erg workout playlist for 10 minute/3 minute intervals

This one is still in progress; I’m trying to arrange so lower intensity songs land in the intervals, but it’s difficult to get it exactly.

Brave – Sara Bareilles – 3:43
Roar – Katy Perry – 3:45
I Love It – Icona Pop – 2:39
Feel This Moment – Pitbull feat. Christina Aguilera – 3:52
Come & Get It – Selena Gomez – 3:54
A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got) – Fergie, Q-Tip & GoonRock – 4:01
I Was a Teenage Anarchist – Against Me! – 3:15
It’s A Beautiful Day – Michael Bublé – 3:21
My Songs Know What You Did In the Dark (Light Em Up) – Fall Out Boy – 3:07
Scream and Shout – will.i.am Feat. Britney Spears – 4:47
Heart Attack – Demi Lovato – 3:34
Daylight – Maroon 5 – 3:48
Blurred Lines – Robin Thicke – 4:25
Bang Bang – will.i.am – 4:39
Play Hard – David Guetta Feat. Ne-Yo & Akon – 3:23
Radioactive – Imagine Dragons – 3:09
Closer – Tegan and Sara – 3:29
Troublemaker – Olly Murs Feat. Flo Rida – 3:09
Stay – Rihanna feat. Mikky Ekko – 4:03
We Can’t Stop – Miley Cyrus – 3:55
Right Now – Rihanna feat. David Guetta – 3:04
Stompa – Serena Ryder – 3:42
I Need Your Love – Calvin Harris feat. Ellie Goulding – 3:57
Clarity – Zedd Feat. Foxes – 4:34

I’m not a fan of hardcore songs when I’m on the erg. I don’t want to listen to music that sounds like people being tortured while I’m trying to work out; negative association. I like to pick happy, encouraging music.

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10 Anthems for a Feminist Revolution

According to spinner magazine, these are the tops: (linked to mp3 download or album on Amazon.com)

10. Salt-n-Pepa, ‘None Of Your Business’
(from the album Very Necessary)

9. Carole King, ‘<(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman' (from the album 30 Greatest Hits)

7. Bratmobile, ‘Cool Schmool’
(from the album Pottymouth)

6. The Raincoats, ‘Lola’
(from the album The Raincoats)

5. Bikini Kill, ‘Rebel Girl’
(from the album Pussy Whipped)

4. Destiny’s Child, ‘Independent Women Part I
(from the album Survivor

3. Patti Smith, ‘Piss Factory
(from the album Land (1975-2002))

2. Nina Simone, ‘Four Women’
(from the album The Best Of Nina Simone)

1. Team Dresch, ‘She’s Amazing’
(from the album Personal Best)

Their analysis of what each song brings to the table is solid; check it out.

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Space Girl Mix-a-Mix

Space Girl / The Imagined Village / 3:57
Pumped Up Kicks / Foster the People / 3:58
Skinny Genes / Eliza Doolittle / 3:05
King of Anything / Sara Bareilles / 3:29
Chinese Translation / M. Ward / 4:01
Annabelle Lee / Sarah Jarosz / 3:10
Two Weeks / Grizzly Bear / 4:03
Walcott / Vampire Weekend / 3:41
Portions for Foxes / Rilo Kiley / 4:45
Come A Little Bit Closer / Jay And The Americans / 2:48
Novocaine for the Soul / Eels / 3:09
Drumming Song / Florence + The Machine / 3:43
Rumour Has It / Adele / 3:43
Set Fire to the Rain / Adele / 4:02
The Edge Of Glory / Lady Gaga / 5:21
Jar of Hearts / Christina Perri / 4:07
Love Machine / God-Des & She / 3:25
She Means Everything To Me / Philippe, Louis / 3:54
Secret / The Pierces / 3:49
Sucks To Be You / Prozzäk / 3:19
Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh / Say Hi / 2:52

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Life Shuffle

Having been tagged by Cordelia, I cheerfully submit my answers to this meme.
The Instructions:

