THE FINAL RUNDOWNS WITH MELLENCAMP, RAMONES, THE WHO & A HAPPY ENCORE

Song For The Soundtrack:
Dance Naked

John Mellencamp Dance Naked (1994)
"Dance Naked is an underrated and rollicking relic that's two decades old from a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Hoosier Daddy."

Running Data for Wednesday, October 1:
3.08 Miles
33:18
Additional Dance Naked Candidates For The Soundtrack: Wild Night, Another Sunny Day 12/25, The Big Jack
Columbus Marathon Training Total Mileage: 300.84 Miles

Song For The Soundtrack:
I Don't Want To Grow Up

Ramones  Adiós Amigos! (1995)
"On their final studio album, the Ramones go out in style with Joey letting C.J. sing lead vocals on four of the 14 songs."

Running Data for Wednesday, October 8:
4.21 Miles
46:29
Additional Candidates Adiós Amigos! For The Soundtrack: The Crusher, Life's A Gas, Spider-Man
Columbus Marathon Training Total Mileage: 305.05 Miles

The Who The Who Sings My Generation (1965)

Song For The Soundtrack:
Much Too Much

"The Who Sings My Generation shows flashes of the brilliance to come, produces a classic for every generation, and offers an R&B novelty with Roger Daltry singing Please, Please, Please."

Running Data for Monday, October 13:
3.03 Miles
33:06
Additional The Who Sings My Generation Candidates For The Soundtrack: My Generation, The Kids Are Alright
Columbus Marathon Training Total Mileage: 308.08 Miles

Conversation Run, No Music

Running Data for Wednesday, October 15:
5.19 Miles
57:19
Columbus Marathon Training Total Mileage: 313.27 Miles

Encore Song For The Soundtrack:
Glamorous Town

Happy Chichester Torchwood Loop (2013/Encore Run)
Running Data for Saturday, October 18:
2.06 Miles

21:51
Columbus Marathon Training Total Mileage: 315.33 Miles

MORE RUNNING MOJO WITH STONES, BUFFET, AEROSMITH, DYLAN & HAPPY CHICHESTER

Mojo Nixon Otis (1980)

Song For The Soundtrack:
Don Henley Must Die

"When your mojo is missing, hire the Perry Mason of Love to find it. Otis is an all-star psychobilly outing that includes Mojo Nixon, John Doe, Country Dick Montana and Luther Dickinson among others."

Running Data for Monday, September 1:
3.43 Miles
37:57
Additional Otis Candidates For The Soundtrack: I Wanna Race Bigfoot Trucks, Ain't High Falutin', Rabies Baby
Columbus Marathon Training Total Mileage: 262.45 Miles

Song For The Soundtrack:
Memory Motel

Rolling Stones Black And Blue (1976)
"The Stones don't make any statements on Black And Blue, but that doesn't prevent it from being a jammin' party to attend, especially because Billy Preston is there."

Running Data for Tuesday, September 2:
3.60 Miles
38:54
Additional Black And Blue Candidates For The Soundtrack: Hand Of Fate, Crazy Mama
Columbus Marathon Training Total Mileage: 266.05 Miles



Jimmy Buffet Banana Wind (1996)

Song For The Soundtrack:
School Boy Heart

"When you sunburn as easily as I do, Jimmy Buffet music is as close as you get to the Florida pirate lifestyle."

Running Data for Friday, September 5:
4.02 Miles
42:44

Additional Banana Wind Candidates For The Soundtrack: Only Time Will Tell, Mental Floss, Cultural Infidel
Columbus Marathon Training Total Mileage: 270.07 Miles

Jimmy Buffet Barometer Soup (1995)

Song For The Soundtrack:
Bank Of Bad Habits

"There's no doubt Jimmy Buffet drifts into Caribbean Muzak at times, but anyone with his own successful genre of music deserves a lot of credit."

Running Data for Tuesday, September 9:
6.13 Miles
1:07:25
Additional Barometer Soup Candidates For The Soundtrack: Barometer Soup, Remittance Man, Mexico
Columbus Marathon Training Total Mileage: 276.20 Miles

Song For The Soundtrack:
Mama Kin

Aerosmith Aerosmith (1973)

"Who would have guessed from this album cover that Aerosmith would become America's version of the Rolling Stones and launch the power ballad phenomenon?"

