Cover Sundays – Daley – “Chandelier” – Sia Cover

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1000 Forms of Fear, 2014, 2017, Alternative R&B, André "Dre" Harris, Andre Harris, Atlanta, Blue eyed soul, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, California, Chandelier, Chris West, Daley, Electropop, England, Gareth Daley, George Moore, Georgia, Greg Kurstin, Gregory Allen Kurstin, Inertia, Jesse Shatkin, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Los Angeles, Manchester, Monkey Puzzle, music, Philadelphia, piano, pop, R&B, RCA, Republic Records, Sacramento, Sia, Sia Furler, Sia Kate Isobelle Furler, Soul, The Joint, The Spectrum, True, United Kingdom, Vocals

The manuscript Blue Lines is the fictional coming of age narrative of a young California woman Key Yemaya Walker, and her 2 year growing journey through school, love, and life period piece, written by Kenneth Suffern, Jr., taking place at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill between the years of 1997 – 1998. Loosely based on true events, and experiences during that time, told through the eyes and voice of the main female protagonist, a freshman first attending the school.

Music Mondays – Daley – “Time Travel”

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2014, Alberta, Alternative R&B, Atlanta, Blue, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Calgary, California, Canada, Carlo Montagnese, Daley, Days + Nights, Electronica, England, Gareth Daley, Georgia, Illangelo, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Manchester, music, Sacramento, Soul, Time Travel, UNC, UNC Chapel Hill

The manuscript Blue Lines is the fictional coming of age narrative of a young California woman Key Yemaya Walker, and her 2 year growing journey through school, love, and life period piece, written by Kenneth Suffern, Jr., taking place at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill between the years of 1997 – 1998. Loosely based on true events, and experiences during that time, told through the eyes and voice of the main female protagonist, a freshman first attending the school.

Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – Run The Jewels feat. Zack De La Rocha – “Close Your Eyes” Blue Lines Coachella Week

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2014, alternative hip hop, Atlanta, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Blue Lines Coachella Weekend, Brooklyn, California, Chapel Hill, Coachella, Coachella Festival, Coachella Valley, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Dungeon Family, El-P, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Music, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Jaime Meline, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Killer Mike, Long Beach, Mass Appeal, Michael Render, Mike Bigga, New York, New York City, OutKast, Police Brutality, Rage Against The Machine, rap metal, Rapper, Rikers Island, Run the Jewels, Run the Jewels 2, Sacramento, UNC, UNC Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Yankees, Zacharias Manuel de la Rocha, Zack De La Rocha

[Zack De La Rocha:]
Run them jewels fast, run them, run them jewels fast
Run them, run them, r-run them, run them, f–k the slow mo

[Killer Mike (El-P):]
Fashion slave, you protestin’ to get in a f–kin’ look book
Everything I scribble’s like The Anarchist Cookbook
(Look good, posing in a centerfold of Crook Book)
Black on black on black with a ski mask, that is my crook look
How you like my stylin’, bruh? Ain’t nobody stylin’, bruh
‘Bout to turn this mothaf–ka up like Riker’s Island, bruh
Where my thuggers and my cripples and my bloodles and my brothers?
When you n—-s gon’ unite and kill the police, mothaf–kas?
Or take over a jail, give those COs hell
The burnin’ of the sulfur, God damn I love the smell
Like it’s a pillow torchin’, where the f–k the warden?
And when you find him, we don’t kill him, we just waterboard him
We killin’ ’em for freedom cause they tortured us for boredom
And even if some good ones die, f–k it, the Lord’ll sort ’em

Cover Sundays – Kiesza – “Prayer In C” – Lilly Wood & The Prick & Robin Schulz Cover

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2010, 2014, adidas, Atlanta, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, California, Canada, Cover Sundays, Georgia, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Kiesa Rae Ellestad, Kiesza, Prayer, Prayer In C, Sacramento

  
The manuscript Blue Lines is the fictional coming of age narrative of a young California woman Key Yemaya Walker, and her 2 year growing journey through school, love, and life period piece, written by Kenneth Suffern, Jr., taking place at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill between the years of 1997 – 1998. Loosely based on true events, and experiences during that time, told through the eyes and voice of the main female protagonist, a freshman first attending the school

Blue Lines Blog – Happy New Year?

