Morning Jam Playlist Chicago Walk – 7.91 Miles

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"Get 'Em High, 7.91 Miles, A Walk, All Time Low, Allie Jones, Almanac, Alternative, Andre 3000, Angela McCluskey, Asylum, Atoms for Peace, Avalanche (Slow), BBC, Ben Howard - "Only Love, Bitter, Björk, blog, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Blue Lines Work, Boarder Line, Bobby Womack, Bonita Play on Elevators (Nappy DJ Needles Blend), Built For This, Call Me Wise, Chicago, Coco O., Color of My Soul, Cover My Eyes (Costra Nostra Edit), Da Enemy If Storytellin (Nappy DJ Needles Blend), Daft Punk, Dancepack, Dirty Vegas, DJ Cam, DJ Crush, Elephant Man, Eraser (Denial; Realization), Esthero, Explosion In The Sky, Far Celestial Shore, Final Home (Piano Mix), Flatbush Zombies, Frank Ocean, Freddie Gibbs, Funk, Glittering Blackness, Hair Of The Dog, Hanalei, Hip-Hop, How To Destroy Angels, I Know You Are But What Am I, Illinois, iPhone 5, iPhone Post, iPhone5, Jay-Z, John Legend, John Legend - "All Of Me, Just Blowin' In The Wind, Kanye West, Kaskade, Key Yemaya Walker, Kick, KiD CuDi, King Krule, La Roux, Linkin Park, Lost in The World, Lupe Fiasco, Major Lazer, Mavis Staple, Mayer Hawthorne, Me'Shell Ndegeocello, Method Man, Mileage, Mogwai, Morgan Page, Morning Jam Playlist, music, New Divide, Nickels and Dimes, Nine Inch Nail, Nine Inch Nails, Nine Inch Nails - "The Day the World Went Away, Nothing I Can Say, Opal, Outkast x A Tribe Called Quest, Paper Doll, Pink Matter, Pretty Lights, Push II, Pyyramids, Raekwon - "Prince Of Theives, Recursive Self-Improvent, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ribbons & Detours, rock, RZA, Silversun Pickups, Sneaker Pimps, Spin Spin Sugar, Streetlife, Stuck Together Pieces, Success (Thievery Corporation Remix), Tell Me Why, The Bravest Man In The Universe, The Flight Of The Moon Man, The Hour, The xx, Together, Touch, Tycho, Valerie June, Vokuro, Volcano Choir, Walk, Walk Into The Sun, Washed Out - "Pull You Down, Where the Wind Blows, While I'm Still Here (Breyer P-Orridge 'Howler' Remix), Wind Up, Your Song (Outro), Zaki Ibrahim, ZOLA JESUS

Silversun Pickups – “Ribbons & Detours”
Tycho – “A Walk”
Method Man, Freddie Gibbs & Streetlife – “Built For This”
Björk – “Vokuro”
Jay Z – “BBC”
Kanye West – “Get ‘Em High”
Kanye West – “Lost In The World”
Nine Inch Nail – “Eraser (Denial; Realization)”
Atoms For Peace – “Stuck Together Pieces”
Me’Shell NdegeOcello – “Bitter”
Daft Punk – “Touch”
Mayer Hawthorne – “Allie Jones”
Pyyramids – “Paper Doll”
Kid Cudi – “The Flight Of The Moon Man”
Coco O. – “Where the Wind Blows”
Nine Inch Nails – “The Day the World Went Away”
Major Lazer feat Elephant Man & Opal – “Wind Up”
Mavis Staple – “Far Celestial Shore”
Ben Howard – “Only Love”
Raekwon – “Prince Of Theives”
How To Destroy Angels – “Recursive Self-Improvement”

Blue Lines Blog – New Prose- “A Memory”

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Adele, Atlanta, Be Still, Blue Lines Blog, Foo Fighters, Georgia, iTunes Festival, Key Yemaya Walker, Let It Die, Linkin Park, poetry, Prose, Rolling In The Deep, Text Tuesdays, The Fray, Washington D.C.

I should probably save these for Text Tuesday, but I feel like posting these.
Inspired by morning commute, The Fray “Be Still,” Foo Fighters, “Let It Die,” and Linkin Park’s cover of Adele’s “Rolling In The Deep.”

“A Memory”
K.S. 2/2/12

I remember your smile, eyes full of fire,
I remember try, attempts to work,
I remember happy, solace in silence,
I remember support, in the darkest of times,
I remember smiles, true reflections of real,
I remember listening, gifts that matched your wants,
I remember true, that material things meant nothing,
I remember goals, words that were spoken,
I remember cute, what the world saw,
I remember truth, what we both knew,
I remember ask, and all that was behind it,
I remember…

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 – 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!!!

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.

Peachtree Road Race Playlist 2010

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10 Years, 30 Seconds To Mars, 50 Cent, A Perfect Circle, Big Boi, Big Pun, Busta Rhymes, Diddy, DMX, Eminem, Eve, Fat Joe, Helmet, House of Pain, Jay-Z, KiD CuDi, Linkin Park, Lox, Lupe Fiasco, Miek Shinoda, N.E.R.D., Nine Inch Nails, Peachtree Road Race, Peedi Crack, Piedmont Park, Pink, Puff Daddy, Revel The Masses, Rick Ross, Rihanna, Ruff Ryders, Sia, Silversun Pickups, The Hours, Waka Flocka Flame

REVOFEV – KiD CuDi
Scenario 2000 – Ruff Ryders
Won’t Back Down – Eminem feat Pink
Love The Way You Lie – Eminem feat Rihanna (boy great shuffling)
Jigga What/Faint – Jay-Z vs Linkin Park
Rock Star Freestyle – Jay-Z over N.E.R.D.
Twinz (Deep Cover) – Big Pun feat Fat Joe
Tangerine – Big Boi feat T.I. and Khujo
Stop Trying – Sia
Price To Play – Staind