Category Archives: Exercise

24 June 2019

Treadmill. Stretching. Gym at the Shire.
Walking, Morningside Gardens,
Round Here – Counting Crows
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door – Warren Zevon
Real Real – Nina Simone
Volunteers – Jefferson Airplane
Hole in the Sky – Juliana Hatfield
Essas Emocoes! – Zeca Baleiro
Livin’ in the Red – War
Dulaman – Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh
Heartbreak Town – Dixie Chicks
Fool for You – Rod Stewart
Nashville – Indigo Girls
Forward – Beyonce
Just Another Whistle Stop – The Band
Yellow Ranger – Awkwafina
Leave My Blues at Home – The Allman Brothers Band
Enough of Me – Melissa Etheridge
Madanitche – Kadda Cherif Hadria
Dingle Regatta – The Pogues
Welcome the Traveler Home – John McCutcheon & Tom Chapin
Paz Y Libertad – Jose-Luis Orozco
Winter Is Cruel – Magdalen Hsu-Li

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22 June 2019

Treadmill. Elliptical (5 minutes but hey it has been a while).
Blink. At the same time as Nicole Kung.
Summer Days – Bob  Dylan
Hot Fun in the Summertime – Sly & The Family Stone
Here Comes the Sun – Richie Havens
Circle of Light – Walela
My Generation – The Who
Haloa Olohega – Te Vaka
Honky Tonk Woman – The Pogues
Heaven & Earth – Kelly Rowland
The Kilfenora Set – The Chieftains
I Want You – Marvin Gaye
Plastic Fantastic Lover – Jefferson Airplane
The Weight – The Band
Boudreaux – BeauSoleil
The Mess We’re In – Los Lobos
Stand By Me – The Blind Boys of Alabama
Give Me a Kiss – Jasmine Chen
Now Let Me Fly – Kim & Reggie Harris

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21 June 2019

This day combined a couple playlists and a variety of themes.
Walking. Morningside Gardens.
Stretching. Started at the Gym at the Shire, when the woman beside me started doing headstands in the middle of the room, retreated to the Shire itself.
Wandering – Peter Kater & R. Carlos Nakai
Exodus – Bob Marley & The Wailers
The Refugee – U2
No Human Is Illegal – The Wakes
Refugee – Eric Bogle
Give Peace a Chance – Aerosmith & Sierra Leone’s Refugee All-Stars
Matamoros Banks – Bruce Springsteen
Gourm – Etran Fintawa
Take Me to Cleveland – Robert Neustadt
Look in Their Eyes – David Crosby
A Safe Place to Land – Sara Bareilles
Running – Common & Gregory Porter
Living in the Promised Land – Willie Nelson
Goodman, Schwemer and Chaney – Tom Paxton
Those Three Are on My  Mind – Kim Harris & Magpie
Summer – War
Summersong – The Decemberists
Summtertime – RobertaFlack
Summer Sent You – Mary Black
Symmer Side of Life – Gordon Lightfoot
Summer Soft – Stevie Wonder
Summertime – Janis Joplin

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20 June 2019

Although this was the playlist for June 19, the exercise did not happen until today.
Walking. Morningside Gardens.
Stretching. Shire.
Juneteenth – Cast of Black-ish
Freedom – Beyonce
I’m Just a Slave – The Roots
We Built This – Cast of Black-ish
Not a Slave – Dre’ Sr.
People Get Ready – The Impressions
Oh Freedom – Kim & Reggie Harris
Get on Board Little Children – Paul Robeson
Freedom – Richie Havens
Freedom Train – Sweet Honey in the Rock
Sing a Song – Earth, Wind & Fire
Freedom Now – Tracy Chapman
Freedom Road – The Blind Boys of Alabama
Freedom Train – Lenny Kravitz
People Gotta Be Free – Keb’ Mo’
Juneteenth – Suav
Shimmer, Prayer for Cleaning the Water – Joy Harjo
Trail of Tears Song, We Will Go Together – Joy Harjo

