music clip of the day

alone

Günter “Baby” Sommer, live, Germany (Dresden), c. 2007

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musical thoughts

Who has more fun than drummers?

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lagniappe

reading table

Back to Mandrake the Magician,
The man of mystery often seen
In the company of swells and
Denizens of the underworld,
While mother kneads pie dough
And sways her hips to the radio,
And the fat, bow-legged dog
Drools over a red rubber ball,
When there is a flash of lightning
Followed by a roll of thunder
And sudden darkness upon us all.

—Charles Simic, “Memory Train” (New Republic, 3/24/14)