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Why the dearth of playlists

Perhaps you have noticed a lack of playlists being posted. This means a lack of exercise has been taking place.

There is a reason.

Plantar fasciitis.

Some days it is better. Some days it is really bad.

I miss the exercise and plan today to do something about that. It may mean small walks. It may mean more stretching. But look for playlists to resume shortly.

In the meantime, check out this shirt that I will be wearing.

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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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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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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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27 February 2019

About 6,000 steps. Limited by foot and work. No sound track. Better tomorrow.

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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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23 February 2019

Walking. Morningside Gardens.
I Never Wanna Live Without You – Mary J. Blige
Joe Hill – Paul Roberson
Bring It on Home to Me – Sam Cooke
I Feel a Song – Gladys Knight & The Pips
Rocking Chair Blues — Ray Charles
String Quartet No. 2: II Allegro – Son Sonora String Quartet (written by George Walker
I Can’t Get Next to You – The Temptations
It Hurts Me To – Keb’ Mo’
Ring the Alarm – Beyonce
Quicksand – Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
Come Get to This – Marvin Gaye
The Space Program – A Tribe Called Quest
Take Me Where You God – Elmore James
Johnny B. Goode – Chuck Berry
Forgive them Father – Lauryn Hill
Ebony Eyes – Stevie Wonder

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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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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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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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