Category Archives: New York

May 11, 2020 · 5:35 pm

10 May 2020

Posted a day late.
The first portion is the second half of the Love & Hope in the Age of COVID-19 playlist by Ester Sihite. Sean provided the song for the Playbill 30-Song Challenge. There are tributes to Little Richard and Betty Wright.
Pacing. The Shire.
Bold as Love – The Jimi Hendrix Experience
I’ll Follow the Sun – The Beatles
My  Love Is Your Love – Whitney Houston
Three Little Birds – Bob Marley & The Wailers
Holy – Jamila Woods
All These Things That I’ve Done – The Killers
Flashed Junk Mind – Milky Chance
Put Your Records On – Corinne Bailey Rae
FourFiveSeconds – Rihanna, Kanye West, and Paul McCartney
Lovely Day – Bill Withers
Calling All Angels – Train
Cecilia and the Satellite – Andrew McMahon
May This Be Love – The Jimi Hendrix Experience
I Know Him So Well – Chess (Playbill 30-day Challenge, thanks Sean)
Rock Island Line – Little Richard with Fishbone

Little Richard
Lucille
The Girl Can’t Help It
Tutti Frutti
Send Me Some Lovin’
Long Tall Sally
Get Down with It
True Fine Mama
Jenny, Jenny
Good Golly, Miss Molly
Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On
Anyway You Want Me
You Gotta Feel It

Betty Wright
Clean Up Woman
Tonight Is the Night
Where Is the Love

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May 9, 2020 · 5:49 pm

Purple flowers, Morningside Gardens #59

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9 May 2020
There is a construction project underway.
These flowers are not in quarantine.

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May 9, 2020 · 5:47 pm

Purple flowers, Morningside Gardens #58

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9 May 2020

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May 9, 2020 · 5:46 pm

Purple flowers, Morningside Gardens #57

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9 May 2020

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May 9, 2020 · 5:37 pm

9 May 2020

Most days, I create the playlist myself.
Some days, I get by with help from friends and family.
This is one of those days.
The first song was added to the list when Alonzo posted it this morning.
The middle section is half of a playlist, Love & Hope in the Age of Coronavirus by Ester. The second half will come tomorrow.
The final song was given to me by Sean as part of the Playbill 30-Day Song Challenge.
Pacing. The Shire.
Backlash Blues – Nina Simone
Sunday Best – Surfaces
Anything at All – Over the Rhine
Biking – Frank Ocean
Ends of the Earth – Lord Huron
“40” – U2
Angel from Montgomery – John Prine & Bonnie Raitt
42 – Mumford & Sons
Somewhere over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World – Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
How Can I Keep from Singing – Eva Cassidy
Blackbird – Brad Mehldau
Lean on Me – Bill Withers
Where the Light Is – Surfaces
Sal Tlay Ka Siti – Book of Mormon

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May 8, 2020 · 10:03 pm

8 May 2020

Stretching. NK Body Philosophy.
Pacing. 2.23 miles. The Shire.
#AhmaudArbery #runwithMaud
Just Like A Woman – Carly Simon
I Shall Be Released – Bobby McFerrin
Dancing In The Street – The Mamas & The Papas
I Get A Kick Out Of You – Louis Armstrong & Oscar Peterson
Love Is Dangerous – Fleetwood Mac
Songbird – Duncan Sheik
Love Is Everything – k.d. lang
Emotionally Yours – The O’Jays
Sympathy for the Devil – The Rolling Stones
Carried Away – Crosby, Stills & Nash
All Night – Beyoncé
Where I Go – Natalie Merchant
Early Morning Rain – Ian & Sylvia
Pinball Wizard – The Who’s Tommy (Original Cast Recording) (Playbill 30-Day Song Challenge, thanks Sean)

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May 5, 2020 · 11:58 pm

5 May 2020, part 2

Stretching with NK Body Philosophy. Pacing. The Shire.
Still catching up. Still celebrating Duke Ellington’s birthday.
Into the Fire – The Scarlet Pimpernel (Playbill 30-Day Song Challenge, thanks Sean)
I Let a Song Go out of My Heart – Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
Caravan – Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
Echoes of Harlem – Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
Creole Love Call – Duke Ellington
Drop Me off in Harlem – Duke Ellington
Crescendo in Blue – Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
Dimenuendo in Blue – Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
East St. Louis Toodle Oo – Duke Ellington & His Washingtonians
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore – Duke Ellington
I Miss the Mountains – Next to Normal (Playbill 30-Day Song Challenge, thanks Sean)
Go Back Home – The Scottsboro Boys (Playbill 30-Day Song Challenge, thanks Sean)

