Showing posts with label ^ The Beatles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ^ The Beatles. Show all posts

Monday, December 8, 2008

Run Twist Shout

I had to make a choice today -- post a Dead show or take care of my physical health and go for a run. I chose a run.

Rest assured, more tunes'll be posted soon. Within what I hope to close out the month with, I'm hoping there'll be something that'll please everyone.

And listen, if you've got a request, feel free to send an e-mail. Sugarmag and I will be happy to do what we can to get the tunes in your ears!

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The North Face trail running shoe -- good for use in the Appalachian Mountains ... but seriously, they are rather small compared to the Rocky Mountains ... Sierra Nevada are sweet, too.  Would definitely use 'em in the Alps, that's for sure.  One thing's for sure -- Jerry Garcia or Bob Weir or Phil Lesh or Blaise Compaoré probably never went running in Liberia, Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, Pyongyang, 평양 직할시 조선민주주의인민공화국 平壤直轄市 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國, Türkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Кыргызстан, Киргизия, Uzbekistan, O'zbekiston, Ўзбекистон Республикаси, Tajikistan, Тоҷикистон.  Probably the same with Brent Mydland.  At least that's my gut feeling.  I could be wrong.  I mean, there were a lot of drugs at Grateful Dead shows and the good Lord above, He knows I did my share!
Monday afternoon Run: 21 minutes 58 seconds
+ 13 sec

3:45 p.m. -- 54°
X ·Oct :: +30 sec· X
November:2 hours 31 min
October:2 hours 10 min
September:3 hours 25 min
August:2 hours 39 min
July:2 hours 11 min
June:1 hour 47 min

I fought myself on whether or not I was going to run today. I had to. I am not going to slack in December. The numbers have been tallied for November and while I edged out October, it was only by 1 run (or about 20 minutes, I think... I'll check it in a few minutes and adjust the chart table dealie above.)

Anyway -- being tired and having a mild back strain almost kept me from running but I got out there... and I'm glad I did. Walking to the trail I run on, I just kept a determined mind, positive thoughts. Stretch, run, good. I'm so tired now but my run went well and I'm rebuilding to 25 minutes and beyond.

Listening to 9 songs in only 22 minutes was a little crappy for some reason. 2 to 3 minute songs just isn't what I prefer. On the positive side, they all had about the perfect Beats Per Minute to allow me to run at the pace I wanted. If the music is like that then I can run without having to think about it too much without having the music want me to slow down or potentially speed up if I feel like I have enough energy to.

Anyway... if I can get out there 3 times every 7 or 8 days, December might end up being okay. I don't really want to just pass November, but beat it by 2 or 3 runs, not just 1 or less.

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Monday's Running Playlist
included most of this album...
The Beatles - Please Please Me (1963)
The Beatles

Please Please Me

1963 ... their debut album
I Saw Her Standing There
Misery
Anna (Go To Him)
Chains
Boys
Ask Me Why
Please Please Me
Love Me Do
P.S. I Love You
Baby It's You
Do You Want To Know A Secret
A Taste Of Honey
There's A Place
Twist And Shout
Only one time ever, I think, have I pressed play on The Beatles -- the White Album, a roommate's of mine, once upon a time ago in some western state far, far away. I've always seen The Beatles as irrelevant. Then again, isn't most music? They're probably not truly irrelevant but I guess to be more accurate, I just didn't care for them too much. There are lots of songs I know by them and I like 'em alright, but their albums? I just never had an interest. But finally I decided to take a look at their catalog and so I'm starting at the beginning with their debut album.

This is actually a lot better than I expected. What did I expect? I wasn't sure. Foofyness, maybe. It's a little foofy, I mean some of the harmonies are just lame and the "bop-shoo-wop" is a little too much leftover 50's for my taste. But it's still fun, I s'pose. I amn't totally hating this.

mp3 download
The Best Part Of This Whole Post...
from Ferris Bueller's Day Off!
(mucho classico! check it out!!)

one says one number and the other another
but they were set at the same time. Hmmm...

i love you amy uzarski.  always!
 
Calvin and Hobbes in the snow -- animated