Category Archives: Current Events

2 August 2019

Treadmill. Gym at the Shire.
Walking. Morningside Gardens.
For Mauna Kea
Ko’u Mana’o – Rebel Zion
Rise Up – Ryan Hiraok, ft. Leala Kawaauhau
We Are Mauna Kea – Sons of Yeshua
Draw the Line at Thirteen – Brad Bordess
Stand Up and Rise – One Rhythm
E Ala E – Hawaiian Roots Band
E `Oni A Pa`a – Hawane Rios
Of Stars & Of Stone – Mr. Kapu, ft. Ka​`​ale
Everybody Wants to Be Somebody – Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley
Get Up Stand Up – Bob Marley & The Wailers
For Hong Kong
Sing Hallelujah to the Lord – The Island Choral Experience & Friends
March for the Beloved – Onesun, ft. Lee Ari
Do You Hear the People Sing? – Les Misérables

 

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1 August 2019

Beginning again. Again.
Walking. Morningside Gardens.
Treadmill. Gym at the Shire.
For Baltimore. For Puerto Rico.
Silver – Rick Ocasek
You Think You’re a Man – Divine
Baltimore – Audra McDonald
Baltimore – Nina Simone
Baltimore – Lyle Lovett
Baltimore – Randy Newman
Use Me – Bill Withers
Got to Give It Up – Marvin Gaye
All Blues – Miles Davis
Baltimore – Prince
I Know Where I’ve Been – Queen Latifah (Hairspray)
Afilando Los Cuchillos – Residente, iLe & Bad Bunny
PUTA – PJ Sin Suela
La Borinqueña – iLe (Facebook post during demonstration)
Lamento Borincano – La India (Twitter post during demonstration)
Delincuente – Farruko, Anuel AA & Kendo Kaponi
Yo Soy Boricua – Taino
Que Lloren – Ivy Queen
A Forgotten Spot (Olvidado) – Lin-Manuel Miranda, Zion & Lennox, De La Ghetto, Ivy Queen, PJ Jin Suela, Lucecita Benitez

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30 July 2019

Walking. Morningside Gardens.
Good Morning Baltimore – Hairspray
Baltimore – Tori Amos (on YouTube)
The Lady Came from Baltimore – Tim Hardin
Dancing in the Streets – The Mamas and the Papas
I Cover the Waterfront – Billie Holiday
Barefoot in Baltimore – Strawberry Alarm Clock
The Calloway Boogie – Cab Calloway
The Earl of Baltimore – Terry Cashman
Streets of Baltimore – Gram Parsons
Aerial Boundaries – Michael Hedges
Raining in Baltimore – Counting Crows
Hungry Heart – Bruce Springsteen
Dream Rag – Eubie Blake
Road to Hell – Andre De Shields & Company (Hadestown)
Baltimore Fire – Charlie Poole & the North Carolina Ramblers
Way Down in the Hole – Blind Boys of Alabama

Tomorrow’s list will also focus on songs about Baltimore or performed by artists with Baltimore connections or that were featured in The Wire.

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20 July 2019, la segunda parte

Stretching. Gym at the Shire.
National Anthem of the Republic of Colombia – ¡Oh gloria inmarcesible!
Soy Yo – Bomba Estéreo
Pa’ Mayte – Carlos Vives
Rebelión – Joe Arroyo
Vive a Tu Manera – Herencia de Timbiqui
La Pollera Colorá – Lucho Bermúdez
La Cucharita – Jorge Velosa
Sale El Sol – Shakira
Soy Colombiano – Silva y Villalba
Llanero si soy llanero – Cholo Valderrama

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17 July 2019

Treadmill. Gym at the Shire.
I Can’t Breath – Garner Family
Lady Sings the Blues – Billie Holiday
Jarama Valley – Arlo Guthrie & Pete Seeger
En la Plaza de Mi Pueblo – Michele Greene
The Abraham Lincoln Brigade – John McCutcheon
Asturias – Guardabarranco
El Quinto Regimiento – Lila Downs
The Bantry Girls’ Lament – Aoife Clancy
Garcia e Galan – Uxia
Los Quatro Generales – Joel Rafael & Jamaica Rafael
Llego Con Tres Heridas – Eliseo Parra
Noche Nochera – Guardabarranco
Si Me Quieres Escriber – Quetzal
Tu Que Brillas – Michelle Greene
Viva la Quinte Brigada – Shay Black & Aoife Clancy

