Ündercurrents

For this week I was originally going to do a set by the Jefferson Airplane and then this set the following week, but intervening circumstances will make it impossible for me to do a Weekly Wog the week following Christmas. Perhaps it’s fitting, because my wog this week, Ündercurrents, has a tinge of darkness to it, and it’s coming out on the Winter Solstice. Featuring artists such The Fixx, Sarah McLachlan, and Strange Advance, these are some of my favorite songs, and the set is 49 minutes long. Enjoy! Find the current at Podwogging.com.

What a Long, Strange Wog

Since doing twirly dances with no discernable awareness of rhythm is now illegal in a number of states, I’ve had to mend my ways and seek out music by the Grateful Dead that conforms to woggability codes. Hence, Sugar Jognolia: 37 minutes of Dead tunes that are both far out and noodle-free. Go to Podwogging.com for more (tie-dye t-shirts optional).

Memo to Zeus: Bring It On!

Rain Bringer, Cloud Gatherer, do your best—‘cause I’ve sonic protection in the form of my Ümbrella: 12 songs about rain. Starting with R.E.M.’s mournful I’ll Take the Rain and finishing with Jim Hendrix doing Still Raining, Still Dreaming, this week’s wog is a light walking set for a stroll in the wet stuff. Since rain is often a metaphor for the stuff the life throws at you, all these songs have a twinge of melancholy to them, even the one by the bubbly Cowsills. But with your Ümbrella for protection, your spirits will be lifted by the time Jimi comes around.

What’s in a Woglist?

At Podwogging.com, you’ll find this list, along with many others—nearly a thousand songs total, with more added each week. In addition to showing song title, artist, and album, each song in a list has its BPM (beats per minute), PC (pace consistency), and a comment—sometimes just about the song itself, but often with other information: intros and outros, whether the song is skippable, and whether you can either do a slow walk or run to it at double speed. All this is designed to help YOU know what you’re getting when you decide to put this song into a playlist for the purposes of jogging or walking.