Day 3

Here are the songs I listened to while exercising today:

1) I've Been Waiting -- Matthew Sweet
2) Skyway -- The Apples in Stereo
3) Leave Me Alone (I'm Lonely) -- Pink
4) Butterfly on Jupiter -- Seth Swirsky
5) Be My Fix -- 40 Ft. Ringo
6) Smile Like You Mean It -- The Killers
7) Who Knew -- Pink
8) No Such Thing -- John Mayer
9) Sleep -- My Chemical Romance
10) Homecoming -- Kanye West

My music is the only sugar now allowed in my diet, and tonight provided plenty of it. Matthew Sweet, The Apples in Stereo, Seth Swirsky, 40 Ft. Ringo (now Stereo Fallout) -- that's four tablespoons of some sugary pop music. Even Pink leans that way with the songs off her underrated "I'm Not Dead" disc from last year.

It was a good overall diet, as The Killers and My Chem brought the mean and potatoes rock, John Mayer the side dish, and Kanye the dessert.

Meanwhile, Seth Swirsky stealthily makes a name for himself, popping up during my workout for the third straight time. He's the Joe Dimaggio of my MP3 player. Outkast still holds the overall lead, but Seth Swirsky is the only everyday player.

Day 2

Here are the songs I listened to while exercising today:

1) Spread -- Outkast
2) Lucinda -- Jesse Malin
3) It's Still Love -- Seth Swirsky
4) Lying Through Your Teeth -- Head Automatica
5) A Girl Like You -- The Smithereens
6) Talking to the Walls -- Finger Eleven
7) Bellingham -- The Drowners
8) Teacher's Pet -- Imperial Teen
9) Spread -- Outkast
10) Titanic Vandalism -- The Go! Team
11) Flip Flop Rock -- Outkast
12) Rescue -- Lucinda Williams
13) Romance -- R.E.M.
14) The Wolf -- Eddie Vedder
15) Bethampetamine -- Butch Walker and the Let's-Go-Out-Tonites

Congratulations to Outkast! Gentlemen, not only did you get the same song TWICE on tonight's playlist, you managed three overall. "Spread" made it twice with the space of nine songs, and then Flip Flop Rock popped up two tracks after Spread. Now Outkast is on top of the leaderboard with five songs in two days.

Wonderful to hear "Bethamphetamine" by Butch Walker and the Let's-Go-Out-Tonites. This is the second five-star song to make the playlist. (The first would be Butch's own "Maybe It's Just Me" which popped up yesterday.) Five-star songs are special. Consider the universe of my 1,044 songs as all MLB players. Now, to even make my MP3 player you've got to be really, really good. Even the space fillers are better than just about anyone else you can find. But just as MLB has All-Stars, so does my MP3 player. "Bethamphetamine" is one of those All-Stars. I guess that kinda makes Butch Walker the MVP of my MP3 league.

Great mixture tonight of power pop, hip hop, and some light stuff. Blast-from-the-past Smithereens check in with one of the great power pop songs of all-time, "Girl Like You." What a pleasure to hear them between Head Automatica and The Drowners. Old-school R.E.M.'s appearance with "Romance" makes this an A-list list.

Day 1

Here are the songs I listened to while exercising today:

1) Hey Ya! -- Outkast
2) I'll Keep Your Memory Vague -- Finger Eleven
3) Behold A Lady -- Outkast
4) I Should've Been After You -- Rooney
5) That's What You Get -- Paramore
6) Handle With Care -- Traveling Wilburys
7) Lemon Parade -- Tonic
8) Best Intentions -- Excentrics
9) Edinburg -- Seth Swirsky
10) Funny -- Saul Zonana
11) Maybe It's Just Me -- Butch Walker
12) Get Back -- Buckcherry
13) The Air Near My Fingers -- The White Stripes

It's like the future was calling me on the treadmill tonight.

Good for Saul Zonana to make today's shuffle. He'll be appearing at The Beachland Ballroom Friday night, opening for the Adrian Belew Trio. I've been waiting years to see Saul live.

And Tonic's lead singer, Emerson Hart, is now out on his own. He'll be at the Cambridge Room at the House of Blues Sunday night. Yes, I do want a Tonic song or two.

Impressive feat for Outkast to make the shuffle twice in three songs.