More nighttime running. The temperature dropped a good bit today. I ran Gay/Samford/College/Woodfield/home with a little extra bit at the end. I ate a pretty large dinner, with beer and potato chips and cake, which is a thing I do on most Mondays. I then came home and took a short rest, which I often do. When I got I, I thought I'd hit the road, because I was feeling like it, but once I got out, all that crappy food caught up with me. I didn't feel awful, but I wasn't going fast and I didn't feel great until towards the end when I felt a bit better. At least I felt better enough to tack a bit on. I listened to one of my new CDs from Amoeba, a collection of African psychedelia put together by David Byrne (of Talking Heads fame) on his Luaka Bop label. Most of it doesn't sound too psychedelic to me, rather more there are a lot of other influences evident as well.
Playlist -Love's a Real Thing (World Psychedelic Classics 3-Africa)
Minsato Le, Mi Dayihome -Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou Dahomey
Love's a Real Thing -Super Eagles
Keleya -Moussa Doumbia
Ceddo End Title -Manu Dibango
Porra -Sorry Bamba
Guajira Van -No. 1 de No. 1
Better Change Your Mind -William Onyeabor
Allah Wakbarr -Ofo & The Black Company
Awon-Ojise-Oluwa -Gaspar Lawal
Times
L1 13:23
L2 6:28
L3 7:47
L4 3:32
L5 11:14
L6 3:05
L7 0:55
Total 46:24
Distance 4.9 miles
Cumulative 19.4 miles. *Almost* half way there.
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Spandex
I am of the opinion that spandex is a potentially dangerous substance. It can provide unnatural ego enhancement in some, and may be a blight on others. That said, I like to wear the stuff on my legs when it gets chilly, which it is getting. I still have legs that do justice to spandex, while my ]torso would look like I was feebly attempting to smuggle a basketball. It keeps me warm, and snug, so I wear some occasionally. Also, I run in the dark, so no one has to see it.
I took a couple of nights off, or rather I spent a couple of nights on, as in, on the job, so I decided to go longer tonight. Tonight's playlist features the letters O-T prominently:
Dirty Water -The Standells. You know what that means. Bring on October!
Sock It To 'Em, J.B. -The Specials. Apparently, they weren't allowed to mention double O seven by name, so they just called him J.B. He's got you doing the bossa nova, he's got you doing the scratch!
Making Flippy Floppy -Talking Heads. I totally heart Talking Heads.
Bang a Gong (Get It On) -T. Rex.
Emperor Tomato Ketchup -Stereolab
Let's Spend The Night Together -The Rolling Stones, or, as Ed Sullivan would have it "Let's spend some time together".
Marie Jose -Ryco Jazz. Vibrato + Zairean Soukous + Scooby Doo references = WIN!
What'd I Say, Parts 1&2 -Ray Charles. Another influence from my Dear Old Dad, who was a fan of RC from way back in the day. I got to see him performing with the Modern Jazz Quartet some years ago. I remember Ray playing and just bouncing as if he only needed to keep one toe on the stage. I can't help but think of John Belushi as Beethoven, though.
Old Fowl Ska -Roland Alphonso
Coumba -Orchestra Baobab, another gem from one of David Byrne's monthly playlists.
Nansi Imali -Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Back before Apartheid crumbled, before Paul Simon made them world famous, there was the Indestructible Beat of Soweto.
Total Time: 50:49, enough time to go down to Chewacla SP and back. A personal long since starting back in the whole jogging thing
I took a couple of nights off, or rather I spent a couple of nights on, as in, on the job, so I decided to go longer tonight. Tonight's playlist features the letters O-T prominently:
Dirty Water -The Standells. You know what that means. Bring on October!
Sock It To 'Em, J.B. -The Specials. Apparently, they weren't allowed to mention double O seven by name, so they just called him J.B. He's got you doing the bossa nova, he's got you doing the scratch!
Making Flippy Floppy -Talking Heads. I totally heart Talking Heads.
Bang a Gong (Get It On) -T. Rex.
Emperor Tomato Ketchup -Stereolab
Let's Spend The Night Together -The Rolling Stones, or, as Ed Sullivan would have it "Let's spend some time together".
Marie Jose -Ryco Jazz. Vibrato + Zairean Soukous + Scooby Doo references = WIN!
What'd I Say, Parts 1&2 -Ray Charles. Another influence from my Dear Old Dad, who was a fan of RC from way back in the day. I got to see him performing with the Modern Jazz Quartet some years ago. I remember Ray playing and just bouncing as if he only needed to keep one toe on the stage. I can't help but think of John Belushi as Beethoven, though.
Old Fowl Ska -Roland Alphonso
Coumba -Orchestra Baobab, another gem from one of David Byrne's monthly playlists.
Nansi Imali -Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Back before Apartheid crumbled, before Paul Simon made them world famous, there was the Indestructible Beat of Soweto.
Total Time: 50:49, enough time to go down to Chewacla SP and back. A personal long since starting back in the whole jogging thing
Sunday, September 14, 2008
What is it all about?
