a song, "dumb", in which kurt cobain sings "my heart is broke / but i have some glue/help me inhale / and mend it with you". l7, an all-female grunge band, penned a song titled "scrap" about a skinhead who inhales spray-paint fumes until his mind "starts to gel". also in the 1990s, the britpop band suede had a uk hit with their song "animal nitrate" whose title is a thinly veiled reference to amyl nitrite. the beck song "fume" from his "fresh meat and old slabs" release is about inhaling nitrous oxide. another beck song, "cold ass fashion", contains the line "o.g. – original gluesniffer!" primus's 1998 song "lacquer head" is about adolescents who use inhalants to get high. hip hop performer eminem wrote a song, "bad meets evil", which refers to breathing "... ether in three lethal amounts." the brian jonestown massacre, a retro-rock band from the 1990s, has a song "hyperventilation", which is about sniffing model-airplane cement. frank zappa's song "teenage wind" from 1981 has a reference to glue sniffing: "nothing left to do but get out the 'ol glue; parents, parents; sniff it good now..." films a number of films have depicted or referred to the use of solvent inhalants. in the 1980 comedy film airplane!, the character of mccroskey (lloyd bridges) refers to his inhalant use when he states, "i picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue." in the 1996 film citizen ruth, the character ruth (laura dern), a homeless drifter, is depicted inhaling patio sealant from a paper bag in an alleyway. in the tragicomedy love liza, the main character, played by philip seymour hoffman, plays a man who takes up building remote-controlled airplanes as a hobby to give him an excuse to sniff the fuel in the wake of his wife's suicide. harmony korine's 1997 gummo depicts adolescent boys inhaling contact cement for a high. edet belzberg's 2001 documentary children underground chronicles the lives of romanian street children addicted to inhaling paint. in the basketball diaries, a group of boys is huffing carbona cleaning liquid at 3 minutes and 27 seconds into the movie; further on, a boy is reading a diary describing the experience of sniffing the cleaning liquid. in the david lynch film blue velvet, the bizarre and manipulative character played by dennis hopper uses a mask to inhale amyl nitrite. in little shop of horrors, steve martin's character dies from nitrous oxide inhalation. the 1999 independent film boys don't cry depicts two young low-income women inhaling aerosol computer cleaner (compressed gas) for a buzz. in the cider house rules, michael caine's character is addicted to inhaling ether vapors. in thirteen, the main character, a teen, uses a can of aerosol computer cleaner to get high. in the action movie shooter, an ex-serviceman on the run from the law (mark wahlberg) inhales nitrous oxide gas from a number of whip-it! whipped cream canisters until he becomes unconscious. the south african film the wooden camera also depicts the use of inhalants by one of the main characters, a homeless teen, and their use in terms of socio-economic stratification. the title characters in samson and delilah sniff petrol; in samson's case, possibly causing brain damage. in the 2004 film taxi, queen latifah and jimmy fallon are trapped in a room with a burst tank containing nitrous oxide. queen latifah's character curses at fallon while they both laugh hysterically. fallon's character asks if it is possible to die from nitrous oxide, to which queen latifah's character responds with "it's laughing gas, stupid!" neither of them had any side effects other than their voices becoming much deeper while in the room. in the french horror film them, (2006) a french couple living in romania are pursued by a gang of street children who break into their home at night. olivia bonamy's character is later tortured and forced to inhale aurolac from a silver-colored bag. during a flashback scene in the 2001 film hannibal, hannibal lecter gets mason verger high on amyl nitrite poppers, then convinces verger to cut off his own face and feed it to his dogs. books the science fiction story "waterspider" by philip k. dick (first published in january 1964 in if magazine) contains a scene in which characters from the future are discussing the culture of the early 1950s. one character says: "you mean he sniffed what they called 'airplane dope'? he was a 'glue-sniffer'?", to which another character replies: "hardly. that was a mania among adolescents and did not become widespread in fact until a decade later. no, i am speaking about imbibing alcohol." the book fear and loathing in las vegas describes how the two main characters inhale diethyl ether and amyl nitrite. television in the comedy series newman and baddiel in pieces, rob newman's inhaling gas from a foghorn was a running joke in the series. one episode of the jeremy kyle show featured a woman with a 20-year butane gas addiction. in the series it's always sunny in philadelphia, charlie kelly has an addiction to huffing glue. additionally, season nine episode 8 shows dennis, mac, and dee getting a can of gasoline to use as a solvent, but instead end up taking turns huffing from the canister. a 2008 episode of the reality show intervention (season 5, episode 9) featured allison, who was addicted to huffing computer duster for the short-lived, psychoactive effects. allison has since achieved a small but significant cult following among bloggers and youtube users. several remixes of scenes from allison's episode can be found online. since 2009, allison has worked with drug and alcohol treatment centers in los angeles county. in the third episode of season 5 of american dad!, titled "home adrone", roger asks a flight attendant to bring him industrial adhesive and a plastic bag. in the seventh episode of the fourteenth season of south park, towelie, an anthropomorphic towel, develops an addiction to inhaling computer duster. in the show squidbilles, the main character early cuyler is often seen inhaling gas or other substances.