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2014, 2015, 2016, Aiyana Stanley-Jones, Akai Gurley, Alberta Spruill, Alesia Thomas, Atlanta, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, California, Chapel Hill, Cleveland, college, Connecticut, Dante Parker, Darnisha Harris, December, Dontre Hamilton, Elaine Rothenberg, Eric Garner, Eric Harris, Ezell Ford, Freddie Gray, Georgia, Happy, Happy New Year, Jerame Reid, John Crawford, Kathryn Johnston, Kendra James, Key Yemaya Walker, Malissa Williams, Michael Brown, Miriam Carey, Ohio, Philip White, Rekia Boyd, Rumain Brisbon, Sacramento, Shantel Davis, Shelly Frey, Shereese Francis, Tamir Rice, Tanisha Anderson, Tarika Wilson, Tony Robinson, UNC, UNC Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Walter Scott, Yvette Smith

As I look back at the year, I could easily expound on life, growth, gratitude, and love in 2015, and how I look forward to continuing those things in 2016. I can easily use vague comments to reference the people I love and hold dear. However, in my posting life, I’ve done that enough, and simply because I feel a certain way, does not mean it resonates.

What do I mean? In all of my “happiness,” and “hopefulness,” I still live in a country that fails to bring justice to the family of a murdered teen. No Life Matters…especially Black, the evidence is growing in support of that. Tamir Rice is another casualty in an increasing epidemic of injudicious police murders in this country. My heart is heavy for a myriad of reasons, this just augments that weight. It makes you wary, but what am I going to do? Lock myself inside and hide from the world? No.

Happy New Year? What about them?

Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – Run The Jewels – “Angel Duster”

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2014, Angel Duster, Atlanta, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Brooklyn, California, El-P, Georgia, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Music, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Jaime Meline, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Killer Mike, New York, New York City, OutKast, Run the Jewels, Run the Jewels 2, Sacramento

[EL-P:]
A little toast for the no ones
With a nod to the masters
To the ones with the riches
From the ones who the rags fit
A little smoke for the gone boys
A little nod to the spirits
We’re still here runnin’ round screaming
They’re still here pointing and laughin’
Don’t walk away when I talk
I’m tellin’ you
Turn around mister
I got a permanent bop
Who the hell do I think I am not
And I’m twice as hot
As about half of hell
I get lighthouse lit up
Get down diduck
The boy got a barracuda bite
You can tell

Cover Sundays – Sia, Ed Sheeran and Grouplove – “Drunk In Love” – Beyonce & Jay-Z Cover

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2013, 2014, Adelaide, Andre Eric Proctor, Andrew Wessen, Atlanta, Australia, Beyoncé Knowles, Beyonce, Birthday, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Boots, Brian Soko, Brooklyn, Brown Sugar, California, Christian Zucconi, Coachella, Columbia, Cover, Cover Songs, Cover Sundays, Covers, D'Angelo, Daniel Gleason, Detail, Detroit, Drunk In Love, Echo Park, Ed Sheeran, Edward Christopher Sheeran, England, Florida, Fragment, Framlingham, Georgia, Golden Beach, Grouplove, Hannah Hooper, Hebden Bridge, Jay-Z, Jerome Harmon, Jungle City Studios, Love, Michigan, New York, New York City, Noel Fisher, On the Run Tour, Oven Studios, Parkwood, pop, R&B, Ryan Rabin, Sacramento, sex, Sexuality, Shawn Carter, Shawn Corey Carter, Sia, Sia Furler, South Australia, Suffolk, The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour, Timbaland, Timothy Mosley, trap, United Kingdom, United States, VH1's SoundClash, West Yorkshire

The manuscript Blue Lines is the fictional coming of age narrative of a young California woman Key Yemaya Walker, and her 2 year growing journey through school, love, and life period piece, written by Kenneth Suffern, Jr., taking place at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill between the years of 1997 – 1998. Loosely based on true events, and experiences during that time, told through the eyes and voice of the main female protagonist, a freshman first attending the school.

