Jimmy Eat World – Sweetness on Letterman
November 30th, 2009
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Jimmy Eat World – Firefight (Tempe Sessions)
November 10th, 2009
Jimmy Eat World – Firefight (Tempe Sessions)
Jimmy Eat World-Pain
November 2nd, 2009
Jimmy Eat World-Pain
The Importance of Eating Well
October 18th, 2009
“You are what you eat” a famous doctor once said. And he was so right. Eat well. Eat an abundance of high protein foods. Keep away from too much sugar, starches, and fats. Take plenty of liquids. Avoid intemperate drinks, creamy rich pastries, fried foods, etc. Remember that your body needs the proper amount and variety of vitamins. Vitamin deficiency often causes run-down conditions, makes you susceptible to colds and illness. A sufficiency of vitamin intake is one of nature’s great safeguards against the premature aging process. Science has shown that vitamin deficiency robs you of vigor and energy. Let us quickly review some of the vitamins that are so important to the human body and list some foods containing these health-building vitamins.
Vitamin A
An early symptom of vitamin A deficiency is night blindness. Many motorists who find it difficult to drive at night may be suffering from vitamin A deficiency. Some times brittle, scaly skin indicates deficiency of vitamin A. You can get enough vitamin A in foods such as spinach, carrots, broccoli, oysters, peaches, chard, apples, cherries, lemons, oranges, prunes, peas, squash, asparagus, string beans, butter, eggs and cheese.
Vitamin B
A deficiency of vitamin B may lead to nervous conditions, poor appetite and malnutrition in children. You can get enough vitamin B in such foods as follows:
Vitamin B1, B2 and Niacin – beef liver and kidneys, fowl, brains, green leafy vegetables, broccoli, corn, peppers, spinach, onions.
Vitamin B1 alone – ham, pork, beef hearts, brown rice, nuts.
Niacin alone (Niacin was originally called vitamin G and is another vitamin in the B complex) – peanuts, pig liver, salmon, kidneys.
Vitamin C
Have you ever seen a person with bleeding gums or a person who feels depressed and tired all the time? He may lack enough vitamin C. Symptoms of vitamin C deficiency appear as swollen gums, sallow complexion, lack of pep. Foods containing vitamin C – citrus fruits, Brussels sprouts, tomatoes, liver, bananas, etc.
Vitamin D
Everybody knows how important vitamin D is to proper bone function. A lack of vitamin D may cause soft and weak bones that might easily break or fracture in tough sports competition, or in defending yourself against an assailant. You can get plenty of vitamin D from sunshine, milk, fish, egg yolks, fish-liver oils, butter, and cream.
Fuel for the Human Machine
Just as an automobile needs gasoline to run, the human machine needs energy to operate. The foods fed into the body provide the energy to run the human machine. In addition to furnishing the fuel or human energy, food has another major purpose. It is used for the growth and repair of tissues. Chemical analyses of foods contain carbohydrates, fats, proteins, minerals and water. Carbohydrates consist of starches and sugars. They are the chief source of human energy. Sugars are digested fast and provide quick pep and energy. Ex-GI’s of the Second World War will remember that chocolate bars were always included in their K and C rations for quick pick-up energy!
Starches are found in bread, potatoes, cakes, and macaroni. They certainly satisfy hunger pangs fast. But these foods don’t contain enough vitamins, and a diet exclusively of starchy foods leads to overweight and should be shunned by people not engaged in heavy work. The proteins are used primarily for the repair and growth of tissues. Eat foods with high protein content – milk, fish, eggs, and lean meats.
By: Jimmy Cox
Vitamin A
An early symptom of vitamin A deficiency is night blindness. Many motorists who find it difficult to drive at night may be suffering from vitamin A deficiency. Some times brittle, scaly skin indicates deficiency of vitamin A. You can get enough vitamin A in foods such as spinach, carrots, broccoli, oysters, peaches, chard, apples, cherries, lemons, oranges, prunes, peas, squash, asparagus, string beans, butter, eggs and cheese.
Vitamin B
A deficiency of vitamin B may lead to nervous conditions, poor appetite and malnutrition in children. You can get enough vitamin B in such foods as follows:
Vitamin B1, B2 and Niacin – beef liver and kidneys, fowl, brains, green leafy vegetables, broccoli, corn, peppers, spinach, onions.
Vitamin B1 alone – ham, pork, beef hearts, brown rice, nuts.
Niacin alone (Niacin was originally called vitamin G and is another vitamin in the B complex) – peanuts, pig liver, salmon, kidneys.
