I think there are 5 official remixes on Phoenix – Fences and lot of inofficial. My favourite is this one made by Def Starr. The “video” sucks and so do life at the hospital.

I am so excited I am going to be in Colorado this week.  Taking another step to be starting Elevation Christian Church in Aurora.  As we have been praying, preparing, and pushing this song has been one of the rallying cries we have held close to our heart.  I hope you enjoy this song that you will listen to the words and know that this is what we see for Aurora.

Where do you see God at work around you?  What are you going to join Him there? Take some steps this week to doing what God has called you to do in your City.

Each week I will be posting the top 5 songs I’ve listened to for that week, hopefully you will like it and go check out some of the songs yourself, anyway check out the tracks after the cut. This week my Top 5 are:

1. Janet Jackson  – Make Me (DJ Dan Vocal Edit) 

LISTEN

2. Rihanna – Rockstar 101

LISTEN

3. Lady Gaga – So Happy I Could Die

LISTEN

4. Chris Brown – Crawl

LISTEN

5. Jennifer Lopez – Fresh Out The Oven (RE-ENTRY)

LISTEN

 This weeks top 5 was a little harder than usual but in the end I got my top 5. Still Janet’s “Make Me” is at the top of my list but this time the vocal club remix by DJ Dan, the space like rhythms along with  Janet’s catchy lines has me hooked as I can only think of her dancing while I listen. I also think and hope she performs a club remix of “Make Me” on the X-Factor next week to add an extra bit of buzz and exclusivity for the UK

Coming in 2nd is Rihanna’s “Rockstar 101” featuring none other than the legendary Slash as guitarist, it’s RiRi’s bad girl lyrics like ”6 inch walker, big sh*t talker” and ” baby frisk me good check my panties and my bra” which has got me playing this day and night.

Susan Boyle é a líder da tabela de vendas britânica graças ao seu disco de estreia, “I Dreamed a Dream”. A concorrente de “Britain’s Got Talent” e estrela do YouTube já vendeu 410 mil cópias desde que o álbum foi lançado, a 23 de Novembro.

“I Dreamed a Dream” é o disco que mais vendeu este ano na Grã-Bretanha na sua semana de lançamento. É também o álbum de estreia com mais vendas na primeira semana em toda a história da tabela de vendas britânica.

O sucesso de Susan Boyle, de 48 anos, não se fica por aqui. Nos EUA, o disco bateu o recorde de pré-encomendas da Amazon.com.

O Pop Bit já tem o álbum e está todinho na caixa preta ao lado para quem quiser ouvir. A sugestão, como é óbvio, vai para a faixa 4, “You´ll See”. Sim, é Susan Boyle a cantar Madonna.

Things are getting better, we’ve got wifi in our room at the hospital, Barça just won El Clásico and the fever is gone. This song will go on repeat this night, wonderful & magic, that’s what it is!

Die heutige Platte zementiert meinen Ruf als “Mr. Label Damage”. denn das Label von Willi Wootens grandioser 45er “Your Love Is Indescribably Delicious/Do The Train” ist praktisch völlig zerstört, während das Vinyl (frisch gewaschen – ha, ha) glänzt. Zumindest blieben noch Fragmente übrig, die das Plattenlabel (Virtue), Titel und Interpreten erahnen lassen. Ebenso ist noch zu erkennen, dass es sich um eine DJ-Kopie handelt. Um Euch zu zeigen, wie schön die Virtue-Labels eigentlich sind, habe ich Scans beigefügt, die ich bei einer alten Craig-Moerer-Auktion gefunden habe.

Nun, auch wenn die Scheibe noch ihr ursprünglich zauberhaftes Label tragen würde, könnte ich trotzdem nicht sehr viel mehr schreiben, als dass Willis wohl in oder um Philadelphia gelebt hat, da die Flip – auf der sich Willis übrigens Willis Wooten “Ork” nennt – auf dem Sampler “The Philly Sound Get Down – Funky Philly Instrumentals” ist. Aber vielleicht hat ja mal wieder jemand gründlicher als ich gegoogelt und liefert noch ein paar Infos …

Wede

Willis Wooten – Your Love Is Indescribably Delicious

Willis Wooten Ork – Do The Train

 MEMOIRS

(Abridged)                                                                                         

By K.K.Subramanian

Waterfriend remembers his childhood

           Kunnathur Mana

My mother was born in a very illustrious family Kunnathur Padinjaredath.You can see the ancestral house near the Peruvanam temple south gopuram (gate)

I have vague memories of sitting upstairs; looking at the road. I must be four at that time.

