I Get Around...By Walking the Town

Since I've taking up a "new" hobby of walking pretty much anywhere I need to be in Portland and just for fun (it's relaxing and meditative), I decided to create a playlist on my iPod specifically designed for those times I just want to hit the road with my shoes for an extended period of time.

The Smiths- Shoplifters of the World Unite
Straylight Run- Hands in the Sky
The Doors- Roadhouse Blues
Weezer- Only in Dreams
Bruce Springsteen- Backstreets
Built to Spill- Freebird
Kings of Leon- Knocked Up
Jets to Brazil- I Type for Miles
Moneen- The Last Song I Will Ever Want to Sing
Arcade Fire- Suburban War
Semisonic- Closing Time
Damien Rice- The Blower's Daughter
Rustic Overtones- Iron Boots
Sebadoh- Too Pure
Queen- Under Pressure
Ellie Goulding- I Know You Care
Red Hot Chili Peppers- Under the Bridge
Billy Joel- Piano Man
Jacob Augustine- The City
Radiohead- Lotus Flower
Airborne Toxic Event- Innocence
Dido- No Freedom
Coldplay- Fix You
Pat Benatar- We Belong
Nirvana- Lithium
Smashing Pumpkins- Drown
Alice in Chains- Down in a Hole
Lady Lamb the Beekeeper- You are the Apple
Death Cab for Cutie- Transatlanticism
She and Him- In the Sun
A Fine Frenzy- Almost Lover
Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Maps
U2- Sometimes You Can't Make it on Your Own
Sheryl Crow- Strong Enough
Silversun Pickups- Panic Switch
Florence and the Machine- Shake It Out
Fiona Apple- Anything You Want
Led Zeppelin- Stairway to Heaven
Nine Inch Nails- Ringfinger
Sleater Kinney- Modern Girl
Dashboard Confessional- Everybody Hurts
Pink Floyd- Comfortably Numb
Tool- Lateralus
Live- Lightning Crashes
Jay Z- Young Forever
Michelle Branch- Goodbye to You
Paramore- That's What You Get
Natalie Imbruglia- Torn
Ben Folds- Tiny Dancer
The Lumineers- Ho Hey
Spoon- The Way We Get By
Taylor Swift- Last Kiss
The Cranberries- Linger
Hey Monday- Candles
System of a Down- Aerials
Poison- Every Rose Has its Thorn
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals- Stars
Bon Iver- I Can't Make You Love Me
From Autumn to Ashes- Short Stories with Tragic Endings
Dave Matthews Band- American Baby Intro
Slipknot- Snuff
Circa Survive- Kicking Your Crosses Down
Third Eye Blind- God of Wine
Eddie Vedder- Hard Sun
Coheed and Cambria- Welcome Home
Avenged Sevenfold- So Faraway
No Doubt- Sunday Monring
Taking Back Sunday- Everything Must Go
Lana Del Ray- Ride
Guns n Roses- November Rain
Fugazi- Target
A Perfect Circle- 3 Libras
Rage Against the Machine- Freedom
Liz Phair- Count on my Love
Interpol- The New
Prince- When Doves Cry
Thursday- Love Has Led Us Astray
Ben Harper- Sexual Healing
Neutral Milk Hotel- In the Aeroplane Over the Sky
Justin Timberlake- What Goes Around Comes Around
The Good Life- You Don't Feel Like Home to Me
Counting Crows- Anna Begins
Colbie Caillat- Fearless
Eminem- Space Bound
Miranda Lambert- Over You
Jeff Buckley- Hallelujah
Matchbox Twenty- 3 a.m.
The Toadies- Possum Kingdom
Incubus- Stellar
Vampire Weekend- Bryn
Lisa Loeb- Stay
The Postal Service- We Will Become Silhouettes
Brand New- You Stole
Taylor Swift- Begin Again
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This music helps get me through a long walk where I tend to get lost in thoughts or just simply in the process of not thinking at all and just hearing the sounds and the words. It's my escape from the world for however long I choose to walk.

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