Music & Policy

My lyrical blog is elsewhere. I'll just post links to pieces with brief commentary here.

[betweenyesandno]

He said, she said in the exercise world

This article from the NY Times' Well Blog (December 2010) summarizes a study that argues that exercising on an empty stomach burns fat more efficiently. It recommends going for a run first thing in the morning before breakfast.

This article from the NY Times' Well Blog (June 2011) reviews the evidence about  exercising on an empty stomach and offers: "Research shows that exercising in this way doesn’t offer any benefit and may even work against you."

The June piece doesn't even bother referencing the contrary recommendation in its own pages.

[betweenyesandno]

The thing that really attracted me to using that as an album title was that it was a perfect example of how post-Communist Russia had so embraced this crazed form of hyper-capitalism —the kind that has no regard whatsoever for human-beings— to an extent that would horrify even the most right-wing North American Republican capitalist. The 'face control' policy isn't that different to the policies enacted at various 'exclusive' night-clubs in New York and LA, but, in that classic Russian fashion, they just brutally call it what it is: it's face control.

Dan Boeckner (Wolf Parade, Handsome Furs)