Music Mondays – 2011 Year In Review

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Acoustic, After The Storm, Andy Allo, Atlanta, Bears, Beyond Race Magazine, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Bon Iver, Brooklyn, California, Chicago, Chicago Bears, Chicago Cubs, Citizen Cope, Cloth, Common, Cubs, Dreams, Ernest Wilson, Floetry, Florence and The Machine, Foo Fighters, How To Make It In America, I Should Have Known, I'm Sorry Who's Yosi?, Jamie Woon, Justin Vernon, Kanye West, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Late Nights & Early Mornings, Lonnie Lynn, Lost In The Woods, Lost in The World, Love, Marsha Ambrosius, Mumford And Sons, Music Mondays, MW, New York, Night Air, No I.D., Rebekah Jordan, sex, Soundfix Lounge, Stevie Nicks, Strange Love, The Dreamer/The Believer, The Kooks, The Trouble With Fiction, The XX Remix, Theophilus London, Va$htie, Va$htie Kola, Vashtie, Vashtie Kola, Wasting Light, You Got The Love (The XX Remix)

What I Learned Sundays – Children and Adults

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Adele, Andy Allo, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Blue Lines Chapter 13: Beauty In Blue And White, Bon Iver, Chapter 13: Beauty In Blue And White, Coker Arboretum, Coldplay, Cuba, facebook, Foo Fighters, History, iTunes, Jill Scott, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Lineage, Linkin Park, Martina Topley-Bird, Myla, Myla Watson, Nintin Sawhney, Philips Arena, Prince, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sade, SBTRKT, Songify, Spain, What I Learned Sundays, YOU

Opening with a very brief excerpt from Blue Lines Chapter 13: Beauty In Blue And White. (currently page 135)

“Blue closed his eyes, and she understood that he knew the truth in her simple words. Exhaling, he looked toward the idyllic hues of the orange and red leaves that still hung on to the last life of the fleeting summer. He knew that on the eve of their passing, a virgin love was being born between to souls who were occupying the right space at the perfect time. With Keypsiia’s girlish grin still wide, she closed her eyes and looked skyward to accept the warmth of the sun that seemed to caress her. She smiled at the emancipation of her words, and with thoughts of the frightening, unknown love that separated them from the world now.”

Looking back at these moments between these two semi-fictional characters, an 18 year old young woman, and 20 year old young man, the innocence of this time is apparent. Both lacking in experience, and idealistic in what the future holds, and in this instance, what it holds, insofar as “love,” their “love.” A “love,” not yet spoiled by bad decisions, broken and devastated hearts, realizations that these concepts that we believe at this young age, have the opportunity to be proved wrong. “Love…” these are also the transcribed words of a young man, still in that age at that time, far different from thoughts, beliefs, and knowledge now. The problem is, when at this age you a) don’t know the difference of what you “knew” then, but learned along your travels; and b) fail to take heed of the now, versus the then.

When you look at life/events/etc., many things happen for a reason, finding that reason is a challenge in the process. What do I mean by that, well let me first preface, this post has had many directions, however working the weekend, opened a few directions, while challenging my focus in writing this post. To regain my focus, I notice repetition, I notice new experiences, and I notice the past, now repetition continues, as unhealthy as it is, new has reared its beautiful head again.

I will start with the most interesting tidbits that I learned this week. Through facebook, twitter, BlackBerry messenger, twitter, my dealings with YOU etc. my cousin and I have grown extremely close. I’ve never really thought to look into my Cuban and Latin heritage, because it is basically clearcut…or more clear-cut. I found out that my maternal great-grandparents were a Cuban and a Spaniard. A revelation that makes me look in the mirror very differently, as a Hispanic, a Caribbean Cuban Hispanic, Spaniards are looked in a certain light, and to discover that I have Spanish heritage not through rape, pillage, but an actual marriage, and that my family roots on one of the Hispanic sides cleanly reach back to Spain. I hope this statement is understood, cleanly meaning that I have something tangible that I can trace. As a Cuban, I luckily can trace my roots through Cuban and back to Africa in some respect, now this adds a layer to added family knowledge. Cuzzo, we should have the first Family Reunion in Spain, that would be a shocker!!!

