Walking. Albuquerque.
Monkey Man – Toots & The Maytals
Reels: A)The Dogs Among The Bushes; B) Jenny’s Wedding – Planxty
Les Tracas De Todd Balfa – Balfa Toujours
The Last Rose Of Summer – Celtic Woman
Save Me – ZHU, feat. Heriznen
The Line – Bruce Springsteen
Song For A Winter’s Night – Gordon Lightfoot
I Owe You One – Aaron Neville
Oklahoma Hills – Arlo Guthrie
I’ve Got A Feeling = The Beatles
Baby Doll – Audra McDonald
Ah Aleeh A’haleeh – Blackfire
Quiero Verte Más – Francisca Valenzuela
Heaven Knows – The Corrs
Northshore – Tegan & Sara
Beloved – Melissa Etheridge
Done For Posterity – Various
Treat Her Like a Lady – The Temptations
I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues – Elton John
Tangled Up In Blue – Bob Dylan
Monthly Archives: August 2024
31 August 2024, pt. 2
31 August 2024, pt. 1
Walking. Albuquerque. ABQ BioPark Zoo.
Going to the Zoo – Raffi
Cheetah – Pinkfong
Two Tigers (Liang Zhi Lao Hu) – The Shanghai Restoration Project
Tiger, Tiger, Orange and Black – Kids Now
The Sloth – Flanders & Swann
Toucan – Cadenza
Flamingo – Kero Kero Bonito
Tiger Rag – Pete Fountain
Baby Elephant Walk – Quincy Jones
Le Carnaval des Animaux: Le Cygne – C Austin Miles, William Leonard George & Dino Kartsonakis
Five Little Monkeys – Sharon, Lois & Bram
Five Little Ducks – Gracie’s Corner
Giraffe – Boots and Cats
Sea Turtle – Hermanito
Carnival of the Animals: VI. Kangaroos – Isata Kanneh-Mason & Konya Kanneh-
Fly Like An Eagle – The Neville Brothers
Hakuna Matata – Billy Eichner, Seth Rogen, JD McCrary & Donald Glover
Faces the Blizzard (Buffalo Honor Song) – Jack Gladstone
Mbube (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) – Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Warthog Rhapsody – Nathan Lane & Ernie Sabella
Kangaroo – Remi Wolf
Kangaroo – The Big Wu
Carnival of the Animals: I. Introduction and Royal March of the Lion – Isata Kanneh-Mason, Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, Braimah Kanneh-Mason, Ayla Sahin, Timothy Ridout, Sheku Kanneh-Mason & Toby Hughes
Mama Lion – Crosby & Nash
All God’s Critters – John McCutcheon
At The Zoo – Simon & Garfunkel
Filed under Exercise, Family, Music, New Mexico, playlist
30 August 2024
Anniversary of killing of Fred Hampton.
Walking. Albuquerque. ABQ BioPark Aquarium.
Dear Daddy – Chairman Fred Hampton, Jr.
Panther – The Last Poets
Mississippi Goddam – Nina Simone
Fight For You – H.E.R.
Oakland Stroke – Tower Of Power
Everyday People – Sly & The Family Stone
Say It Loud – I’m Black and I’m Proud, Pt. 1 – James Brown
Oakland – Too $hort
Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair – Lauryn Hill
Black Enough – Steel Pulse
Better Off Dead – Bill Withers
Home Is Where the Hatred Is – Gil Scott-Heron
Be Thankful for What You Got – William DeVaughn
Fight the Power – Public Enemy
Attica Blues – Archie Shepp & Romulus Franceschini
Am I Black Enough for You? – Billy Paul
2000 Blacks Got to Be Free – Fela Kuti, feat. Roy Ayers
Panther Power – Paris
Black Man – Stevie Wonder
Panther Power – 2Pac
Be Real Black for Me – Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) – Marvin Gaye
Filed under Antiracism, Exercise, Human Rights, Music, New Mexico, playlist
29 August 2024
Hurricane Katrina.
Walking. Albuquerque.
Thanks to Tricia and Kim for suggestions.
Walking to New Orleans – Fats Domino
Shelter in the Rain – Irma Thomas]
Cry for New Orleans – Jude Johnstone, Susan Cowsill, John Cowsill, Rodney Crowell, Maxayn Lewis, Vicki Peterson & David Mansfield
All Hands Together – Mika Nakashima
All These People – Harry Connick, Jr.
The River In Reverse – Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint
Where Were You? – Jackson Browne
Hell No, We Aint Alright (Krush Groove Remix) – Public Enemy Remix of a Nation (feat. Paris)
City That Care Forgot – Dr. John
Wading Through – Terence Blanchard
Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? – Louis Armstrong
In New Orleans (House Of The Rising Sun) – Lead Belly
Going Back To New Orleans – Deacon John
I Hope – The Chicks
Pontchartrain – Vienna Teng
The Saints Are Coming – U2 & Green Day
When The Saints Go Marching In – Louis Armstrong K
They All Ask’d For You – The Meters
New Orleans Ladies – Le Roux
Halftime (Stand Up and Get Crunk!) – Ying Yang Twins & Homebwoi
Way Down Yonder in New Orleans – Freddy Cannon
What A Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
Just a Closer Walk With Thee – Pete Fountain
Filed under Antiracism, Exercise, Human Rights, Music, New Mexico, playlist
28 August 2024
Emmett Till.
March for Jobs and Freedom.
Walking Albuquerque.