1. Put your music player on shuffle.
2. Press forward for each question.
3. Use the song title as the answer to the question even if it doesn’t make sense. NO CHEATING!
(I’m going to break the rules right away, and use my entire iTunes library, which currently stands at 23,056 songs. We’ll see what that gets me.)
1. How do you feel today? Can’t Get Used to Losing You (Andy Williams)
2. Will you get far in life? Barbara Bush Quote – the underprivileged are better off
3. How do your friends see you? The Lottery (Alex North)
4. Where will you get married? Rhythm is a Dancer (Snap!)
5. What is my best friend’s theme song? Stoppin’ Traffic/Party at Erics! (Kid Koala & Herbaliser
6. If someone says, “Is this ok?”, you say: Body (Hurra Torpedo)
7. What would best describe your personality? I Never Changed (The Exploited)
8. What do you like in a girl/guy? You and Me (The Cranberries)
9. What is your life’s purpose? Tamburitza Linga (Ani DiFranco)
10. What is your motto? Bad Mouth (Fugazi)
11. What do you think about often? Rabbit in Your Headlights (U.N.K.L.E.)
12. What is your life story? Thuggish Ruggish Bone (Bone Thugs ‘N’ Harmony)
13. What do you want to be when you grow up? worked up so sexual/Death Cab Mix (The Faint)
14. What do you think when you see a person you like? Oce Moj (Sinan Sakic)
15. What will they play at your funeral? Midnight Rider (Gregg Allman)
16. What is your biggest secret? The Undertones (Teenage Kicks)
17. What do you think of your friends? Xylophone (The Magnetic Fields)
18 What’s the worst that could happen? Come Away with Me (Norah Jones)
19. How will you die? Lion (Sandra Bezic)
20. What is the one thing you regret? Sit on my Face (Monty Python)
21. What makes you laugh? I Hope (Dixie Chicks)
22. What makes you cry? All Things Dull and Ugly (Monty Python)
23. Who is your secret admirer? Pool Shark (Sublime)
24. If you could go back in time, what would you change? Carcass (Siouxsie & The Banshees)
25. What hurts right now? Mistake No. 3 (Culture Club)

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Death by lion? I guess that sounds about right. And I have no comment about number 20.

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2008/02 Winter Mix

1 If You Want Me / Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova / Once (Original Soundtrack)
2 Falling Slowly / Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova / Once (Original Soundtrack)
3 Gay Messiah / Rufus Wainwright / True Colors (Soundtrack to the Logo Documentary)
4 City of Immigrants (feat. Forro In the Dark) / Steve Earle / Washington Square Serenade
5 Thread / k.d. lang / Watershed
6 Elenore / The Turtles / The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands
7 The March / Astra Heights / The March – Single of the Week
8 Anyone Else But You / The Moldy Peaches / Juno
9 This Heart / Nanci Griffith / The BoDeans / Flyer
10 Leader and the Falcon / Head of Femur / Leader and the Falcon
11 Radio Nowhere / Bruce Springsteen / Magic
12 The Golden State / John Doe / A Year In The Wilderness
13 Oh Yeah / The Cliks / True Colors (Soundtrack to the Logo Documentary)
14 Oxford Comma / Vampire Weekend / Vampire Weekend (Blue CD-R)
15 Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On) / Robert Plant & Alison Krauss / Raising Sand
16 New Soul / Yael Naïm / New Soul – Single
17 1 2 3 4 / Feist / The Reminder
18 Billy Brown / Mika / Life In Cartoon Motion
19 The Wrath Of Marcie / The Go! Team / Proof Of Youth
20 Message To Myself / Melissa Etheridge / The Awakening
21 Takin’ Off This Pain / Ashton Shepherd / Takin’ Off This Pain – Single of the Week
22 Better Get to Livin’ / Dolly Parton / Better Get to Livin’ – Single

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Route 66 Space Mix

I think I have something close to a final version of my music mix for the CD swap we’re doing for our Route 66 trip. I want to listen to it through a couple of times. It’s a bit on the cheesy and obvious side, but that’s okay. I’d do better if I had all my music ripped, but that’s not going to be complete any time soon, so this will have to do.