Vitamin C
Have you ever seen a person with bleeding gums or a person who feels depressed and tired all the time? He may lack enough vitamin C. Symptoms of vitamin C deficiency appear as swollen gums, sallow complexion, lack of pep. Foods containing vitamin C – citrus fruits, Brussels sprouts, tomatoes, liver, bananas, etc.
Vitamin D
Everybody knows how important vitamin D is to proper bone function. A lack of vitamin D may cause soft and weak bones that might easily break or fracture in tough sports competition, or in defending yourself against an assailant. You can get plenty of vitamin D from sunshine, milk, fish, egg yolks, fish-liver oils, butter, and cream.
Fuel for the Human Machine
Just as an automobile needs gasoline to run, the human machine needs energy to operate. The foods fed into the body provide the energy to run the human machine. In addition to furnishing the fuel or human energy, food has another major purpose. It is used for the growth and repair of tissues. Chemical analyses of foods contain carbohydrates, fats, proteins, minerals and water. Carbohydrates consist of starches and sugars. They are the chief source of human energy. Sugars are digested fast and provide quick pep and energy. Ex-GI’s of the Second World War will remember that chocolate bars were always included in their K and C rations for quick pick-up energy!
Starches are found in bread, potatoes, cakes, and macaroni. They certainly satisfy hunger pangs fast. But these foods don’t contain enough vitamins, and a diet exclusively of starchy foods leads to overweight and should be shunned by people not engaged in heavy work. The proteins are used primarily for the repair and growth of tissues. Eat foods with high protein content – milk, fish, eggs, and lean meats.
By: Jimmy Cox
The Youthful Powers Of Breakfast
October 13th, 2009
For years you’ve been assured that “life begins at 40.” And so it does – if your middle years are protected from the serious ailments that often sneak in with the 40th birthday. But I doubt if you’ve given much thought to the fact that youth begins at breakfast.
I consider breakfast the most important meal of the day. For me it is always a high-protein meal, with little or no pure starch of any kind. Nor is this merely a whim of mine. There’s a solid nutritional basis for eating high-protein breakfasts, and eliminating the pure starches from your “wake-up” meal.
My breakfast menu sometimes causes comment among my fellow breakfasters whenever I am away from home. I remember one morning in the dining room of a Pittsburgh hotel when I ordered sliced oranges, two broiled lamb chops, and a cube of cheese for my breakfast. The waitress repeated the order as though I had ordered hummingbird tongues, then set off doubtfully toward the kitchen.
At that particular time I was just beginning a series of difficult lectures, all the while trying to rush to completion the manuscript of one of my earlier books. I needed all the energy I could muster – and I knew that each day’s energy is supplied primarily at breakfast.
But the weary-looking couple at the table next to mine evidently didn’t agree with my choice of breakfast. For, as the waitress placed the platter of nicely browned chops in front of me, I heard the woman murmur to her husband, “Disgusting! A regular cannibal’s breakfast.” And then she and her husband smugly downed their own all-starch break fast of d patented dry cereal, sweet roll and coffee. Yet I’ll wager that around 11 that morning I had by far the most energetic body, and the best-controlled nerves of the three. And all because I had the foresight to supply my mind and body with the type of food – high-protein – that assures the most nourishment for muscles, nerves and brain cells.
Although you may not have realized it, your disposition – your “mood,” that is – for the day is largely determined by the kind of breakfast you eat. A high-starch breakfast starts you out for the day with your appetite temporarily appeased, yet with your digestive tract laboring under the burden of a lot of gooey food that probably will have you belching before you leave the table. As the gas from this undigested starchy mass accumulates in your digestive tract, crowding uncomfortably around your heart, you begin feeling as though you shouldn’t have gotten out of bed at all that morning. Your night’s rest apparently did you little good, for you are tired and weary even before the morning gets well under way.
And how sensitive you are on days like this! The least little upset is likely to make you either want to cry, or swear. Because your own nerves are “on edge,” you’ll probably end up by offending someone else. Nobody loves you, you’re getting old and touchy, the world is against you and so on, until you end up actually looking older because of the dreary thoughts you’ve been harboring. Yet all your fancied woes had their roots in the fact that you didn’t eat the right kind of breakfast!
Until someone can prove to me that a high-starch breakfast of fruit juice, white toast, devitalized cereal and white-sugared coffee contains any thiamin to feed hard-working nerves and brain cells, I will continue to delight in my own high-protein breakfasts.
By: Jimmy Cox
I consider breakfast the most important meal of the day. For me it is always a high-protein meal, with little or no pure starch of any kind. Nor is this merely a whim of mine. There’s a solid nutritional basis for eating high-protein breakfasts, and eliminating the pure starches from your “wake-up” meal.
