Blue Lines Blog – Editorial – Gun Culture

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During pre-work cardio this morning “Victory 2004” entered my playlist, and to hear the lyrics “shootouts for 20 minutes, until we finish,” came on it though it resonated with the events of the weekend, and further thoughts that the author of those lyrics, Christopher Wallace, was a victim of gun violence.

In the aftermath of the violence in Orlando, there is a collective question of “why,” however we live in a country highlighted by the Aurora massacre, and the tragedy in Sandy Hook. The American public is desensitized to the violence that abounds, and this event will be washed over as the others were, especially to those that it does not touch. The NRA will feel again that this is an affront on their constitutional rights, and there will be some new angle to explain away what happened in the early hours of the morning in Orlando, Florida. We will even receive excuses on why we (U.S. Citizens) should be in possession of AR-15s or any assault rifle.

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.

Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – Ghostface Killah feat RZA and Solomon’s Child – “Stroke of Death” #WuWednesdays

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2000, actor, Ain't No Sunshine, Alize, Bobby Digital, Boy George, Brooklyn, Clarks, David Banner, Dennis Coles, Epic, Epic Records, Florida, GFK, Ghostface Killah, Harlem Underground Band, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Killa Bamz, Larry Johnson, Miami, Mink, New York, New York City, Prince Rakeem, Producer, Razor Sharp, Robert Fitzgerald Diggs, RZA, Rzarector, Solomon Childs, Sony, Staten Island, Stroke of Death, Supreme Clientele, The Abbot, The Scientist, Tony Starks, UNC Chapel Hill, United States, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Wallabee, Wu-Tang Clan, WuWednesdays

[Solomon’s Child (formerly known as Killa Bamz)]
Yeah, Soloman marked for life, a million to life
Thug for life, forever eyein the kid
’89 stick-up kid, King of New York
Regulation party, daddy hard body
Rowdy Brighton God-body
Smooth like a leather bop, ’83 hip-hop
Top of the world, get it rizzight
Big to your wizzife, murder cats for the right prizzice
Four-hundred and fifty-six on the dizzice
This is real lizzife, ain’t nothin sweet God
Sit down and think it through God
Cuz comin all outta ya face’ll get ya clap God

[Girl]
You are now listening to the sounds of Supreme Clientele

Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – Noreaga feat Nas – “Body In The Trunk”

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1998, actor, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Body in the Trunk, Capone-N-Noreaga, CNN, Criteria Studios, Dame Grease, East Coast Hip-Hop, Electric Lady Studios, Florida, gangsta rap, hardcore hip hop, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Key Yemaya Walker, Miami, music, Nas, Nasir Bin Olu Dara Jones, Nasty Nas, New York, New York City, Noreaga, P.A.P.I., Penalty Records, Queens, Queensbridge, Rapper, reggaeton, sampler, U.S., United States, Victor Santiago Jr., Vocals

[Verse 1]
[Noreaga]
Got out the mall yo
This weeded cat rockin a fade
In my face askin can he see the grenade
I woulda let him see it
The way he came across yo I said nah, beat it
Steph told me buck him
When I reacted Will said chill f–k him
Yo it’ a small world ya know that we’ll see him again
He said f–k you
I said what, repeat it again

[Nas]
Chill son you’e weeded again
Slow down god you’re speedin again
Face lookin like you’re fiendin for Hen
Who that wit you, hide the gat yo n—a come here
You got a pistol that must mean you slingin again

[Noreaga]
Hey yo f–k it yo, I bucked him son
Cause he was on some stupid s–t
Thinking he the real thing
When he was just a duplicate
Saying that he hate our clique
Hate our s–t
Hate the Firm album and the CNN clique
He said he hate you and wish you ain’t have a six
He had coliseum jewelry no Tito tricks

Artists I Like – Help Send my Friend, artist + photographer Kat Goduco, to Art Basel in Miami

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Art Basel, Art Beats + Lyrics, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Florida, Kat Goduco, Key Yemaya Walker, Miami, Photo Challenge, Photography, poetry, Prose

Help support my friend Kat Goduco in her bid to present her work at Art Basel. She need a minimum of 99 votes.
Here https://katgoduco.see.me/

Art Basel stages the world’s premier Modern and contemporary art shows, held annually in Basel, Miami Beach, and Hong Kong. Founded by gallerists in 1970, Art Basel has been a driving force in supporting the role that galleries play in the nurturing of artists, and the development and promotion of visual arts.

In addition to showing exciting works by world-renowned artists, Art Basel is always innovating, thus expanding its platform for new artists who represent the vanguard of the visual arts. Its worldwide reputation – earned over the last forty years – for showing work of the highest merit, and attracting the world’s leading gallerists and collectors, has made Art Basel the place where the art world meets.

Here https://katgoduco.see.me/
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 (from my sister) – Johnnyswims – “Heart Beats”

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2012, 2013, Abner Ramirez, Amanda Grace Sudano, Amanda Sudano, Anthony Matula, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, blues, Brooklyn Sudano, California, Donna Summer, Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, Florida, Folk, Heart Beats, Jacksonville, Johnnyswim, Key Yemaya Walker, Los Angeles, music, Nashville, New To You Music Sundays, pop, Singer, songwriter, Soul, Tennessee, U.S.

Donna Summer’s daughter.

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.

Foto Fridays – Miami Beach circa 2007

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2007, Atlantic Ocean, Beach, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, East Coast, Florida, Foto Fridays, Instagram, Key Yemaya Walker, Miami, Miami Beach, Ocean, Palm, Palm Tree, Photography, Sand, White Sand

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 – Limp Bizkit – “Behind Blue Eyes” The Who Cover

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1971, 2003, Alternative metal, alternative rock, art rock, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, California, Cover Sundays, Decca, DJ Lethal, England, Flip, Florida, Fred Durst, Gastonia, Glyn Johns, Gothika, Halle Berry, hard rock, Interscope, Jacksonville, John Entwistle, John Otto, Keith Moon, Key Yemaya Walker, Lifehouse, London, Los Angeles, MCA, Mike Smith, music, North Carolina, nu metal, Olympic Studios, Pete Townshend, Polydor, power pop, progressive rock, protopunk, Psychedelic rock, rap metal, Reaction, Results May, Rick Rubin, Rob Waters, rock, Roger Daltrey, runswick, Sam Rivers, Speak & Spell, Terry Balsamo, Terry Date, The Who, Track, United States, Warner Bros., Wes Borland, Who's Next

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.

Foto Fridays – Braves Win at Turner Field

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Atlanta, Atlanta Braves, Baseball, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Braves, Braves Win, Chipper Jones, Florida, Florida Marlins, Foto Friday, Foto Fridays, Georgia, Instagram, iPhone, iPhone Post, Jason Heyward, Key Yemaya Walker, Kris Medlen, Major League Baseball, Marlins, Miami, Miami Marlins, MLB, Photography, Turner Field

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 – The Kills – “The Good Ones”

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2005, Alison Mosshart, art rock, artist, Baby Ruthless, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, blues rock, Blyth Power, Discount, Domino Records, England, Florida, Garage rock, guitar, Hotel, indie rock, Jamie Hince, Key Yemaya Walker, London, model, music, musician, New To You Music Sundays, No Wow, Post-punk, post-punk revival, Psychedelic rock, Scarfo, Singer-songwriter, The Dead Weather, The Raconteurs, United Kingdom, United States, Vero Beach, Vocals, VV, VV And Hotel

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.