rocking guitar from Guitarbeard and nice funky blues production from beSRK, love all the attitude you put into this, great sassy vocals!

Love the message!!!! Wonderful collab!!! :-)))))))

oh I love the guitar ion this! really impressive

[UNDER CONSTRUCTION]

Funky tracks series no. 279

creation date: 2025/05/24 (released with 18 tracks, max is 20)

These tracks were uploaded to Soundcloud in 04/2025 and 05/2025, except for the following older ones:

. . - (#__): _ years,
. . - (#__): 1 year*,
. . - (#__): _ months,

[TO BE COMPLETED]

Hugs & Kisses.

* SoundCloud time: 1 year = 12 -23 months.

hk_funky_tracks_279

Janine Levinson: voice, lyrics, vocal melody, photograph https://soundcloud.com/janinelevinson

Jonathan Beckenstein: initial music, instruments, mix

You and me on the beach when you found the purple rock and gave it away
You and me and she on the streets of Tokyo with the drunks in the rain
We were lost in wonder on the river eating cake with our hands
Running into the same guy everywhere we went

These are pictures of love that I have
Keep them forever in inside me
Pictures of love that I have
And I’ll keep them forever

You and me on the day we decided to run off and get married in Vegas
Missed each other and we ended up at different airports
You and me and she when we tried so hard not to laugh at the preacher when we
Gave him our vows that he just went and ignored

These are pictures of love that I have
And I’ll keep them forever

Pictures of love
Pictures of love

It was we when I dressed like Cindy Crawford and took pictures with you
So long with my makeup and that creep online said I looked like a dude
You and me and she when we’d listen to grandpa read his books to the crowd
And the day that we drove so far just to find matching cowboy boots

Pictures of love that I have
Keep them forever in inside me (pictures of love)
The pictures of love that I have
And I’ll keep them forever

You and me on the beach when you found the purple rock and gave it away
You and me and she on the streets of Tokyo with the drunks in the rain
Coming up from the subway to the smell of fish and shoemaker’s glue
Thought they were robbers but they made fun of you

Pictures of love that I have
Pictures of love that I have
Pictures of love that I have

Pictures Of Love (with Janine Levinson)

Janine: voice, lyrics, vocal melody, artwork https://soundcloud.com/janinelevinson

Jonathan: initial music, instruments, mix

This is humankind
This is humankind

You hear the word god
You hear the word profit
you hear the word bullet
and you find yourself exploding

And although it should be clear
You will make yourself a witness
And the dais is a pulpit
Oh! your reverence is showing

This is humankind
This is humankind

you hear the word them
you hear it from your prophets
you hear the word trigger
and you find yourself imploding

And although it’s antithetic
You will worship disagreement
At your church of unforgiveness
Oh! your reverence is showing

Do not fret your thumping heart
We are humankind
This is just the way things are
This is humankind

This is humankind

To know your opposition
Feels like a new narcotic
You rely on distribution
Your opinion is the tonic

And although it should be clear
You’ll forget that you were something
And the answers will be soothing
Aw your reverence is showing

This is humankind
This is humankind

You hear the word god
You hear the word profit
you hear the word bullet
and you find yourself exploding

And although it should be clear
You will make yourself a witness
And the dais is a pulpit
Oh! your reverence is showing

This is humankind
This is humankind

This is humankind
This is humankind
This is humankind
This is humankind

Humankind (with Janine Levinson)

Some of Us is Me

2022 Janine Levinson
Guitar: Jonathan Beckenstein  @jonathan_beckenstein
   
I’m sorry that I’m not somebody else    
I’m sorry if I let my people down
I didn’t ask for anybody’s help        
I’m sorry that I waited for this long

But it’s like trying to move your life ahead with a stranger at the wheel 
While trying very hard to get along

I’m sorry that I wrecked my lover’s heart
I hope he knows I wrecked my own heart too
I should have looked somewhere outside myself
I hope there’s room for me inside of you

Cause I’ve been trying to stand up straight when I am broken past repair
And still trying very hard to fix what’s wrong 

Some folks have got it made 
Frolicking in the shade of live oak tree
But some of us we don’t sing so loud, 
And we’re looking down
Some of us is me

I sometimes wish tomorrow wouldn’t come
But yesterday has problems of his own 
Next to you’s the only thing I’ve got
I wish I knew someplace where I belonged   

And I’ve been trying to stand up straight 
‘Cause I was thinking you might share--
And make my little world not feel so wrong

Some folks have got it made 
Frolicking in the shade of live oak tree
But some of us we don’t sing so loud, 
And we’re looking down
Some of us is me

Some Of Us Is Me - with Jonathan Beckenstein

Stream On Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3yNtgRY
Steam On Apple Music: https://apple.co/3EID97a 

Catlofe's Halloween single is a tribute to the wonderful horror franchise Hellraiser. The track was inspired by an evening catching up on the franchise while all the cats were cuddled up around him.