My breakfast menu sometimes causes comment among my fellow breakfasters whenever I am away from home. I remember one morning in the dining room of a Pittsburgh hotel when I ordered sliced oranges, two broiled lamb chops, and a cube of cheese for my breakfast. The waitress repeated the order as though I had ordered hummingbird tongues, then set off doubtfully toward the kitchen.
At that particular time I was just beginning a series of difficult lectures, all the while trying to rush to completion the manuscript of one of my earlier books. I needed all the energy I could muster – and I knew that each day’s energy is supplied primarily at breakfast.
But the weary-looking couple at the table next to mine evidently didn’t agree with my choice of breakfast. For, as the waitress placed the platter of nicely browned chops in front of me, I heard the woman murmur to her husband, “Disgusting! A regular cannibal’s breakfast.” And then she and her husband smugly downed their own all-starch break fast of d patented dry cereal, sweet roll and coffee. Yet I’ll wager that around 11 that morning I had by far the most energetic body, and the best-controlled nerves of the three. And all because I had the foresight to supply my mind and body with the type of food – high-protein – that assures the most nourishment for muscles, nerves and brain cells.
Although you may not have realized it, your disposition – your “mood,” that is – for the day is largely determined by the kind of breakfast you eat. A high-starch breakfast starts you out for the day with your appetite temporarily appeased, yet with your digestive tract laboring under the burden of a lot of gooey food that probably will have you belching before you leave the table. As the gas from this undigested starchy mass accumulates in your digestive tract, crowding uncomfortably around your heart, you begin feeling as though you shouldn’t have gotten out of bed at all that morning. Your night’s rest apparently did you little good, for you are tired and weary even before the morning gets well under way.
And how sensitive you are on days like this! The least little upset is likely to make you either want to cry, or swear. Because your own nerves are “on edge,” you’ll probably end up by offending someone else. Nobody loves you, you’re getting old and touchy, the world is against you and so on, until you end up actually looking older because of the dreary thoughts you’ve been harboring. Yet all your fancied woes had their roots in the fact that you didn’t eat the right kind of breakfast!
Until someone can prove to me that a high-starch breakfast of fruit juice, white toast, devitalized cereal and white-sugared coffee contains any thiamin to feed hard-working nerves and brain cells, I will continue to delight in my own high-protein breakfasts.
By: Jimmy Cox
Having Their Cake and Eating it
October 10th, 2009
Not to be confused with the obscure, short-lived, John Peel-endorsed all-female rock trio from the ‘60s, Cake is a Californian all-male alternative group, which has been defining the term ‘geek rock’ for the last decade and a half.
Whether it’s the quirky and often sarcastic content of their songs, or the dry, rap-like monotone of lead vocalist and guitarist John McCrea, Cake possess many of the qualities the average slacker is looking for in an alternative to the, er, alternative. This sort of fanbase has lead to comparisons with bands such as The Dead Milkmen, They Might Be Giants and Camper Van Beethoven.
Formed in 1992, Cake soon built up a healthy cult following on the Californian live circuit, frequently playing the intimate Blue Lamp venue in their hometown of Sacramento, a city that has produced a number of world famous bands including the Deftones, Blackalicious and Jimmy Smith, a jazz legend dubbed “King of the Hammond B-3 organ”.
The city’s live scene remains healthy today, and hotels in Sacramento are available for anyone wishing to witness it for themselves.
Cake released a self-financed, self-recorded and self-distributed album, Motorcade of Generosity, the following year before signing a deal with Capricorn Records, which lead to some airplay of the album’s lead track “Rock ‘N Roll Lifestyle” on the influential American college radio network.
Their second record, Fashion Nugget, arrived in 1996 and was home to what would become the band’s biggest hit and best known track “The Distance”. The track was a massive alternative radio hit and even became the most unlikely of sporting-event anthems. On the back of the success of “The Distance”, a second single was lifted from the album, the band’s cover of Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive”. Mainly due to McCrea’s uninterested deadpan vocal delivery, a lot of critics saw the track as a smarmy put-down, despite the band’s protests that they genuinely adored it.
Soon after the release of Fashion Nugget, bassist Victor Damiani and guitarist Greg Brown left Cake to form a new-wave influenced band, Deathray. This left McCrea and trumpeter and keyboardist Vince DiFiore as the only remaining original members of the group, as original drummer Frank French had left prior to the recording of Fashion Nugget. For the band’s third album, Prolonging The Magic, Cake employed a tag-team rota system of five new guitarists, with each track featuring a different coupling. The band’s fourth album Comfort Eagle spawned another massive radio and MTV hit, and the band’s only number one single, “Short Skirt Long Jacket”. The video to the track featured humorous footage of randomly selected people in the street giving their reaction to the song.
