8tracks - Mixes by Aless81

"Country and western music is about loss. Soul music is also about loss. But the difference is in country and western music, they've lost, they've given up and they are just wining about it. In soul music they are struggling to get it back, they haven't given up." -The Sapphires Film

"Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards."- Keith Richards

"Pull up thy heart, suppress thy brackish tears, Torment thee not, but put away thy fears. Dead to all joys and living unto woe, Slain quite by her that ne’er gave wise men blow, Revive again and live without all dread, The less afraid, the better thou shalt speed." Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603)

The goal of this playlist is just to get you through your work out. Getting to the gym is sometimes a problem in itself and this playlist is to get things really flowing.

For those days were you just need something extra...

Imagine a place in the future where there is only one choice. A choice to live as a different being or die. There is no in-between and this is the journey you must take.

One thing is for certain: thank God the Depression years had music....

"If we bring a little joy into your humdrum lives, it makes us feel as though our hard work ain't been in vain for nothin'."- Singing' In The Rain (1952)

"Ilsa, I'm no good at being noble, but it doesn't take much to see that the problems of three little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. Someday you'll understand that."- Casablanca (1942)

On November 24, 2014 the justice system failed. It failed in standing for the people. Being a person deeply moved by the deep sadness of the African American's they have my complete sympathy and support. Mike Brown's loss is completely terrible and I wish his family the peace to heal. What Brown did for us however, was bring us together, all of us. Now it's just the time to fight. "It's a movement, you can't stop it..."

When the husband is away the wife will play... Two tracks including music by Imelda May and Pomplamoose.

If you weren't completely numb for the last 10-20 years, I guarantee you'll recognize these party classics. Featuring artists such as Ludacris, Nelly, and Flo Rida.