Music Mondays – Little Dragon – “Best Friends”

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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 – Little Dragon – “Only One”

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Atlanta, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, California, Georgia, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Little Dragon, Nubuma Rubberband, 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.

Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – Big Boi Feat Little Dragon – “Descending”

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Andramadon, Andy Slagle, Antwan Patton, Arthur McArthur, Atlanta, Big Boi, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Bosko Kante, Chris Carmouche, Cy Fyre, Def Jam, DJ Aries, East Point, Erik Bodin, Fredrik Wallin, Gary Fly, Gothenburg, Håkan Wirenstrand, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Hockey, Jai Paul, Japan, John Hill, Key Yemaya Walker, koop, Little Dragon, Los Angeles, Mr. DJ, Nathan Williams, NHL, Organized Noize, OutKast, Phantogram, Purple Ribbon, Royal Flush, Savannah, Sharif Wilson, Showdown, SWATS, Sweden, Tre Luce, Vicious Lies And Dangerous Rumors, West Savannah, Yukimi Nagano

If you don’t me by now
If you don’t me by now
If you don’t me by now
If you don’t me by now

Don’t know
Don’t know
Don’t

When I’m in a bad feel yea
The pain when I’m…
Thinking ’bout it yea
I will not fall
Beat the times, thank God
Grandmother…
Great grandmamma, thank God
My daddy’s gone

Blue Lines Blog – Coachella Lineup 2014 Released

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A$AP Ferg, Adventure Club, Aeroplane, AFI, Alesso, Aloe Blacc, AlunaGeorge, Anna Lunoe, Anthony Green, Anti-Flag, Arcade Fire, Art Department, ATL, Atlanta, Austra, Bad Manners, Banks, Bastille, Beady Eye, Bear Hands, BECK, Bicep, BIG GIGANTIC, Blood Orange, Blue Lines Blog, Bo Ningen, Bombay Bicycle Club, Bombino, Bonobo, Broken Bells, Bryan Ferry, Cage The Elephant, Cajmere, California, Calvin Harris, Capital Cities, Caravan Palace, Carbon Airways, Carnage, Chance the Rapper, Chromeo, Chvrches, City And Colour, Classixx, Coachella, Coachella 2014, Coachella Lineup 2014 Released, Crosses, Damian Lazarus, Darkside, daughter, Davide Squillace, Deorro, Dillon Francis, Disclosure, Dixon, DJ Falcon, Drowners, Duck Sauce, Duke Dumont, Dum Dum Girls, Ellie Goulding, Empire of the Sun, Factory Floor, Fatboy Slim, Fishbone, Flatbush Zombies, Flight Facilities, Flosstradamus, Flume, Foster the People, Foxygen, Frank Turner, Friends, Future Islands, Gabba Gabba Heys, Galantis, Gareth Emery, Girl Talk, GOAT, Graveyard, Grouplove, GTA, Guy Gerber, Haim, Happy, Headhunterz, Holy Ghost!, Hot Since 82, Indio, J. Roddy Walston & The Business, Jagwar Ma, James Vincent McMorrow, Jhene Aiko, John Beaver, John Newman, Kate Nash, Key Yemaya Walker, KiD CuDi, Krewella, Lana Del Rey, Laura Mvula, Laurent Garnier, Lee Burridge, Little Dragon, Lorde, Maceo Plex, MAKJ, Mako, Martin Garrix, MGMT, Michael Brun, Mogwai, Motörhead, MS MR, Muse, Nas, Neko Case, Netsky, Neutral Milk Hotel, Nicole Moudaber, Nina Kraviz, OutKast, Pet Shop Boys, Pharrell, Pharrell Williams, Poolside, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Queens of the Stone Age, Ratking, Replacements, RL Grime, Rudimental, Saints Of Valory, Scuba, Shlohmo, Shlomo, Showtek, Skrillex, Sleigh Bells, Solange, Solomun, STRFKR, Superchunk, Surfer Blood, Syd Arthur, Temples, The 1975, the Afghan Whigs, The Bots, The Cult, the Dismemberment Plan, The Glitch Mob, The Head and the Heart, the Internet, the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, the Knife, The Magician, The Martinez Brothers, The Naked And Famous, The Preatures, The Replacements, The Toy Dolls, Tiga, Title Fight, TJR, Tom Odell, Trombone Shorty, Ty Segall, Unlocking The Truth, UZ, Warpaint, Washed Out, Waxahatchee, White Lies, Woodkid, Wye Oak, Young & Sick, Zedd, ZZ Ward

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 – Lianne La Havas – “Twice (Live)” – Little Dragon Cover

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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.

