Monthly Archives: May 2024

9 May 2024

Walking. Gym in the Apartment.
The first song was added in response to a post by Alonzo.
The middle section is half of a playlist, Love & Hope in the Age of Coronavirus by Ester.
The final song was given to me by Sean.
Backlash Blues – Nina Simone
Sunday Best – Surfaces
Biking – Frank Ocean
Ends of the Earth – Lord Huron
Angel from Montgomery – John Prine & Bonnie Raitt
42 – Mumford & Sons
Somewhere over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World – Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
Blackbird – Brad Mehldau
Where the Light Is – Surfaces
How Can I Keep from Singing – Eva Cassidy
Anything at All – Over the Rhine
Lean on Me – Bill Withers
“40” – U2
Bold as Love – The Jimi Hendrix Experience
When Life Is Good Again – Dolly Parton
Trying to Keep It Together – Norah Jones
Do What You Can – Bon Jovi
Sal Tlay Ka Siti – Book of Mormon

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6 May 2024

Walking. Gym in the Apartment.
drifters – Mel Hsu
Stay – Jennifer Chung, feat. Joules
Tryna Smoke – Jhene Aiko, feat. MicahFoneCheck
Kana’i Aupuni – Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
When Elephants Cry – Mayuka Theis
Surya – Awaaz Do
IN THE MIRROR – Yaeji
As I Am – Magdalen Hsu-Li
Do Not Fight the Storm – Allegiance
The Rite of Letting Go – Sera
Desert Woman – ZHU
The Other Side – Ruby Ibarra

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7 May 2024

Walking. Gym in the Apartment.
Oozora De Dakishmete – Hikaru Utada
xoxo moongirl – Mel Hsu
Dream – Priscilla Ahn
Raag Jag – Awaaz Do
Winter Is Cruel – Magdelen Hsu-Li
Pontchartrain – Vienna Teng
Summer of ’42 – Kishi Bashi
The Beginning – TOKMONSTA
FREE INTERLUDE – Yaeji
ANIMAL CROSSING – Shawn Wasabi & Sophie Black
Peace Anthem – Sera
Like a Swallow / Tsubame No Youni -Yumi Matsutoya

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When God Became White: New book by Grace Ji-Sun Kim

Check out the new book by the Rev. Dr. Grace Ji-Sun Kim – available now. I look forward to reading it.

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5 May 2024

Walking. Stretching. Gym in the Apartment.
Red Dress – Amanda Rheaume (feat. Chantal Kreviazuk)
You Got to Run (Spirit of the Wind) – Buffy Sainte-Marie & Tanya Tagaq
Run Sister Run – Cass McCombs
Through The Flood – Indian City
Say Her Name – Bear Fox
To All MMIW – Northern Cree
Highway of Tears – Layla Zoe
The Highway – N’we Jinan Artists, Kitsumkalum First Nation, BC
Break the Silence – N’we Jinan Artists, Wauzhushk Onigum First Nation
Blackbird – Emma Stevens
Pray Sister Pray – Crystal Shawanda
Missing You – Joanne Shenandoah
Little Star – iskwē acākosīk
M.M.I.W. (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women) – Jahkota [feat. LB, Drezus & Cleo Big Eagle]
Lost Souls – Tom Jackson
We Won’t Forget You – N’we Jinan Artists, Sk’elep School of Excellence, B.C.

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5 May 2024

5K walk. Germantown. Eric was doing the 5K Run for the Zoo for the Albuquerque BioPark.
Going to the Zoo – Raffi
Cheetah – Pinkfong
Two Tigers – The Shanghai Restoration Project
Tiger, Tiger, Orange and Black – Kids Now
The Sloth – Flanders & Swann
Flamingo – Kero Kero Bonita
Baby Elephant Walk – Quincy Jones
Le Carnaval des Animaux: Le Cygne – C Austin Miles, William Leonard George & Dino Kartsonakis
Five Little Monkeys – Sharon, Lois, and Bram
Five Little Ducks – Gracie’s Corner
BLACKBIRD – Beyoncé, Tanner Adell, Brittney Spencer, Tiera Kennedy & Reyna Roberts
Giraffe – Boots and Cats
Sea Turtle – Hermanito
Carnival of the Animals: Kangaroos – Isata Kanneh-Mason & Konya Kanneh-Mason
Little Lion Man – Mumford & Sons
Fly Like an Eagle – The Neville Brothers
Hakuna Matata – Billy Eichner, Seth Rogen, JD McCrary & Donald Glover
Dog Days Are Over – Florence + the Machine
Faces the Blizzard – Jack Gladstone
Mdube (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) – Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Warthog Rhapsody – Nathan Lane & Ernie Sabella
At the Zoo – Simon & Garfunkel