Running Data for Wednesday, September 10:
3.11 Miles

33:35
Additional Aerosmith Candidates For The Soundtrack: Makin' It, Dream On, Movin' Out
Columbus Marathon Training Total Mileage: 279.31 Miles

Bob Dylan Modern Times (2006)

Song For The Soundtrack:
When The Deal Goes Down

"On Modern Times, Bob Dylan's first No.1 album since Desire in 1976, he dances a bluesy waltz that's perfectly accented by his scratchy vocals."

Running Data for Tuesday, September 16:
3.10 Miles

"33"

Additional Modern Times Candidates For The Soundtrack: Thunder On The Mountain, Workingman Blues #2
Columbus Marathon Training Total Mileage: 282.41 Miles

Song For The Soundtrack:
Dude?

Happy Chichester Live At The Aladdin Theater (2004)

Happy Chichester Lovers Come Back (2007)

"Happy Chichester is the Columbus version of Todd Rundgren - a wizard and a true star."

Running Data for Saturday, September 20:

8.22 Miles
1:31:44
Additional Live At The Aladdin Theater Candidates For The Soundtrack: A Man Needs An Airplane, You Are, Alcohol

Additional Lovers Come Back Candidates For The Soundtrack: Lost Connection, Shadows Remember The Day

Columbus Marathon Training Total Mileage: 290.63 Miles

Song For The Soundtrack:
Artificial Fanfare

Conversation Run, No Music

Running Data for Saturday, September 27:

3.14 Miles
34:22

Columbus Marathon Training Total Mileage: 297.76 Miles

SMOKIN' THROUGH THE MILES WITH JOE WALSH, RAMONES, ZAPPA, CHRISSIE & HAPPY

Songs For The Soundtrack:
Rocky Mountain Way (Disc I)
Life's Been Good (Disc II)

Joe Walsh Look What I Did! Disc I (1995)

"Smokin' Joe doesn't always get the credit of his contemporaries, but few have as many entries in the all-time rock playlist. History especially has underrated the legacy of the James Gang."

Running Data for Saturday, August 2:
7.03 Miles
1:18:59
Additional Look What I Did! Disc I Candidates For The Soundtrack: The Bomber, Funk #49, Walk Away, Turn To Stone,
Columbus Marathon Training Total Mileage: 212.27 Miles


Joe Walsh Look What I Did! Disc II (1995)
"Life's Been Good never gets old; it just gets better. But, these days, I just wish I could stay up until 4."

Running Data for Monday, August 4:
7.01 Miles
1:16:29
Additional Look What I Did! Disc II Candidates For The Soundtrack: County Fair, Over And Over, All Night Long
Columbus Marathon Training Total Mileage: 219.28 Miles

Song For The Soundtrack:
Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here (1975)
"Before this run, I'm not sure I've ever listened to all of Wish You Were Here when the sun was still shining."

Running Data for Tuesday, August 5:
4.42 Miles
47:29
Additional Wish You Were Here Candidates For The Soundtrack: Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Have A Cigar
Columbus Marathon Training Total Mileage: 223.70 Miles

Song For The Soundtrack:
Spider-Man

Ramones We're Outta Here! (1997)
"Recorded at the band's final live performance - August 6, 1996 in Los Angeles - the Ramones run through 32 songs at warp speed, clocking in an entire farewell show with guests in just over 64 minutes."

Running Data for Wednesday, August 6:
6.02 Miles
1:03:24
Additional We're Outta Here! Candidates For The Soundtrack: Do You Wanna Dance, RAMONES, 53rd & Third, Beat On The Brat
Columbus Marathon Training Total Mileage: 229.72 Miles

Song For The Soundtrack:
Penguin In Bondage

Frank Zappa Does Humor Belong In Music? (1995 Reissue)
"I think Zappa's R-rated humor and scathing political commentary get in the way of his historical standing. With all due props to Jimi, Eddie, Jimmy, Clapton and all the other usual suspects, Zappa may be the King of the Guitar."

