Cover Sundays – Clairity – “Don’t Panic” – Coldplay Cover

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2001, 2016, Alternative, alternative rock, Atlanta, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, California, Chris Martin, Claire Rachel Wilkinson, Clairity, Coldplay, Cover, Cover Song, Cover Songs, Cover Sundays, Covers, Don't Panic, Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Key Yemaya Walker, keyboards, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Lava, North Carolina, Parachutes, Republic, Tennessee, UNC, UNC Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Vocals, White House, Will Champion, X-Men, X-Men: Apocalypse

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 – Nelly Furtado – “Showtime”

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2006, Atlanta, bass guitar, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, California, Canada, dance, Danja, Floyd Nathaniel Hills, Geffen Records, Georgia, Hip-Hop, Key Yemaya Walker, keyboards, Keypsiia Walker, Loose, Mosley Music Group, music, Nelly Furtado, Nelly Kim Furtado, New To You Music Sundays, Norfolk, Ontario, piano, pop, Sacramento, San Francisco, Showtime, Timbaland, Timothy Zachery Mosley, Toronto, UNC, UNC Chapel Hill, United States, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Virginia, Virginia Beach, Vocals, Wedding

An old fave. I guess it fits today!


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.

Text Tuesdays – Song Lyrics – Antony and the Johnsons – “The Crying Light”

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2009, Antony, Antony and the Johnsons, Antony Hegarty, Atlanta, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, California, Chamber pop, Chichester, Doug Wieselman, England, Georgia, Jeff Langston, Julia Kent, Key Yemaya Walker, keyboards, Keypsiia Walker, Maxim Moston, New York, New York City, North Carolina, Parker Kindred, piano, Rob Moose, Sacramento, San Francisco, Secretly Canadian, Sussex, Text Tuesdays, The Crying Ligh, Thomas Bartlett, Transgender, UNC, UNC Chapel Hill, United Kingdom, United States, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Vocals

I have not heard this in some time. I then thought to use this for Text Tuesday.

Antony and the Johnsons
“The Crying Light”
2009

Let I
Shy cry
Under the light
Let I
Cry sight
A child at night

Cover Sundays – D’Angelo – “She’s Alway In My Hair” Prince Cover Blue Lines Blog Outside Lands Week 2015

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1985, 2015, Around The World In A Day, Atlanta, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Blue Lines Blog Outside Lands Week, Chicago, Cover, Cover Songs, Cover Sundays, Covers, D'Angelo, Funk, Georgia, jazz fusion, Key Yemaya Walker, keyboards, Keypsiia Walker, Michael Eugene Archer, Minneapolis, Minnesota, neo soul, Neo-psychedelia ·, Outside Lands, Paisley Park, Prince, Prince logo.svg ·, Prince Roger Nelson, Psychedelic pop, Raspberry Beret, Richmond, Sacramento, San Francisco, Scream 2, She's Always in My Hair, Singer-songwriter, Soul, Sutro, The artist formerly known as Prince, UNC, UNC Chapel Hill, United States, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Virginia

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 – Peter Gabriel – “The Book of Love”

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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 – Phantogram – “Black Out Days”

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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 Strokes – “One Way Trigger”

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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 – Imogen Heap – “Hide And Seek”

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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.

