Question: At its worst, it's become a new refuge for the untalented musician, a fact that Ryan Adams from the band Whiskeytown owns up to in the song Faithless Street: I had started this damn country band/ 'cause punk rock was too hard to sing.
Ryan Adams acknowledges that he's not very good at singing.

Answer: yes

Question: Like a wave of shrapnel, digging into my skin- I had to take my jacket off.
The heat was so oppresive I took my jacket off.

Answer: it is not possible to tell

Question: Alcohol use among emergency department patients is not likely a problem that can be tackled by a single discipline.
Alcohol use has never been a problem for emergency department patients.

Answer:
no