Category Archives: New York

12 June 2020

Tonight, in response to the evil action of the administration “finalizing a rule that would remove nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ people when it comes to health care and health insurance”
and even more because of love for family members and friends and people I do not know, it seemed important both to walk and to post.
Walking – pacing – The Shire.
The Greatest – Sia (featuring Kendrick Lamar)
Hands – Various Artists
Love Make the World Go Round – Jennifer Lopez & Lin-Manuel Miranda
Pulse (The City Beautiful) – Zen Fuse Box
Pulse – Chakra Khan
Pulse – Melissa Etheridge
Not Myself – Sharon Van Etten
Raza de Mil Colores – Ricky Martin
I Know a Place – MUNA
Misirilou – Kumbia Queers
Beautiful Strangers – Kevin Toro
Antonio – Bruno Toro
God Bless the Children – TT The Artist
La Yuta – Dani Umpi
I Am Orlando – Alejandra Ribera
We’ll Take a Glass – Grand Hotel (Playbill 30-Day Challenge, thanks Sean)

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6-7-8 June 2020

This playlist covers three days of exercise.

Walking. The Shire. Walking. Morningside Gardens.
California Soul – Marlena Shaw
My People – Erykah Badu
Optimistic – Sounds of Blackness
Glory – Common, John Legend
Ella’s Song – Sweet Honey in the Rock
I Owe You Nothing – Seinabo Sey
Shirley Chisholm 1972 – Shirley Chisholm
Everything Is Everything – Lauryn Hill
Trouble, Heartaches & Sadness – Ann Peebles
You’ll Never Walk Alone – Aretha Franklin
I Can’t Stand the Rain – Ann Peebles
You Brought the Sunshine – The Clark Sisters
A Change Is Gonna Come – Ledisi
Soul Sista – Bilal, Rhapael Saadiq
Rose in Harlem – Yeyana Taylor
The Shores of Normady – Jim Radford
The Road to the Isles – Rob Crabtree
My Head Is Filled with Music – The Real McKenzies
Bobby Kennedy – Black 47
Sign O’ the Times – Prince
We March – Prince
Dreamer – Prince
Land of Lola – Kinky Boots

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Purple flowers, Morningside Gardens #64

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21 May 2020
Morningside Gardens

Manhattan, New York

 

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24 May 2020

Walking (under strict conditions). Morningside Gardens. Pacing. The Shire,
Following songs by Carter Anderson:
Not the Last Gentleman
Daddy’s Little Trip
Left in the Dark
The One That Got Away
I Apologize
The One I Want
Because You Love Me
Don’t Want to Get Away
Is My Love Enough
Will You Marry Me
You Make my Day

Following songs by  Bob Dylan:
Shelter from the Storm
One More Cup of Coffee
Positively Fourth Street
My Back Pages
The Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo)
All Along the Watchtower
Like a Rolling Stone
Mississipi
The Times They Are A-Changing
Girl from the North Country (with Johnny Cash)
You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere
Blowing in the Wind
Idiot Wind
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door – Everybody (30th Anniversary Concert – BobFest)

C’est Moi – Camelot (Playbill 30-Day Song Challenge, thanks Sean)

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Purple flowers, Morningside Gardens #63

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21 May 2020
Morningside Gardens

Manhattan, New York

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Purple flowers, Morningside Gardens #62

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21 May 2020
Morningside Gardens

Manhattan, New York

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Purple flowers, Morningside Gardens #61

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21 May 2020
Morningside Gardens

Manhattan, New York

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Purple flowers, Morningside Gardens #60

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May 21, 2020 · 10:08 pm

21 May 2020, part II

Walking (under strict conditions). Morningside Gardens. Pacing. The Shire.
All songs by Buffy Sainte-Marie
Universal Soldier
Now That the Buffalo’s Gone
Adam
You Got to Run – with Tanya Tagaq
Isketayo Sewow
He’s an Indian Cowboy in the Rodeo
Poppies
It’s My Way
Moonshot
The Pine Wood Hills
My Country ’tis of Thy People You’re Dying
Native North American Child
Little Wheel Spin and Spin
Soldier Blue
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
How I Saved Roosevelt – Assassins (Playbill 30-Day Song Challenge; thanks Sean)

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21 May 2020

Stretching with NK Body Philosophy. The Shire.
This was yesterday’s playlist but was not used until today.
All songs by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole, May 20 was his birthday.
Hawai’i ’78
Kana’i Aupuni
Ka Huila Wai
‘Ama ‘Ama
Panini Pua Kia
Take Me Home Country Roads
Kuhio Bay
Ka Pau U’i
White Sandy Beach of Hawai’i
Henehen Kou ‘Aka
Pili Mi Ka’i Manu
Maui Hawaiin Sup’pa Man
Laulana Kawaiae
Somewhere over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World
Little Lamb – Gypsy (Playbill 30-Day Song Challenge; thanks Sean)

 

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