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Catlofe - Catraiser

"Another Friend"

Janine Levinson @janinelevinson : vocals & lyrics 
Mahan Mahan : instrumental track https://soundcloud.com/mahan-mahan/yesterdaze-in-vivid-colors-fading-sounds?si=87bbc005572a4e87907332f2d62f31e0&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
 
Mixed & Mastered by Janine Levinson in Burbank, California, USA 01/21/2023

Another Friend ~ Janine Levinson | Mahan²

Janine: voice, vocal melody, lyrics https://soundcloud.com/janinelevinson
Jonathan: initial music, instruments, mix

image: Janine Levinson

Let me be your remedy
I promise not to fail you
Let me be the remedy
For everything that ails you
 
I promise I will be as good
As any other remedy would
With the added benefit of being me
 
Let me be the antidote
To all your poison apples
Take a bite it don’t taste right  
I promise I’ll be able 
To save you from yourself
Spit out the seeds!
 
And if you say that you wanna
I can give you something other
I can be your lover
Open up and tip it over
 
If you come with me  
We can be carefree
Open up and tip it over
Open up and tip over
 
If you say that you wanna
I can give you something other
I can be your lover
Open up and tip it over
 
If you come with me  
We can be carefree
Open up and tip it over
Open up and tip over
 
Let me be your remedy
I promise not to fail you
Let me be the remedy
For everything that ails you
 
I promise I will be as good
As any other remedy would
With the added benefit of being 
 
I promise I will be as good
As any other remedy would 
With the benefit of being 
 
I promise I will be as good
I promise I will be good
I will

With the Benefit of Being Me (with Janine Levinson)

Alex N - Toned 87 (k)

SMELLS LIKE RAIN-[DEMO]

Glory Be

music by @beSRK
melody, lyrics, vocals @janinelevinson
guitar magic by @guitarbeard

Quit Wasting my Time

I don’t reminisce
I won’t look back
It’s a bore and the opposite of invention

“Remember when”
That’s a useless phrase
Learn from your past and get on with living

I don’t complain
I don’t bother to blame
It’s a bore and a massive waste of time
You will learn or you won’t
You achieve or you don’t
And when I talk about blame it will be mine
Quit wasting my time

I don’t reminisce
I don’t look back
It’s a fruitless tree and not worth shaking

And “if only I had,”
That’s a pointless phrase
Life gives you chances and you take them

I don’t explain
I don’t owe you a thing
It’s my life and I’ve got limited time
I live for today
Just stay out of my way
Keep hold of yours, leave me mine
Quit wasting my time
Quit wasting my time

I’m not gonna gossip
I don’t want to chit chat
It’s a bore and the opposite of conversation
Don’t pander to me
Don’t smooth out your words
That’s intentional soul deprivation

I won’t explain
I don’t owe you a thing
It’s my life and I’ve got limited time
I live for today
So stay out of my way
Keep hold of yours, leave me mine
Quit wasting my time
Quit wasting my time

Quit Wasting My Time - featuring Guitarbeard

The Water © Chris Wiggs 20.06.18
Artwork © Chris Wiggs 20.06.18
Remixed and remastered 08.03.19
The Water
V1
Waiting in the water, Waiting at half tide
Waiting for the half light, The morning sun to rise
The morning mist to rise
V2
Sunshine on the water, Nowhere left to hide
Water all around us, The water starts to rise
The water starts to rise

Chorus
No one had thought that a place could exist
Covered in seas and waves such as this
That roll over all that they find in their way
All through the night and all through the day

The search for a lifeline to tether our race
Ends underseas and an end we must face
When the water we wanted we found in this place
The end of our search and the end of our days

V3
Sunshine brings the water, it’s nothing like we know
The wind will bring the breakers We will fall below
All will fall below

Chorus
No one had thought that a place could exist
Covered in seas and waves such as this
That roll over all that they find in their way
All through the night and all through the day

The search for a lifeline to tether our race
Ends underseas and an end we must face
When the water we wanted we found in this place
The end of our search and the end of our days

V4
Waiting in the water, Waiting at half tide
Waiting for the half light, The morning sun to rise
The morning mist to rise

The Water

Sometimes that storm creeps up...