The Death of Emmett Till – Bob Dylan
My Name Is Emmett Till – Emmylou Harris
Emmett’s Ghost – Eric Bibb feat. Ron Carter
The Ballad of Emmett Till – Red River Dave McEnery
The Death of Emmett Till, Pt. 1 – The Ramparts
The Death of Emmett Till, Pt. 2 – The Ramparts
The Death of Emmett Till – Ben Williams
Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen – Bayard Rustin
God Will Take Care of You – Aretha Franklin
Many Rivers To Cross – The Blind Boys Of Alabama
You’ll Never Walk Alone – Brittany Howard
Someday We’ll All Be Free – Donny Hathaway
(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding – Keb’ Mo’
Too Many Martyrs – Kim & Reggie Harris
Freedom Time – Lauryn Hill
Keep Your Hand On the Plow – Mahalia Jackson
Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody – Mary D Williams
We’ll Never Turn Back – Mavis Staples
Com’ By H’Yere Good Lord – Nina Simone
Hold On – Odetta
Been in the Storm – Ranky Tanky
We Shall Overcome – The Staple Singers
We Shall Overcome – Joan Baez
We Shall Overcome – Toots & The Maytals C
We Shall Overcome – Workers in Selma
Filed under Antiracism, Exercise, Human Rights, Music, New Mexico, playlist
27 August 2024
US Open. A day late.
Treadmill. HB & Lillian Horn Family YMCA.
Walking. Albuquerque.
Hey There Andy Murray – Far In Jim
Davis Cup – Jackie McLean
U.S. Open Tennis – Keith Mansfield
Coco Gauff – LaJé & Bados
Serena Williams – Derek Pope
Roger Federer – The Mess
Rafa Nadal. Número Uno – Sito Ábalos
I’m Ready – Wyclef Jean
Tennis Elbow – Sky Sailing
Love Forty Down – Frank Turner
The Ballad of Bjorn Borg – Pernice Brothers
Tennis Court – Lorde
Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story – Hamilton Original Broadway Cast
Let The Circle Be Wide – Tommy Sands
A Pair of Brown Eyes – The Pogues
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child – Paul Robeson
Hey Jude – Wilson Pickett feat. Duane Allman
Ain’t Nobody’s Business – Willie Nelson & Dr. John
DJabugai Lady – Archie Roach
LUST. – Kendrick Lamar
Hopeless Wanderer – Mumford & Sons
Duncan – Paul Simon
Brown Baby – Rhiannon Giddens & Francesco Turrisi
Wheels on the Bus – Gracie’s Corner
Wig In a Box – Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Blood Wedding – Black 47 with Christine Ohlman
Filed under Exercise, Music, New Mexico, playlist
26 August 2024
Treadmill. HB & Lillian Horn Family YMCA.
Walking. Albuquerque.
Miren Como Sonríen – Inti-Illimani, feat. Isabel Parra, Tita Parra, Roberto Marquez & Pancho Sazo
I Want You – Marvin Gaye
For What It’s Worth – Keb’ Mo’
Jump (For My Love) – The Pointer Sisters
Run the World (Girls) – Beyoncé
The Tomb of the Stewards – Howard Shore
Whirlpool – Seal
James Connolly – Dropkick Murphys
Where Would I Be – Magdalen Hsu-Li
Nashville – Indigo Girls
Where Is the Love – Betty Wright
I Wanna Be Your Lover – Yo La Tengo
FIGURES – Jessie Reyez
Blues: Feel the Rain Fall – Parade
The Ocean – Tegan & Sara
Filed under Exercise, Music, New Mexico, playlist
20 August 2024
Happy Birthday, Eric.
Cut The Cake – John McCutcheon
On Top of the World – Imagine Dragons
No Need for Words – Sean Jones
Home We’ll Go (Take My Hand) – Steve Aoki & Walk Off the Earth
A Night In Tunisia – Miles Davis
Whistles The Wind – Flogging Molly
Crowded Table – The Highwomen
Take Me Home Country Roads – Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
Good People – Jack Johnson
A Love Supreme, Pt. 1: Acknowledgement – John Coltrane
Sunshine Highway – Dropkick Murphys
Young Wolves – Fire Crow
Mumbles – Oscar Peterson Trio & Clark Terry
Birthday Party – AJR
Eye of the Tiger – Survivor
Blue Is The Colour – Chelsea Football Club
If We Could Be Brave – Matthew Black
Captain America Main Titles – Alan Silvestri
Captain America “We Did It” – Alan Silvestri
Captain America March – Alan Silvestri
Vigil
Caressed by the wind,
the flames dance
above the candles,
each flame to its own rhythm:
each flame representing
God’s beloved children,
gone too soon,
taken too suddenly
by hot metal speeding from a metal tube,
after a trigger was pulled.
Back pressed into the wall,
I sat vigil,
watching the dancing flames
in horror,
in pain,
in remembrance,
in silent witness.
No more could I do.
More is needed.
24 August 2024
Ghost Ranch
Abiquiu, New Mexico
Filed under Gun Violence, Human Rights, New Mexico, Poem
Storm
I wait and watch, write and wonder
as birds fly above the field
and clouds gather over Pedernal.
The wind increases,
freshening the air,
rustling the leaves of the trees,
whipping through what little hair I have.
I retreat to the
cover of the dining hall
as the wind increases,
the birds disappear
the temperature dips
and large drops of water
plummet from the sky
and plop on the ground
bringing and renewing life.
23-24 August 2024
Ghost Ranch
Abiquiu, New Mexico
Filed under New Mexico, Poem
Along the Graybeard Trail 