Foto Fridays – Best Of 2012 – Music Festivals

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405, 5, Aaron Bruno, adidas, Adidas Superstar, ALLEN STONE, Alternative, Amtrack, ANDREW BIRD, ANIMAL KINGDOM, Atlanta, Avcii, AWOLNATION, Azalea Banks, •ALABAMA SHAKES, •AMADOU & MARIAM, •ANTIBALAS, •BOMBA ESTEREO, •CITY AND COLOUR, •FUN., •JOVANOTTI, •MIMOSA, •OF MONSTERS AND MEN, •SHARON VAN ETTEN, •TAME IMPALA, •THE WALKMEN, •TRAMPLED BY TURTLES, •WASHED OUT, •WOLFGANG GARTNER, •YACHT, BART, Beats By Dre, BECK, Beer Lands, Big Boi, BIG GIGANTIC, BIRDYH, BLOC PARTY, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Blue Lines Coachella Weekend 2012, Bon Iver, Bromance, CA, California, CAVEMAN, Coachella, Coachella 2012, Coachella Valley, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Comedy, concert, CORY CHISEL AND THE WANDERING SONS, Dabs Myla, David Grohl, DIE ANTWOORD, DIRTY DOZEN BRASS BAND, DISPATCH, Do Lab, DR. DOG, Dr. Dre, dubstep, Earth Day, ELECTRIC GUEST, Empire Polo Club, End, Explosions In The Sky, FATHER JOHN MISTY, Feist, Festival, FITZ AND THE TANTRUMS, Foo Fighters, Foto Fridays, FRANZ FERDINAND, FUTUREBIRDS, Gary Clark Jr., GEOGRAPHER, Golden Gate, Golden Gate park, GRANDADDY, gravel, Haight Ashbury, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Music, iMovie, Indio, INFANTREE, Instagram, Intel Outside, iPhone, iPhone 4S, iPhone Post, iPhone4s, iPhoneagraphy, iPhoneography, JACK WHITE, Jerseys, Jukebox the Ghost, JUSTICE, Key Yemaya Walker, Lands End Stage, Last Time, Little Dragon, Live Music, Los Angeles, Love, Marraige, Marta, Metallica, MICHAEL KIWANUKA, MSTRKRFT, Muni, music, Music Festival, MW, Myla, Myla Watson, National Basketball Association, NBA, NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE, Norah Jones, Norcal, Northern California, Occupy Coachella, ONE MusicFest, ONEY ISLAND SWAMP BAND, Outside Lambs, Panhandle Stage, PAPA, Park, PASSION PIT, Photography, Portugal. The Man, Proposal, Radiohead, Raise Your Weapon, REBELUTION, REGGIE WATTS, REGINA SPEKTOR, Richmond, Ricky Watts, Roadtrip, rock, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Francisco Outside Lands, San Francisco Outside Lands 2012, Santigold, SBTRKT, SEAN HAYES, Seek Bromance, Shutte, SIGUR ROS, Skrillex, Snoop Dogg, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Socal, Southern California, Stevie Wonder, Straits, Sutro Stage, TANLINES, Tennis, THE BE GOOD TANYAS, The Black Keys, The Grande Wheel, THE KILLS, THE M MACHINE, THEE OH SEES, Tim Berg, TOM MORELLO: THE NIGHTWATCHMAN, Train, Truth, Tupac, Tupac Hologram, Tupac Shakur, Twin Peaks Stage, TWO GALLANTS, UN Square, Vacation, WALLPAPER., Wedding, WHITE DENIM, Wine Lands, YELLOW OSTRICH, ZOLA JESUS

