The Hippie Chick

Just a little FYI / handy tip for people who use iTunes a lot. If you're like me, you have a lot of music, and there's a bunch unchecked so that they don't sync to your iPod. However if you've noticed, iTunes doesn't play unchecked music on shuffle. You have to manually choose to play an unchecked song on your own.

I have a fix for this. Go do this:

Edit --> Preferences --> General --> Views. Uncheck the box that says "Show List Checkboxes". It'll cause the checkboxes to not be viewed in your library, and thus iTunes will play unchecked stuff on shuffle. Mustn't forget to go back and check the box again if you're syncing your iPod, though.

*bows* You're welcome. LOL!

Here's my newest playlist / mix. The Psychedelic Mix! This time I'm going to share all the goodness. Some of my favorite psychedelic stuff. Go ahead. Try it. No bad trip, I promise.



1. I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night) - The Electric Prunes
2. White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
3. Itchycoo Park - Small Faces
4. Tomorrow Never Knows - The Beatles
5. Eight Miles High - The Byrds
6. Pictures of Matchstick Men - Status Quo
7. Strange Days - The Doors
8. Venus In Furs - The Velvet Underground and Nico
9. Incense and Peppermints - Strawberry Alarm Clock
10. Set the Controls for The Heart of the Sun - Pink Floyd
11. Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix Experience
12. I Can Hear The Grass Grow - The Move
13. She's A Rainbow - The Rolling Stones
14. Epistle to Dippy - Donovan
15. She Said, She Said - The Beatles
16. I Can See For Miles - The Who
17. White Room - Cream
18. Happenings Ten Years Time Ago - The Yardbirds
19. Dear Mr. Fantasy - Traffic
20. Tuesday Afternoon - The Moody Blues
21. Porpoise Song - The Monkees
22. Flying - The Beatles

Download The .zip File Right Here! (SendSpace - 72.43 MB)

Polly's Workout Playlist

Here's what I use to get myself movin' and groovin'.



Warm Up

Warming up is important. To warm up I do a little light yoga and some poses for stretching. Breathe, and get the muscles prepared for your workout. I usually put on some Indian stuff... mantras, ragas, chants ... just to get in tune, and align my body and spirit. The stuff is also just great to relax to and meditate to. I have a tiny bit of Ravi Shankar for that purpose and a CD I bought off iTunes that sounded great when I was looking for yoga music. It's called Yoga Rhythm and it's by Brent Lewis and Soul Food. Excellent. There's another one I purchased too, for when I'd rather have classical renderings, called Classical Music For Yoga by Zen Lounge. It's beautiful. I'd share them with you here, but since they are from iTunes, they're protected so I can't. I do recommend them to you though.

For Walking / Light Treadmill

I'm lucky in that I live in an area where I have temperate weather and can walk often. I also have some wonderful scenery to enjoy! It's important for me to have music that keeps me in rhythm and at a good pace. I tend to like to listen to fun 70s/80s pop stuff that I love when walking. On my walking playlist:

*Hooked On A Feeling - Blue Swede *Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry *Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynard *Boogie Wonderland - Earth, Wind & Fire *One Bad Apple - The Osmonds *Boogie Oogie Oogie - A Taste Of Honey *Straight Up - Paula Abdul *Mercedes Boy - Pebbles *Miss You Much - Janet Jackson *Down Under - Men At Work *Get Down Tonight - KC and the Sunshine Band *Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder *Good Times - Chic *Raspberry Beret - Prince *Girlfriend - Pebbles *The Glamorous Life - Sheila E *Human - The Human League *Walk This Way - Aerosmith *Let's All Chant - Michael Zager Band

For Higher Intensity / Cardio

Cardio requires you step it up a bit, really work it and get that heart rate up. It's gotta be high energy. My current Cardio playlist:

*Block Rockin' Beats - Chemical Brothers *One Week - Barenaked Ladies *Toxic - Britney Spears *London Bridge - Fergie *Fighter - Christina Aguilera *Canned Heat - Jamiroquai (get your Napoleon Dynamite on, yo) *Bodyrock - Moby *Breathe - Prodigy *Hey Ya! - Out Kast *SexyBack - Justin Timberlake *Maps - Yeah Yeah Yeahs *Survivor - Destiny's Child *Ray of Light - Madonna *Pump Up The Jam - Technotronic *Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes *Just Can't Get Enough - Depeche Mode

Some of the only times I listen to a few of these on the Cardio list by the way, is when working out. The beats are good and they keep you going. So before you start pouring the haterade for the likes of Christina, Britney, Fergie and Justin etc., yo. :p

The Cool Down

Time to take it down, now. It's better for you to gradually ebb in intensity than to just stop all together. Just about 5-10 minutes will do. Put on a couple slower songs, and stretch some more or slowly walk it down.

Currently my cool down is "Hey Nineteen" by Steely Dan or Sleepwalker by Johnny and Santo. It can vary though. Anything easy and slower paced.

If in the off chance you are interested in any of these mixes (except the yoga stuff) comment and let me know and I can drop a .zip of it here for you. And! I'm always open to more ideas. What's on your workout playlists at the moment?

I have done yet another playlist / mix. This one I made for road trips. Nothing beats a road trip, crankin' the tunes and flying down the highway. I am preparing this in case I do actually go up to Orlando next weekend like I want to and go to Universal. Without further delay. Some have to do with the road and driving, some do not. All are great for car listening.




