It's free music Friday!

I really need to make a category for playlists.

Ordinarily, I test these things out before I post them, but I'm not going running until early evening today, and I'll forget to post if I wait till then.

Why tonight? While I was out on my bike last night, I discovered that one of the side roads back by the neighborhood golf course goes all the way around a small lake before coming back to the main road. Though I'm not overly fond of road running, I'm getting bored with the view from the track, and this route looks like a good way to get a little variety. On my bike, the loop portion was between a 1/2 and a full mile, and it's about a mile from my house to the loop. The distance should be just about perfect for a 25-minute run.

The other reason is that the weather will be slightly cooler then. But you knew about my heat-wuss tendencies already, right?

Anyway, the playlist. Today there's a alternative-ish, rockish theme. You know, all that crap that sounds like it might have played on a college rock station in the 90s? The cool-down is technically a Christmas song, but it's not all jingle bells and mistletoe about it. You'll see. :)

Oh, and for the curious/nit-picky out there, the total time for the running portion of the playlist is 25:03. I may or may not walk for those extra 3 seconds.

Warm-up: Wear Sunscreen - Baz Luhrmann

Come Dancing - The Kinks
Stupid Boy - Gear Daddies
Anything, Anything - Dramarama
Shoe Box - Barenaked Ladies
Bright Future in Sales - Fountains of Wayne
Out the Window - Violent Femmes
Buddy Holly - Weezer
Oh, Goddamnit - Hot Hot Heat

Cool-down: Fairytale of New York - Pogues

These files will be gone tomorrow afternoon. Exactly when tomorrow afternoon is unknown, since Noah has a soccer game and I'm a flake.

As always, right-click and save-target-as to download. Please.

UPDATE: Okay, MONDAY morning, not Saturday afternoon. But they're gone now.

dude! i gotta remember that you do this on fridays! i blanked on it last week.

i am totally in love with the lakes of pontchartrain that i got off your site last weekend - i'm going to get the album. thank you for posting that song :)