This winter, the mix-tape is kicking the muffin-top’s dough-y butt! In other words, my latest DIY projects have been playlists that help dull the initial searing torture of a five-mile run to a rhythmic, enjoyable pain– allowing me to un-DIY about seven pounds of muffin-top that sneakily affixed themselves to my mid-section and as$ between Thanksgiving and the new year.

The latest playlist is a favorite, so I’m sharing it here (except for a few songs for which I couldn’t find samples). If you can hang with Indian break beats adjacent to gypsy punk, latino club music and a few hip hop anthems, you might like it too.

Beware of the Boys (Mundian to Bach Ke) Moonbootica remix– Panjabi MC


Maldito Alcohol (featuring Afrojack)– Pitbull


Immigrant Punk– Gogol Bordello


Olé (Extended Remix)– John Revox


Calabria 2007 (Club Mix)– Enur


Not a Crime– Gogol Bordello


Ready or Not (Salaam’s Ready for the Show Mix)– The Fugees

They Don’t Want Music– Black Eyed Peas and James Brown

O Saya– M.I.A.

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