Morning movement. Walking to Cherry Hills library and some other places.
Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland in 1972.
Sunday Bloody Sunday – John Lennon & Yoko Ono
Domhnach Na Fola – T With The Maggies
Minds Locked Shut – Christy Moore
Bloody Sunday – Cruachan
Sunday Bloody Sunday – The Wolfe Tones
Sunday Bloody Sunday – U2
Sweetheart Like You – Bob Dylan
All My Loving – Paul McCartney
Rabbit Jim – Si Kahn
Wide Open Spaces – The Chicks
Everything You Need 5:43 Indigenous, feat. Mato Nanji
This Little Light – Mavis Staples
Don’t Stop Lovin’ Me – Eliza Gilkyson
Goodbye Goodnight – Andra Day
Mr. Bojangles – Nina Simone
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30 January 2025
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28 January 2025
Most days no introduction to the playlist is provided. Today, as does every January 28, marks an exception.
About today’s playlist.
Fifty-one years ago today, my father, William H. Koenig, died in a plane crash. A private pilot, he was flying with a colleague to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to advocate for funds for the Grove City school district where they were working. My father served as the assistant superintendent.
They did not make it to the state capital. The plane went down. Both men died.
Prior to becoming a school administrator he had been a high school band director. He kept his hands in music as he career moved in a different direction. He played string bass in the pit orchestra for high school musicals and he was the first director of the hand bell choir at our church.
He also directed a community band for several years. For two years, I played baritone horn in that band.
One or another of the bands my father directed, played almost all of the songs on this playlist at some point. Many of them I played under my father’s direction.
Dad – since it fell unto your lot
That you should rise and I should not
I’ll gently rise and I’ll softly call
Good night and joy be with you
Walking. North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center.
Unless otherwise noted, the artist performing the songs is the New York Philharmonic under the direction of Leonard Bernstein.
Light Calvary Overture – London Festival Orchestra
Semper Fidelis
The Thunderer
Washington Post
Hands Across the Sea
Radetsky March, Op. 228
Under the Double Eagle
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Stars and Stripes Forever
The British Grenadiers
Rule Bittania
The National Emblem
Rakoczy March/Hungarian March
March of the Toreadors from Carmen, Suite No. 1
Coronation March from Le Prophete
March from the Love for Three Oranges, Op. 33a
War March of the Priests from Athalie, Op, 74
Grand March from Aida
Procession of the Sardar from Two Caucasian Sketches, Op. 10
March from Symphonic Metamorphoses
Pomp and Circumstance
Scotland the Brave – The Pipes & Drums of the Royal Tank Regiment
Anchors Aweigh
Le Marseillaise
Fest March from Tanhauser
Colonel Bogey
20 January 2025
Morning movement. Pacing in apartment. Stretching.
We The People – Brulé
We the People…. – A Tribe Called Quest
People Have The Power – Patti Smith
This Land Is Your Land – Chicano Batman
One Small Voice – Carole King
Fly On Your Wall – Angel Olsen
HEAVEN – Troye Sivan, feat. Betty Who
Revolution 9 01 – Danbert Nobacon & The Axis of Dissent
Not Gonna Say Your Name – Entrance
Erupt & Matter – Moby & The Void Pacific Choir
Love Makes the World – Sateen
Troubled Times – Green Day
One Man Revolution – Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman
LAND OF THE FREE – Joey Bada$$
I Give You Power – Arcade Fire I feat. Mavis Staples
Fight the Power – Public Enemy
Which Side Are You On – Natalie Merchant
Get Up Stand Up -Bob Marley & The Wailers
Ella’s Song – Sweet Honey
Singing For Our Lives – Holly Near
This Is America – Childish Gambino
Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream – Simon & Garfunkel
We Shall Not Be Moved – Marchers from Selma, Alabama
Siyahamba – Morgan State University Choir & James Abbington
I Am a Patriot (And the River Opens For the Righteous) – Little Steven V
Oh Freedom – Mary D Williams
Step By Step – John McCutcheon
What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye
A Change Is Gonna Come – Sam Cooke
Solidarity Forever – Pete Seeger
Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Round -The Freedom Singers
Imagine – John Lennon
There’ll Be Sunshine In The Morning – Jim And Jean Strathdee
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17 January 2025
Walking. By car dealer twice and once in La Cueva neighborhood. Morning movement. Chair stretching.
Happy Birthday, Muhammad Ali.
I Am the Greatest – Muhammad Ali
Doin’ the Ali Shuffle – Alvin Cash
Ali (Take 3) -Miles Davis
Float Like a Butterfly Sting Like a Bee – Teo Macero
Ali (Take 4) – Miles Davis
The Louisville Lip – PRGMAT
Muhammad Ali – Big Head Todd & The Monsters
Black Superman (Muhammad Ali) 3- Johnny Wakelin
Muhammad Ali – Faithless
The World’s Greatest – Bonnie “Prince” Billy
Muhammad Ali – Tom Russell
Stand by Me – Muhammad Ali
Someone Else Decide – John McCutcheon
My Cape Breton Home – James Galway
1993 – Manila Killa
The Earl of March’s Daughter – Aoife Clancy
Kite – U2
Paper and Ink – Tracy Chapman
This Hard Land – Bruce Springsteen
Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K.525 – Erich Leinsdorf & Boston Symphony Orchestra
Nowhere To Go – Melissa Etheridge
Troubadours – Van Morrison
Still Remember – Indigenous
We Are the Children – Nobuko Miyamoto, feat. Derek Nakamoto
All Along the Watchtower – Playing for Change, feat. Warren Haynes, Cyril Neville, Ivan Neville & John Cruz
A Song For You – Leon Russell
Goin’ Back to New Orleans – Dr. John
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16 January 2025
Walking. North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center. And some other places. Morning movement. Chair stretching.