Cake’s latest album Pressure Chief was released in 2004 and was followed by a b-sides and rarities compilation this year, with a live album expected early next year. Now having sold several million albums across the globe and continuing to tour exhaustingly (including a secret homecoming at the less-than-a-hundred-people capacity of the afore-mentioned Blue Lamp earlier this year), Cake seem to be having their cake and eating it, and enjoying it dearly.
By: andrew.regan.2006@googlemail.com
Whether it’s the quirky and often sarcastic content of their songs, or the dry, rap-like monotone of lead vocalist and guitarist John McCrea, Cake possess many of the qualities the average slacker is looking for in an alternative to the, er, alternative. This sort of fanbase has lead to comparisons with bands such as The Dead Milkmen, They Might Be Giants and Camper Van Beethoven.
Formed in 1992, Cake soon built up a healthy cult following on the Californian live circuit, frequently playing the intimate Blue Lamp venue in their hometown of Sacramento, a city that has produced a number of world famous bands including the Deftones, Blackalicious and Jimmy Smith, a jazz legend dubbed “King of the Hammond B-3 organ”.
The city’s live scene remains healthy today, and hotels in Sacramento are available for anyone wishing to witness it for themselves.
Cake released a self-financed, self-recorded and self-distributed album, Motorcade of Generosity, the following year before signing a deal with Capricorn Records, which lead to some airplay of the album’s lead track “Rock ‘N Roll Lifestyle” on the influential American college radio network.
Their second record, Fashion Nugget, arrived in 1996 and was home to what would become the band’s biggest hit and best known track “The Distance”. The track was a massive alternative radio hit and even became the most unlikely of sporting-event anthems. On the back of the success of “The Distance”, a second single was lifted from the album, the band’s cover of Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive”. Mainly due to McCrea’s uninterested deadpan vocal delivery, a lot of critics saw the track as a smarmy put-down, despite the band’s protests that they genuinely adored it.
Soon after the release of Fashion Nugget, bassist Victor Damiani and guitarist Greg Brown left Cake to form a new-wave influenced band, Deathray. This left McCrea and trumpeter and keyboardist Vince DiFiore as the only remaining original members of the group, as original drummer Frank French had left prior to the recording of Fashion Nugget. For the band’s third album, Prolonging The Magic, Cake employed a tag-team rota system of five new guitarists, with each track featuring a different coupling. The band’s fourth album Comfort Eagle spawned another massive radio and MTV hit, and the band’s only number one single, “Short Skirt Long Jacket”. The video to the track featured humorous footage of randomly selected people in the street giving their reaction to the song.
Cake’s latest album Pressure Chief was released in 2004 and was followed by a b-sides and rarities compilation this year, with a live album expected early next year. Now having sold several million albums across the globe and continuing to tour exhaustingly (including a secret homecoming at the less-than-a-hundred-people capacity of the afore-mentioned Blue Lamp earlier this year), Cake seem to be having their cake and eating it, and enjoying it dearly.
By: andrew.regan.2006@googlemail.com
Jimmy Eat World – Chase This Light
October 4th, 2009
Jimmy Eat World – Chase This Light
Jimmy Eat World – Blister
October 1st, 2009
yup its forest gump… awesome tune
jimmy eat world?
September 27th, 2009i love the song hear you me by jimmy eat world. but what does it mean?
Eating Out for Cheap in New York
September 19th, 2009
Dining on the cheap in New York City isn’t nearly as hard as you may thing it is. New York is a city of many nations in that there are probably more nations represented in the dining options of New York than any other city in the world. You can find wonderful food options that represent these many nations and won’t break your wallet. What a wonderful way to literally enjoy the flavors of the world while on vacation!
Rainbow Falafel is the first place I recommend. This may very well be the best falafel shop (if you can call it that) in New York City. If you’ve never tried falafel you are definitely in for a tasty treat. Falafel is essentially a ball of veggies and spices (chick peas, onions, garlic, and other goodies) that has been fried and placed into a pita along with tomato, hummus, lettuce, and yogurt. Getting hungry? We’ve only just begun.
