music clip of the day

summer in the city

The Black Keys, Lollapalooza, Chicago (Grant Park), 8/3/12

“Howlin’ For You”

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“Little Black Submarines”

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“Lonely Boy”

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lagniappe

musical thoughts

What, if anything, does it mean that, in the year 2012, not one but two of the headliners at Lollapalooza—Jack White and the Black Keys—are deeply influenced by blues?

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reading table

Life had begun to demand lies in order to be workable.

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At the crest of the hill where the road went up, was an abandoned house, and beyond it the road disappeared off into the blue sky.

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It’s odd, though, what makes you think about the truth. It’s so rarely involved in the events of your life. I quit thinking about the truth for a time then. Its finer points seemed impossible to find among the facts. If there was a hidden design, living almost never shed light on it.

—Richard Ford, Canada (2012)