Wednesday, June 25, 2014

CAPITAL CITY HALF MARATHON TRAINING TUNES & SHORT TAKES FOR FEBRUARY 2014

Song For The Soundtrack:
Stomp And Holler
Hard Working Americans Hard Working Americans
"Don't let the Jam Band roots fool you. The Hard Working Americans bring home a Seventies-styled guitar rock record that proves Todd Snider can front a really great band too."


Running Data For Thursday, February 27:
4.01 Miles
41:52
Hard Working Americans Song For The Soundtrack: Stomp And Holler
Capital City Half Marathon Training Total Mileage: 118.57 Miles



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Song For The Soundtrack:
Motherly Love
Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention Freak Out!
"This 1966 debut by Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention is satirical, cynical and hilarious. It's hard to determine what's more fantastic about this record: how true the lyrics still ring almost 50 years later or just how well this band plays regardless of song style."


Running Data For Wednesday, February 26:
4.08 Miles
44:35
Freak Out Song For The Soundtrack: Motherly Love
Capital City Half Marathon Training Total Mileage: 114.56 Miles

Conversation Run (No Music)
Running Data For Saturday, February 22:
3.08 Miles
45:47
Capital City Half Marathon Training Total Mileage: 110.48 Miles


The Cramps Bad Music For Bad People
Song For The Soundtrack:
New Kind of Kick
"The Cramps make music for people bad enough to wade into the drug hazed swamps of horror movie imagination and seedy sex fantasies played behind rockabilly rhythms and beats. They don't bite unless you ask them to."

Running Data For Thursday, February 20:
3.26 Miles
36:10
Bad Music For Bad People Song For The Soundtrack: New Kind Of Kick
Capital City Half Marathon Training Total Mileage: 107.40 Miles



Song For The Soundtrack:
Uncontrollable Urge
Devo Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
"This run was in tribute to guitarist Bob "2" Casale who died at age 61 the day before. On their 1978 debut, Devo was a guitar band with synthesizer hearts, and uniforms of yellow jump suits and flower pot hats. Don't let the hype of the look overwhelm just how historic this record remains."

Running Data For Tuesday, February 18:
3.10 Miles
34:52
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! Song For The Soundtrack: Uncontrollable Urge
Capital City Half Marathon Training Total Mileage: 104.14 Miles



Song For The Soundtrack:
The Only Man
Lydia Loveless
The Only Man
"It's hard to believe this nearly straight country take - musically - was recorded when Lydia Loveless was a teenager, especially given the hard living she writes and sings about throughout. This is not your father's country music and it's a hundred hard roads away from where she ends up in 2014 on Somewhere Else."


Running Data For Saturday, February 15:
3.21 Miles
36:27
The Only Man Song For The Soundtrack: The Only Man
Capital City Half Marathon Training Total Mileage: 101.04 Miles




Song For The Soundtrack:
A Country Boy Can Survive
Hank Williams Jr. Hank Live
"Hank Jr. only plays it kinda of like his daddy did; but if you hate him for that, you're missing the point. This is rowdy country rock 'n' roll with a prideful Southern spirit that takes as much from Hank Sr. as it does ZZ Top."

Running Data For Wednesday, February 12:
3.04 Miles
34:27
Hank Live Song For The Soundtrack: A Country Boy Can Survive
Capital City Half Marathon Training Total Mileage: 97.83 Miles



Song For The Soundtrack:
Waiting On June

Holly Williams The Highway
"The Highway is the best album of 2013 that I didn't discover until seeing Holly Williams live in 2014 opening for Jason Isbell. The granddaughter of Hank Sr., the daughter of Bocephus and the sister of Hank III brings an aching point of view that must be heard and felt."

Running Data For Tuesday, February 11:
3.37 Miles
39:58
The Highway Song For The Soundtrack: Waiting On June
Capital City Half Marathon Training Total Mileage: 94.79 Miles



Song For The Soundtrack:
Sunday Morning
Elizabeth Cook Balls and Gospel Plow
"There's a sassy sexiness to Elizabeth Cook's country, especially when she declares 'sometimes it takes balls to be a woman.' Amen."


Running Data For Sunday, February 9:
4.09 Miles
50:00
Balls Song For The Soundtrack: Sunday Morning
Gospel Plow Song For The Soundtrack: Gospel Plow
Capital City Half Marathon Training Total Mileage: 91.42 Miles



Song For The Soundtrack:
Mob Stew
Royal Crescent Mob Good Lucky Killer
"While they are as legendary as any Columbus band inside and outside of 270, the Royal Crescent Mob should have exploded the way the Red Hot Chili Peppers did. There is no doubt in my mind that if you put both bands into the ring for a funk punk cage match the RC Mob would rule them like fools."

Running Data For Saturday, February 8:
4.11 Miles
43:58
Good Lucky Killer Song For The Soundtrack: Mob Stew
Capital City Half Marathon Training Total Mileage: 87.33 Miles

Song For The Soundtrack:
Wine Lips
Lydia Loveless Somewhere Else
"The latest from Columbus' cowpunk princess is a rollicking rock 'n' roll record with very little twang in its groove. It deserves all the praises it has received, but if anyone came to get alt country or otherwise, you better go put on your copy of Indestructible Machine or The Only Man."

Running Data For Tuesday, February 4:
3.26 Miles
35:58
Somewhere Else Song For The Soundtrack: Wine Lips
Capital City Half Marathon Training Total Mileage: 83.22 Miles





Disc I Song for the Sountrack:
My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)
Disc II Song for the Soundtrack:
Like A Hurricane
Neil Young & Crazy Horse Live In San Francisco
"Recorded at the Cow Palace in 1978, these are among the performances that become the classic Live Rust record and movie. On Live In San Francisco, Neil Young and Crazy Horse balance the mellow with mad for one of their most legendary shows."

Running Data For Sunday, February 2:
3.05 Miles
33:12
Live In San Francisco Disc II Song For The Soundtrack: Like A Hurricane
Capital City Half Marathon Training Total Mileage: 79.96 Miles
Running Data For Saturday, February 1:
4.07 Miles
46:29
Live In San Francisco Disc I Song For The Soundtrack: My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)

Capital City Half Marathon Training Total Mileage: 76.91 Miles


Neil Young & Crazy Horse Live At The Fillmore East
Song For The Soundtrack:
Down By The River

"The evolution of Neil Young continues, but this time he's riding the Horse in crazy ways he could never do by himself. There are only six songs on the album and each one is epic."


Running Data For Saturday, February 1:
6.18 Miles
1:04:37
Live At The Fillmore East Song For The Soundtrack: Down By The River
Capital City Half Marathon Training Total Mileage: 72.84 Miles