The Mothership Calls – Close Encounters of the Third Kind – 0:30
Route 66 – Nat King Cole – 2:50
Meet Me in St. Louis – Judy Garland – 2:14
Oklahoma – from Oklahoma – Alfred Drake And Chorus – 2:32
(Is This The Way To) Amarillo – Tony Christie – 3:11
Take It Easy – The Eagles – 3:30
California, Here I Come – Al Jolson – 2:26
Lost Highway – Hank Williams – 2:44
Riding In My Car – Bruce Springsteen – 1:55
King of the Road – Roger Miller – 2:27
America – Simon & Garfunkel – 3:32
Ramblin’ Man – The Allman Brothers Band – 4:48
Born To Run – Bruce Springsteen – 4:30
Born To Be Wild – Steppenwolf – 3:27
Convoy – C.W. McCall – 3:49
Driving My Life Away – Eddie Rabbit – 3:11
There’s A Barbarian In The Back Of My Car – Voice Of The Beehive – 2:49
Take Me Off to Space – Nenslo – 2:16
Hotrod Supernova – Destination: Earth! – 2:09
It’s the End of the World – Saint N & Sister Hellena Handbasket – 3:59
Behind The Wheel (7″ Remix) – Depeche Mode – 4:04
Route 66 – Depeche Mode – 4:09
And, depending on what I can work up, the cover art:
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Steph Sold Her House Mix

Douglas made me this mix, in celebration of selling my house.
The Creeps – Camile Jones Vs. Fedde Le Grande
She’s My Man – Scissor Sisters
Miracle – Cascada
By The Way – Jenna Drey
Glamourous – Fergie feat. Ludacris
She’s Madonna – Robbie Williams
Love Today – Mika
Take It – Tom Novay and Lima
Girlfriend – Avril Lavigne
Minimal – Pet Shop Boys
Dare Me – Junior Jack
Lil’ Star – Kelis feat. Ceelo
Ruby – Kaiser Chiefs
This Ain’t a Scene, It’s An Arms Race – Fall Out Boy
Read My Mind – The Killers
Standing in The Way of Control – The Gossip
New Shoes – Paolo Nutini
Lost Without U – Robin Thicke
So Not Over You – Simply Red
I Need to Wake Up – Melissa Etheridge

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The Best of All Possible Worlds – Cate’s CD Club Mix

The CD mix I’m working on for my friend Cate’s CD Exchange Club. I still need to finish the liner notes, print them all out and slice up the paper to fit the cases, burn the CDs, and put everything together. And I’m considering substituting in a different song from Hogeye Naavy for one song or another. The picture included is a sculpture in Münster, Germany, where Cate lives. Every ten years, Münster holds an art festival in which sculptures are installed throughout the city. The best become permanent parts of the city landscape.