The family came there in search of livelihood and became the tantry (main priest-they still are) of the temple. I can imagine mother (kali was her name-a goddess) walking towards the temple, holding the hands of the maid servant, almost naked, with only a plantain leaf strip to cover nakedness, not knowing what fate awaited her…tears swell in my eyes, even as I write these lines

She was married off at the tender age of thirteen or so to Subrahmanian Nambudiripad, aged forty plus, already having two wives, one living and the next one and her son still fresh in memory, and a daughter of mother’s age whom her brother married the same day, probably. Mother was dark, uncouth and short; my step sister was fair, lean and very handsome whom mother hated heartily!

I do not remember any one caring for her,  except her younger sister and some cousins. Uncle (eldest) never talked to her or even to her children (in all six, two died early). She had a sharp tongue and was outspoken but had a heart of gold. She was very lazy and father was the laziest!

I digressed…

Around 150 years ago, mother’s ancestor was married to the sister of the king of erstwhile Cochin State who was known as Shaktan Thampuran. He bestowed on the Kunnathur family tax free land. The family became rich.

Maternal grandfather was very intelligent, so too was my uncle. At that time a rich local Nambudiri of Chittoor mana established a school, where we all studied, and uncle was the first student, duly initiated before a lighted lamp etc. Of course the student was without a shirt! I had a few classmates, topless, in primary school. Grandmother was wise, cultured and well versed in puranas (old legends of Hindu religion).When she got angry and shouted like a lioness, her husband shivered like a mouse! She did like my mother, always told me to look after her well but did nothing when she needed assistance. In fact no one accompanied her when she left the house built by father, and we were travelling in a country boat, through the swollen river. Being a fool, I enjoyed the trip!…

Earliest memories centre around a small village Thalore, near Trichur. I was about four. Mother had given birth to a dead baby and so she continued to feed me. I just came in from the spacious orchard where I was playing, lay down in my mother’s lap and started sucking her big breast. (In those days our women folk did not wear blouse.) “Ma, who put sugar in your milk?” -I asked. She just pushed me off and that was the end breast feeding !

I had a playmate Bhagi about eight years or so . She was attached to our maid servant Madhavi. I always thought she was her daughter.

 One day the girl was mopping the kitchen floor. I said something .She didn’t listen and I gave a blow on her back with an iron ladle. The poor girl cried out aloud inviting the attention of mother and paternal grand mother I felt guilty and wretched. Perhaps that was the only time I used violence against any living creature…..

With just a piece of cloth tied like lady’s bikini, I used to accompany Madhavi to the grocery shop owned by a Tamil Brahmin .He would give a piece of jaggery. We never got chocolates in those days.

Father and mother slept in the upstairs bed room. I slept with them. Mother used to tell stories. Elder brother used to sleep with grandmother. He was her favourite. Paternal uncle Krishnaphan was an occasional visitor. We loved him, as he was a good storyteller. About Lilliputs we heard from him. He was dark and fat unlike another p. uncle Vasudevaphan who was slim and fair, the first person to go to school from K.K. family. He was teacher and a close friend of E.M.S. Namboodiripad.

One day an old lady came, covered up to the neck in pure white dhoti (in north India only a widow will dress in white) Do you know her? –they asked. When I blinked, they all laughed . I felt ashamed. It was mother’s ma. As a girl, she was born and brought up in the same house where we were staying temporarily-the great Veembur Kadalayil Mana (which was lying vacant at the time. Mahatma Gandhi visited the house in 1929). Father who was a good architect and astrologer was making our house near the river, about four miles away. One day brother and I accompanied him to see the construction work. My legs were paining like hell. I earned the reputation of having walked four miles when four years old.    

