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- Mar 03, 13
let's get free. love, s.s. track list: intro - nina simone liberation dance - abdullah ibrahim afro blue - robert glasper experiment f. erykah badu afro blue - mongo santamaria wayfaring stranger - jamie woon land of plenty - fredericks brown worry walks beside me - michael kiwanuka release & rewind - sotu the traveller f. ninthe long as you're living - abbey lincoln crystalfilm - little dragon free - kae set you free - oddisee no regrets - eric lau they say/shangrila - the internet f. tay walker no crying now, no lyin down - hawthorne headhunters nothing like this - erimaj ~libertad~ more & more (remix) - georgia anne muldrow f. bilal - Feb 15, 13
'when there's nothing left to burn, you have to set yourself on fire.' love, s.s. track list: intro - stars adam - me'shell ndegéocello getting there - flying lotus f. niki randa leila's tale - szjerdene unrest (journey to the land of milk & honey) - erimaj the machines are the stars - saturn never sleeps return - sotu the traveller a case of you - joni mitchell winds from the north - oddisee for love i come - thundercat forget (shlohmo remix) - lianne la havas until the colours come - flying lotus a light - new look malika - hiatus kaiyote frosti - björk the perfect blues - jesse boykins III & gora sou intermission - coeur de pirate birds - emiliana torrini winter lady - leonard cohen little bird - jazzanova f. josé james kid a - radiohead home again - michael kiwanuka ~snowfall~ atlantique nord - yann tiersen - Feb 14, 13
'the speechless full moon comes out now' -rumi love, s.s. track list: dear moon (the distraction) - warsan shire loose lights - dirg gerner f. rahel i would like to call it beauty (freddie joachim reprise) - corinne bailey rae yèkèrmo sèw (te'amir remix) - mulatu astatke summertearz - little dragon if you were my baby (reprise) - hawthorne headhunters honey dip - afta-1 kali - sonnymoon mobius streak - hiatus kaiyote transit - robin hannibal the ballad - new look better days - freddie joachim ghostfields - hawthorne headhunters your eyes - amel larrieux koi moon's daughter pt II - jonti two doves - dirty projectors ghosts - james vincent mcmorrow ~dust~ just before dawn - sonnymoon - Mar 05, 12
sing the body electric. love, s.s. track list: electric(ity) talk - rahsaan roland kirk nyquil - alpha why don't we - kaya spottieottie 'till infinity - outkast (locsmif remix) houstatlantavegas - sonnymoon zilch - zebrahim speak your mind - b. lewis something in the water - zaki ibrahim i can't help it - lady alma voltaire - robin hannibal trust me - herbie hancock vein melter / hidden shadows - diggs duke cherish the day - robert glasper experiment (f. lalah hathaway) lovers stone (alternate passaros) - jonti bottom to top - miles bonny x b. lewis ok ok - bahia bahia kuru / speak like a child - jaco pastorius body and soul freestyle - kae (f. dela & robert glasper) ~sparks~ atomic love - trackademicks - Feb 08, 12
let's dance. love, s.s. track list: ritual union - little dragon heart beat - zaki ibrahim & drumattix betrayal - fredricks brown dancing - omar & zed bias don't break me off - tk wonder : kissey sydm - deep cotton queen of wonderland - j*davey zoooooom - hudson mohawk yama yama - the yamasuki singers give the drummer sum - black milk shimmy shimmy ya - el michaels affair none of dem - robyn f. royksopp gimmee gimmee - bonjay divine - saturn never sleeps looking for we - dhundee & waajeed ~soul claps~ get there - benny sings - Jan 08, 12
we roll deep. alone. love, s.s. track list: stereolab - the roots (dilla joints) all to myself - b. lewis un clown dans la party - nicky lars underwater - ghostface killah walk on - electric wire hustle f. stacy epps caos - kissey asplund amnesia (remind.instrumental) - blu dolphin dance - ahmad jamal small hours - bonjay grace - saturn never sleeps everybody but me - lykke li explode - lv & message to bears f. zaki ibrahim when i go out - little dragon alone (45th progression) - kaya desperado - miles bonny lost where i belong (flying lotus remix) - andreya triana the sweetness. a b side. - bahia bahia ~epilogue~ pegwee power!! - maylee todd - Nov 08, 11
hold hope close. love, s.s. track list: intro (people again) the plum blossom - yusuf lateef reachin' up - sarah white heart beats I - purple hearts a song from miles - miles bonny all seasons are good - saturn never sleeps rahel - hope return to the journey - thundercat think it through - szjerdene i love music - ahmad jamal amends - robin hannibal a quai - yann tiersen the story - king lovely sky boat - alice coltrane hoping will only take you so far - b. lewis we can be new - amel larrieux major heavy - shafiq husayn suite III overture - janelle monáe no room for doubt - lianne la havas (feat. willy mason) when you're ready - jesse boykins III one - eric lau sweet reprise - arthur lewis ~the light~ samba de orfeu - antonio carlos jobim - Oct 06, 11
