All Things in Moderation

Tribute to MCA

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   Mike, on May 17, 2012 at 11:45 am said:

   For us older folk, we lost another couple of musicians — Chuck Brown and Donna Summer. Maybe we’ll get a mash up of “Hot Stuff” on YouTube …

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   okiegirl, on May 17, 2012 at 11:55 am said:

   Thanks for this, nova, although you are correct that this is not my thing.

   On a healthcare note, you might find this video about the medicinal effects of music interesting (I did). It came to me with a pdf copy of an article published August 2010 in Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare 2010:3 137-141 (Dovepress), entitled “Music and medicine.” “Abstract: Healing sounds have always been considered in the past an important aid in medical practice, and nowadays, medicine has confirmed the efficacy of music therapy in many diseases. The aim of this study is to assess the curative power of music, in the frame of the current clinical relationship.”

   So will Beastie Boys be your choice if/when you are in a nursing home? I think I’ll go with some Motown sounds myself.

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   novahockey, on May 17, 2012 at 12:20 pm said:

   Chuck Brown’s passing has been quite the local story. I’m not too familiar with it, but go-go is very much a part of DC.

   That would be something else, okie. great video, btw. there are tons of studies on how environment — and i’d include music in that — assist in the healing process.

   My generation will be quite the sight in the nursing homes, with our piercings and tattoos, muttering to ourselves, “oh well, whatever, nevermind.” I don’t know how you use a bedpan ironically, but we’ll figure it out.

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   Mike, on May 17, 2012 at 12:33 pm said:

   okie,

   In addition to music, coffee may be good for you.

   “In this large prospective study, coffee consumption was inversely associated with total and cause-specific mortality. Whether this was a causal or associational finding cannot be determined from our data.”

   Starbuck’s, anyone?

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   novahockey, on May 17, 2012 at 12:45 pm said:

   i find starbuck’s to be too “burned” tasting. i like using a french press at home.

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   Mike, on May 17, 2012 at 1:12 pm said:

   nova:

   Starbuck’s definitely over-roasts their coffee. We have a french press at home too — we get our coffee from a local roaster that comes to the farmer’s market near our house.

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   Troll McWingnut or George, whichever, on May 17, 2012 at 2:07 pm said:

   I thought I was alone in not liking Starbucks!

   If you use a Keurig, Green Mountain’s Dark Magic is very good.

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   okiegirl, on May 17, 2012 at 2:50 pm said:

   Haha, all. Maybe we have found the commonality for ATiM participants: we don’t like Starbucks and we do like french press. Although in my case, I have to admit not liking Starbucks is for me as much a function of the traffic issues it creates at a small intersection near my house on my way to work.

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   novahockey, on May 17, 2012 at 3:00 pm said:

   If you’re ever in DC, take a few hours to do the tourist thing in Old Town Alexandria and check out this place. http://www.grapeandbean.com/

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    jnc4p, on May 17, 2012 at 4:14 pm said:

    “Mike, on May 17, 2012 at 11:45 am said:

    For us older folk, we lost another couple of musicians — Chuck Brown and Donna Summer. Maybe we’ll get a mash up of “Hot Stuff” on YouTube …”

    Good piece by Eugene Robinson at the Washington Post on Chuck Brown & Donna Summer.

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/disco-queen-and-go-go-king/2012/05/17/gIQAb8MkWU_story.html

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