year-old customer service employee at a bank in Alberta, Canada, 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.

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 hit "Temperature" on her iPod for doctors. Soon after, she suffered three seizures.

[Zak Tyler]

LMAO!!!!!!!!!!

not that it's funny that she's suffering, but there are sooo many jokes there, just waiting for the late night guys to take advantage of....

[Big Media]

Reason # 13,343 not to listen to Sean Paul (or any reggae for that matter {except Milli Vanilie}).

[Arp2]

Reason # 13,343 not to listen to Sean Paul (or any reggae for that matter {except Milli Vanilie}).

Agreed.

Milli Vanilli, regardless of whom it actually consisted, was great!

Reggaeton, on the other hand, has some cool stuff....the remix of Daddy Yankee's "Gasolina" was one of the hottest, bestest songs most never heard.....

[jag]

I respect you for that post, Arp2. I know it had to hurt you!

[SPIKE NESMITH!]

What's a Sean Paul?

/old

[ashton]

Reggaeton, on the other hand, has some cool stuff....the remix of Daddy Yankee's "Gasolina" was one of the hottest, bestest songs most never heard.....

I really wasn't expecting that from you. You should see the club go wild when that song plays - I'd say most in the 18-30 range have heard it.

[Scott Reppert]

Milli Vanilli, regardless of whom it actually consisted, was great!

Amen! And your sentence structure was good, also...