The Best of All Possible Worlds

  1. Best Of All Possible Worlds | The Little Willies | The Little Willies | 3:06
  2. Sister Kate | The Ditty Bops | The Ditty Bops | 2:26
  3. Coin-Operated Boy | The Dresden Dolls | The Dresden Dolls | 4:47
  4. La goualante du pauvre Jean | Édith Piaf | Éternelle | 2:04
  5. Give a Little Whistle | Michelle Shocked | Got No Strings | 2:22
  6. Shoefly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy | Ella Fitzgerald | | 2:38
  7. Organ Grinder’s Swing | Ella Fitzgerald | Ella Fitzgerald: The Early Years, Pt. 1 (1935-1938) | 2:51
  8. Smiley Faces | Gnarls Barkley | St. Elsewhere | 3:05
  9. Ramalama (Bang Bang) | Roisin Murphy | Ruby Blue | 3:36
  10. Steady, As She Goes | The Raconteurs | Steady, As She Goes – Single | 3:36
  11. Ooh La La | Goldfrapp | Supernature | 3:25
  12. Suddenly I See | KT Tunstall | Eye to the Telescope | 3:21
  13. You Are the Light | Jens Lekman | When I Said I Wanted To Be Your Dog | 3:23
  14. Rock & Roll Queen | The Subways | Rock & Roll Queen | 2:52
  15. Unwritten | Natasha Bedingfield | Ice Princess | 4:18
  16. Mary Jane | Rick James | Anthology | 4:57
  17. Foxy Break Beat | Jimmi Hendrix vs. Propellerheads vs. Death in Vegas | DJ Moule | 4:11
  18. Dont Hold Back (Sweet Jane) | R. Kelly Vs. Velvet Underground | Go Home Productions | 4:16
  19. Butterfly | Dance Dance Revolution | Dance Dance Revolution | 2:57
  20. Standing In The Way Of Control | The Gossip | Standing In The Way Of Control | 4:17
  21. Walk Away | Kelly Clarkson | Breakaway | 3:08
  22. Put a Lid On It – Big Brother Remix | Maxwell/Mosher | Maxwell/Mosher | 2:45
  23. Hips Don’t Lie | Shakira ft Wyclef Jean | Oral Fixation Vol. 2 | 3:39
  24. Buttons | Pussycat Dolls / feat Snoop Dogg | PCD | 3:52
  25. Dirty Little Secret | The All American Rejects | Move Along | 3:16
  26. I Write Sins Not Tragedies | Panic! At The Disco | A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out | 3:07
  27. Kate’s Song | The General & Duchess Collins | Calling Earth | 2:38
  28. Molecular Love | The General & Duchess Collins | Calling Earth | 3:19
  29. One Of Us Is Gonna Die Young | The Ark | State Of The Ark | 3:31
  30. Lady Loves Me | Maggie Moore & Yvette Narlock | The L Word – Season 3 | 3:45
  31. Crazy (Live Lounge) | Nelly Furtado | 2006 june mix | 3:25
  32. Promiscuous (Radio Edit) | Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland | Promiscuous – Single | 3:43
  33. Fish to Fry | The Ditty Bops | Moon Over the Freeway | 3:06
  34. Bye Bye Love | The Ditty Bops | Moon Over the Freeway | 2:34
  35. DJ Teds Techno Tubes | Paul Holcomb | The Bold Headed Broadcast | 3:05
  36. Dear Mr. President | Pink | I’m Not Dead | 4:34
  37. Free To Be… You And Me | New Seekers | Free To Be… You And Me | 3:14
  38. You Don’t Own Me | Lesley Gore | 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Lesley Gore | 2:32
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Songs of Peace and Freedom 3 (Vol. 4 of Hippie Series)

A mix I made to add to the protest songs CDs that I made a few years ago; pulling in a few standards that I had missed. Appropriate since there are a whole wave of new protest songs being made to protest the current administration.

