Sunday, December 11th
back to church
First Church of Deliverance Choir (feat. Corneal Overton, vocals; Fred Nelson III, organ), “He’s Been So Good” (F. Nelson), live, Chicago, 1987
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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Month: December, 2016
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Saturday, December 10th
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R.L. Burnside (and family), live, Independence, Miss., 1978
“When My First Wife Left Me”
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“Boogie Instrumental”
2016
Friday, December 9th
sounds of Independence*
R.L. Burnside (1926-2005), “Poor Boy a Long Way from Home,” live, 1978
*Mississippi.
2016
Thursday, December 8th
One should never underestimate, when living in a world so woeful, the therapeutic benefits, however fleeting, of dumb fun.
Shantel, “Disko Partizani,” 2007
2016
Wednesday, December 7th
Sometimes I want to hear something that will quicken my pulse; sometimes I want something that will slow it—like this, for instance, which I heard the other night in Chicago, played by the group for whom it was written (a.pe.ri.od.ic). One sound . . . another . . . another . . .
Jürg Frey (1953-), Fragile Balance (2014), excerpt; Ensemble Grizzana (Jürg Frey, clarinet; Mira Benjamin, violin; Richard Craig, flute; Emma Richards, viola; Philip Thomas, piano; Seth Woods, cello); 2015
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lagniappe
reading table
Winter seclusion—
sitting propped against
the same worn post—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill (The Sound of Water: Haiku by Basho, Buson, Issa, and Other Poets)
2016
Tuesday, December 6th
two takes
“Ride ‘Em on Down”
Rolling Stones, 2016
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Eddie Taylor, 1955
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lagniappe
reading table
The announcement [that he was the president-elect’s choice to lead HUD] was delayed as Mr. Carson, who once had planned to learn to play the organ in retirement, gave himself several days to mull it over.
—Trip Gabriel, “Trump Chooses Ben Carson to Lead HUD,” New York Times, 12/5/16
2016
Monday, December 5th
sounds of New York
Taylor Ho Bynum’s Rank Sentimentalist (THB, cornet; Marika Hughes, cello; Evan Patrick, guitar; Stomu Takeiship, bass; Chad Taylor, drums), “Black Lake” (Bjork), New York, 10/7/16
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2016
Sunday, December 4th
back to church
Pastor Eric Thomas, Greater Harvest Missionary Baptist Church, “Ain’t No Need to Worry,” live, Chicago, 2016
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lagniappe
reading table
Each Second is the last / Perhaps
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), #927 (Franklin), fragment
2016
Saturday, December 3rd
tonight in Chicago
She’ll be playing at Constellation (where I’ll be listening).
Okkyung Lee (cello), live, Netherlands (Nijmegen), 2015
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reading table
On the Anniversary of the Death of Matsuo Basho
Winter rain on moss
soundlessly recalls those
happy bygone days—Yosa Buson (1716-1784), translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill (The Sound of Water: Haiku by Basho, Buson, Issa, and Other Poets)
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