PAGE 18 THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY FEATURES January 26, 1999 Sweat and Burn WITH MARTIN SHusTER hope everyone had a productive hydrates. Bear in mind that you should never - especially proteins than you have be­ stated earlier. I recommend you trim your and enjoyable vacation. Before cut carbohydrates or even reduce them sig­ fore (create a means tor weight gain). and carbohydrate intake Jown a bit first. If the break, I spoke to you about nificantly. as they arc a good source of en­ you must sleep (create a time for weight gain). this doesn't work or produce an) suffi­ diet and the set-point. I will con­ ergy and arc required for all activities. ~otice that you do have to increase your ca­ cient losse:-.. then you need to start doing tinue to discuss diet thiS week. r II Next. I am sure some of you \\ant to bulk loric intake by a significant amount. Try to aerobic activity (jogging. biking. swim­ Ishare some nutrition myths '"ith you and up. You \\ant to put on some muscle. It\ not spread your meals out evenly during the day ming. etc.). tell you ho'" to gain or lose weight. an easy process. but it is not extremely com­ so that your body is anabolic most of the time, Basically, it comes down to this: If you First, several myths: plex either. It comes down to this: You must and make sure to rest and nap sufficiently. expend more energy than you eat during I. Fats are had for you. This is mostly work harder than you have before (create a The process of toning or trimming down the day, then you will lose weight. That's untrue. If you arc trying to lose weight. stimulus for weight gain), you must eat more is not so easy. either. but it is simple. As I all. folks. Until next week. stay healthy. you should still be consuming fat'>. In fact, you want to make sure to gel all of your Ef-<As (essential fatty acids) on a regular basis. Good examples include peanut, flaxseed and olive oil<>. walnuts. and oth­ ers. The ones you v. ant to stay away from are saturated fats; these arc mostly harm­ ful. Remember that all of your hormones are synthesized in fat, so make sure you never, ever cut fat from your diet com­ pletely. 2. E1'eryone require.~ the same amoulll of protein. This is another myth that is propagated b) a lot of people. including some members of the medical commu­ nity. In fact. it has been proven that ath­ letes and non-!>edcntary individuals re­ quire more protein. both to build muscle and to maintain it. So if you exercise regu­ larly (especially if you weight-lift). make sure to consume plent) of protein to re­ pair your damaged muscles. 3. Carbohydrates are not fattening. If you are trying to lose fat. the first thing I would recommend reducing in your diet would be carbohydrates. An) excess car­ bohydrates (i.e. carbs that are not used for anything) arc stored as fat. As Ameri­ cans. we tend to grossly over-eat carbo- Eh /.ukowsk• I Retriever Weekly Staff Ten Foot Pole: Insider reviews knows that llove my oJd school punk Tamara, who is a punk rock girl through and is prelly pissed off at Joe Queer now. because I was surprised to only see 12 tracks on rock and hate little pop-punks like Home through. She, of course, doesn't dig him like Queer not only name-checks Tim. but de­ the new Ten Foot Pole record from Epitaph Grown and Blink 182. Maybe Insider is just he digs her and Joe Queer loses out because clares him a trend. East coast/ West coast ri­ records. As I scanned the enclosed lyrics to as catchy and whiney as those bands, but at he isn't "ptmk enough" for her. valry developing? Awesome. insider, I noticed familiar emo stylings. least Ten Foot Pole writes whole songs, as Queer then responds to his critics with Late in the album, we fmd three tracks, two Though a tum-off for many, I've rece.ntly opposed to Home Grown's five-line numbers. "Everything's OK." Lately, Joe's been tak­ written by Weasel and one co-written by gotten into this tear-jerking genre of music. It is an album worth purchasing, and in re­ ing a lot of crap from critics for not being Queer and Weasel. I recall Ben Weasel's ac­ The album is catchy throughout. Let's face turn you find a nice, casual listen. Kind of punk, or, as Joe so eloquently states, "I guess count of first meeting Joe Queer. Ben was it: Epitaph releases pop-punk. Granted. I am like Jamaican cigars: very good, but no Cu­ I'm not a punk 'cause 1 stopped getting drunk excited because he had finally found another used to the crusty street punk of bands like ban. - Jolm C. Roemer and puking all over my shoes." band that contained 34-year-old men bitching The Boils and Violent Society. but this Ten After a few more tracks of cool guitar riffs about mowing the lawn and doing homework. Foot Pole album actually didn't tum me off. The Queers: Punk Rock Confidential and sweet basslines fused with a typical punk The sweetest love song on Punk Rock Confi­ Any fool could relate to at least one of these The Queers have revamped their lineup beat. we find ''Mrs. Brown, You've Got An dential has to be the Banana Splits cover, "l songs - and that includes every social label once again, jumped from their longtime la­ Ugly Daughter," a blatant rip-off of a song Enjoy Being a Boy."' an out-and-out love out there. bel Lookout! Records to Hopeless Records you'd hear on WQSR. Queer's song is so song. It's not too strange to find a bubblegum Tracks like "Officer, I Swear She's 19'' are and tweaked their style. This time, vocalist/ much more fun, .though: He fakes a British pop cover on a Queers album; this is Punk undeniably funny. interesting and. frankly, guitarist Joe Queer wrote a collectiOn of love accent through the vocals, which concern Rock Con{idelllial's. self-explanatory. Emo titling. such as "Noth­ songs w1th a little help from Ben Weasel of breaking up wtth a girl \\ho "opened up and This album is worth it. I've been a fan of ing to Lose" an~ "Another Half .\polog},'' Screeching Weasel fame. then shut the door." Screeching Weasel and The Queers for some makes this album almost IO\ able. Ten Foot Punk Rock Confidemial begins \\ith The integrity of this rc\ iC\\ would be :.ac­ nme now: the tv.o bands arc virtual!) msepa­ Pole concerns itself'" ith subjects ranging "Tamara Is a Punli:.'. \\hich kind of puts the rificed \\ 1thout a fev. \\ ords concerning ''Ran­ mble. It's great pop-punk for those sunny from self-destructive psychological disorder:. album into pcr!>pectiv<.. :-.lev. Hampshire s Joe cid \:lotherfucker,'' the alhuw ·s sixth track. days. :vtaylx! th1s'll help \\arm you up in these to self-hatred to hedomsm to love troubles. Queer is no typical street punk: he isn't even It bas1cally denounces all those punk posers helo\\-freczing temperatures we seem to be Yeah. love troubles: the undeniable and ac­ recogni~:cd at shows, because he doesn't re­ out there who love Tim \rmstrong's post­ experiencing in Catons' i:1e. -JCR cessible subject maucr. Who can't relate? ally care to dress hke a punk or act hke a Operation Ivy band. the Oakland-based Everyone who regular!) 1-.:ads these httle punk. ln thi~ ~ong. he's 'rytng to tmprcss Rancid. I \\Ould think that Tim Armstrong .