Category Archives: New York

March 12, 2019 · 8:45 pm

12 March 2019

Gym at the Shire.
Treadmill – slowly!
Strength work with NK Body Philosophy. Stretching,
Stabbing Pain – Plantar Fasciitis
Prayers for Polar Bears – Adina Nyree
I Come and Stand at Every Door – Annie Hills
Following the North Star – Rhiannon Giddens
All the King’s Horses – Aretha Franklin
Skin Deep – Melissa Etheridge
St. Louis Blues – Bessie Smith
Get Me Bodied – Beyonce
Goodbye Song – Ranky Tanky
Leila – Rasha
Gloomy Sunday – Billie Holiday
Silver Lining – Bonnie Raitt
I Wish I Was a Single Girl Again – Eva Cassidy

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March 5, 2019 · 9:43 pm

5 March 2019

Gym at the Shire. Treadmill. Stretching. At the same time as NK Body Philosophy.
Stairway to the Stars – Ella Fitzgerald
Grandmother’s Ways – Sharon Burch
Harriet Tubman – Holly Near
I Used to Love You – Adina Nyree
Why – Annie Lennox
The Calling – Sera
A Brand New Me – Aretha Franklin
Women on the Tier – Suzanne Vega
Reckless Blues – Bessie Smith
This Little Light of Mine – Sweet Honey in the Rock
Most of the Time – Bettye LaVette
The Whippoorwill – Walela
God Bless the Child – Billie Holiday
Talkin’ Bout a Revolution – Tracy Chapman
Gnawin’ on It – Bonnie Raitt

 

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March 5, 2019 · 8:11 pm

Surprises 3

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There was a meeting today at the Madison Square Boys and Girls Club in the Bronx to discuss a teen forum for young men. I boarded the 2 train and headed uptown. Surprises followed.

Surprise 1. The train ran slowly. Very slowly. All right, that is not necessarily a huge surprise. But it led to …

Surpise 2. At the 3rd Avenue – 139th Street Station, the announcement was made that the train would next stop at E. 180th Street. Two stops beyond 174th Street where I wanted to get off. I decided I would go ahead and ride to E. 180th and then catch a downtown train. I am glad I did because it led to …

Surprise 3. The mosaic seen above. Amazing work.

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March 4, 2019 · 7:03 pm

4 March 2019

Starting again.
Gym at the Shire. Treadmill. Elliptical. Strength work with NK Body Philosophy.
Off Beat Blues – Adina Nyree
Circle of Light – Walela
I Aint Gonna Play No Second Fiddle – Bessie Smith
Show Some Emotion – Joan Armatrading
Eyes on the Price –  Sweet Honey in the Rock
Rock Steady – Aretha Franklin
If You Miss Me from the Back of the Bus – Bettie Mae Fikes
Solitude – Billie Holliday
I Can’t Help You Now – Bonnie Raitt
Rock in This Pocket – Suzanne Vega
America – Tracy Chapman
September Moon – Thunder Bird Sisters
Ithemba – Sister Phumi
Heart Like a Wheel – Linda Ronstadt
Hooghan – Sharon Burch

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February 26, 2019 · 9:20 pm

26 February 2019

10,000 steps.
No focused work.
Therefore no playlist.
Sore foot.
Wondering what is up.

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February 25, 2019 · 9:20 pm

25 February 2019

Treadmill. Strength work with NK Body Philosopy. Stretching. Gym at the Shire.
Love Revolution – Lenny Kravitz
Three Miles Down – Gil Scott-Heron
Harriet Tubman/Steal Away – Kim & Reggie Harris
Freedome Road – The Blind Boys of Alabama
Complexion – Kendrick Lamar
A Love Supreme, Pt. 2: Resolution – John Coltrane
John Henry – Paul Robeson
The Love I Never Had – Mary J. Blige
Tutti Frutti – Little Richard
So – Tracy Chapman
I  Was Doing All Right – Louis Armstrong & Oscar Peterson
Set the Night to Music – Roberta Flack
A Song for Assata – Common

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February 24, 2019 · 11:34 pm

24 February 2019

Did not do a specific time of exercise today. That means know playlist. Did move around enough to make it to 10,000 steps.

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February 22, 2019 · 9:47 pm

22 February 2019

Walking. Morningside Gardens
You Gotta Feel It – Little Richard
Respect – Aretha Franklin
Evil – Howlin’ Wolf
Flyin’ High – Marvin Gaye
One for Me – Macy Gray
How Long Has This Been Going On – Louis Armstrong & Oscar Peterson
Don’t Nobody Bring Me No Bad News – Mabel King
People Get Ready – The Blind Boys of Alabama
Tell It Like It Is – Tracy Chapman
Shining Star – Earth, Wind & Fire
Maybellene – Churck Berry
Use Me – Bill Withers
No One Else – Mary J. Blige
Home at Last – James Brown
The Marching Saints – Harry Belafonte

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February 21, 2019 · 10:01 pm

21 February 2019

Walking. Morningside Gardens.
The Opening – Terence Blanchard
Melody for Laura – Terence Blanchard
Theme for Elijah – Terence Blanchard
Blues for Malcolm – Terence Blanchard
The Nation – Terence Blanchard
Malcolm’s Theme – Terence Blanchard
Betty’s Theme – Terence Blanchard
Malcolm Makes Hajj – Terence Blanchard
Malcolm at Peace – Terence Blanchard
Perpetuity – Terence Blanchard
Malcolm’s Theme – Terence Blanchard

The Malcolm X Jazz Suite – thanks to You Tube

 

 

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February 20, 2019 · 9:51 pm

20 February 2019

Walking. Morningside Gardens.
I Heard It through the Grapevine – Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
Tin Tin Deo – Dizzy Gillespie
Shadows of Society – Diana Ross & The Supremes
That’s the Way Love Is – Marvin Gaye
Packing Trunk Blues – Lead Belly
I Double Dare You – Louis Armstrong
Be Real Black for Me – Robert Flack & Donny Hathaway
Knee Bone – Ranky Tanky
Honey, Honey – Ray Charles
Fight for Your Rights – Chill Most
This Little Light of Mine – Sweet Honey in the Rock
The Feeling That We Have – Theresa Merritt
String Quartet No. 2: I Lento – by George Walker
Never Can Say Goodbye – Isaac Hayes
I Found a Love – Wilson Pickett
M’lady – Sly & The Family Stone
Formation – Beyonce

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