Music Monday – Foo Fighters feat. Gary Clark, Jr. – “What Did I Do? / God As My Witness” – Blue Lines Foo Fighters + Gary Clark, Jr. Week

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2014, alternative rock, Atlanta, Austin, Austin City Limits, Birthday, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, blues, blues rock, Butch Vig, California, Centennial Olympic Park, Chris Shiflett, Christopher Aubrey Shiflett, Dale Nixon, Dave Grohl, David Eric Grohl, Davy Grolton, Foo Fighters, Gary Clark, Gary Lee Clark, Georg Albert Ruthenberg, Georgia, indie rock, Jr. Week, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia Walker, Los Angeles, lue Lines Foo Fighters + Gary Clark, music, Music Mondays, musician, Nate Mendel, Nathan Gregor Mendel, Nirvana, Ohio, Oliver Taylor Hawkins, Pat Smear, Post-grunge, R&B, RCA, Richland, rock, Roswell, Sacramento, Santa Barbara, Seattle, Sonic Highways, Soul, Springfield, Taylor Hawkins, Texas, UNC, UNC Chapel Hill, United States, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Virginia, Vocals, Warren, Washington, What Did I Do? / God As My Witness

The manuscript Blue Lines is the fictional coming of age narrative of a young California woman Key Yemaya Walker, and her 2 year growing journey through school, love, and life period piece, written by Kenneth Suffern, Jr., taking place at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill between the years of 1997 – 1998. Loosely based on true events, and experiences during that time, told through the eyes and voice of the main female protagonist, a freshman first attending the school.

Music Monday – Gary Clark, Jr. – “In the Evening (When The Sun Goes Down)” – Blue Lines Foo Fighters + Gary Clark, Jr. Week

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2012, 2014, Atlanta, Austin, Birthday, Birthday Weekend, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Blue Lines Foo Fighters + Gary Clark, blues, blues rock, California, Centennial Olympic Park, Foo Fighters, Gary Clark, Gary Lee Clark, guitar, In the Evening, In the Evening (When The Sun Goes Down), Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia Walker, music, Music Mondays, rock, Sacramento, Soul, Texas, UNC, UNC Chapel Hill, United States, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Vocals, When The Sun Goes Down

The manuscript Blue Lines is the fictional coming of age narrative of a young California woman Key Yemaya Walker, and her 2 year growing journey through school, love, and life period piece, written by Kenneth Suffern, Jr., taking place at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill between the years of 1997 – 1998. Loosely based on true events, and experiences during that time, told through the eyes and voice of the main female protagonist, a freshman first attending the school.

Cover Sundays – Glass Animals – “Love Lockdown” Kanye West Cover

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2008, 2014, Atlanta, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Chicago, Cover, Cover Songs, Cover Sundays, Covers, Dave Bayley, Drew MacFarlane, Edmund Irwin-Singer, Electropop, England, Georgia, Glass Animals, Jeff Bhasker, Jenny-Bea Englishman, Joe Seaward, Kanye West, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia Walker, LaNeah Menzies, Love, Love Lockdown, Malik Yusef, music, North Carolina, Oxford, pop, Sacramento, UNC, UNC Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

In keeping with the Kanye theme, I saw them do this live.

  
The manuscript Blue Lines is the fictional coming of age narrative of a young California woman Key Yemaya Walker, and her 2 year growing journey through school, love, and life period piece, written by Kenneth Suffern, Jr., taking place at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill between the years of 1997 – 1998. Loosely based on true events, and experiences during that time, told through the eyes and voice of the main female protagonist, a freshman first attending the school.