Foto Fridays – Visions Of Beauty (To Me) Options For Key (photos not mine)

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Andy Allo, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Motion Picture, Blue Lines Movie Adaptation, Chapel Hill, Coker Arboretum, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia Walker, Mara Hruby, North Carolina, Photography, UNC, UNC Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

This week’s edition of “Foto Fridays,” has more to do with my manuscript Blue Lines, than it does my photography. This post, originally started and intended for Friday 4/22/11, was supposed to include one piece of my photography, but in working on it, it will stick solely with the primary pieces that were meant to be featured in the post.

Mara Hruby: (Youth and Innocence)
The following picture effectively portraying a candid photo (whether it is or not). Her natural face, caught in a state, not smiling, not frowning with an innocent face speckled with freckles and wide young eyes. No makeup, just her natural face. Not having knowledge of her classical training, this may embody my protagonist Keypsiia better than any actress choice or model, or woman I may have seen in passing. As I have said in prior posts, during the writing process Keypsiia, as a character, began to become less of the woman she was crafted from, and she began to look less like that woman as she evolved into her own character within my work. This photo also emotes her wide-eyed youth. As I look at this photo and see Keypsiia as she sits outside in the rain the day after the banquet in Blue Lines.

Andy Allo: (Trained and Refined)
As of late, Andy Allo is my preferred front-runner to play Keypsiia in a motion picture adaptation of my manuscript Blue Lines. Provided, I am published, popular, and the products is seen as such. I have work to do. With that being said, though not to compare or contrast the two subjects of this entry, there was more difficulty in finding a picture of Andy Allo that embodied that innocent, or candid picture. Andy’s training is suberb, and one can notice whether in a picture with a fan, or performing, she has the perfect smile and seems as if she cannot be taken off guard (it also means she can act, movie Keypsiia…I see it). The selected photo highlights her youthful face, a pout which gives more of a glimpse into the character than her glowing smile. I can briefly see her sitting in Coker Arboretum, with her hair pulled back in a puff, before Blue finds her sitting there, waiting to smile up at him.

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.

What I Learned Sundays – Ruin (3/20/11)

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Andy Allo, Anthony Mackey, Atlanta, BBM, Blackberry, Blue Fin, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Blue Print Cleanse, California, Detox, Esthero, Everything’s Ruined, Faith No More, Foo Fighters, Intermezzo Cafe, Joi, Joi Gilliam, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Long Road To Ruin, MARZ Lovejoy, Matt Damon, NIN, Nine Inch Nails, Norah Jones, Pal's Lounge, RA Sushi Bar, Ruiner, Sushi, The Adjustment Bureau, The Amoeba Cleansing Syndrome, UNC, UNC Chapel Hill, You've Ruined Me

“…you ruined me, I don’t want to settle for anything else…”

 

A quote you will see in both major Blue Lines Blog posts this week, but I will get to that in some time.  This week was eventful that the “e-mail” that I have been vaguely mentioning very often in these posts came in 2 very different incarnations over the last 3-4 weeks.  Both transmissions, said two totally different things.  Subsequently, after learning a new type of patience, I do feel that I still have much to learn, that the 2007 – 08 version of myself would have learned much quicker, or should I say that version of myself was more grounded.

 

Unfortunately, the message I received was shocking, as it was unexpected, and after the work I had put in, the level of surprise was that much more intense.  While I sat bewildered, shocked, surprised, angry, annoyed, saddened and depressed for a brief time, that was a first for me (the depression), my fight or flight responses were on edge, as I had previously scheduled plans, that I had a big role in making happen, therefore I could not disappear…for an evening I had to hide in a public setting, which was both fortunate (I was not left to my own devices to possibly sulk), and unfortunate (I needed some time to clear my mind and thoughts).

 

Luckily I was afforded time to reflect on the entire situation the day after.  As I sat back, with the information still freshly imprinted in my mind, I thought of how I was leaving my decisions to this one piece of information.  Yes, in part I had made other choices as they pertained to this piece of information, but instead of the plan being a direction I was heading in, it was contingent on the perceived answer/outcome…between BBM messages between a good friend and I, the overriding tone of the day was “focus.”  Items that crossed my mind, “my continuing process of getting in my way,” “decisions contingent on myself,” “alignment with my goals,” Blue Lines, my future.

