Kathleen Hanna might kill herself if she knew that Le Tigre is simply the most perfect music for
* writing a feminist manifesto?
* starting a revolution?
* exploring bi-curious tendencies?
No, sorry, it's actually the perfect music for JOGGING. It has exactly the right beats per minute to get this yuppie scum housewife, with all her yuppie scum accoutrements (YSAs), moving. YSAs for jogging include
* jogging stroller
* iPod
* huge, incognito celebrity sunglasses
* Lululemon trousers
* some sort of fancy running socks that Tobias bought me yesterday. I dunno, they sort of seem like SOCKS to me, but apparently they have some high technology built in which makes them SUPERSOCKS.
And while we're talking about jogging music, let me confess something.
Everyone's read Audra's old essay called "Guilty (Dis)Pleasures" right? If you haven't, it's a funny essay from back in the day where she confesses that she sometimes doesn't like the right things. For example, she doesn't like Ani DeFranco. A real embarrassment in the feminist socialist secularist knitting addict crowd.
I kind of like Ani DeFranco. Anyway, I don't hate her. But you know who I really don't like, can't like, practically DISlike? M.I.A. It's true! I'm sorry, I just don't get it. I wonder if part of the problem is that I saw her video before I heard her music on it's own. Since then, I can't help thinking "T&A" every time I hear "M.I.A."
So that's my guilty (dis)pleasures confession. But still, "Galang" remains on my On-the-Go playlist for jogging, because sometimes listening to something I don't like makes me run faster.
I also really like to hear music that makes me laugh while I'm running. So, I have "I Could Eat a Knob At Night" by DJ Reacharound, from Episode 6 of the Ricky Gervais Show and "Gold digger" by Kanye West. There's just something about
She was s'posed to buy your shortie Tyco wit' yo money
She went to the doctor and got lipo wit' yo monAY
that cracks me up and makes my jog more enjoyable.
So, in the requirements for a good jogging soundtrack, we've covered music with a good bpm, music that annoys me, and funny music. M'hijo is not going to let me sit here and type for much longer so I will just quickly say that I also require music that makes me feel tough and music that makes me rock out. For these, I have Nellie McKay and Franz Ferdinand, respectively.
With all of these things in place, my little 5k jogs go by in a flash.
