In Popular Culture
Someone getting or having the spins is mentioned in several books, including: Being Irish by Joseph Keefe, The Girls' Guide to Surviving a Break-Up by Delphine Hirsh, The Stranger Guide to Seattle by Paula Gilovich and Traci Vogel, Rag Man by Pete Hautman, The Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee Burke. Visual depictions of the imbalance or dizziness associated with drunkenness were also featured in Mabel's Strange Predicament and other Charlie Chaplin movies. The Pittsburgh rapper, Mac Miller's album K.I.D.S featured a track titled, "The Spins". Danger Ronnie and the Spins associate this into their name and music.
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