there is nothing achromatic about the way we love. s.s. track list: mmmhmm - flying lotus gun - emiliana torrini dreams - benny sings fade - sarah white not for sale - coco rosie wounds - quadron i'm fine - eric lau f. rahel don't understand - tiombe lockhart it really doesn't matter to you - thundercat the canals of our city - beirut short & sweet - esperanza spalding lover lover lover - leonard cohen secret heart - feist watch out - tawiah blue turning grey over you - billie holiday lonely house - abbey lincoln ~clouds in my coffee~ someone to watch over me - amy winehouse - Aug 23, 11
come here. come close. love, s.s. track list: løb stop stå - boom clap bachelors (feat. coco o.) a n g e l - b. lewis milky way - suzi analogue panty dropper - the stuyvesants crown royal - jill scott banilla beans - afta-1 i want u - floetry inglewood - mar (variation) the panties - mos def one love - elzhi feeling u, feeling me - alicia keys (freddie joachim mix) trilogy - kelis (trackademicks remix) i care 4 u - jesse boykins III you are - j*davey hey - king love conversation - josé james never freeze - quadron closer - slum vee feat. dwele the panties - mara hruby sexy suzy on a sunday - tiombe lockhart summer dream - jack mcduff ~stay~ automatic - soosh - Feb 14, 13
it's a new dawn, it's a new day. love, s.s. track list: a piece of light - the roots feat. amber coffman, angel deradoorian & haley dekle supernatural - king day 4: first of me - b. lewis feat. mar driving - amenta french waltz - leon ware tribute to a.f. ro (daydreaming) - quincy jones fade: busy remix - sarah white wait - brendan philip choice two: leave (feat. andreya triana) - b. lewis/flying lotus lovebirds - rucyl blastit at the homie rayzer‚s charm lake plateau bbq july at outpalace pk - shabazz palaces sweetest day - daru jones feat. kissey asplund warmer in the day - oddisee portrait of tracey - jaco pastorius rain interlude after the rain - the stuyvesants feel like makin' love - elizabeth archer for you - robert glasper really very small - esperanza spalding no tellin' (i need you) - josé james ~rain dance~ sunshower - dr. buzzard's original savannah band - Mar 05, 13
feast after fast. love, s.s. track list: bluishmen (excerpt) - moacir santos untitled/fantastic - georgia anne muldrow live.mixing miguel-atwood ferguson i said - full crate & mar transmitting live from mars - de la soul average fruit - quadron without you - troubleman f. steve spacek always will - eric lau f. muhsinah & kaidi tatham sylvia - arthur verocai lay you down - josé james tea leaf dancers - flying lotus i wanna be with u (rucyl bass mix) - sarah white zapateo en menor - vincente vasquez d. cybertronic purgatory - janelle monáe odjus fitchadu - mayra andrade if we were - arthur lewis -dessert- dance with me - tiombe lockhart - Mar 05, 13
if your heart is aching, you are alive. love, s.s. track list: glömd konst kommer stundom - dungen day - quadron tom boy - electric wire hustle the sun is in the sky - 9th wonder it's gonna take a miracle - laura nyro & labelle tonight you belong to me - steve martin & bernadette peters xibaba - duke pearson hearts in home - kwes she was fly - full crate ft. mar blistered heart - badly drawn boy speakervision - georgia anne muldrow wind(terlude) - blu let it die - feist the story behind the pain - tumi and the volume interlude - j*davey twice - little dragon bye - dilla hey, that's no way to say goodbye - roberta flack outro - kamau ~epilogue~ love's a bitch - pierre adenot - Mar 05, 13
it's cooling down outside, it's warming up inside. love, s.s. track list: iwakishi - yann tiernsen the main attraction - a race of angels masudasante naima - shuanise devil don't sleep - zilla come alive (the war of the roses) - janelle monáe wild young hearts - noisettes look of love'lude - slum v city of nowhere - brittany bosco bullsh**tin' instrumental - jay d just because - j*davey feat. phonte open the door - betty carter maybe - kamau gogh again - muhsinah let's go away for awhile - the beach boys feather - little dragon africa - d'angelo seu - mayra andrade after - muhsinah ~epilogue~ tomorrow is my turn (l'amour c'est comme un jour) - nina simone
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Posts
- haiku for cherry mouth
your mouth forms a heart
cherry blossoms spring up now
they follow us homes.s.
- advice for a tough day
*look in the mirror and laugh until you start crying or cry until you start laughing.
*bury something.
*play ‘california dreamin’ by the mamas & the papas. loud. dance. (word to wong kar wai.)
*write a love note on your wrist. kiss it once, tenderly.
*burn something.
