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Blue Lines Blog – Part 1 – Word Provided By Yo Ro-De – “Automatic”

24 Wednesday Aug 2011

Posted by bluelineswork in Blue Lines, Fiction

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Automatic, Blue Lines, Brooklyn, Chicago, Free write, Key Yemaya Walker, Lake Lucerne, LES, Lower East Side, Mi Alma, N Lake Shore Drive, New York, The Smith, Timothy O'Tooles Pub, W Lakeshore Hotel Chicago, Words, Yo Luz Ro-De

Today, like other days, I made a normal request for a word to challenge me to write a new piece of something. I’ve taken a slight break, due to the growing workload, so upon a request, 3 friends provided 4 words for me to create new material from. Usually, I’d get 2 max and produce 2 days worth of work. With these words, I have tasked myself in creating a story using different mediums over a four day period to tell this tale.
My hope is to create something that you will like and enjoy.

The first word used provided by NY friend Yo Ro-De visit her blog here.

“Automatic”

Walking through the threshold, he vaguely remembered the house. Something had led him to board the flight and fly to his hometown, and aimlessly return to his childhood home. The woman allowed him into her home, though slightly wary of this stranger. Gone were the trees hiding the house from the street. The kitchen had been renovated, and the wall that separated it from the dining room that ran the expanse on the entry floor, was removed to allow for a modern update with stainless steel appliances and tile walls. Wood floors replaced the linoleum that greeted at the entrance, during his childhood.
“You used to live here son,” she asked trying to look into his weary eyes. A slight pain was evident in his eyes, yet she noticed a calm that settled him.
“Yes,” he answered. “The kitchen was half this size,” he admitted as he waved off her offer of a drink. He did not know what brought him back to this house that he had not visited in over the 20 years since they had moved away. Glancing toward the den, he recognized the floor to ceiling windows as they still looked out to familiar trees and Lake Lucerne. He grimaced remembering the adventure he and his friends would have running through the woods surrounding his home. He remembered the cold winter day that they took old wood planks that they had found and wrapping them with grocery bags thought they could create a floating raft. Within seconds the sinking at the crest of the lake proved them wrong. Continue reading →

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Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – De La Soul – “Ring, Ring, Ring”

24 Wednesday Aug 2011

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1991, 30 Day Photo Challenge, Act Like You Know, African medallions, alternative hip hop, Amityville, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Calliope Productions, Curiosity Killed the Cat, D.A.I.S.Y. Age, David Jude Jolicoeur, De La Soul, De La Soul is Dead, DJ, Dove, Fat Larry's Band, Help is on the Way, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Honey Drippers, Impeach the President, K. Mercer, Kelvin Mercer, Key Yemaya Walker, Long Island, Maseo, Mercenary, music, Name and Number, Native Tongues, New York, P. Huston, P.A. Pasemaster Mase, Pass the Peas, Paul Huston, peace signs, Plug 1, Plug 2, Plug One, Plug Three, Plug Wonder Why, Posdnuos, Prince Paul, Producer, Rap, Rapper, Ring, Ring Ring Ring, Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey), Spitkicker, The Bronx, The J.B.'s, The Whatnauts, Tommy Boy, Tommy Boy Entertainment, Tommy Boy label, Tommy Boy Records, Tommy Boy/Warner Bros. Records, Trugoy, Trugoy The Dove, United States, USA, Vincent Mason, Warner Bros. Records

My current basic ring tone from De La Soul is Dead.
“Yes, this is Miss Renee king from Philadelphia. I want you to please
Give me a call on area code 215-222-4209 and I’m calling in reference
to the music business. Thank you.”

Dove:
Hey how ya doin’
Sorry ya can’t get through
Why don’t you leave your name
And your number
And I’ll get back to you
Hey how are ya doin’
Sorry ya can’t get through
But leave your name (uh)
And your number
And I’ll get back to you.

Once again it’s another rap bandit
Fiending at I and I can’t stand it
Wanna be down with the Day-Glo
Knocking on my door, saying, “a yo yo”
Knocking on my door, saying, “a yo yo”
“i got a funky new tune with a fly banjo”
I can’t understand what the problem is
I find it hard enough dealing with my own biz
How’d they get my name and number
Then I stop to think and wonder
Bout a plan, yo man, I gotta step out town
You wanna call me up? take my number down
It’s 222-2222
I got an answering machine that can talk to you
It goes

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