 At that time , another paternal uncle, Parameswaran by name, took me with him to fort Tripunithura where royal family members lived. By custom, only a nambudiri may marry a princess. And, in a nambudiri family only the eldest can marry; others may have legitimate relationship with women of other upper castes, the latter not entitled for a share of nambudiri property. They are not allowed to share meals with us.(My grandfather’s younger brother’s daughter was my schoolmate .I never knew about the blood relationship, though I somehow liked her. Of course I was too shy to talk to her! )

That is how uncle married a real princess and lived in Palace no.11. I was too small to notice the clean bed, the sumptuous food (at home we had it only on birthdays or during Onam) The great festival was going on at the Poornathrayeesha (Krishna) temple and there were any number of elephants (I wanted to become a mahout-I am never tired of watching these majestic animals)

An elephant was being fed. Uncle asked me-do you want to mount it . I shook my head. The mahout lifted me and handed over to his colleague sitting on the elephant. He placed me on its neck. I felt uncomfortable, its hair pricking my naked bottom and I being lifted up and down by the motion of its head while eating; still I enjoyed it .

One day we were taken to Akavoormana near river Periyar. We enjoyed playing in the shallow swift flowing water. I lay down in the water and was carried away some distance. Flapping my arms I managed to remain floating. Thus I learnt the rudiments of swimming. I do not know how to swim really. Like cattle only my head remains above water.

There were two young elephants there. As a baby Ramankutty used to roam about in the house and snatch things from the kitchen. Even now I like to have a baby elephant ….

Vasudevan uncle (the youngest among five brothers, father being the eldest) was working as teacher in Namboori Vidyalaya at Trichur. I would look with admiration  the fat books in his shelf. One day when I grow up I shall read them!

Savithri was born. I refused to see the baby. I wanted a brother. This dislike of girls remained for a long time to come.

When Vas uncle brought a wife I was too shy to meet her. Afterwards the words “cheriamme “automatically escaped from my mouth and all exclaimed “today it will rain” 

   Recently, during morning walk I reached the church and, turning right, easily located the arch, proclaiming entry towards the Shiv temple. I went through it and turned right. A little further, I had hardly turned left when I could easily spot the old gate as it was in 1937! It was something like a flashback in TV screen! The front yard was very small. (in my mind it was very big.)The main building was intact, though concretised. I saw mother’s bedroom upstairs where I slept. Through the left side I traced a few steps and saw the workplace where women husked rice .It was locked. I could easily see the rope swing and Bhagi and I playing there. The reddish brown cow must be somewhere nearby. Bhagi showed me how to pick silky smooth, egg shaped thing (she called it pattunni) from the cow’s skin. She would place it on a stone and crush it with another stone spilling blood. Ma must be in the kitchen. The great surprise was when I turned to the east courtyard and looked to the flight of steps leading to the orchard. I was expecting at least thirty steps. I could count hardly four! To the child everything appears on a mega screen. To the grown up, it is all on TV screen. The surroundings had been cut into plots and sold. There are flats now. But the main structure is unoccupied till now.

Originally, it belonged to Moothedath Kadalayil which was merged with Veembur Kadalayil. On shifting to Pazhai, the house was sold to Akavoor Mana, my paternal grand mother’s maiden house (illam). We were just living there. The Akavoor namboodiri even suggested,” sister, why don’t you live here, why build a new house?” But father wanted to be near our village. 

Sorry for the lack of post, I’m spending all my time at the hospital waiting for this nightmare to end. So please be patient, as soon as everything’s going back to normal so will the blog. I refound this amazing track earlier today on my Ipod and it has made my day.

Dear Santa, I want a Fairlight

She sits quietly
always taking in,
observant.

She sees the pain
reflecting in their eyes
and the questioning why’s.

She sees the laughter
reflecting in their eyes
and the covered lies.

They don’t always understand her
she speaks in riddles,
and her heart yearns
for understanding.

She has no voice
and cannot speak
when no one listens.

Her heart is filled with beauty
images she feels,
feelings she sees,
will you ever understand what she perceives?

She takes up her pen
and writes what they have felt,
writes what she had seen.

What she writes is who she is,
and momentarily who she is
becomes the words written,
loosed on a page, once blank.

Without making a sound
she will speak up
by sending her thoughts
into the battle, written
to be heard.

