Sunday, August 2nd
sounds of New Orleans
Funeral for singer Juanita Brooks, New Orleans, 2009
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lagniappe
random sights
a while ago, Ireland (Dingle Peninsula)
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
2020
Saturday, August 1st
alone
Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), Palais de Mari (1986); Sarah Rothenberg, live (performance begins at 3:23), 3/30/20
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2020
Friday, July 31st
Something sweet for the strangest summer ever.
Bill Frisell (guitar) with Greg Leisz (pedal steel guitar), Tony Scherr (bass), Kenny Wollesen (drums), “Surfer Girl” (B. Wilson), live, France (Nevers), 2014
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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reading table
Brilliant moon,
is it true that you too
must pass in a hurry—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill
2020
Thursday, July 30th
never enough
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), from Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major; Igor Levit (1987-, piano), live, Amsterdam, 2013
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lagniappe
random sights
a while ago, Ireland (Dingle Peninsula)
2020
Wednesday, July 29th
basement jukebox
Otis Rush (1934-2018, vocals, guitar), “All Your Love (I Miss Loving)” (O. Rush), 1959
If you take the words from ‘Black Magic Woman’ and just leave the rhythm, it’s ‘All Your Love’—it’s Otis Rush.
—Carlos Santana
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
*****
reading table
Roads run forever
Under feet forever
Falling away
Yet, it may happen that you
Come to the same place again
Stay! You could not do
Anything more certain—
Here you can wait forever
And rejoice at your arrival—Samuel Menashe (1925-2011)
2020
Tuesday, July 28th
passings
Peter Green, guitarist, singer, songwriter, October 29, 1946–July 25, 2020
Fleetwood Mac (with Peter Green, vocals, guitar), “Black Magic Woman” (P. Green), live, Boston, 1970
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2020
Monday, July 27th
what’s new
“What the World Needs Now Is Love” (B. Bacharach, H. David)
Bill Frisell Trio (BF, guitar; Thomas Morgan, bass; Rudy Royston, drums), live, New York, 7/19/20
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
2020
Sunday, July 26th
testify!
Angelic Gospel Singers, “If You Can’t Help Me (At the Finishing Line),” live
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2020
Saturday, July 25th
basement jukebox
Dobby Dobson (July 5, 1942-July 21, 2020), “I’m a Loving Pauper,” 1967
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
*****
reading table
A lifetime adrift in a boat, or in old age leading a tired horse into the years, every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.
—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), from Narrow Road to the Interior (translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill)
2020
Friday, July 24th
what’s new
Haim, live from L.A. homes (“The Steps,” “I Know Alone,” “Summer Girl”), published 6/17/20
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