Running Data for Saturday, August 9:
7.01 Miles
1:13:43
Additional Does Humor Belong In Music? Candidates For The Soundtrack: Tinsel-Town Rebellion Band, Whipping Post
Columbus Marathon Training Total Mileage: 236.73 Miles

Songs For The Soundtrack:
If You Let Me (Fidelity!)
Dark Sunglasses (Stockholm)

Chrissie Hynde Stockholm (2014)
"In her first solo release - depending on how you classify the later Pretenders records - Chrissie Hynde coos, hisses, sing talks and spits out love, lust and loathing in ways only she can. It's impossible to not fall for her, even when you know her emotional knife cuts bloody both ways and quickly."

JP, Chrissie & The Fairground Boys Fidelity! (2010)
"This Chrissie Hynde collaboration with then-lover JP Jones is like listening to a May/September romance with guitars. The vocal fireworks are starry, the courtship a blast and the morning after burnout inevitable."

Running Data for Tuesday, August 12:
6.48 Miles
1:09:50
Additional Stockholm Candidates For The Soundtrack: Like In The Movies, Down The Wrong Way, House Of Cards
Additional Fidelity! Candidates For The Soundtrack: Perfect Lover, Fairground Luck, Australia, Fidelity!
Columbus Marathon Training Total Mileage: 243.21 Miles

Song For The Soundtrack:
Battle

Happy Chichester Torchwood Loop (2013)
"Torchwood Loop is madcap musical wizardry from Cbus' own version of Todd Rundgren - Happy Chichester - and it's got a groove that grabs from the get go."

Runing Data for Tuesday, August 19:
6.27 Miles
1:09:06
Additional Torchwood Loop Candidates For The Soundtrack: Motorbike, Ride, White Devil, Sexy Girl, Glamorous Town
Columbus Marathon Training Total Mileage: 249.48 Miles

Song For The Soundtrack:
A Fool For Your Stockings

ZZ Top Deguello (1979)
"Deguello is the record that bridges ZZ Top's 'Little Ole Band from Texas' era with its MTV-fueled commercial hot rod of the 1980s."

Running Data for Tuesday, August 26:
3.20 Miles
35:00
Additional Deguello Candidates For The Soundtrack: I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide; Cheap Sunglasses
Columbus Marathon Training Total Mileage: 252.68 Miles

Song For The Soundtrack:
Working Man/Finding My Way

Rush All The World's A Stage (1976)
"I never understood the plot of Rush's 2112, but always loved singing 'We are the Priests of the Temples of Syrinx.' Rush may be a geek band, but Alex Lifeson can make you an air guitar god."

Running Data for Wednesday, August 27:
6.34 Miles
1:09:29
Additional All The World's A Stage Candidates For The Soundtrack: Anthem, Fly By Night/In The Mood
Columbus Marathon Training Total Mileage: 259.02 Miles

ON THE ROAD WITH THE BLANK GENERATION, THE WHITE STRIPES, WILLIE AND JOAN JETT

Song For The Soundtrack:
(I Live For) Cars And Girls

Various Artists Blank Generation The New York Scene (1975-78) (1993)

"This cranking compilation includes 19 songs spread among 15 CBGB's bands including the Ramones, Dictators, Wayne County, Television, Blondie, Richard Hell, and The Heartbreakers. The only notable miss is the Talking Heads."

Running Data for Tuesday, July 15:
4.05 Miles
43:39
Additional Blank Generation The New York Scene (1975-78) Candidates For The Soundtrack: Max's Kansas City 1976, Sonic Reducer, Born To Lose
Columbus Marathon Training Total Mileage: 172.37 Miles

Song For The Soundtrack:
Dead Leaves & The Dirty Ground

White Stripes White Blood Cells (2001)

"This one still still pumps me up more than any other Jack White album regardless of the supporting ensemble and I love them all."

Running Data for Wednesday, July 16:
6.51 Miles
57:21
Additional White Blood Cells Candidates For The Soundtrack: Fell In Love With A Girl, Expecting
Columbus Marathon Training Total Mileage: 178.88 Miles

Song For The Soundtrack:
Nothing I Can Do About It Now

Willie Nelson Live From Austin, TX (1990)

"No one has gotten more mileage out of his regular set list than Willie Nelson. And, anyone who has ever seen him live isn't complaining. This collection is a better souvenir than a T-shirt and it will always fit."