1 Your Flag Decal Won’t Get You into Heaven Anymore – John Prine – John Prine – 2:50
2 Black and White – Three Dog Night – Joy to the World: Their Greatest Hits – 3:50
3 New World Coming – Mama Cass – Dream a Little Dream: The Cass Elliott Collection – 2:12
4 The Times They Are a-Changin’ – Bob Dylan – Greatest Hits Volume 1 – 3:16
5 Subterranean Homesick Blues – Bob Dylan – Greatest Hits Volume 1 – 2:22
6 Hurricane – Bob Dylan – Greatest Hits Volume 3 – 8:34
7 Colours – Donovan – What’s Bin Did and What’s Bin Hid – 2:45
8 The Band Played Waltzing Matilda – Priscilla Herdman – The Water Lily – 7:01
9 (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding – Uncle Otto – Men Who Smoke – 6:27
10 City Of New Orleans – Arlo Guthrie – Sing America – 4:31
11 All of You Fascists Bound to Lose – Woody Guthrie – The Ballad Operas – The Martins and the Coys – 1:34
12 Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream – Pete Seeger – Waist Deep in The Big Muddy and Other Love Songs – 2:53
13 Peace Train – Cat Stevens – The Very Best Of Cat Stevens – 4:11
14 Night They Drove Ole Dixie Down – Joan Baez – – 3:23
15 Get Up, Stand Up – Bob Marley – Legend – The Best of Bob Marley and the Wailers – 3:17
16 Teach Your Children – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Déjà Vu – 2:59
17 Ohio – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – So Far – 3:05
18 Share the Land – The Guess Who – Running Back thru Canada – 5:02
19 The Revolution Will Not Be Televised – Gil Scott-Heron – Pieces of a Man – 3:07
20 Fortunate Son – Creedence Clearwater Revival – Chronicle, Volume I – 2:20

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80’s Party Playlist

Songs from an epic 80’s party I threw. (See the pictures from my party here) The original playlist has 1457 songs in it, and was 4.1 days long. I edited that list down to what you see below. I tried to pick a broad cross-section of music genres and I tried to cover as many iconic tunes as I could, but obviously, I didn’t get everything.