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May 5, 2020 · 10:25 pm

5 May 2020, part 1

Pacing. The Shire,

Nikki Shawana – Sister Round Dance Song (MMIW Honour Song)

Song for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women – Jayda Gadwa

Performance for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women – music by A Tribe Called Red

Women’s Fancy Shawl Dance – Red Pheasant Powwow

Qiksaaktuq – Tanya Tagaq andToronto Symphony Orchestra

The Highway – N’we Jinan Artists, Kitsumkalum First Nation, BC.

Break the Silence – N’we Jinan Artists – Wauzhushk Onigum First Nation, ONT

Song for Murdered and Mission Indigenous Women – West Shore Canoe Family

Highway of Tears – Layla Zoe

Run Sister Run – Cass McCombs
Inspired by the run of Métis activist and athlete Tracie Leost to raise awareness about Canada’s missing and murdered indigenous women

Red Dress – Amanda Rheaume, feat. Chantal Kreviazuk

Through the Flood – Indian City

Blackbird – Emma Stevens (in Mi’kmaq)

Say Her Name – Bear Fox

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May 5, 2020 · 9:01 am

4 May 2020

Pacing. Stretching with NK Body Philosophy. The Shire.
Catching up.
Maudabawn Chapel – Eileen Ivers
Walk All the Days – Black 47
Last Night I Dreamed – Blues Traveler
Lover Please – Melissa Etheridge
Boulevard – Jackson Browne
Vampire – Antsy Pants
Steel and Glass – John Lennon
Ray Charles Blues – Ray Charles
One Less Step of Footsteps – Jim Croce
Fill It Up Again – Indigo Girls
Never Know – Angelique Kidjo
Day after Day – Badfinger
Overture – Candide (Playbill 30-Day Song Challenge, thanks Sean)
Take the “A” Train – Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
Take It Easy – Duke Ellington
Sophisticated Lady – Duke Ellington
Solitude – Duke Ellington
Rockin’ in Rhythm – Duke Ellington & His Harlem Footwarmers
Mood Indigo – Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
Pyramid – Duke Ellington & His Washingtonians
In a Sentimental Mood – Duke Ellington
Ko-Ko – Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
It Don’t Mean a Thing – Duke Ellington and His Orchestra

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May 4, 2020 · 2:08 pm

3 May 2020

Pacing. Stretching. The Shire.
(Pacing and stretching more than usual – getting back in the groove)
Moliva – Johnny Clegg & Savuka
Without You – My Fair Lady
Whiskey in the Jar – Thin Lizzy
Brand New Day – Van Morrison
Foxey Lady – The Jimi Hendrix Experience
I Knew Love – Nanci Griffith
Shoo Fly, Don’t Bother Me – Sweet Honey in the Rock
Not a Day Goes By  – Merrily We Roll Along (Playbill 30-Day Song Challenge – thanks Sean)
Les Blues De Creve De Faim – BeauSoleil
Cuando Voy Al Trabajo – Victor Jara
Eleanor Rigby – Big Maybelle
Ocean Crossing – Arlo Guthrie
America – Simon & Garfunkel
Ring Them Bells – Joe Cocker
Free All the People – Santana
Land of Canaan – Indigo Girls
Calling All the Children Home – John McCutcheon
The Unwelcome Guest – Billy Bragg & Wilco
Easter Rebellion – Sinead O’Connor
Camilo – State Radio
The Song of Phelim the Fiddler – Mairead Ni Dhomhnail
The Bitch of Living – Spring Awakening (Playbill 30-Day Song Challenge – thanks Sean)
Ego – A Tribe Called Quest
The One Who Really Loves You – Mary Wells
If It Doesn’t Come Naturally Leave It – Al Stewart
Boys and Girls – Kahi
Sweet Baby James – James Taylor
Volcano – The Band

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