Home, Home and Deranged

“Who are those guys?” said Butch Cassidy to the Sundance Kid, and the 70s’ Hollywood romance with the Western was reborn. The record industry followed suit, and soon rock stars were crooning tunes steeped in the romance of gunfights and flights across the wide open range. Taking this trend to the limit were the Eagles, who based an entire album on the Dalton Gang with their concept album, Desperado. This week’s wog features nine songs from that album, from the opening strains of Doolin-Dalton to the peyote-infused Bitter Creek. Despite their swagger, most of the cuts are lightweight, pace-wise; only Out of Control cranks it up into high gear. So this set will most likely leave you with a peaceful, easy feeling, especially if you leave the six guns at home. Saddle up at Pogwogging.com.

Prayer-Optional Wogging

Take some Byrds-inspired ringing guitar work, add a hip-sounding collegiate lead singer from Australia, and finish with an almost U2-like big rock sound. That’s The Church, best known for their lush, alt-rock hit Under the Milky Way, way back in the 80s. But if you think they didn’t rock, check out Reptile—my fave—or When You Were Mine, both from The Blurred Crusade. And they played uptempo, too—even Milky Way is a light jog. This 40-minute set will delight your senses and pound your pulse, friends. Check it out at Podwogging.com.

Over A Thousand Woggable Songs

With the publication of this week’s wog (The Boho Wog), I’ve now posted info on over one thousand songs on Podwogging.com. That means over a thousand popular songs, from six decades, have been sussed out for their walking and jogging suitability by Yours Truly. But Podwogging.com has far more than just the Beats Per Minute for each song. Each song is in a specially crafted playlist, either based on a theme or a single artist, arranged in an for maximum walking or jogging enjoyment. Whether you want a pleasant stroll or really want to feel the burn, just a short break or an hour-long Wog-a-Thon, you’ll find song lists of every sort there. Each song has info on artist, BPM, time, pace consistency, and source, along with a comment about the song: does it have a long intro or outro? Is it in 3/4 time? Can you skip to it, or can you run to it at double-time?

On the other hand, if you’d rather construct your own exercise lists using Podwogging.com, check out the Song Index, where all the songs currently posted are in three long lists, sorted by title, artist, or pace.

So check it out—explore your inner Boho and beyond at Podwogging.com.

A Wog for All Seasons

Happy New Year!

Since I did the Dead a couple of weeks ago, I thought it only proper that I fête their psychedelic comrades from the glory days of free concerts in Golden Gate Park, barefoot incense-sellers on the streets, and other manifestations of the love revolution that failed only in the narrow minds of unimaginative people: the Jefferson Airplane. And if it’s one thing these former folk-rockers had, it was imagination. So now, on the first week of the new year, put the Airplane on, let your freak lights shine, and wog to one of the finest bands that wasn’t Jefferson Starship. It’s waiting for you at Podwogging.com.