 

Blue Lines Blog – Blue Lines, Blue Skies, Change, Escape, Music, and Smiles

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Andreya Triana, Andy Allo, Björk, Blue Lines, Bon Iver, Citizen Cope, Corinne Bailey Rae, Golden State Warriors, Greg Laswell, Hana Zen, Joi Gilliam, Kanye West, Key Yemaya Walker, Little Dragon, Mos Def, Norah Jones, Radiohead, Roy Hargrove, Roy Hargrove Quintet, Sacramento, San Francisco, Santigold, Stevie Wonder, Talib Kweli, UNC Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Yoshi's San Francisco, Zaki Ibrahim

Other than little bits easily expressed by limited facebook posts, or tweets, I haven’t really expressed many of my thoughts in long form in quite some while. Musically…yes, with the choice of a song. Songs, or anything matching with my current feelings at a given time. So here’s another attempt while playing Stevie Wonder’s Music Of My Mind.
Blue Lines – my manuscript that I began 12 years ago, it will always be the initial base of this blog until it’s date of publish, and until it is time to promote my future works. (more below regarding Blue Lines)
Blue Skies – sitting at the Cliff house at Golden Gate Park 1/20/11 staring into the Pacific Ocean, actually beginning that morning, as I peered out into the San Francisco sky. I thought of two very distinct concepts: 1) I was glad that although I love…and I mean LOVE the state of California, that I was glad/happy/content that I was Northern California, rather than L.A. to the south. Especially to experience the clear bay air, and the blue skies that reminded me so much of the smogless days of my youth in Atlanta, Georgia. It has been quite some time that I could remember a clean blue sky. The purity of waking up on a Saturday…the long blue days of the summer. In an unexplainable way, it was almost a religious or spiritual experience, although there were no specific thoughts referencing God or any particular religion or such. 2) Unlike a Hawai’i or tropical island, that this experience was “real,” in a city that I could live and do my work in, although I do not have plans moving in that directions. Well I sat there at the Cliff House, tired from the event the night before, focusing on seeing someone I consider a valued friend (that’s funny that I reconnected with two friends this past week, the aforementioned from school, and then a former intern who is now working in my/our industry and married with children), as I built upon strengthening relationships with the members of my organization all in attendance of this conference.

Cover “Tuesdays” – Andy Allo – “Lost In The World (Kanye Cover)”

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Andy Allo, Atlanta, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Bon Iver, California, Georgia, Justin Vernon, Kanye West, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Lost In The Woods, Lost in The World, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Sacramento

“…you’re my heaven, you’re my hell…”
Can’t wait until next week. Holy crap how am I this musically lucky? Not since Joi covered Sade’s “Cherish The Day,” have I been this lucky musically, but Andy Allo covering Kanye’s “Lost In The World,” an interpolation of Bon Iver’s “Lost In The Woods,” simply amazing!!!


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 – 2010 Music Year In Review

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...Featuring, Alice Smith, Andy Allo, Ansomnia, Big Boi, Black, Blue Lines, Bon Iver, Broken Bells, Cat Power, Citizen Cope, Corinne Bailey Rae, Decoded, Diddy, Diddy-Dirty Money, Drake, Feist, Foo Fighters, Gorillaz, Grizzly Bear, Herbie Hancock, Herbie Hancock feat. Norah Jones, Holly Conlon, Holly Miranda, House, How To Make It In America, iPhone, iPod, iTunes, Janelle Monae, Jay-Z, Jill Scott, Kanye West, La Roux, Last Train To Paris, Major Lazer, Massive Attack, N.E.R.D., Nora Jones, ONE MusicFest, OutKast, Pearl Jam, Peter Silberman, Sia, Swizz, The Antlers, The Black Keys, The Sea, The-Dream, Zaki Ibrahim

Album of The Year – Gorillaz – “Plastic Beach”

Best Live Album Of Year (full length) – (Tie) Feist – “Look At What The Light Did Now” / Kanye West – “VH1 Storytellers”

Sophomore Album Of The Year – Corinne Bailey Rae – “The Sea”

Best Mixtape Of Year – Major Lazer & La Roux – “Lazerproof”

