Long_form articles
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McAsh, 'Evolved Long Enough'
(What Doth Life, digital) McAsh have not dropped an album in 24 years. The ska band's last full-length appeared in 2000, just one year after it formed while in high school. Since then, the Windsor outfit has experienced multiple reimaginings and a few reunions — including a virtual one during the pandemic to release "Oi (Dang)," a single about lockdown frustrations. The group has even had some meltdowns, according to its Bandcamp page. Now McAsh step into "middle age and median wage" to...
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Iran can be deterred, but not for long
After all of Iran’s bellicosity, after all its threats of further attacks on Israel with hitherto unused weapons, Iran is suddenly quiet.
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Here's How Long You Should Rest Between Workout Sets
There are legitimate reasons for powerlifters to wait five minutes between sets of squats, or for calisthenics devotees to set a 30-second timer before jumping back up for another set of pullups. There’s also a good argument that, for many of us, rest times don’t matter that much. But let's discuss.