It is being widely speculated that the King of pop died from a surfeit of pills and junk food.
Increasingly, the wild conduct once blamed on "raging hormones" is being seen as the by-product of two factors: a surfeit of hormones, yes, but also a paucity of the cognitive .
This year saw a surfeit of excellently edited collections.
Sasha Frere-Jones: Kanye West’s assaultive new album. Why are so many people fond of being mad at Kanye West? Is it his lack of control, his self-absorption, his boastfulness? Complaining about a surfeit of ego in a celebrity performer is like going to Barcelona and bitching that the locals eat dinner too late. We have no . . .
June 14, 2013 - The New Yorker