The Road Trip Mix

Magical Mystery Tour - The Beatles
Free Ride - Edgar Winter
Tiny Dancer - Elton John
Roam - The B-52s
Two Of Us - The Beatles
America - Simon and Garfunkel
Every Day Is A Winding Road - Sheryl Crow
Tempted - Squeeze
Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
Free Fallin' - Tom Petty
Signed, Sealed, Delivered - Stevie Wonder
Born to Be Wild - Steppenwolf
Slow Ride - Foghat
American Girl - Tom Petty
Get Your Kicks (On Route 66) - The Rolling Stones
Ramblin' Man - Allman Brothers Band
Take It Easy - The Eagles
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynard
Enter Sandman - Metallica
Life Is A Highway - Tom Cochrane
Where The Streets Have No Name - U2
Roadhouse Blues - The Doors
Road To Nowhere - Talking Heads
Kiss - Prince
Riders On The Storm - The Doors
No Particular Place To Go - Chuck Berry
Ring Of Fire - Johnny Cash
Voodoo Child (Slight Return) - Jimi Hendrix
Drive My Car - The Beatles
Tainted Love - Soft Cell
Crossroads - Cream
Helen Wheels - Paul McCartney and Wings
Hit The Road, Jack - Ray Charles
Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin
Here I Go Again - Whitesnake
Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin
Paradise City - Guns N Roses
Why Don't We Do It In The Road? - The Beatles
Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve
Marrakesh Express - Crosby, Stills and Nash
I've Been Everywhere - Johnny Cash
Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffett
I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers

What are some of your favorite road trip songs? One of these days I want to gather up a couple of great friends and take a road trip and look for America.

"...’Kathy,’ I said as we boarded a Greyhound in Pittsburgh
’Michigan seems like a dream to me now’
It took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw
I’ve gone to look for America..."

If you want any (or all) of these, leave a comment. I try not to leave too much downloadable music here on the journal.

Stolen from lunza

(Requires iTunes, iPod or somesuch)

How many songs? 476


(skipping podcasts and other non-song stuff)
Sort by artist
First artist: 311
Last artist: The Who

Sort by song title
First song: 18 And Life - Skid Row
Last song: You See Me Crying - Aerosmith

Sort by time
Shortest song: Her Majesty (Take 3) - The Beatles (0:24)
Longest song: Purple Rain - Prince (8:40)

Sort by album
First album: (What's The Story) Morning Glory? - Oasis
Last album: Yourself Or Someone Like You - matchbox twenty

First song that comes up on Shuffle: Africa - Toto

How many songs come up when you search for "sex"? 1
How many songs come up when you search for "death"? 0
How many songs come up when you search for "love"? 37
How many songs come up when you search for "you"? 59
How many songs come up when you search for "why"? 0

My Halloween Mix. I put this one together last year. I've also temporarily uploaded the music to my iPod so all of it is for right now on my hard drive. If you want anything as always, even the entire mix, just holler. If you request the entire mix, I can put them in a zip file and send it to your email. I was thinking it was about time I made a mix that wasn't all about "Monster Mash" on repeat seventeen times in a row, you know? LOL! Rock on, guys and ghouls!

** Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon
** Spooky - Classics IV
** Moondance - Van Morrison
** I Put A Spell On You - Marilyn Manson - His cover is REALLY creepy and good!
** Pet Sematary - The Ramones
** Thriller - Michael Jackson - Of course! Because it's the quintessential Halloween Mix song!
** Dead Man's Party - Oingo Boingo
** Boris The Spider - The Who
** Bela Lugosi's Dead - Bauhaus
** Please Mr. Gravedigger - David Bowie
** Don't Fear The Reaper - Blue Öyster Cult
** Psycho Killer - Talking Heads
** Witchy Woman - The Eagles
** There's A Light (Over At The Frankenstein Place) - From the Rocky Horror soundtrack
** Sympathy For The Devil - The Rolling Stones
** Welcome To My Nightmare - Alice Cooper
** Season of the Witch - Donovan
** People Are Strange - The Doors
** Theme from "Halloween"

I transisioned some of these (on the CD anyway, not the iPod) with short snippets of sound effects like thunderclaps, screams, chains jangling, etc. and it really came out nicely! I'm taking this with me on our adventure next weekend to Tampa and Howl-O-Scream to set the mood. There are so many more songs I can think of just right off that aren't on here, too, I may make another for next year.

New meme... sounded interesting. :)

1. open your MP3 player.
2. put all of your music on random.
3. write down the first twenty songs it plays, no matter how embarrassing


Here they are... ::takes a deep breath::

1. Detroit Rock City - KISS
2. This Used To Be My Playground - Madonna
3. Angie - The Rolling Stones
4. "Elephant Love" medley from Moulin Rouge - Ewan McGregor / Nic Kidman
5. Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House
6. Back Door Man - The Doors
7. Boogie Wonderland - Earth, Wind and Fire
8. It's Oh So Quiet - Björk
9. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - Eric Burdon / The Animals
10. Theme from A Clockwork Orange - W. Carlos
11. A Pirate's Life For Me - Disney's Pirates Of The Caribbean ride
12. How Can You Mend A Broken Heart - The Bee Gees
13. Tonight, Tonight - Smashing Pumpkins
14. Tangerine - Led Zeppelin
15. Idioteque - Radiohead
16. Cherry Lips (Go, Baby, Go!) - Garbage
17. Torn - Natalie Imbruglia
18. Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters - Elton John
19. Coma White - Marilyn Manson
20. Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin

Whew! There you have it.