The King of Pop is Dead. Long Live the King.

Now matter what you think of Michael Jackson’s lifestyle, his bizarre antics and possible criminal activities that made him anathema to many, there can be no doubt that his music was immensely entertaining, ushering us into the MTV age with timeless singing and dancing that energized all of us. So this week’s wog is all Michael: seven of his best numbers, from Off the Wall, Thriller, and Bad. I hope you find them as fun to walk and jog to as they are to dance to.

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W-O-G in the U-S-A

Ah, the American Dream. Get Rich or Die Trying. Land of the Free, Home of the Brave, where a sucker is born every minute and the best wogging music this side of the Atlantic can be found. Here’s a Wog-a-Thon, nearly one hour, of heart-pumping, red-blooded American musical action. Classic American artists like Tom Petty, the Grateful Dead, and Neil Young (oh, wait—he’s from CANADA) will rock your wog. But be careful—the American Dream is full of pitfalls. Can you make it all the way through the waves of amber grain, past the purple mountains, from sea to shining sea? It’s your trip, man. Heavy. At Pogwogging.com.

Oh, and Happy Summer!

Twin Cinema

This week’s wog features songs from one of the more interesting alt-rock groups to spring up this past decade: the New Pornographers. From the chunky guitar rock of Three Or Four to the alt-folk of The Bleeding Heart Show, this album packs considerable melodic and rhythmic punch. If you like Arcade Fire or the Shins, or even R.E.M., you’ll love the New Pornographers (who don’t deal in the skin trade, don’t worry). Twin Cinema is, put simply, loaded with highly likeable, quirky but intriguing, pop songs that function beautifully together for a 48-minute Brisk wog. On Podwogging.com

Pounding Through the Eighties

Here we go, my fastest Flatliner yet. Stuff your disco duds in the closet and put on your serious running shoes, because these songs take off. After a cool warmup from Red Rider’s Lunatic Fringe, you’ll be propelled at over 150 BPM by Devo, Robert Plant, the Violent Femmes, Chris de Burge, the Police, and the Alarm before Kate Bush watches you relax a bit at the end. And where you gonna get your BPMs? Podwogging.com, natch.

Take Your Trip at a Vigorous Clip

Experience all of the fun groovy fun without any of the bummer flashbacks in this week’s first wog in June, Psychedelicatessen. It’s a Wog-a-Thon, meaning that even though it’s over an hour long, it’s easy to skip songs and get to a pace you prefer—wog your own thing, man! You’ll find classic psychedelic pop from the Small Faces and Strawberry Alarm Clock, as well as trippier stuff from Country Joe and the Fish, the Beatles, and Traffic. Not to mention the Doors, Pink Floyd, Cream, the Amboy Dukes, Statis Quo, the Byrds, Jimi Hendrix, the Jefferson Airplane, and even the Rolling Stones. So flash on my website, Podwogging.com, and blow your mind (and hopefully, not your hamstrings!).