The Roots of the Trainspotting Generation

"There is nothing sadder than an aging hipster," Lenny Bruce once opined. While there's certainly a kernel of truth to that statement, we believe the late comedian missed the mark by just a few degrees. Far sadder, in our estimation, is an aging drug addict, whose aims to recapture lost glory not by feigning interest in the musical trend du jour, but rather by plunging a heroin needle into their arm ad infinitum.

Such gloomy souls haunt the streets and "estates" of Edinburgh, Scotland, the...