So when you read her words
listen closely,
you just might hear
the echoes of her heart
reverberating off the page.

With pen drawn she sits,
patiently she waits
and when inspiration comes,
without hesitation, she will fire.

it’s a glorious reprise we’ve entered.  the echoes of earlier days, but so much brighter now.

this is one of the best playlists i’ve ever made:

1. arctic monkeys (505)
2. belle and sebastian (if she wants me; my wandering days are over)
3. the blow (parentheses)
4. bonobo feat. fink (if you stayed over)
5. coldplay (everything’s not lost)
6. the decemberists (red right ankle)
7. depeche mode (dream on)
8. feist (one evening)
9. fleet foxes (your protector)
10. ingrid michaelson (you and i)
11. jem (yellow)
12. joan osborne (i’ll be around)
13. across the universe sdtrk (with a little help from my frineds)
14. josé gonzález (heartbeats)
15. kate tucker & the sons of sweden (faster than cars)
16. koop (come to me)
17. laura marling (new romantic; ghosts)
18. OK Go (oh lately it’s so quiet)
19. regina spektor (fidelity; the call; blue lips; one more time with feeling; eet; real love)
20. st. vincent (these days)
21. the submarines (swimming pool; you me and the bourgeoisie)

in july it was a little masochistic.  now every moment of it makes me smile.

No matter how we feel, think, or believe, there is unity in our diversity.  We just have to find that one thing that bonds us together.  Finding that one thing we all have in common is the first step to solving any problem.  No matter how far apart we are in our feelings, thinking or beliefs, finding that common ground enables us to come together and find a solution that we all can live with.  This is true in our personal lives as well as in politics.

Some years back I took classes in Family and Divorce Mediation.  I was planning on hanging out my shingle and helping people find solutions to their obstacles.  Learning and doing are not the same thing and I found it difficult to remain unbiased during the process.  My hat is off to those who can do it without having the training and skills of a lawyer.

What I learned, however, has not left me and it has served me well at times.  Mediation is not a win/lose process.  The mediator must find common ground that will enable the parties to eventually come to some agreement that they can both live with.  The mediator must take two parties who are angry, hurt, and suffering and guide them gently to a compromise.  This is not easy.

Having said this, I feel that the same process can be applied to almost any situation.  I have heard about neighbors who don’t get along.  This is so sad, since both have to live where they do and moving is sometimes not possible.   A lot of the time we are “right fighters”, as I’ve heard Dr. Phil say time and time again.  We decided that we have to be right and we will do anything to prove it.  In order to do that we have to go to any length to either prove the other person wrong or sway them around to our point of view.  Either way, the problems are bound to escalate.

Why am I bringing this up?  Every problem starts somewhere.  If we can go back to that first moment and understand the dynamics of the problem from the very first moment, we have a chance of stopping the problem before it becomes unfixable.

Both people often feel like victims.  At that point the problem solving goes out the window.  It takes two to fight.  Therefore, there are two victims and two perpetrators.  No one is at fault all the time.  Each person usually takes turns by making very bad choices which take the disagreement to a new level.

We want to feel vindicated.  We want our suffering to be acknowledged.  We want it to stop.  But what are we willing to do to be part of the solution?  If we are not part of the solution then we are part of the problem.  These misunderstandings are usually created when someone feels disrespected, snubbed,  their personal property damaged, or their privacy and autonomy in jeopardy.

So, what steps can we all take to start mending fences?  If you feel your rights have been trampled on in some way, what do you do first?

Step #1          Purchase a journal.  Start documenting those things that you find offensive.  Don’t just write down what happened, include details of how it made you feel and any expense that was incurred as a result.  Try to explain in as much detail as you can what you are objecting to.  Make it as precise as possible.  If you can’t explain it so you understand it, no one else will understand it and communication is important.   Make sure you write down dates, names, places, and everything you can think of.  Were there any witnesses?

Step #2        Sit down and go over your journal entries regularly.  Try to figure out why you are so angry.  Is it something from your past that you are reacting to in the present or is it a real problem that needs to be addressed.  Try to find the root of the problem and why you may be reacting so badly to the situation.  Sometimes it is simply that the other person is not taking responsibility for their actions or the actions of friends or family members, not to mention pets.  Knowing these things helps clarify it. But do your homework before you snap.

