Two phrases I never thought I would find myself uttering: negative oil prices and daily workout routine. But these are unusual times. So while some are busy scouring the earth for caverns in which to stock their unsellable crude, I find myself dusting down my sport shorts, turning on my headphones, and getting hot and sweaty for an hour each morning. More often than not, the album I listen to while doing so is Joey Ramone’s Don’t Worry About Me, recorded while he was dying of lymphoma and released posthumously in 2002. It’s a roaring, life-affirming album that features a cameo by Captain Sensible from The Damned and opens with an in-your-face cover of Louis Armstrong’s “What a Wonderful World.” I like to think the oil men are listening to it too, rolling down their windows and singing along.
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