Best Compilation Album – Nora Jones “…Featuring”

Single of The Year (Tie) – Massive Attack – “Paradise Circus” / Sia “My Love”

Artist Of the Year – Kanye West – G.O.O.D. Fridays / “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy”

Put On Artist Of The Year – Andy Allo (although released in 2009, I have introduced here music to quite a few friends)

Lyric Of The Year – “Hard to be humble/When you stuntin’ on the Jumbotron” – “Devil In A New Dress”

Verse Of The Year – N-E-R-D – “Hypnotize U”

Soundtrack Appearance Of The Year – Zaki Ibrahim – “Ansomnia”
Zaki – Ansomnia by Ophiona

Discovery Artist Of The Year – Bon Iver

Karaoke Song Of Year – Pearl Jam – “Black”

Music Related Book Of Year – Jay-Z – “Decoded”

Discovery Album Of The Year – Broken Bells (Danger Mouse of Grey Album and Gnarls Barkley fame and James Mercer of the Shins) – “Broken Bells”

Favorite Artist I Slept On This Year (Twice) – Massive Attack “Heligoland” / “Heligoland Remix EP”

Starbucks / iTunes Free Download Of The Year – (Tie) Holly Miranda – “Waves” / Holly Conlon “ You Are Goodbye” (2008)

Artist Most Worthy Of Purchasing Physical Album – Andy Allo – “ Unfresh” (2009)

Top Played Songs of Year (2010 Releases) – Sia – “My Love” (307 iTunes/iPod plays),
Diddy-Dirty Money – “Yesterday” (205 iTunes/iPod plays),
Massive Attack – “Paradise Circus” (200 iTunes/iPod plays),
Feist/Grizzly Bear – “Service Bell” (119 iTunes/iPod plays),
Sia – “I’m In Here” (86 iTunes/iPod plays)
Kanye West feat Jay-Z/Swizz Beats – “Power remix” (85 iTunes/iPod plays),
Kanye West feat Bon Iver – Lost InThe World” (83 iTunes/iPod plays)
Kanye West feat Jay-Z/Bon Iver/etc. – “Monster” (82 iTunes/iPod plays)
Alicia Keys feat Drake – “Un-Thinkable remix” (73 iTunes/iPod plays)
Kanye West – “All Of The Lights” (60 iTunes/iPod plays)
Drake feat The-Dream – “Shut It Down (unreleased version)” (54 iTunes/iPod plays)
Major Lazer x La Roux – “Cover My Eyes (Costra Nostra Edit)” (45 iTunes/iPod plays)
Big Boi feat Janelle Monae – “Be Still” (44 iTunes/iPod plays)
Peter Silberman of the Antlers – “Waves (Holly Miranda cover” (42 iTunes/iPod plays)

Best Live Show Of The Year (Arena) – Jill Scott opening for Maxwell’s 2010 Tour. Maxwell was outshined by his performance in the 2009 version of the show.

Best Live Show Of The Year (Club/Bar/etc.) – Joi Gilliam (various times at Pal’s Lounge)

Best Festival Of Year – ONE Musicfest (De La Soul / Common / Joi Gilliam / Goapele / etc.)

Best Cover of Year (Studio) – Civil Twilight – “Teardrop (Massive Attack cover)”

Best Live Cover Of Year – Joi Gilliam covering Sade Adu’s “Cherish The Day”

Best Instrumental Of Year – Feist – “Intuition”

Best Artist I Was Put On To By Friend Of Year (MW) – Black Keys (I had heard of them, but never spent effort to listen to them other than their 2009 Blakroc project.) Now I have their entire catalogue less one album.

Missing Artist(s) Of Year – Esthero, Citizen Cope protégé Alice Smith,

Best TV Show Artist/Song Discovery – Phoenix – “Rome (Neighbours with Devendra Banhart remix)

Best “Commercial Ad Campaign” Artist/Song Discovery – Lincoln’s car campaign, Cat Power – “Space Oddity (cover),” Sia – “Under the Milky Way (cover),” Massive Attack – “Paradise Circus (Gui Boratto remix)”

Best Television Program(s) For New Music – House, How To Make It In America

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.