Step #3        If this is an ongoing situation that can’t be ignored, it is time to address your concerns to the other person.  Call and set up a time when both of you can sit down in a neutral place like a restaurant or other public place to discuss it.  It might be wise to bring along a friend and urge the other person to do the same.  Be nice about it.  Coming to the table angry will not serve your cause.

Step #4       Write down what you want to say.  Be prepared.  Ask the person to let you say what you need to say and then she can have her turn uninterrupted.  Explain that you want to find a solution to the problem that you both will be happy with.  Then be respectful when she speaks and try to understand her point of view as well.  This is the point when a solution is most likely to be found.  Make sure you look at how she sees the problem from her perspective and try to find some common ground to work from.  Allow her to be part of the solution and do not dictate the solution.  There are two sides to every story.  Ask questions about what is going on in their life as if they are your best friend.  Share with them those things that they might need to know in order to understand your situation.  Are you a day sleeper?  Have you had a recent illness?  Have you been going through some tough times and might be a little sensitive right now?  Anything that you can share could be potentially helpful.  anything they share can be something to ponder.

Step #5        Assure the other person that they have been heard and impress upon them that you will take what you have heard home and think on it.  Then, really think on it in earnest.  Find the common ground.  Try to put yourself in their place.  Offer your help in some way that may take a burden from their shoulders or offer a solution they may not have thought of. But don’t back them into a wall.  They will come out fighting and that is not what you want.

Everyone’s situation is unique.  But, there will also be commonalities that you can use as a spring board.  What ever you do, have compassion and come at the problem from the point of view that the person may not even be aware there is a problem.  It probably is not a deliberate act against you.  And, there might be a good explanation that you can understand or you might lite on a solution that you can do to solve the problem for yourself.  I have always believed that good fences make for good neighbors.  It may be as simple as a good fence.  Don’t resent the other person for making this problem for you.  Your fence might just ease her burden too.

Chris

it’s hard to talk or write when you can’t talk/write about what you really need to talk/write about.  I’ve been really feeling that weight.

and it’s hard to get rid of. because your soul is aching to talk about _______. but you know you can’t. you know it’s not okay for the whole world to know.

it’s hard to have the hard stuff weighing on you…with no best friend to talk to. sure, i have people to talk to. FANTASTIC people  [old geezers] to talk to. but i don’t have that shoulder to cry on. that opportunity for laughs and sobs in the same 20 seconds. i mean, i do have the opportunity. but the depth isn’t there… so i don’t pounce.

i’m thankful that God listens to everything I can put in to words and all the groans and grunts i make. and loves me just the same.  it’s amazing. God is good.

but my heart aches for depth in relationships. for fellowship. for unity in Christ. And while God is not comparable to earthly relationships/people/or whatever, the desire of my heart is to be in fellowship. to spur others in love. to build people up. to love and learn how to be loved.

so that’s my desire. but that doesn’t heal my brokenness. it might be making it “worse.”  but right now, it’s not what i have. i don’t have that shoulder to cry on. i don’t have that person to call. i don’t have anyone to hang with. but I do have God. and so for now, I need to let that be enough.

even when I’m in pain. even when my world is crashing down. even when I have nothing to cling to. even now.

Thankfully, we can talk to God,

coop

North Koreans don’t need DVR technology any more. The most important purpose of these devices — to fast forward through commercials — no longer applies, now that the reclusive Communist state has banned television commercials from the airwaves.

According to the Yonhap news agency, North Korean leader Kim Jong-il was upset when he saw commercials showing up on Korean Central Television in early July. The report quotes a source close to Kim as saying the ruler’s response to the ad was: “What is this? That kind of rubbish appeared when China started reforms and openness.” He was obviously pissed and hasn’t been open to suggestions that he follow China’s lead in embracing a limited form of capitalism. Cha Sung-Su, head of the station, has been fired, and the last commercials were shown on August 31, 2009.

No one has seen Sung-Su since.

God is often in the quiet still of the morning, and He is. Maybe because here, outside of really stepping into our day, we can hear Him.

But, what is He saying? to you? to me? Life so often is filled with unanswered questions, disappointments, and lost dreams. So, what is He saying?

