Anniversary of killing of Fred Hampton.
Walking. Albuquerque. ABQ BioPark Aquarium.
Dear Daddy – Chairman Fred Hampton, Jr.
Panther – The Last Poets
Mississippi Goddam – Nina Simone
Fight For You – H.E.R.
Oakland Stroke – Tower Of Power
Everyday People – Sly & The Family Stone
Say It Loud – I’m Black and I’m Proud, Pt. 1 – James Brown
Oakland – Too $hort
Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair – Lauryn Hill
Black Enough – Steel Pulse
Better Off Dead – Bill Withers
Home Is Where the Hatred Is – Gil Scott-Heron
Be Thankful for What You Got – William DeVaughn
Fight the Power – Public Enemy
Attica Blues – Archie Shepp & Romulus Franceschini
Am I Black Enough for You? – Billy Paul
2000 Blacks Got to Be Free – Fela Kuti, feat. Roy Ayers
Panther Power – Paris
Black Man – Stevie Wonder
Panther Power – 2Pac
Be Real Black for Me – Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) – Marvin Gaye
30 August 2024
Filed under Antiracism, Exercise, Human Rights, Music, New Mexico, playlist
29 August 2024
Hurricane Katrina.
Walking. Albuquerque.
Thanks to Tricia and Kim for suggestions.
Walking to New Orleans – Fats Domino
Shelter in the Rain – Irma Thomas]
Cry for New Orleans – Jude Johnstone, Susan Cowsill, John Cowsill, Rodney Crowell, Maxayn Lewis, Vicki Peterson & David Mansfield
All Hands Together – Mika Nakashima
All These People – Harry Connick, Jr.
The River In Reverse – Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint
Where Were You? – Jackson Browne
Hell No, We Aint Alright (Krush Groove Remix) – Public Enemy Remix of a Nation (feat. Paris)
City That Care Forgot – Dr. John
Wading Through – Terence Blanchard
Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? – Louis Armstrong
In New Orleans (House Of The Rising Sun) – Lead Belly
Going Back To New Orleans – Deacon John
I Hope – The Chicks
Pontchartrain – Vienna Teng
The Saints Are Coming – U2 & Green Day
When The Saints Go Marching In – Louis Armstrong K
They All Ask’d For You – The Meters
New Orleans Ladies – Le Roux
Halftime (Stand Up and Get Crunk!) – Ying Yang Twins & Homebwoi
Way Down Yonder in New Orleans – Freddy Cannon
What A Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
Just a Closer Walk With Thee – Pete Fountain
Filed under Antiracism, Exercise, Human Rights, Music, New Mexico, playlist
28 August 2024
Emmett Till.
March for Jobs and Freedom.
Walking Albuquerque.
The Death of Emmett Till – Bob Dylan
My Name Is Emmett Till – Emmylou Harris
Emmett’s Ghost – Eric Bibb feat. Ron Carter
The Ballad of Emmett Till – Red River Dave McEnery
The Death of Emmett Till, Pt. 1 – The Ramparts
The Death of Emmett Till, Pt. 2 – The Ramparts
The Death of Emmett Till – Ben Williams
Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen – Bayard Rustin
God Will Take Care of You – Aretha Franklin
Many Rivers To Cross – The Blind Boys Of Alabama
You’ll Never Walk Alone – Brittany Howard
Someday We’ll All Be Free – Donny Hathaway
(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding – Keb’ Mo’
Too Many Martyrs – Kim & Reggie Harris
Freedom Time – Lauryn Hill
Keep Your Hand On the Plow – Mahalia Jackson
Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody – Mary D Williams
We’ll Never Turn Back – Mavis Staples
Com’ By H’Yere Good Lord – Nina Simone
Hold On – Odetta
Been in the Storm – Ranky Tanky
We Shall Overcome – The Staple Singers
We Shall Overcome – Joan Baez
We Shall Overcome – Toots & The Maytals C
We Shall Overcome – Workers in Selma
Filed under Antiracism, Exercise, Human Rights, Music, New Mexico, playlist
27 August 2024
US Open. A day late.
Treadmill. HB & Lillian Horn Family YMCA.
Walking. Albuquerque.
Hey There Andy Murray – Far In Jim
Davis Cup – Jackie McLean
U.S. Open Tennis – Keith Mansfield
Coco Gauff – LaJé & Bados
Serena Williams – Derek Pope
Roger Federer – The Mess
Rafa Nadal. Número Uno – Sito Ábalos
I’m Ready – Wyclef Jean
Tennis Elbow – Sky Sailing
Love Forty Down – Frank Turner
The Ballad of Bjorn Borg – Pernice Brothers
Tennis Court – Lorde
Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story – Hamilton Original Broadway Cast
Let The Circle Be Wide – Tommy Sands
A Pair of Brown Eyes – The Pogues
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child – Paul Robeson
Hey Jude – Wilson Pickett feat. Duane Allman
Ain’t Nobody’s Business – Willie Nelson & Dr. John
DJabugai Lady – Archie Roach
LUST. – Kendrick Lamar
Hopeless Wanderer – Mumford & Sons
Duncan – Paul Simon
Brown Baby – Rhiannon Giddens & Francesco Turrisi
Wheels on the Bus – Gracie’s Corner
Wig In a Box – Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Blood Wedding – Black 47 with Christine Ohlman
Filed under Exercise, Music, New Mexico, playlist
26 August 2024
Treadmill. HB & Lillian Horn Family YMCA.