Gray’s Papaya offers the best hot dogs in the city, particularly when you consider the fact that it is hard to mess up hot dogs, especially when that’s all you do for the price. The price in fact is what keeps packing the clientele in by the droves. Where else in New York can you get two hot dogs and a drink for two dollars? Be warned however that the décor and atmosphere are about what you’d expect in a restaurant that charged two bucks for the average meal and don’t expect a Jimmy Buffet type of atmosphere with umbrella drinks and neon colors.
For hoagies of heroic or would that be epic proportions you really must try Tony Luke’s. The décor is simple and the service is quick. You won’t find a huge menu or massive variety of specialty breads or carb friendly diet options here (there are some items but not a massive selection). What you will get are mammoth sandwiches with lots of meat and perhaps a side of cheese fries and a soda to wash it down with. The food is good and the price is right making this one of the best cheap places to eat in the city.
Whether you refer to it as southern fare or soul food, the Soul Spot has it going on. They offer many of the traditional Sunday dinner types of foods such as fried catfish, fried chicken, and vegetables dripping in ‘drippings’ for those willing to risk the impending heart attack. This food is certainly and fabulous example of the culinary delights one would experience in the south while also being offered at a price that is comparable to what you would pay on a Mississippi Sunday afternoon. They do offer a lunch menu that is a little bit less expensive than the dinner menu and either offers a great value for the money.
Schnack is another institution of inexpensive dining excellence in the great big city of New York. If you have a Krystal’s or a White Castle in your area then you’ll get the concept of “Schnackies” which are very much like the burgers you’ll find in the joints I’ve mentioned above. Be assured however that you also have other choices if the cheap little burgers aren’t really your thing. If you make it in before 5 PM you can have eggs almost anyway you can think of having them and if you have the time and the room you really should try Harry’s Famous Warm Chocolate and Banana Bread Pudding. My mouth is watering from just thinking about it.
The point to all of this, other than getting you good and hungry was to let you know that despite its reputation for being an expensive place to visit, if you know where to look you can not only find cheap entertainment but also cheap food. You can enjoy the best that New York City has to offer without breaking your budget. And cheap isn’t necessarily a bad thing.
By: Jake J Saab
Rainbow Falafel is the first place I recommend. This may very well be the best falafel shop (if you can call it that) in New York City. If you’ve never tried falafel you are definitely in for a tasty treat. Falafel is essentially a ball of veggies and spices (chick peas, onions, garlic, and other goodies) that has been fried and placed into a pita along with tomato, hummus, lettuce, and yogurt. Getting hungry? We’ve only just begun.
Gray’s Papaya offers the best hot dogs in the city, particularly when you consider the fact that it is hard to mess up hot dogs, especially when that’s all you do for the price. The price in fact is what keeps packing the clientele in by the droves. Where else in New York can you get two hot dogs and a drink for two dollars? Be warned however that the décor and atmosphere are about what you’d expect in a restaurant that charged two bucks for the average meal and don’t expect a Jimmy Buffet type of atmosphere with umbrella drinks and neon colors.
For hoagies of heroic or would that be epic proportions you really must try Tony Luke’s. The décor is simple and the service is quick. You won’t find a huge menu or massive variety of specialty breads or carb friendly diet options here (there are some items but not a massive selection). What you will get are mammoth sandwiches with lots of meat and perhaps a side of cheese fries and a soda to wash it down with. The food is good and the price is right making this one of the best cheap places to eat in the city.
Whether you refer to it as southern fare or soul food, the Soul Spot has it going on. They offer many of the traditional Sunday dinner types of foods such as fried catfish, fried chicken, and vegetables dripping in ‘drippings’ for those willing to risk the impending heart attack. This food is certainly and fabulous example of the culinary delights one would experience in the south while also being offered at a price that is comparable to what you would pay on a Mississippi Sunday afternoon. They do offer a lunch menu that is a little bit less expensive than the dinner menu and either offers a great value for the money.
Schnack is another institution of inexpensive dining excellence in the great big city of New York. If you have a Krystal’s or a White Castle in your area then you’ll get the concept of “Schnackies” which are very much like the burgers you’ll find in the joints I’ve mentioned above. Be assured however that you also have other choices if the cheap little burgers aren’t really your thing. If you make it in before 5 PM you can have eggs almost anyway you can think of having them and if you have the time and the room you really should try Harry’s Famous Warm Chocolate and Banana Bread Pudding. My mouth is watering from just thinking about it.
The point to all of this, other than getting you good and hungry was to let you know that despite its reputation for being an expensive place to visit, if you know where to look you can not only find cheap entertainment but also cheap food. You can enjoy the best that New York City has to offer without breaking your budget. And cheap isn’t necessarily a bad thing.
By: Jake J Saab