“I have never left you or forsaken you.” Does He say this to you? “I have always loved you, with an everlasting love,” and, “trust me.” Does He say these things? Does He tell you how much you mean to Him? Like a lover who paints his Affection across every sunrise he sees? Does He say these things? as if, there were no other?

Because it’s often in the quiet still of the morning you will find Him. Because here is where He’s been waiting… all along… for you.

“My lover is mine, and I am his. He feeds among the lilies! Before the dawn comes and the shadows flee away, come back to me, my love.  Run like the gazelle or a young stag on the rugged mountains!” Song of Songs 2: 16.

Yes, that line has probably been said a billion times but I love it … “It’s Britney, bitch!” Just read online that despite some bad press she got about lip synching during her concert (is this a big surprise, people??), Britney managed to sell more concert tickets at Acer Arena in Sydney than Coldplay AND Justin Timberlake! See, people can say whatever they want about this girl, shaved head or not, she still pulls the crowd.

Went for one of her shows in Melbourne and let me tell ya, it was FULL HOUSE. Even if 10 people walked out of her show, who cares?? I didn’t go in with high expectations, and ended up pretty much enjoying myself. Boo, on the other hand, fell asleep halfway through. Haha. She didn’t know any of Britney’s new songs and I personally wanted Britney to sing more of her old tunes like “Lucky”, or “Stronger” … she stuck mostly to her Circus and Blackout album. And like I mentioned before to my friends, I’d rather she lip sync and dance than try to sing live throughout.

Lots of young girls, lots of older women pretending to be 16, and plenty dressed like they were heading to school.

just a couple songs I listen to A LOT

mpg321 is a command-line mp3 player.

Why & when to use it?
* On old computers
* If your GUI stops working and you need some music while you are solving the problem
* Play music from your server
* Learn command line and practice it
* For fun

How to install it on Ubuntu?:
Open the Terminal (Applications → Accessories → Terminal) and type the following command:

Key in Y and press Enter when you’re asked to install other required packages.

How to use?
Access the help menu:
Open the Terminal (Applications → Accessories → Terminal) and type the following command:

You will get a list of codes which you can use with mpg321.

--verbose or -v Increase verbosity
--quiet or -q Quiet mode (no title or boilerplate)
--gain N or -g N Set gain (audio volume) to N (0-100)
--skip N or -k N Skip N frames into the file
--verbose or -v Be more verbose in playing files
-o dt Set output devicetype to dt
[esd,alsa(09),arts,sun,oss]
--audiodevice N or -a N Use N for audio-out
--stdout or -s Use stdout for audio-out
--au N Use au file N for output
--cdr N Use wave file N for output
--wav N or -w N Use wave file N for output
--test or -t Test only; do no audio output
--list N or -@ N Use playlist N as list of MP3 files
--random or -Z Play files randomly until interrupted
--shuffle or -z Shuffle list of files before playing
-R Use remote control interface
--aggressive Try to get higher priority
--help or --longhelp Print this help screen
--version or -V Print version information


Example:

This code allows you to play a song without any details.

This code allows you to play a song with information of the file.

Of course it would be ridiculous to play music one by one file so we have to create playlists:

Open the Terminal (Applications → Accessories → Terminal) and type the following command:

(Find the location of your mp3 files by the command dir, cd, and cd...)
dir : Shows a list of all the files available in that directory
cd folder: Goes to folder directory (Replace folder with the name of a folder that you want to access)
cd.. Goes to previous directory

Example: Your music is located in /home/yourusername/Music so you should type cd /home/yourusername/Music

Then, create a playlist of all songs in this folder:

or create a playlist based on artist(Example abz)

*Tips: Replace abz with the artist name

To play the playlist:

Play it randomly:
*Little shuffle mode (Plays every file once in a random order)

*Big shuffle mode (Plays a random file and then plays another random file. mpg321 will go on until you stop it.)

