I'm now 135 but spend a lot of time sitting on the sofa reading the PRF and various other sites of internet vice. My muscle tone is non-existent and my exercise consists of walking a mile to the store and back for more food every so often. My body looks drastically different than when I was ice skating in high school, but the BMI chart says I'm pretty much just as healthy.
Yeah, if you work out at all, you're doing something different than most people do.
The other thing to keep in mind re BMI: "healthy" is usually associated with longevity, and caloric restriction is one way to prolong one's life. BMI is slanted towards longevity as an ideal.
Some people have other desires to fulfill, and sometimes those desires are at odds with not weighing more than the chart says they should.
Anyway, seriously, what my doctor said was that if a person has a muscular build, the chart doesn't mean much. He said getting up into 28/29 wouldn't be a good thing for me, but I already knew that two bills was about the limit for being totally comfortable. Two bills is at about 27 for me.
Wood Goblin wrote:Question for Tim:
Think back to when Silkworm were stationed in the Northwest. Can you name five bands from that region/time that you think were criminally (or otherwise) underappreciated?
Yes...only just:
Jessamine--All records are very good. Great bass player. Just a really good, inventive, conceptually rigorous band. Great people. Along w/Engine Kid, the only band with whom we had a full-on musical rapport.
Engine Kid--Often kind of incredible live. Records are good, but the guy at c/z refused to do any mastering on Bear Catching Fish, so it has that working against it. Angel Wings is very good. Beautiful guys and close friends.
Treepeople--Guilt Regret Embarrassment and Something Vicious for Tomorrow are very good records. Bonkers guitar playing.
We felt an immediate musical connection to these guys, and they influenced us in that regard. We didn't hit it off in a huge way personally, though we were friendly enough to each other.
Anything after Something Vicious is not really Treepeople and is best avoided.
Black Cat Orchestra--Records are very good. Mysteries Explained is the best one I have heard. Varied musically, but overall vibe is that of a Weimar Republic cabaret group, with overtones of the Mediterranean and elsewhere.
Music this eclectic is often served with a gross portion of smarm, but this group was always totally, completely, 100% reserved and straight up about what they were doing. Always rewarding. Nice blend of virtuosos and amateurs as well.
Walkabouts--Records are often kind of disappointing, though Cataract and Rag and Bone are good. The band has this very slightly raw edge that helps make them good, and it gets sanded off on a lot of the recordings. They're somewhere between Eleventh Dream Day and Fairport Convention musically.
I imagine Carla Torgerson is still an attractive woman. Apropos of nothing. Nice people. Chris Eckman always had kind things to say about Silkworm. We covered Hangman on the Even a Blind Chicken comp.
That is about it! And there were 1,000,000 bands in 90s Seattle!
