Now, this is something I've been trying to get off the ground for a long, long while now, but only now had I thought of a brilliant way to bring it to fruition in the most productive and beneficial way. What I want to try out here is this; walking playlists. Allow me to explain.
Recently, I've been trying to get fit. During my drinking days, I acquired a bit of a cider belly (because I'm not a man that can drink beer), so I've been walking in an attempt to get rid of it. Now, I can see where you may be a little confused at this moment. You ask 'What has this got to do with your blawg?' and here is where I answer that question, please, calm your anticipation.
A fair amount of friends of mine have expressed an interest in my music collection, which I can't say is not a vast library of awesome, but when it come to suggesting music to people, I'm really no good at it. I've always wanted a way to show people all the kinds of crazy music I have obtained over time, not because I think my music taste is better than anyone else's, but more for the fact that I tend to find some interesting albums in the most random of ways, and my collection is so eclectic, really almost anyone could peruse through my library and find at least one album they dig.
So with those two things in mind, I devised a genius plan;
Problems I had:
- Lack of fitness and lack of a flat belly
- Lack of ability to share a cool song with someone who may dig it.
Solution:
I go for an hour (at least) walk every second day or so. During that time, I listen to my iPod on shuffle (as I would have done anyway). No song is to be skipped. At the completion of my walk, I write down all the songs that played during that walk, find an external link in which people can hear that song and submit it into a blawg post.
Genius, no? I get to work out, and you get a new playlist of songs that you could possibly dig. It doesn't sound like a bad idea to me.
I fully prepared for all this so I decided to take all the songs from the time I spent walking yesterday, and put them into a playlist. It goes a little something a-like this;
Rudresh Mahanthappa and Bunky Green - The Journey*
9mm Parabellum Bullet - (Teenage)Disaster*
Jamie Woon - Waterfront Listen
Codes in the Clouds - You Are Not What You Think You Are (Baked Clouds Remix)*
Ghostlimb - Laughter Listen
Dungeon Elite - GG Listen
Stricken City - Corridors Listen
Impending Doom - He’s Coming Back Listen
Matthew Dear - Innh Dahh*
Despised Icon - Entre Le Bien Et Le Mal Listen
Jesu - Dethroned Listen
Moon Safari - New York City Summergirl Listen
Holy Sons - Look Of Pain! Listen
TLOZ: Link’s Awakening - The Turtle Awakens! Listen
The White Shadow Of Norway - Organized Revolution (ft. LT.Mana, LA Dog & Mister Misfit) Listen
Kode 9 & The Spaceape - Otherman Listen
Sun City Girls - Cruel And Thin Listen
Nurse With Wound & Larsen - Driftin’ By Listen
JFA - You Can’t Surf*
The Dwarves - Working Class Hole Listen
*All the songs with this at the end, I could not find online. Perhaps I could post a song from the same album or something so you can get an idea of what the album is like. It's all fine tuning at the moment really.
As you can see, it's a pretty eclectic mix, it's not the most eclectic, it could definitely be more so, but for an average person who's not too into searching for different kinds of music, it's fairly interesting I would think.
Anyway, hopefully this sparks an interest, and even if it doesn't, I'm gonna do it anyway.
Yay fitness.
'til next time
Matt