Resources:
Command Line Warriors
Linux Dev Center

Its alternatives:
1. Amarok (If you’re using KDE/Kubuntu as it suites the theme and environment)
2. Songbird – My favourite, read the review.
3. Audacious – Lightweight and Winamp like, read the review.
4. Rhythmbox – It comes pre-installed on Ubuntu
5. Listen Audio Player
6. Exaile – Music Player for GTK+
7. Banshee – Play music and videos. Sync your ipod and G1.
8. orpheus – another Command-Line Interface(CLI) audio player

The 2009 New York Yankees World Champion Edition :

• Frank Sinatra ∞ That´s life ♪ ♫ http://bit.ly/1Y5OaG #EternalMusic #BESTSONGEVER
  
• George Harrison ∞ Art of Dying ♫ http://bit.ly/oJ6tn #EternalMusic
  
• George Harrison ∞ Hear Me Lord http://bit.ly/LgGZx #EternalMusic
  
• … Change Clothes – Jay Z ♫ http://bit.ly/8kxKD and GO! #EternalMusic
  
• We all fish.. betta teach ya folk… Jay-Z ∞ Never Change ♫ http://bit.ly/7ucrq #EternalMusic
  
• Aaliyah ∞ Never No More ♫ http://bit.ly/CizqU #EternalMusic #MM … this came on in itunes and just hit me right now
  
• “I read the news today, oh boy” ~John Lennon ♫ http://bit.ly/eBSZU A DAY IN THE LIFE #EternalMusic
  
• Common / Dilla ∞ ”The Light” ♫ http://bit.ly/vDL4B #EternalMusic (inspired via @Jonubian) … Another of my favorite EVERS
  
• John Lennon “Borrowed Time” ♫ http://bit.ly/wJ2Pc #EternalMusic #whenwewereyounger
  
• latest of my #EternalMusic – Stevie Wonder, Jay-Z, Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Alicia Keys, Kid Cudi, Radiohead, Nas, AZ, Cormega, Foxy Brown
  
• Stevie Wonder ∞ Rocket Love ♫ http://bit.ly/kyCAf Hotter Than July #EternalMusic
  
• @SalaAmReMi Stevie Wonder (1967) Someday at Christmas ♫ http://bit.ly/216QVI #EternalMusic
  
• we the last ones to keep the wise guys code alive, if i can’t live by my word then i’d much rather die ♫ http://blip.fm/~fehdd #EternalMusic
  
• AHHHH … LOOK OUT! HELTER SKELTER! ♫ http://bit.ly/15rSTR BEATLES #EternalMusic
  
• cryin won’t help ya, prayer won’t do ya no good, when the levee breaks mama you got to move! ♫ http://blip.fm/~fciic #EternalMusic
  
• CAN I LIVE? ♫ http://blip.fm/~fcfvl #EternalMusic
  
• Kid Cudi ~ CUDI ZONE ♫ http://bit.ly/1j5I28 #EternalMusic Man on the Moon!
  
• Radiohead ∞ Reckoner ♫ http://bit.ly/YB3gQ IN RAINBOWS #EternalMusic
  
• The Sky might be Fallin but Remember you can Fly High! ♫ KID CUDI http://bit.ly/2PrpAb #EternalMusic
  
• Led Zeppelin ‘BRING IT ON HOME’ (Live) ♫ http://bit.ly/7749r #EternalMusic
  
• “it ain’t where ya from, it’s where ya at” ~Rakim ♫ Eric B. & Rakim … I KNOW YOU GOT SOUL! #EternalMusic
  
• Lupe [the FUTURE] Fiasco … Fighters ♫ http://bit.ly/19KBc0 #EternalMusic … PEACE
  
• TLC ♫ ‘Creep’ CRAZY.SEXY.COOL…. do i even have to post the song? it should be in your itunes #EternalMusic
  
• got to keep on walking on the Road to Zion… ♫ http://blip.fm/~eo2o3 Damian Marley / NaS WELCOME TO JAMROCK #EternalMusic
  
• Good Morning… today and every day… #EternalMusic… I Did it ‘My Way’ ♫ http://bit.ly/1VU1Eu NaS LOST TAPES

• Marion Black – Who Knows ♫ http://bit.ly/9vECS #EternalMusic and I love the vinyl spinning!
  
