music clip of the day

two takes

The other night, as my older son Alex packed up his stuff for the next day’s trip back to school, this played on his computer—over and over and over.

The Mountain Goats, “This Year”

#1: recording (The Sunset Tree), 2005

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#2: live, Iowa (Ames), 2006

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lagniappe

art beat

Lee Friedlander, New York City (Self-Portrait), c. 1960(?)

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More Son Seals

Last night I discovered that two of the sets Son played at the Bottom Line in January of 1978 can be heard here and here. The second features a guest
artist—Johnny Winter.