2010 Music Wrapup iTunes Shuffle

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& Bethany Cosentino, 50 Cent, 9th Wonder, Agnes, Alicia Keys, Alkaline Trio, Allie Moss, Aloe Blacc, AM, American Bang, Amerie, Ana Tijoux, And Inspectah Deck, And Rae, And Raekwon, Andre 3000, Andy Allo, Annie Lennox, Arcade Fire, Archie Bronson Outfit, Audrey Assad, Avenida 6, Avi Buffalo, B.o.B, Band Of Horses, Banda de Turistas, Basia Bulat, Battles, Beach House, Beastie Boys, Beck and Bat For Lashes, Beckah Shae, Bee Gees, Belle & Sebastian feat. Norah Jones, Best Coast, Big Boi, Bilal, Billy Lamont, Black Eyed Peas, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Blackstar, Blakroc, Blu, Bob & Gene, Bobby Vidales, Bombay Bicycle Club, Brad, Brendan James, Bring Me the Horizon, Broken Bells, Broken Social Scene, Busta Rhymes, Cam'ron & Vado, Capone-N-Noreaga, Caribou, Ceci Bastida, Cee Lo, Cee-Lo Green, ceo, Charlie Hunter feat. Norah Jones, Chasen, Cherryholmes, Child Rebel Soldier, Chino & Nacho, ChocQuibTown, Chris Brown, Christopher von Uckermann, Ciara, Citizen Cope, Clipse, Clorofila, Common, Consequence, Corinne Bailey Rae, Cory Morrow, Court Yard Hounds, Currensy, Cypress Hill, Daft Punk, Daniel Hope, Dapuntobeat, Dave Barnes, David Banner, David Banner and 9th Wonder, Dead Prez, Delta Spirit, Destinee & Paris, Diddy, Diddy-Dirty Money, Dierks Bentley, Diggy, Dirty Dozen Brass Band feat. Norah Jones, Dirty Little Rabbits, Dirty Money, DJ Center, DJ Kay Slay, DJ Mathematics Presents Meth Ghost Rae, DJ Muggs VS Ill Bill, Don Covay, Dondria, Dr Dre Ft Eminem, Dr. Dre, Dr. Dre Ft Snoop Dogg & Akon, Drag-On, Drake, Duffy, Duran Duran, Eastern Conference Champions, Eddie Vedder, El Madmo, Elton John & Leon Russell, Emika, Eminem, Eminem & Royce Da 5'9, Erykah Badu, Estelle, Fabolous, Fanfarlo, Far East Movement, Fefe Dobson, Feist, Field Music, First Aid Kit, Florence and The Machine, Foo Fighters feat. Norah Jones, Four Tet, Fran Healy, Frank Howard & The Commanders, Frazey Ford, Freeway, Frightened Rabbit, GBH, Gerardo Ortíz, Ghost, Ghostface, Ghostface Killah, GLC, Goapele, Goldfrapp, Good Old War, Goodie Mob, Gorillaz, Greg Laswell, Gurrumul, GZA, Herbie Hancock feat. Norah Jones, Hey Monday, Holly Miranda, Hot Chip, House of Heroes, Howard Shore, Inspectah Deck, Iration, Iskander, Iyaz, J King y Maximan, J. Holiday, Jack Johnson, Jadakiss, Jakob Dylan, Janelle Monae, Jay Electronica, Jay-Z, Jazmine Sullivan, Jónsi, Jeremih, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Norman, Jonathan Cohen, Jorge Drexler, Josh Groban, Josh Ritter, Josh Rouse, Joss Stone, Jukebox the Ghost, Julieta Venegas, Junip, JYJ, Kanye West, Kanye West & Jay-Z, Karina Pasian, Keith Murray, Kelis, Keri Hilson, KiD CuDi, Kidz In The Hall, King Curtis, Kings of Leon, Kristian Bezuidenhout, KRS-One & True Master, La Roux, Lady GaGa, Laura Veirs, Lee Fields, Leela James, Lil Wayne, Linkin Park, Little Brother, Little Richard, Local Natives, Lorenza Borrani, Los Claxons, Los Lobos, Love Star, Ludacris, Lupe Fiasco, Luz Rios, Lylit, M.I.A., Macy Gray, Major Lazer, Major Lazer & La Roux, Maldita Vecindad, Mariah Carey, Massive Attack, Masta Killa, Mavis Staples, Maximum Balloon, Mêlée, Medina Green, Menahan Street Band, Meth, Method Man, Metric, Michael Jackson, Michoacan, Miguel, Millionyoung, MiMi, Minus the Bear, Monica, Mos Def, Mr. Hudson, Murs & 9th Wonder, Muse, N.E.R.D., N.O.R.E., Naomi Davis & Sugarman Three, Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens, Nas, Neon Trees, New Politics, Nicki Minaj, Nneka, Norah Jones & Sasha Dobson, Norah Jones feat. Dolly Parton, Norah Jones feat. Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Norah Jones feat. M. Ward, Omarion, Our Last Night, OutKast feat. Norah Jones, Ozomatli, Panoptica Orchestra, Papoose, Patty Griffin, Paty Cantu, Peter Silberman of the Antlers, Pharrell, Philip Selway, Pink Martini, Plain White T's, Plants and Animals, Polock, Public Enemy, Q-Tip, Q-Tip feat. Norah Jones, Raekwon, Ray Charles feat. Norah Jones, Ray Sharpe, Red Cafe, Redman, Reflection Eternal, Rich Hil Ft Kid Cudi, Richard Galliano, Rick Ross, Rihanna, Robert Plant, Robin Thicke, Rogue Wave, Rosa Lee Brooks, Rostam Batmanglij, Ryan Adams feat. Norah Jones, RZA, Sade, Sarah McLachlan, Scissor Sisters, Seabear, Sean Bones feat. Norah Jones, Sean Price, Semi Precious Weapons, Senator & The New Republic, Shanell, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Shout Out Louds, Sia, Skillz, Sky Sailing, Slash, Sleigh Bells, Snoop Dogg, Stacy Clark, Stefan Maass, Stefan Rath & Hans-Kristian Kjos Sorensen, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester & Karl Münchinger, Sugarman Three, Superlitio, Surfer Blood, Swedish House Mafia, T.I., Talent Couture, Talib Kweli, Talib Kweli feat. Norah Jones, The Bamboos, The Band Perry, The Bird And The Bee, The Black Keys, The Bravery, The Budos Band, The Chieftains, The Constellations, The Cool Kids, The Daktaris, The Dead Weather, The Foreign Exchange, The Gracious Few, The Head and the Heart, The High Wire, The Icemen, The Isley Brothers, The Jones Sisters, The Little Willies, The Mighty Imperials, The Minions, The National, The Poets of Rhythm, The Rescues, The Roots, The Secret Sisters, The Soft Pack, The Sylvers, The Virginmarys, The Watson Twins, Theophilus London, Timbaland, Toro Y Moi, Travis Porter, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Troy Olsen, Two Door Cinema Club, UNKLE, Usher, V.V. Brown, Vampire Weekend, Various Artists, Villagers, Vivian Green, Waka Flocka Flame, Wale, Willie Nelson feat. Norah Jones, Wintersleep, Wu Tang Vs The Beatles, Wye Oak, Yeasayer, Yelawolf, Yoav, Zac Brown Band, Zo!

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.

A3C Hip-Hop Festival 10/9/10

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A3C, A3C Hip-Hop Festival, Andy Allo, Atlanta, FunkJazzKafe, Joi Gilliam, Kat Goduco, ONE MusicFest

I will admit this was my first time going. It reminded me of an outdoor expanded FunkJazzKafe mixed with ONE MusicFest. The event included live performers, D.J.’s mixing, a B-Boy breakdancing contest, and panels on the music industry. A cool event, I’ll have to start going in the future.

I skated over after work to peep Andy Allo’s first performance in Atlanta, but unfortunately she was not a part of it. I will also admit, I was surprised an artist like Joi Gilliam was not included.

All in all, I cannot complain, just bummed I missed out on seeing my homegirl Kat Goduco there, and missed meeting Andy Allo. But I have been beaten up over the last few weeks, had a prior engagement and couldn’t hang.

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.

New To You Music Sundays – Andy Allo (feat) Blu – “DreamLand”

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Andy Allo, Blu, DreamLand, musical inspiration, New To You Sundays

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.