• ‘i don’t believe in beatles, I just believe in me, me & yoko’ God – John Lennon ♫ http://bit.ly/15sMTU #EternalMusic
  
• Hold on world, World hold on, it’s Gonna be Alright ♫ Happy Birthday John Lennon! http://bit.ly/coHdO #EternalMusic
  
• http://twitpic.com/kshax – @clighty this is mine B.I.G. #EternalMusic
  
• National Poetry Day – Gil Scott-Heron – The Needle’s Eye – Ghetto Style ♫ http://bit.ly/3cijeT #EternalMusic
  
• i can’t quit you baby… so i’ve gotta put you down for a while ♫ LED ZEPPELIN http://bit.ly/17wAg3 #EternalMusic
  
• Jay Z ft. Mr. Hudson – Young Forever ♫ http://bit.ly/gfvAO .. #EternalMusic ∞
  
• Babe I’m Gonna Leave You – Led Zeppelin ♫ http://bit.ly/1X86xc #EternalMusic GOOD NIGHT
  
• George Harrison & friends – I saw her standing there ♫ http://bit.ly/oF9So #EternalMusic
  
• Happiness is a Warm Gun – John Lennon [Beatles] ♫ http://bit.ly/15EUuq #EternalMusic BANG BANG!
  
• it is what it is…. fuck it….. U GOTTA LOVE IT! NAS ♫ http://blip.fm/~edr84 ‘Lost Tapes’ CLASSIC #EternalMusic
  
• Gil Scott Heron ‘The Revolution Will Not Be Televised’ ♫ http://blip.fm/~ecahn #EternalMusic #therevolutionwillnotbetelevised
  
• “I done it, got God son on my stomache, my heart & my lungs was effected by henny & getting blunted” NaS ♫ http://is.gd/3Vs4J #EternalMusic
  
• “i’m seein body after body and our mayor giuliani ain’t tryin to see no black man turn to john gotti” BIG ♫ http://is.gd/3UO6D #EternalMusic
  
• Nas – Get Down … ♫ http://bit.ly/Efo5a “God’s Son” #EternalMusic
  
• My state of mind’s Purple ♫ http://bit.ly/LImN0 … NAS #EternalMusi
• Ghostface ft. Mary J ‘All That I Got Is You’ ♫ http://bit.ly/Js6jY #EternalMusic
  
• @questlove http://twitpic.com/gwtvg – Dilla & Lennon… beautiful #EternalMusic
  
• ‘if revolution had a movie i’d be theme music’ the 6th Sense ♫ http://bit.ly/119iE4 Comm Sense ft. Bilal #EternalMusic
  
• #EternalMusic 1986 #NYC Eric B & Rakim ♫ I Ain’t No Joke http://bit.ly/1XmJMA
  
• #EternalMusic Aaliyah ♫ Young Nation http://bit.ly/122hs1 Age Ain’t Nothing But A Number
  
• I DONE MADE IT THROUGH THE PAIN & STRIFE IT’s MY TIME NOW ♫ http://is.gd/3H7Z8 @PharaoheMonch and the GHOST @realSTYLESP #EternalMusi
• ‘ rookie is a game that a fool plays.. i’m sittin here reminiscin bout my school days… ‘ ♫ http://blip.fm/~diw5m .. Big L #EternalMusic
  
• #EternalMusic #EssentialHipHop Big L “Fed Up with the BULLSHIT” ♫ http://blip.fm/~div4z PEACE ∞ L
  

information thanks to http://twitter.com/tweetsaver for helping me save my tweets

way more to come vol. II up next

Listening-hearing-story collecting is Tool #1.

Tom Peters said “I have no tricks, except to say tune deliberately into the process.” To me this means to listen. REALLY listen.

Listen very carefully like you are hard of hearing and must read lips in order to understand. That means if my child walks into the room asking for yada this and yada that I must stay focused on my wife’s lips.

I love people and I love friends. Dale Carnegie told me “You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.”

I have to admit I accidentally tried using the phone with a couple of my ‘Who’ friends of late and both my friends and I feel great about what happened after I called.

Tom Peters was right when he wrote ‘Call (C-A-L-L!) (NOT E-MAIL!) 25-50 (NO LESS THAN 25) people … TODAY … to thank them for their support this year … and wish them and their families and colleagues a successful future!’

You will hear what I hear and it’s good.