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4 May 2024

Walking. Germantown. Stretching. Gym in the Apartment.
Ohio – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
The Kent State Massacre – Barbara Dane
IGLOO – Shawn Wasabi
그대내게오면 – TARIN
My Walk – Jessi, feat. YEAR OF THE OX
Fever Dream – mxmtoon
Came by the Ocean/Umi Ni Kite – Yumi Matsutoya
Run River Run – Run River North
The Cellist of Sarajevo – Yo-Yo Ma
you were in my dream last night – Mel Hsu
Time Will Tell Us – Hikaru Utada
Gaman – Lea Salonga, Christopheren Nomura & Allegiance Original Broadway Cast
I Go In – Yung Rizzo
On the Wings of Love – Regina Velasquez
The Imperial March – Saito Kinen Orchestra & John Williams
Star Wars Main Theme – John Williams & London Symphony Orchestra

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3 May 2024

Walking. Germantown. Stretching. Gym in the Apartment.
Ikaw Ang Lahat Sa Akin – Regine Velasquez
Yandool – Stiff Gins
Submissive – Magdalen Hsu-Li
Background – Ruby Ibarra, feat. Ann One
Dream – Priscilla Ahn
Free the Land – “Charlie” Chin, Chris Kando Iijima & Joanne Nobuko Miyamoto
Vote – Miguel
Scared – Zendaya
Sweat – Lee hyung Joo
Rock Steady – Christine Anu
Flag Shopping – Heems
Like a Swallow / Tsubame No Youni – Yumi Matsutoya
A Single Stone – Nobuko Miyamoto
Liberation – Resist and Exist
Interlude – Hikaru Utada

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2 May 2024

Walking. Germantown. Stretching. Gym in the Apartment.
Monkey & The Turtle – Christine Anu
Gabriel – Magdalen Hsu-Li
Walking Along the Road – Ye Ram
No Faker – mxmtoon
Tryin’ to Keep It Together – Norah Jones
LEMONS – Shawn Wasabi, feat. Kennedi
passage – Mel Hsu
Holy Disorder – Sera
Desert Woman – ZHU
Let It Be – Hayley Kiyoko
Unchain My Heart/Kokoro Hodoite -Yumi Matsuyoya
Wandering Chinaman – “Charlie” Chin, Chris Kando Iijima & Joanne Nobuko Miyamoto
Still a Chance – Lea Salonga
When Elephants Cry – Mayuka Thais
Zeze – IU
The Morning Will Come – Jennifer Chung

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1 May 2024

Walking. Germantown.
The Migrant Worker – Jim Croce
Working Man – Imagine Dragons
Chain Gang – Sam Cooke
Joe Hill – Joan Baez
9 To 5 – Dolly Parton
Day O – Harry Belafonte
The Hands That Built America – U2
Bracero – Phil Ochs
Three Miles Down – Gil Scott-Heron
Solidarity Forever – Pete Seeger
Mr. President (Have Pity On The Working Man) – Randy Newman
She Works Hard For the Money – Donna Summer
Woman’s Work – Tracy Chapman
Work For Your Money – Howlin’ Wolf
Worker’s Song – Dropkick Murphys
There is Power in a Union – Entertainment Workers IU 630, Utah Phillips
The Internationale – Billy Bragg
Working Class Hero – Green Day
Working On The Highway – Bruce Springsteen
Immigrants (We Get The Job Done) – K’naan, Snow Tha Product, Riz MC & Residente
More Than a Paycheck – Sweet Honey In the Rock
Gotta Work – Amerie

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