Playlist-y For Me

Things are chugging along fine right now.  Nothing too crazy or too exciting to report, so I thought I'd talk about my iPod.  Ever since I got an iPod Nano for my birthday, I've been using it a lot.  And because I have been making music mixes since my friends and I started trading mix tapes in high school, I have several playlists on my iPod.  Two playlists, however, have been getting the most use, so I figured I'd share them with you right now.  

The first is cleverly called "Jon's New Workout Mix".  As you can see, there are a lot of high energy stuff on there:

1. New Order, "Fine Time"
2. Phoenix, "1901"
3. Madonna feat. Justin Timberlake, "4 Minutes"
4. Kelis, "Milkshake"
5. Nelly Furtado & Timbaland, "Promiscuous"
6. The Killers, "Somebody Told Me"
7. Muse, "Uprising"
8. The Postal Service, "Brand New Colony"
9. Pet Shop Boys, "Sexy Northerner"
10. Jesus Jones, "The Devil You Know"
11. Garbage, "Shut Your Mouth"
12. Eiffel 65, "Blue (Da Ba Dee)"
13. from South Park, "Kyle's Mom's A B**ch"
14. Franz Ferdinand, "Michael"
15. Lady Gaga, "Poker Face"
16. Kinky, "Mirando De Lado"

I usually won't make it the whole way through the mix during my workout.  My maximum time for a workout, counting a ten minute cooling off period of walking on a relatively steep incline, is usually an hour.  And during the cooling off period, I'll usually just shift over to listening to Lady Gaga's "The Fame."  

I also made up a mix for me to listen to while I'm doing chores. It has the highly creative name of "Cleaning The House":

1. Bjork, "Army of Me"
2. Editors, "An End Has A Start"
3. Bloodhound Gang, "The Bad Touch"
4. Dead or Alive, "You Spin Me 'Round (Like A Record)
5. Lady Gaga, "Poker Face" [Oh sue me, I love the song -- ed.]
6. Lily Allen, "Smile (Version Revisited)"
7. Aaliyah, "Try Again"
8. Erasure, "Chorus"
9. Amy Winehouse, "Rehab"
10. Erykah Badu, "Tyrone (Live)"
11. Depeche Mode, "Everything Counts (Live)"
12. Gnarls Barkley, "Crazy"
13. The Killers, "Somebody Told Me" [again, love love love the Killers and the song]
14. Kim Wilde, "You Keep Me Hangin' On"
15. Matisyahu, "King Without A Crown (Live)"
16. Muse, "Undisclosed Desires"
17. Pet Shop Boys w/ Dusty Springfield, "What Have I Done To Deserve This?

Yes, there are some crossovers.  As someone who loves both the Killers and Lady Gaga, how could I not have songs from both of them on some mixes?  Maybe I'll mix things up and listen to the chores mix as I do cardio tomorrow morning.  I dunno.  

One final note, as a lover of the Pet Shop Boys, Lady Gaga & the Killers, I'd be remiss in not including the following clip of PSB at the Brits earlier this year, doing a medley of their songs.  Helping them out during this?  Brandon Flowers of the Killers and of course, Lady Gaga. 

Enjoy!