Saturday, June 23rd
what’s new
Various DJs (Muqata’a, Sama’, et al.), live, Palestine (Ramallah), 6/22/18
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lagniappe
reading table
[W]e may reason on to our heart’s content, the fog won’t lift.
—Samuel Beckett (1906-1989), “The Expelled”
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
2018
2018
Friday, June 22nd
Sunday night in Chicago
He’s playing at Thalia Hall.
Ry Cooder, live (studio), 2018
“The Prodigal Son” (trad., arr. R. Cooder, J. Cooder)
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“Everybody Ought to Treat a Stranger Right” (W. Johnson)
2018
Thursday, June 21st
basement jukebox
Jimmy Ruffin, “What Becomes of the Brokenhearted,” 1966
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lagniappe
reading table
Our share of night to bear –
Our share of morning –
Our blank in bliss to fill,
Our blank in scorning –Here a star, and there a star,
Some lose their way!
Here a mist – and there a mist –
Afterwards – Day!—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), 116 (Franklin)
2018
Wednesday, June 20th
sounds of New York
This drummer can play.
Dave Sewelson (baritone saxophone), William Parker (bass), Marvin Bugalu Smith (drums), live, New York, 2017
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lagniappe
art beat
other day, Oak Park, Ill. (bird unknown)
2018
Tuesday, June 19th
what’s new
Joris Voorn (DJ), live, Paris, 6/11/18
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lagniappe
reading table
little tub—
pond snails ready for shelling
play sliding games—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
2018
Monday, June 18th
what’s new
Diplo (DJ), live, London, 6/12/18
2018
Sunday, June 17th
back to church
Cosmopolitan Church of Prayer Choir (feat. Diane Williams), “Jesus Can Work It Out,” live, Chicago, 2007
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, outside Chicago (Salt Creek Trail)
2018
Saturday, June 16th
desert island disc
Ann Peebles, I Can’t Stand the Rain (Willie Mitchell, prod.), 1974
Track list:
- “I Can’t Stand The Rain” (Don Bryant, Bernard “Bernie” Miller, Ann Peebles) – 2:31
- “Do I Need You” (Bryant, Peebles) – 2:33
- “Until You Came into My Life” (Bryant, Miller, Peebles) – 3:13
- “(You Keep Me) Hanging On” (Ira Allen, Buddy Mize) – 2:44
- “Run Run Run” (Bryant, Darryl Carter, Peebles) – 2:38
- “If We Can’t Trust Each Other” (Earl Randle) – 2:55
- “A Love Vibration” (Bryant, Miller, Peebles) – 2:50
- “You Got to Feed the Fire” (Bryant, Miller, Peebles) – 2:22
- “I’m Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down” (Earl Randle) – 2:45
- “One Way Street” (Bryant, Peebles) – 2:50
2018
Friday, June 15th
what’s new
Naia Izumi, live, Washington, D.C., 5/14/18
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lagniappe
random sights
other night, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Thursday, June 14th
more
Patti Smith, “Paint It Black” (aka “Paint It, Black”; M. Jagger, K. Richards), live, Manchester, England, 6/5/18 (The Stones were also in Manchester that night, playing a stadium show.)