Text Tuesdays – The Yeezus Tour – Blue Lines Blog Review

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808 & Heartbreak, 88-Keys, Ackee Juice Rockers, All Of The Lights, Alone, Andrew "Pop" Wansel, Anthony Kilhoffer, Arca, Article, Atlanta, Ben Bronfman, Benji B, Black Skinhead, Blood on the Leaves, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Blue Lines Blog Review, Bon Iver, Boogz & Tapez, Bound 2, Brodinski, Can't Tell Me Nothing, Carlos Broady, Che Pope, Chicago, Chief Keef, Clique, Coachella, Coachella Festival, Coachella Valley, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Cold, Coldest Winter, College Dropout, Cruel Summer, Cruel Summer (GOOD Music album), Daft Punk, Dan Black, Def Jam, Diamonds from Sierra Leone, Director, Dom Solo, DONDA, Donda West, Edgar Allen Poe, entrepreneur, Eric Danchick, Evian Christ, fashion designer, Flashing Lights, Georgia, Gesaffelstein, Glow In The Dark Tour, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, GOOD, Good Life, GOOD Music label, Graduation, Guilt Trip, Heartless, Hip-Hop, Hit-Boy, Hold My Liquor, Hudson Mohawke, I Am a God, I Don't Like, I'm In It, Illinois, Illmind, Instagram, iPhone, iPhone 5, iPhone Post, Jack Donoghue, Jeff Bhasker, Jesus Walks, Justin Vernon, Kanye Omari West, Kanye West, Ken Lewis, Kendrick Lamar, Key Yemaya Walker, keyboards, Late Registration, Lifted, Lost in The World, Lunice, Lupe Fiasco, Mannie Fresh, Mano, Mercy, Mike Dean, Mike Will, Mountain, Mufasa, music, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, N.E.R.D., Nas, New Slaves, Nine Inch Nails, No ID, Noah Goldstein, On Sight, percussion, Philips Arena, Power, Rapper, record producer, Rick Rubin, Rihanna, Roc-A-Fella, Runaway, S1, sampler, Send It Up, Sham Joseph, Singer-songwriter, Stronger, synthesizer, Text Tuesdays, The Lion King, The Twilite Tone, The Yeezus Tour, Through the Wire, Tommy Brown, Travi$ Scott, Travis Scott, U.S., United States, Very GOOD Beats, Vocals, Yeezus, Young Chop

“…As others saw; I could not bring
My passions from a common spring.
From the same source I have not taken
My sorrow; I could not awaken
My heart to joy at the same tone;
And all I loved, I loved alone.
Then- in my childhood, in the dawn
Of a most stormy life- was drawn
From every depth of good and ill
The mystery which binds me still…”
Excerpt from “Alone” by Edgar Allen Poe.

A top the mountain.

Atlanta – December, 2013

A mountain, a mask, and a fashion of playing to an audience while hiding behind something…

In one of the strangest performances that I have witnessed since Godspeed You! Black Emperor’s opening for Nine Inch Nails, Chicago artist, Kanye West returned to the city of his birth with The Yeezus Tour in support of the aforementioned 2013 album. Poised to present his first solo tour in 5 years (previously touring with his Glow In The Dark Tour featuring Rihanna, N.E.R.D., Lupe Fiasco, and Nas) with opening act Kendrick Lamar.

An elaborately choreographed presentation spanning Kanye’s College Dropout, Late Registration, with some focus on Graduation, but, to my liking, taking the majority of the direction from Yeezus, and 808 & Heartbreak and My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy with preceded it, the tour arrived amid the inordinate press that has been known to follow Kanye since 2007. Recent remarks, and blowups have litter current media with talking points regarding the Chicago artist have also followed with the “Talk My Shit,” interludes that now litter dates of his tour.

Ye in action.

The performance intelligently began with Yeezus content, with Yeezy perched atop a mountain with a moon like video board that tempered the climate of the show, whether creating a moon effect, displaying weather, or giving a close up of the performance. Though Kanye, tends to project a larger than life persona, the use of four ornate masks, he plays a high energy show, allowing a separation between he and his audience. Kanye conceals himself for 85% – 90% of the performance. The anonymous and uniform theme is extended to the female dancers and male extras who are covered in full bodysuits, allowing all attention to be focused on the act, Kanye himself.

Music Mondays – Moby feat Skylar Grey – “The Last Day”

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2013, acid house, alternative rock, ambient, bass guitar, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Connecticut, Darien, DJ, downtempo, drums, EDM, Electronic rock, Electronica, Elektra, experimental music, Folk rock, guitar, hardcore punk, Harlem, Holly Brook, Holly Brook Hafermann, Innocents, Instinct, Interscope, iPhone, iPhone 5, iPhone Post, iTunes, Key Yemaya Walker, keyboards, KIDinaKORNER, Little Idiot, Machine Shop, Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mazomanie, Moby, music, Music Mondays, musician, Mute, New York, Outer Rhythm, Photographer, piano, pop, Richard Melville Hall, Singer, Singer-songwriter, Skylar Grey, songwriter, techno, The Last Day, Turntables, U.S., United States, V2/BMG, Virgin/EMI, Vocals, Wisconsin, XL

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.