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18 June 2019

Walking. Morningside Gardens.
Strength. Stretching. Gym at the Shire with NK Body Philosophy.
I Pity the Poor Immigrant – Joan Baez
A Simple Desultory Philippic – Simon & Garfunkel
Night Owl – Carly Simon
Rain Down Your Love – Bill Miller
Deguello de Crockett – Carter Burwell
Imagine – Eva Cassidy
Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison
Havana Moon – Chuck Berry
Kit Carson – Bruce Cockburn
Kiss – Prince & The Revolution
On N’a Pas Besoin – Paris Combo
San Andreas – Sugarcane Jane
So Far Gone – Magdalen Hsu-Li
My Closest Roaddogz – 2Pac
Road to Ruin – Black 47

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17 June 2019

Walking. Morningside Gardens.
The President Sang Amazing Grace – Zoe Mulford
Song of Our Country – Miles Davis
Taneytown – Steve Earle
Open Your Eyes – Angelique Kidjo
None of Us Are Free – Solomon Burke
Bobtail Horse – Fire Crow
Grandmother’s Ways – Sharon Burch
Futuro Esplendor – Los Miserables
Through with Buzz – Steely Dan
Sit Down by the Fire – The Pogues
The President Sang Amazing Grace – Joan Baez

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16 June 2019

Posted a day late.
Walking. Penn Station. Walking. Morningside Gardens.
Sandpaper Cadillac – Joe Cocker
Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy – Queen
Wade in the Water – The Fisk Jubilee Singers
Candle in the Wind – Elton John
Mirror, Mirror – The Kids of Widney High
Peat Bog Soldiers – The Wakes
Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone – The Temptations
It Won’t Be Long – The Beatles
Goodnight Baby – Sam & Dave
Pinball Wizard – Rod Stewart
Ananau – Luis Cachiguango
Fear – Sarah McLachlan
Deer Dance – Joanne Shenandoah
Sweet Rosalyn – Sheryl Crow
Flu Shot – Awkwafina
Yo Soy de un Pubelo Sencillo – Luis Enrique Mejia Godoy
In My Life – Judy Collins

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15 June 2019

Walking. Morningside Gardens.
All Good Things – Jackson Browne
Redefinition – Magdalen Hsu-Li
Free Little Bird – John McCutcheon
Dear Old Shiz – Wicked
Tennessee Jed – Levon Helm
Climbing Higher Mountains – Aretha Franklin
Changing Highways – Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Simple Twist of Fate – Diana Krall
Free Ride – The Edgar Winter Group
Thieves in the Temple – Prince
Stand Tall – Rebecca Riots
Trouble – Indigo Girls
Cuando Voy Al Trabajo – Victor Jara
And Your Bird Can Sing – The Beatles
Keyah – Sharon Burch
Ghost Dance – Robbie Robertson & The Red Road Ensemble

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14 June 2019

Walking. Morningside Gardens.
Waiting for a Miracle – John McCutcheon
Stay on Me – Kotoja
She Moves On – Paul Simon
River of Time – Bill Miller
Pont De Vue – The Files
Pick-a-Little, Talk-a-Little – The Music Man
Hey Bebe – Rhiannon Giddens
Four Women – Nina Simone
Fishing in the Morning – Dar Williams
Fences and Walls – Eric Bogle
Do Your Time – Ludacris
Dirty Live & Times – Warren Zevon
Brandy – Looking Glass
Ashes in the Fall – Rage against the Machine
As – Stevie Wonder

 

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13 June 2019

Treadmill. Core. Stretching. Gym at the Shire.
Death Valley Queen – Flogging Molly
Caledonia – Celtic Woman
Want Ad Blues – John Lee Hooker
The House That Jack Built – Aretha Franklin
Rock and Roll Woman – Buffalo Springfield
I’m on Your Side – Archie Roach
The Gringo’s Tale – Steve Earle
Only Wanna Be with You – Hootie & The Blowfish
Born this Way – Lady Gaga
Mozart: Serenade #13 in G, K 525, Eine Kleine Nachtmusick – Nova Filamornia Portuguesa
Shenandoah – The Chieftains & Van Morrison
Three Mules – Al Stewart
Description of a Fool – A Tribe Called Quest
Imagin – Jack Johnson
Ninety-Nine and a Half – Wilson Pickett

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