Running Data for Friday, July 18:
5.03 Miles
53:23
Additional Live From Austin, TX Candidates For The Soundtrack: Good Hearted Woman, On The Road Again
Columbus Marathon Training Total Mileage: 183.91 Miles


Conversation Run, No Music
Running Data for Sunday, July 20:
6.15 Miles
1:15:07
Columbus Marathon Training Total Mileage: 190.06 Miles

Song For The Soundtrack:
Cherry Bomb

Joan Jett And The Blackhearts Flashback (1993)

"On Flashback, Joan Jett And The Blackhearts blast through rousing covers of the Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Alice Cooper and Louie Louie, but the live version of Cherry Bomb with L7 reigns supreme."

Running Data for Tuesday, July 22:
6.09 Miles
1:07:25
Additional Flashback Candidates For The Soundtrack: Star Star; Rebel, Rebel; Be My Lover
Columbus Marathon Training Total Mileage: 196.15 Miles


Running In The Rain, No Music
Running Data for Wednesday, July 23:
7.01 Miles
1:17:49
Columbus Marathon Training Total Mileage: 203.16 Miles

Conversation Run, No Music

Running Data for Thursday, July 24:

2.08 Miles
22:15
Columbus Marathon Training Total Mileage: 205.24 Miles

BLASTING OFF JULY WITH HOWLIN' MAGGIE, IKE REILLY, BRUCE, AC/DC & THE RAMONES

Song For The Soundtrack:
I'm A Slut

Howlin' Maggie Honeysuckle Strange (1996)
"Honeysuckle Strange is one of the greatest records to ever come out of the Columbus music scene and another triumphant effort from local heroes Happy Chichester and Andy Harrison."

Ike Reilly Hard Luck Stories (2009)
"All hail the Reformed Church of the Assault Rifle. Ike Reilly continues his reign of snappy writing and musical mayhem."

Running Data for Wednesday, July 2:

8.33 Miles

1:21:39

Additional Honeysuckle Strange Candidates For The Soundtrack: Miss Universe, Alcohol, Jawbreaker, $3.99

Additional Hard Luck Stories Candidates For The Soundtrack: Morning Glory, Good Work
Columbus Marathon Training Total Mileage: 130.61 Miles

Song For The Soundtrack:
The War On The Terror And The Drugs

Conversation Run, No Music
Running Data for Saturday, July 5:
5.28 Miles
1:00:26
Columbus Marathon Training Total Mileage: 135.89 Miles

Run Cut Short By Thunderstorm

Running Data for Monday, July 7:
0.66 Miles
7:21
Columbus Marathon Training Total Mileage: 136.55 Miles

Song For The Soundtrack:
No Surrender

Bruce Springsteen Born In The U.S.A. (1984)

"Born In The U.S.A., Downbound Train and My Hometown breathe political fire, but the rest of the record is love, buds and broken hearts Springsteen-style."

Running Data for Tuesday, July 8:
5.37 Miles
57:36
Additional Born In The U.S.A. Candidates For The Soundtrack: Darlington County, Bobby Jean, Glory Days
Columbus Marathon Training Total Mileage: 141.92 Miles

Song For The Soundtrack:
Problem Child

AC/DC If You Want Blood (1978)

"Bon Scott leads the lads through their greatest hits to that point the way they were meant to be heard best - live and in concert - including the seminal versions of The Jack and Whole Lotta Rosie."

Running Data for Wednesday, July 9:
7.00 Miles
1:08:15
Additional If You Want Blood Candidates For The Soundtrack: Bad Boy Boogie, Rock 'N' Roll Damnation, Let There Be Rock
Columbus Marathon Training Total Mileage: 148.92 Miles

Conversation Run, No Music

Running Data for Saturday, July 12:
11.28 Miles
1:55:08
Columbus Marathon Training Total Mileage: 160.20 Miles

Song For The Soundtrack;
Sheena Is A Punk Rocker

Ramones All The Stuff (And More!) Volume 1 (1990)
"The Ramones could be as dark as Lou Reed and Velvet Underground in one song and as joyfully bubblegum as The Archies on the next."

Running Data for Monday, July 13:
6.02 Miles
1:07:26
Additional All The Stuff (And More!) Volume 1 Candidates For The Soundtrack: Blitzkrieg Bop, Havana Affair, Pinhead
Columbus Marathon Training Total Mileage: 166.22 Miles

Conversation Run, No Music

Running Data for Monday, July 14:
2.10 Miles

22:47

Columbus Marathon Training Total Mileage: 168.32 Miles