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16 July 2019

Walking. Morningside Gardens.
One (Hu)’man One Vote – Johnny Clegg & Savuka
Cruel, Crazy, Beautiful WOrld – Johnny Clegg & Savuka
Jericho – Johnny Clegg & Savuka
Dela – Johnny Clegg & Savuka
Moliva – Johnny Clegg & Savuka
It’s An Illusion – Johnny Clegg & Savuka
Vezandlebe – Johnny Clegg & Savuka
Aimbonanga – Johnny Clegg & Savuka
Impi – Johnny Clegg & Juluka
Walima ‘Mabele – Johnny Clegg & Juluka
Akanaki Nolumaka – Johnny Clegg & Juluka
Third World Child – Johnny Clegg
The Crossing (Osiyeza) – Johnny Clegg
Nkosi Sikelel ‘IAfrica – Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Rest in peace and power and music, Johnny Clegg.

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Forever champion

Simona Halep won Wimbledon this year.

Serena Williams will forever be my champion.

The day I stop fighting for equality and for people that look like you and me will be the day I am in my grave.
– Serena Williams

Long will she reign.

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4 July 2019, part deux

Walking. Morningside Gardens.
Treaties – Frank Wain
American Tune – Eva Cassidy
Strange Fruit – Billie Holiday
Freedom Road – The Blind Boys of Alabama
The Great Peace March – Holly Near
Freedom – Richie Havens
Born in the U.S.A. – Bruce Springsteen
Freedom Now – Sweet Honey in the Rock
For America – Jackson Browne
My Country ‘Tis of Thy People Are Dying – Buffy Sainte-Marie
We Were All Wounded at Wounded Knee – Redbone
Yorktown – Hamilton
Sounds Like America to Me – Harry Chapin
Immigrants (We Get the Job Done) – K’naan, Snow Tha Product, Riz MC & Residente
America – Tracy Chapman
We Are the Children – Omar Calimbas, Jen Low, Glenn Fajardo and Karen Ng
Glory – Common & Legend
I Am a Patriot – Little Steven
This Is America – Childish Gambino
Freedom – Pharrell Williams
Querido FBI – Calle 13
Freedom – Beyonce
This Land – Gary Clark, Jr.
We Shall Overcome – Tao Rodriquez-Seeger, Pete Seeger, Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Let America Be America Again (by Langston Hughes) – James Earl Jones

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Scholarship support for Areej

Cutting to the chase:
Areej Murad, a Palestinian Christian seeks scholarship support for her studies. I gave. You can too.

What Areej wants to do:
Areej is applying to pursue an MBA in Social Impact at Eastern University, Pennsylvania. It’s a 2-year program starting in September, 2019 and ending in 2021. The program will be by correspondence, which means she will maintain her position at Bethlehem Bible College while she studies to be able to support my education.

Areej’s plans:
Areej is called to work in community development in a professional way. Her studies will allow her to fill in the gaps between a heart called to serve, and the professional knowledge needed to do so. Her vision focuses on serving Palestinian Christians, in part to seek ways to prevent Christians from leaving the Holy Land. High numbers of Palestinian Christians are leaving the Holy Land due to the lack of economic growth and limited job opportunities. God glorifying entrepreneurship is her calling. Through this MBA program her purpose is to be an active member of the holy body of Christ and to empower other Christians to be and do the same.

Why I gave:
Areej and I served on a panel in Wooster, Ohio a few years ago. She impressed me with her deep faith, her commitment to the Palestinian people and to justice for Palestinians and Israelis, her intelligence, imagination, and love. Areej has already made a difference through her work with Bethlehem Bible College. She has the capacity to do more. It is an honor to support her. It would be your honor too.

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30 June 2019

Walking. Morningside Gardens.
For Marsha P. Johnson – Bryce Dessner
Over the Rainbow – Judy Garland
I Want to Break Free – Queen
Just the Way I Like – Shawnee
Singing for Our Lives – Holly Near
We Are Family – Sister Sledge
What I Need – Hayley Kiyoko
Candy Says – The Velvet Underground
Lost Angel – Mya Byrne
Constant Craving – k.d. lang
True Colors – Cyndi Lauper
Walk on the Wild Side – Lou Reed
Make Me Feel – Janelle Monae
Born This Way – Lady Gaga
It Can Only Get Better – Charice Pempengco
We Belong – Namoli Brennet

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