The photo is of Buzios, Brazil

Summer Storm

Labyrinth

Ain't No Sunshine 

Originally written & recorded by Bill Withers in 1975

Janine Levinson @janinelevinson : vocals 
Mahan Mahan : instrumental track, production & final mix
Recorded at Pahlavi Sound Studios, Mama Shadi's basement, next to the Washer & Dryer, Los Angeles, CA, USA 01/2021
Mastered by SoundCloud Mastering Wizardry or a close facsimile. 

Ain't No Sunshine ~ Janine Levinson | Mahan²

Life's Dance

Who are you? You said:
'I don't know, there's no time to think about those words...'.
I just want to dance, sing and fly,
we should breathe before it's time to go!
Life is a gift for all...
Take it and light the world!

Chasing days are waiting just for you.
The paradise you own is in your eyes...
Your sons and daughters
just wait to see your soul!
They say: 'Let it shine this little light,
shine this little light...'.

...but then, when it's time to go,
our life is not fair enough.
There's no time to say goodbye,
you're allowed just to close your eyes...
All your days are going now forever,
only live in those who love you all!

Life's Dance

J9 & beSRK are Janine Levinson (@janinelevinson, @janineandtheproblem) and beSRK, a mysterious stranger from the north @beSRK

Genocide, June 2025:
Israel is only the executioner, every nation which has armed that country in the past year is an accessory to that genocide, an accomplice, a facilitator.  We cannot talk about war crimes because when you target unarmed civilians, mostly women and children, we are talking about a massacre, like terrorists do, not a war. The people who orchestrated that massacre, in the US, the most duplicitous, followed by those of the UK, Germany, France, and probably a few lesser ones should be tried for crimes against humanity just as well as Netanyahu and his cabinet, because it has been going on for two years, generously reported by media of all kinds, so the enablers knew exactly how the arms were to be used, as a tool for revenge, domination, and humiliation of the Palestinian people.  The conflict has ceased to be about the defense of anything for months.

The parties responsible have made a mockery of decency, morals, fairness, proportion, or justice, not to mention empathy.  Of what little there was, these concepts will be a lot longer to come back than they were to be struck down.  

Is it 1984 already?!?!
 ...

I have not been able to recover access to my other account [https://soundcloud.com/ha-kekong] for a couple of years.  I have tried a few times to get back into it but SoundCloud doesn't trust me.  Same phone number, same email addresses, and they still claim that they can't verify my identity.  I created that account about three years ago as a substitute to my regular account which SoundCloud temporarily closed.  They closed it as part of some upgrade procedure in their system, the result of a bug that affected many accounts, about two years ago.  Since SC did not inform its users I didn't know if that was permanent or not, so I created that other account which I can't access.  Don't be mad if I have not replied to your message in the past two years, that's because I never got them ; ) ... You can always reach me here though.
...

This one here (957729823) is for regular folks.

I love you, both.

...

You can't see it because of the angle with which I took the shot, aiming down, but beyond those blocks is the sea.  To the left is the Mediterranean, to the right is the Atlantic Ocean.  No it's not Gibraltar, but a little bit further West. ... Actually I checked recently and it is further North more than West, I thought I was facing South when in fact I probably was facing the Atlantic ocean, which is why I suppose the waves were of a decent size where we were.
...

My face and the bike are a courtesy of Joël Vaudreuil
[https://vimeo.com/user8897093]  ... Merci Joe!
I then went ahead and butchered his work with a borrowed helmet.
... Sorry Joe. =(
...

I'm trying to promote what I think is good music, so if you want to help out a bit I'd rather you [like] or [repost] my *playlists* rather than my field recordings, if you don't mind, unless you are a die hard fan of those things. Thank you ; )

I speak French, so if you send me a private message, and that you are a francophone, please write in French, thank you.  ... I mean, you don't absolutely have to, but I would prefer it. 

All my field recordings (except for when I record a person) are public, freely downloadable by anyone who is able to click on the button.  I encourage anyone interested to use them in any way whatsoever, on purpose or accidentally. No need for permissions or credits or any other kind  of administrative maneuvers.
...

Anarchists give me hope.

I'm a big fan of EFF.  Love ya EFF.  (no connection with the above line)
... and of course Richard Stallman and Linux and all the others.  Bless yous.

Now don't be lazy, go find out what it is this "EFF" that I'm talking about.  I'll give you a hint: it has to do with computers.

You have a nice day now.  Hugs & Kisses.

Quit Wasting My Time - featuring Guitarbeard

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