The Sound Of Silence – Paul Simon
South Australia – Avon Faire, feat. Cait O’riordan
Thug Like Me – Wyclef Jean
One Of These Days – Santana
Ichigo Ichie – Nobuko Miyamoto, feat. Kenny Endo
Tom Dooley – The Smothers Brothers
A Day in the Life – Jake Shimabukuro, feat. Jon Anderson
When She Sleeps – Relativity
Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For You – Stevie Nicks
This Is My Country – Mavis Staples & Levon Helm
New Killer Star – David Bowie
Live and Let Die – Paul McCartney
Hurt So Bad – The Temptations
Start Me Up – The Rolling Stones
Love Like Ghosts – Lord Huron
flowers – Joy Oladokun
Didn’t You Tell Me Not to Be Hard on You? – Kiha & The Faces
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15 January 2025
Walking. South on Wyoming to see the Sandias. Around the Larry H. Miller Toyota dealership. Morning Movement. Chair stretching.
Happy Birthday Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Happy Birthday – Stevie Wonder
By the Time I Get to Arizona – Public Enemy
One Vision – Queen
Proud to Be Black – Run-DMC
One – India.Arie
Wake Up – Rage Against the Machine
Ballad of Martin Luther King – Pete Seeger, Brother Kirk & The Sesame Street Kids
Letter to the King – The Game, feat. Nas
Pride (In The Name Of Love) – U2
Letter To Dr. Martin Luther King – Sweet Honey In The Rock
Abraham, Martin and John – Harry Belafonte
King Holiday – Dream Chorus & The Holiday Crew
Up to the Mountain (MLK Song) – Patty Griffin
MLK Song – Mavis Staples
A Change Is Gonna Come – Sam Cooke
We Shall Not Be Moved – Marchers from Selma
We Shall Overcome – Toots & The Maytals
What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye
Let It Be – Bill Withers
Glory – Common & John Legend
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13 January 2025
Walking. North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center track. Morning movement. Chair stretching.
Korean-American Day.
Drawing the Line – Royal Pirates
Butterfly – Jessica & KRYSTAL
Roses – Annalé Roses
Gotta Work – Amerie
Honestly – Eric Nam
Human Nature – Tiger JK
Good Bye Sadness, Hello Happiness – YOON MI RAE
Every Last Drop – Dumbfoundead
Goodbye – Sam Ock
Come Over – MRSHLL, feat. pH-1
In the Water – Run River North
All Along The Watchtower – Luna
Take It One Day at a Time – Jennifer Chung
Slow – Kahi
Never Not – Jessi Lee
Dream – Priscilla Ahn
Brave New World – Sera
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12 January 2025
Walking, Morning movement. Chair stretching.
Ira Hays birthday.
(Playlist for walking,)
The Ballad of Ira Hayes – Kris Kristofferson, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
Heritage – Shelley Morningsong
You Will Have Peace – Joanne Shenandoah
Honoring – Peter Kater & R. Carlos Nakai
The Ballad of Ira Hayes -Johnny Cash
Healing Song # 3 – Primeaux, Mike & Attson
Justice Hunters – Annie Humphrey
Golden Feather – Robbie Robertson & The Red Road Ensemble
Brother Warrior – Sharon Burch
Calling All Warriors – Leela Gilday
Calling the Spirit Back – Joy Harjo, feat. Rahim Alhaj
Navajo Code Talkers – Jack Gladstone
Ira Hayes – Peter LaFarge
The Marines’ Hymn – United States Marine Band
The Last Post – Band Of The Royal Regiment Of New Zealand Artillery
Summertime – Eva Cassidy
Seven Spanish Angels = Willie Nelson with Ray Charles
Dragon = Jake Shimabukuro
Ireland of My Dreams – Si Kahn
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11 January 2025
Walking. Morning Movement. Chair Stretching. LKR dance class.
RIP and thank you, Sam Moore.
(Playlist for walking.) All songs by Sam & Dave unless otherwise noted.
Hold On! I’m A Comin
You Don’t Know Like I Know
I Take What I Want
Said I Wasn’t Gonna Tell Nobody
You Got Me Hummin’
When Something Is Wrong With My Baby
Small Portion Of Your Love
Soothe Me
I Can’t Stand Up For Falling Down
Soul Man
I Thank You
Wrap It Up
You Don’t Know What You Mean To Me
Can’t You Find Another Way (
Everybody Got To Believe In Somebody
Soul Sister, Brown Sugar
The Long View (A Portrait of Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 9 Songs): No. 5, Anita’s Story – Patrice Michaels & Kuang-Hao Huang
Phantom – Rina Sawayama
The “In” Crowd – Dobie Gray
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You’re Gimli
Ten consecutive days of stretching paid off. When the dance instructor told everyone, students and accompanying adults alike, to get on the floor, I made it. Without hurting myself. Without hurting anyone else. Without embarrassing myself. I made. I even managed to let Lucy sit on my leg without a problem.
“Let’s go around the circle and say our names,” the instructor directed. In turn, students and adult stated their name. Our turn came.
“I’m Lucy,” she said with confidence.”
“I’m Mark,” I said.
Lucy whipped around, put her hand on my mouth, and declared, “No. You’re Gimli.”
“And I’m Lucy,” she affirmed as she turned back to the class.
“It’s a Lord of the Rings thing,” I observed. Everyone laughed. The naming ritual continued.
It took a while to get here. But I am Gimli.
Along the Graybeard Trail 