  1. Physical – Olivia Newton-John – 3:45
  2. Venus – Bananarama – 3:52
  3. Secret Rendezvous – Karyn White – 4:12
  4. Love Shack – The B-52’s – 5:21
  5. No More Words – Berlin – 3:55
  6. Obsession – Animotion – 3:58
  7. Jukebox Hero – Foreigner – 4:22
  8. Mr. Roboto – Styx – 5:27
  9. Lovin’ Every Minute of It – Loverboy – 3:33
  10. Rock of Ages – Def Leppard – 4:08
  11. Another One Bites The Dust – Queen – 3:34
  12. Dancing With Myself – Billy Idol – 4:50
  13. Welcome to the Jungle – Guns N’ Roses – 4:33
  14. You Shook Me All Night Long – AC/DC – 3:30
  15. We’re Not Gonna Take It – Twisted Sister – 3:39
  16. I Hate Myself For Loving You – Joan Jett & The Blackhearts – 4:08
  17. Parents Just Don’t Understand – DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince – 5:15
  18. Pass The Dutchie – Musical Youth – 3:27
  19. Pop Muzik – M – 3:21
  20. Rock Me Amadeus – Falco – 3:20
  21. You Make My Dreams – Daryl Hall & John Oates – 3:05
  22. Head Over Heels – The Go-Go’s – 3:37
  23. Walk Like An Egyptian – The Bangles – 3:24
  24. Like A Prayer – Madonna – 5:51
  25. Girl You Know It’s True – Milli Vanilli – 4:12
  26. Beat It – Michael Jackson – 4:19
  27. Escapade – Janet Jackson – 4:45
  28. Run Runaway – Slade – 5:00
  29. King Of Wishful Thinking – Go West – 4:03
  30. Knock On Wood – Amii Stewart – 3:43
  31. Push It – Salt-N-Pepa – 4:31
  32. Let’s Groove – Earth Wind & Fire – 5:37
  33. Little Red Corvette – Prince – 4:56
  34. Erotic City – Prince – 3:55
  35. Jack and Diane – John Mellencamp – 4:19
  36. Freeze Frame – J. Geils Band – 3:59
  37. 867-5309 / Jenny – Tommy Tutone – 3:45
  38. Wrapped Around Your Finger – The Police – 5:13
  39. Born In The U.S.A. – Bruce Springsteen – 4:41
  40. Russians – Sting – 3:58
  41. Sunday Bloody Sunday – U2 – 4:41
  42. What Do All The People Know – The Monroes – 3:28
  43. What I Like About You – The Romantics – 2:58
  44. I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) – The Proclaimers – 3:40
  45. 19 – Paul Hardcastle – 3:40
  46. Bullet The Blue Sky – U2 – 4:32
  47. Orange Crush – R.E.M. – 3:54
  48. Sledgehammer – Peter Gabriel – 4:54
  49. All I Need – Jack Wagner – 3:30
  50. Somebody’s Baby – Jackson Browne – 4:22
  51. In Your Eyes – Peter Gabriel – 5:29
  52. If You Leave – Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – 4:27
  53. Don’t You (Forget About Me) – Simple Minds – 4:20
  54. St. Elmo’s Fire (Man In Motion) – John Parr – 4:12
  55. Footloose – Kenny Loggins – 3:49
  56. Wake Me Up Before You Go Go – Wham! – 3:48
  57. Karma Chameleon – Culture Club – 3:58
  58. A Little Respect – Erasure – 3:27
  59. Mediate – INXS – 2:32
  60. Just Can’t Get Enough – Depeche Mode – 3:36
  61. It’s A Sin – Pet Shop Boys – 4:59
  62. I Want Your Sex – George Michael – 9:17
  63. You Spin Me Right Round – Dead or Alive – 4:27
  64. Voices Carry – ‘Til Tuesday – 4:24
  65. Video Killed The Radio Star – The Buggles – 3:14
  66. Mexican Radio – Wall Of Voodoo – 4:08
  67. Safety Dance – Men Without Hats – 4:33
  68. One Night in Bangkok – Murray Head – 4:08
  69. Goody Two Shoes – Adam Ant – 3:28
  70. Veronica – Elvis Costello – 3:10
  71. Union of the Snake – Duran Duran – 4:22
  72. Down Under – Men at Work – 3:45
  73. Love Is a Stranger – Eurythmics – 3:39
  74. Life In A Northern Town – The Dream Academy – 4:18
  75. I Ran (So Far Away) – A Flock of Seagulls – 3:46
  76. 88 Lines About 44 Women – The Nails – 4:54
  77. Brass In Pocket – The Pretenders – 3:07
  78. Cars – Gary Numan – 3:49
  79. Magic – The Cars – 3:59
  80. I Melt With You – Modern English – 3:51
  81. I Want Candy – Bow Wow Wow – 2:47
  82. In A Big Country – Big Country – 3:56
  83. Kids In America – Kim Wilde – 3:29
  84. My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone) – Chilliwack – 3:59
  85. Oh Yeah – Yello – 3:05
  86. One Thing Leads To Another – The Fixx – 3:16
  87. Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly) – The Icicle Works – 3:46
  88. You Might Think – The Cars – 3:06
  89. And She Was – Talking Heads – 3:39
  90. Rise – Public Image Ltd. – 4:29
  91. Tainted Love – Soft Cell – 2:36
  92. Punk Rock Girl – Dead Milkmen – 2:37
  93. London Calling – The Clash – 3:19
  94. Just Like Heaven – The Cure – 3:32
  95. Panic – The Smiths – 2:13
  96. Don’t Leave Me This Way – Communards – 4:34
  97. Heaven Knows I’m Miserable – The Smiths – 3:33
  98. The Killing Moon – Echo & The Bunnymen – 5:46
  99. Under the Milky Way – The Church – 4:59
  100. Blue Monday – New Order – 7:29
  101. Love Will Tear Us Apart – Joy Division – 3:24
  102. Institutionalized – Suicidal Tendencies – 3:28
  103. Cotton Crown – Sonic Youth – 5:08
  104. Relax – Frankie Goes to Hollywood – 3:53
  105. Money For Nothing – Dire Straits – 4:06
  106. She Blinded Me With Science – Thomas Dolby – 3:42
  107. I Wanna Be A Cowboy – Boys Don’t Cry – 3:41
  108. Theme From The Dukes Of Hazzard (Good Ol’ Boys) – Waylon Jennings – 2:10
  109. We Are The World – USA For Africa – 7:01
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