Okay. Here's the deal.
I'm not a great athlete.
I've never run a marathon, though I'd like to some day.
I'm writing this because I started jogging again recently, and I'd like to continue. Thus I see this blog as a motivating factor, even if no one ever sees it. It may even inspire me to do some research into how I can better myself even more.
And also, I've always wanted to write liner notes.
When I run alone, or with my dog, Trixie, I listen to music, and that helps me to keep pace, and measure how long I'm out. So that's what it's really about.
Here's tonight's playlist.
Dirty Water -The Standells. Whenever the Red Sox win, this is the first song I listen too. Tonight, they beat the Blue Jays, 4-3, to pull within 1 game of Tampa Bay in the AL East.
Manteca -Dizzy Gillespie. Manteca is Spanish for butter or lard. Dizzy wrote this song with Chano Pozo, and it was one of the first popular songs to fuse jazz and Cuban music. A great song, beautifully orchestrated, and enough energy to jump start a cruise ship.
Sweet Emotion -Aerosmith. I remember buying Aerosmith's Greatest Hits on vinyl, only to find that the opening bass and vocoder riff were edited out, and the song started with the splash. Man, did I ever feel ripped off. I also remember almost getting to meet Aerosmith one New Year's Day, when I was volunteering for the Boston Food Bank. They were having a canned food drive where lucky fans bringing in one hundred odd cans of food (the sponsoring radio station's frequency), got backstage passes. I was there to collect the cans and put them up. I was supposed to meet the band, but missed out due to some snafu. I did go backstage and almost drank Aerosmith's chocolate milk. One of my first brushs with fame.
Join Together -The Who. A real nice segue from Sweet Emotion. Also a good pace and inspirational vibe to spur on the sweaty.
Who Are You -The Who. I don't watch CSI. I just like this song and have since I was a pup.
Beaux Dimanches -Amadou and Mariam. A very catchy song by the blind Malian duo, singing about life in Bamako, capital of Mali. It reminds me of life in Niamey, Niger, where I spent a good deal of time in the Peace Corps. I first heard this one through David Byrne's radio playlist from February 2008. I've been a long time Talking Heads fan, and have found some of DB's playlists to be absolutely fantastic. This one nearly made me weep, both by nostalgia for my days in Niger and South Africa, and by introducing me to some of the Dark Continent's greatest popular music.
Paradise -Ana Serrano van der Laan. A freebie from the iTunes store. Very catchy, bouncy, and almost saccharin sweet.
Total time: 27:32
I'm not a great athlete.
I've never run a marathon, though I'd like to some day.
I'm writing this because I started jogging again recently, and I'd like to continue. Thus I see this blog as a motivating factor, even if no one ever sees it. It may even inspire me to do some research into how I can better myself even more.
And also, I've always wanted to write liner notes.
When I run alone, or with my dog, Trixie, I listen to music, and that helps me to keep pace, and measure how long I'm out. So that's what it's really about.
Here's tonight's playlist.
Dirty Water -The Standells. Whenever the Red Sox win, this is the first song I listen too. Tonight, they beat the Blue Jays, 4-3, to pull within 1 game of Tampa Bay in the AL East.
Manteca -Dizzy Gillespie. Manteca is Spanish for butter or lard. Dizzy wrote this song with Chano Pozo, and it was one of the first popular songs to fuse jazz and Cuban music. A great song, beautifully orchestrated, and enough energy to jump start a cruise ship.
Sweet Emotion -Aerosmith. I remember buying Aerosmith's Greatest Hits on vinyl, only to find that the opening bass and vocoder riff were edited out, and the song started with the splash. Man, did I ever feel ripped off. I also remember almost getting to meet Aerosmith one New Year's Day, when I was volunteering for the Boston Food Bank. They were having a canned food drive where lucky fans bringing in one hundred odd cans of food (the sponsoring radio station's frequency), got backstage passes. I was there to collect the cans and put them up. I was supposed to meet the band, but missed out due to some snafu. I did go backstage and almost drank Aerosmith's chocolate milk. One of my first brushs with fame.
Join Together -The Who. A real nice segue from Sweet Emotion. Also a good pace and inspirational vibe to spur on the sweaty.
Who Are You -The Who. I don't watch CSI. I just like this song and have since I was a pup.
Beaux Dimanches -Amadou and Mariam. A very catchy song by the blind Malian duo, singing about life in Bamako, capital of Mali. It reminds me of life in Niamey, Niger, where I spent a good deal of time in the Peace Corps. I first heard this one through David Byrne's radio playlist from February 2008. I've been a long time Talking Heads fan, and have found some of DB's playlists to be absolutely fantastic. This one nearly made me weep, both by nostalgia for my days in Niger and South Africa, and by introducing me to some of the Dark Continent's greatest popular music.
Paradise -Ana Serrano van der Laan. A freebie from the iTunes store. Very catchy, bouncy, and almost saccharin sweet.
Total time: 27:32
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