Saturday Morning Run Playlist

These are the songs that came up randomly on my iPod during this morning's 5-mile run:

Cuyahoga - R.E.M.
She's Already Made Up Her Mind - Lyle Lovett
Stop - Jane's Addiction
With a Gun - Steely Dan
The Legend of the Golden Arches - Frank Zappa
Love You To - The Beatles
Blessed Relief - Frank Zappa
Little Creatures - Talking Heads
Aja - Steely Dan
Familiar - Pufferfish

The last one is particularly interesting as Pufferfish is a Seattle alt-country band featuring Scott Bilstad and Jonah Baker, DHS Band Class of '92. Jonah played guitar in jazz band, and Scott played drums as well as serving as drumline captain and percussion section leader. They were also members of the legendary student band, None of the Above, which was kind of like the Living Heir of the early 1990s at DHS. It's great to hear that they are still making music on the side these days.

You can tell by my playlist that my rock music interest is fairly rooted in classic rock and early alternative. My other iPod (which is very old school and too big for running) has a ton of jazz and world music, and is therefore much more diverse on shuffle. But for an early morning run through the middle of my town, I'll take Zappa and R.E.M. any day.