*call someone that you’ve drifted away from and tell them exactly why you fell in love with them.
*watch the final scene from orfeu negro.
*sleep.s.s.
- two grandwomen
grandmother #1
sings show tunes as she
sweeps pale rouge
across her porcelain cheeks.
grandmother #2hums gently as henna drips
into the sink
staining her cinnamon fingers.
s.s. - what i know (affirmation(s)
i know that we
are the same
everywhere.
broke hearts
speak no language
scorn needs
no translation
vanity and ego
borderless.
i know
a kiss on the cheek can kick
start a heart
a hip hop show never
starts on time
no matter where you live.
when the beat drops
i know
that collective nod, how it connects
lives.
i know women hold
truth
all of our truths
i know
blood spills
unceremoniously
every moment.
that children are unspoiled
reminders
of our potential.
i know that we are the same
everywhere.
s.s. - i shall paint his silence with seeds
a freewrite using the line ‘i shall paint his silence with seeds’ from sonia sanchez’s ‘rebirth’.
i shall paint his silence with seeds
fill the vast darkness
with a thousand stars
connect them
achingly
make
a constellation
an illuminated wonder of our love
but i cannot guide his chin
tilt his eyes
upward
to see this beauty
a black sky
on fires.s.
- five
an (un)eventful night.
woman one
made a mental list of all the lies she’s ever told.woman two
in an effort to remember touch
purposefully reached for a hot iron
from the wrong end.woman three
sleep-walked.
there are scratch marks along the wall
in the the hallway
where she dragged her fingernails
whispering
’habibi, habibi, where are you?‘
s.s. - four
hard
fearless
warrior
gangsteryou wear that armour with pride, don’t you?
never mind pain. keep moving.
never mind pain. keep moving.
look at this mud, look at my scars, look at how i move you say.
truth will find you
hunt you
drag you
bend you
with her merciless grip.
do not guard hurt.
even hidden from light,
these things grow
like weeds.
s.s. - one
if we took all
of your stuff,
made a shrine,
you would cry.
you would still feel lonely.s.s.
- we are water
shadi reminds me that human beings are comprised mostly of water.
i say it aloud: we. are. water.i imagine my body as the ocean
hips propel movement
waves gather
rise up
climb rib cage extend
foam hands that
colonize throat
heart bobs like a stubborn ship
avoiding whirlpool fate
as my entire being is
pulled like a marionette
by the loving moon.
s.s. - first & last
the first time she visited
it was a spring afternoon, not quite dusk
the air humid and sweet
sky clear.
an easy southern breeze tickled the mulberries,
creating a flurry of applause from the leaves
a thick layer of pollen covered everything from her mama’s boots
to the yellow carpeted cars that lined the street.
he made two cups of instant coffee (she watched him fumble)
then they strolled around the block
slow like molasses.
she remembers the way his long hands
held that porcelain
desperately wishing for him to cradle her
that way.
s.s. - three things that went (un)noticed
-the freckle on the inside of her right palm
-the soft way she rolls her rrr’s
-how her shoulders move when he speaks to hers.s.
- the sun is in your hands, player
a freewrite using the lyric the sun is in your hands, player from bilal’s sometimes
the sun is in your hands, player.
yellow
ripe
full.
sometimes bashful
sometimes brazenlong fingers
orbiting sphereushering dusk
with the tilt
of a palm
i am the light you hold.s.s.
- out my mind, just in time
a freewrite inspired by ms. badu’s lyric:
i’m a recovering undercover over lover / recovering from a love i can’t get over
i.
these
lips bruise(d)
elbows bruise(d)
spine aches with memory.
my body covered in constellations,
& we the stars.i’m a recovering undercover over lover / recovering from a love i can’t get over
ii.
his neck,
smells like home.
collar bones stand proud
like the mast of a great sea vessel
his breath a calm tide.
that voice travelled lifetimes to get to my ear
across the delta,
over ocean,
it tastes like salt wind in my mouth.
i’m a recovering undercover over lover / recovering from a love i can’t get over
iii.
i choose leaving.
walk away,
like a waterfall.
wishing my hands were in your hair,
mapping your face.
the wind splits direction
its coldest tail follows me home,
scent fills me with cloud.
i lay down
concrete breathes blue against my cheek
cobblestones form an armor as
my heart beats
in time with the city.s.s.
- infra(red)
your womb hands
play my spine
like bass
radiating sun
heat
charging ions
i am clay
you are kiln
these heartbeat hands
sigh against my body
as we hover
like light
s.s. - lost boys
in the city
wounded boys
grow sideways
their bodies twisting curving
leaning, stretching, yearning
their dreams float
fragile like balloons
they sway through these streets
limbs hang
tenderly
like neglected branches
now
these half men
reach weary arms into windows
find open doors
seek empty beds
wanting warm laps
sweet tea and
love and love
without ever loving.
s.s.
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