Walking. Albuquerque.
Miren Como Sonríen – Inti-Illimani, feat. Isabel Parra, Tita Parra, Roberto Marquez & Pancho Sazo
I Want You – Marvin Gaye
For What It’s Worth – Keb’ Mo’
Jump (For My Love) – The Pointer Sisters
Run the World (Girls) – Beyoncé
The Tomb of the Stewards – Howard Shore
Whirlpool – Seal
James Connolly – Dropkick Murphys
Where Would I Be – Magdalen Hsu-Li
Nashville – Indigo Girls
Where Is the Love – Betty Wright
I Wanna Be Your Lover – Yo La Tengo
FIGURES – Jessie Reyez
Blues: Feel the Rain Fall – Parade
The Ocean – Tegan & Sara
Filed under Exercise, Music, New Mexico, playlist
20 August 2024
Happy Birthday, Eric.
Cut The Cake – John McCutcheon
On Top of the World – Imagine Dragons
No Need for Words – Sean Jones
Home We’ll Go (Take My Hand) – Steve Aoki & Walk Off the Earth
A Night In Tunisia – Miles Davis
Whistles The Wind – Flogging Molly
Crowded Table – The Highwomen
Take Me Home Country Roads – Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
Good People – Jack Johnson
A Love Supreme, Pt. 1: Acknowledgement – John Coltrane
Sunshine Highway – Dropkick Murphys
Young Wolves – Fire Crow
Mumbles – Oscar Peterson Trio & Clark Terry
Birthday Party – AJR
Eye of the Tiger – Survivor
Blue Is The Colour – Chelsea Football Club
If We Could Be Brave – Matthew Black
Captain America Main Titles – Alan Silvestri
Captain America “We Did It” – Alan Silvestri
Captain America March – Alan Silvestri
Vigil
Caressed by the wind,
the flames dance
above the candles,
each flame to its own rhythm:
each flame representing
God’s beloved children,
gone too soon,
taken too suddenly
by hot metal speeding from a metal tube,
after a trigger was pulled.
Back pressed into the wall,
I sat vigil,
watching the dancing flames
in horror,
in pain,
in remembrance,
in silent witness.
No more could I do.
More is needed.
24 August 2024
Ghost Ranch
Abiquiu, New Mexico
Filed under Gun Violence, Human Rights, New Mexico, Poem
Storm
I wait and watch, write and wonder
as birds fly above the field
and clouds gather over Pedernal.
The wind increases,
freshening the air,
rustling the leaves of the trees,
whipping through what little hair I have.
I retreat to the
cover of the dining hall
as the wind increases,
the birds disappear
the temperature dips
and large drops of water
plummet from the sky
and plop on the ground
bringing and renewing life.
23-24 August 2024
Ghost Ranch
Abiquiu, New Mexico
Filed under New Mexico, Poem
19 August 2024
In memory of the Rev. Dr. Otis Turner
Pacing. Hotel in Albany.
Pacing. Hotel in Atlanta.
You Don’t Have to Ride Jim Crow! – Bayard Rustin
Oh Freedom – Mary D Williams
Freedom – Richie Havens
What a Friend – Aretha Franklin
Harriet Tubman/Steal Away – Kim&Reggie Harris
Glory – Common & John Legend
Woke Up This Morning – Fannie Lou Hamer
If You Miss Me from the Back of the Bus – Bettie Mae Fikes
Lord Hold My Hand While I Run This Race – Various Artists
Leaning On the Everlasting Arms – Various Artists
Come Bah Ya (Kumbaya) – Willie Peacock
Don’t You Think It’s About Time That We All Be Free – Mabel Hillary
We’re Marching On to Freedom Land – Carlton Reese
We Shall Overcome – Various Artists
Get Your Rights, Jack – The CORE Freedom Singers
Which Side Are You On? – The Freedom Singers
Been In the Storm So Long – Bernice Johnson Reagon
I’m On My Way – The Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights Choir
Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Round – The Freedom Singers
Wade In the Water – The Fisk Jubilee Singers
Deep River – The Howard University Chamber Choir
Everytime I Feel the Spirit – The Florida A&M University Concert Choir
Precious Memories – Sister Rosetta Tharpe
My Lord, What a Morning Marian Anderson, feat. Franz Rupp
Stand by Me – Mavis Staples
Freedom Train – Sweet Honey In The Rock
Take My Hand, Precious Lord – Mahalia Jackson
Mississippi Goddam – Nina Simone
What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye
Say It Loud – I’m Black and I’m Proud, Pt. 1 – james Brown
A Change Is Gonna Come – Sam Cooke
Filed under Antiracism, Exercise, Friends, Human Rights, Music, playlist
Purple flowers, Andersonville National Historic Site
Andersonville National Historic Site
Andersonville, Georgia
18 August 2024
Filed under National Park, Photo
Along the Graybeard Trail 