{"id":742,"date":"2007-09-13T23:12:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-14T03:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2007\/09\/13\/addicted-to-heavy-metal\/"},"modified":"2013-10-16T01:55:23","modified_gmt":"2013-10-16T05:55:23","slug":"addicted-to-heavy-metal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2007\/09\/13\/addicted-to-heavy-metal\/","title":{"rendered":"Addicted to Heavy Metal"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p>There&#8217;s all kinds of addictions, but this one takes the cake &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>This past June a Swedish man, Roger Tullgren, 42, was granted supplemental income benefits by the Swedish government&#8217;s employment service. <\/p>\n<div style=\u00e2\u20ac\u009ddisplay:block;float:left;padding:5px;\u00e2\u20ac\u009d><!--adsense#smallsquare--><\/div>\n<p>Tullgren was granted this income based on his illness of addiction to heavy-metal music. 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