Cover Sundays – Bonnie McKee – “When Doves Cry” – Prince 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.

Blue Lines Blog – Happy Independence Day – Jimi Hendrix – “Star Spangled Banner”

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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 30 Day Song Challenge – Day 27 – Favorite Song With a Person’s Name in The Title – Esthero – “Song For Holly”

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1999, 30 Day Song Challenge, Agent Provocateur, audio engineer, Black Grape, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, California, Canada, Danny Saber, Day 27, Electronica, experimental rock, Favorite song with a person's name in the title, Go - Music From The Motion Picture, Go!, Indie, Jenny-Bea Englishman, Key Yemaya Walker, Los Angeles, lounge, music, New 30 Day Song Challenge, Ontario, record producer, remixer, Reprise, Song For Holly, Sony, Stratford, trip hop, Universal Canada, Warner Bros.

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 – Theophilus London – “Strange Love”

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alternative hip hop, Blue Lines, Brooklyn, EP, fashion model, Key Yemaya Walker, Lovers Holiday, Music Mondays, New York City, PBR&B, Poconos, Producer, Rapper, Reprise, songwriter, Strange Love, Theophilus London, Theophilus Musa London, Timez Are Weird These Days, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, Va$htie, Va$htie Kola, Vashtie, Vashtie Kola, Warner Bros.

An artist that I learned of through Va$htie Kola‘s blog.


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 – The Last Emperor feat Poetic and Esthero “One Life”

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2003, activist, Aftermath, alternative hip hop, Anthony Ian Berkeley, arranger, Bernardo Bertolucci, Beverly Hills, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, BMG Records, Brothers Grym, California, Canada, Cancer, ceo, Electronica, Emcee, Empire Musicwerks, Esthero, experimental rock, Gee Street, Gravediggaz, Grym Reaper, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Indie, Island, Jamal Gray, Jenny-Bea Englishman, Key Yemaya Walker, Long Island, lounge, Magic, music, Myth, New York, One Life, Ontario, Palace of the Pretender, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Poetic, PolyGram, Producer, R&B, Raptivism, Rawkus, record producer, Red Planet Music, Reprise, Singer/songwriter, Sony, Stratford, The Last Emperor, Too Poetic, Toronto, Trinidad and Tobago, trip hop, U.S., Universal Canada, V2, Warner Bros.

Fitting for a month dedicated to Cancer Awareness. This includes one of the last performances by Poetic (of Gravdiggaz) shortly before he succumbed to cancer.

feat. Poetic (Gravediggaz)
[The Last Emperor]
1993, shortly before Thanksgivin’
I got the call she say Jamal, Derek is no longer livin
Softly she spoke
Is this a joke?
Man, you gotta be kiddin
As my question was raised this explanation was givin
A meaningless death
Made me question the meaning of life
Does my body remain at rest like when I’m sleeping at night?
Will I burn in eternal hell?
Or will I find paradise?
Be rejected or ressurected like the body of Christ
Is it like purgatory the story described by the Catholics?
Or nirvana that Buddha saw in both theory and practice
Like I studied in my college phillosophy classes
Or do my molecules and atoms travel back to the gases
I mean what I’d like to know
Is wheres my spirit go?
After the curtains close