A “Best of… Foto Fridays” Essay of 2012’s Music Festival travels.
2012 Ranking:
1) Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival (Empire Polo Club, Indio, CA)
2) Music Midtown (Piedmont Park, Atlanta, GA)
3) Outside Lands: Music, Food, Wine, Beer, Art (Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA)

A combination of Porta-Potties, Hot sun, VIP Showers, compressed hot bodies, cold, fog, band reunions, amazing covers, crowd surfing, 90’s classics, dirt, dubstep, car camping, road trips, bad artist scheduling, vacation, plane flights, MARTA, BART, gravel, fun!
A super-hot weekend in the California desert where NBA Basketball jerseys seemed to be the uniform, water was the best thing, and music was unbelievable. Enjoy.

Coachella Music And Arts Festival, Weekend 2 2012

Overhead view from “The Wheel.”

Alarm Clock…HOT!!!

The weekend’s boarding.

Foto Friday – Coachella Weekend 2, 2012 Photo Essay

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It has been a few weeks, but I finally got around to my Coachella Photo Essay. A few shots, that I still don’t really capture the weekend, but a post nonetheless. A hot weekend where NBA Basketball jerseys seemed to be the uniform. Enjoy.

Coachella Music And Arts Festival, Weekend 2 2012

Overhead view.

Alarm Clock…HOT!!!

The weekend boarding.

Good thing we rode on day one, before standing in long HOT lines.

AWOLNATION Frontman Aaron Bruno literally surfs the croud during a rousing rendition of their hit, “Sail.”

Yeah, that’s reading correctly…a whopping 107 Degrees…whew.

The amazing Gary Clark, Jr. performing “Things Are Changing,” instant zone-out song.


Feist during her powerful set, before Bon Iver.

SBTRKT Killing “Wildfire” with Vocals by Yukimi of Little Dragon and Drake.

Radiohead Destroying It!!!

The Beats By Dre tent, where we listened to bad Pitbulls songs, on great Dre Audio, and got AIR CONDITIONING!!!

The Do Lab, where they played LOUD Dub Step and sprayed you with waterhoses. Skipped that this year.

Everyone had the same idea, hide from sun, charge your phones.

Santigold after a late morning Sun nap.

Tupac Hologram rising to perform with Snoop.

Way to end…on Earth Day.

A beautiful sunrise, a bittersweet reminder of the weekend.

On the Road Home.

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 – Koop – “Summer Sun”

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2002, Ane Brun, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, California, Diesel Music, Hilde Louise Asbjornsen, Jazz, Key Yemaya Walker, koop, Koop Islands, Little Dragon, Magnus Zingmark, New To You Music Sundays, Oscar Simonsson, Rob Gallagher and Mikael Sundin, Sons of Koop, Summer Sun, Sweden, Swingtronica, Waltz for Koop, yuki, Yukimi, Yukimi Nagano

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.

30 Day Photo Challenge – Day 15 – A Picture of Something You Want to Do Before You Die – Jump Out A Perfectly Good Plane

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30 Day Photo Challenge, A Picture of Something You Want to Do Before You Die, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, children, Coachella, Day 15, fear, Jump Out A Perfectly Good Plane, Key Yemaya Walker, Little Dragon, Please Turn, Ritual Union, Scared, Skydiving

I want to have a kid, and I’m doing the Coachella thing, so I think this is it. Scared crapless thinking about this. The song by Little Dragon, “Please Turn,” the line “please…pull the string now,” and I could see myself running and jumping out (yes, I doubt it’s like that), and i felt my head get light and my chest tighten up. Gonna do it though.

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

30 Day Song Challenge – Day 30 – Your Favorite Song At This Time Last Year – Roy Hargrove Quintet – “Never Let Me Go”

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2007, 30 Day Song Challenge, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, INTIX, January, January 2011, January 2012, justin robinson, Key Yemaya Walker, Little Dragon, Never Let Me Go, Paris, Roy Hargrove, Roy Hargrove Quintet, San Francisco, Scribbled Paper, Twice, Yoshi's San Francisco

I wasn’t really sure of what was around this time last year. So much time has passed. First I thought of Little Dragon’s “Twice,” or “Scribbled Paper,” however I settled on this standard covered by Roy Hargrove.


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.