Monday, May 21st
what’s new
Once again Charlie shows he’s the most valuable member of the band.
Rolling Stones, “Gimme Shelter,” live, Dublin, 5/17/18
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Month: May, 2018
2018
Sunday, May 20th
six takes
“Nobody’s Fault but Mine” (aka “It’s Nobody’s Fault but Mine”)
Ry Cooder, 2018
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Pops Staples, 2015 (recorded 1998)
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Willie Nelson, 2010
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Nina Simone, 1969
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe, 1949
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Blind Willie Johnson, 1927
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lagniappe
random sights
last night, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Saturday, May 19th
what’s new
Anderson .Paak, “Bubblin,” 5/17/18
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2018
Friday, May 18th
basement jukebox
Pat Hare, “I’m Gonna Murder My Baby,” 1954
2018
Thursday, May 17th
what’s new
ÌFÉ, live, Washington, D.C., 4/27/18
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lagniappe
random sights
last night, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Wednesday, May 16th
passings
Glenn Branca, composer, guitarist, October 6, 1948-May 13, 2018
Live, Washington, D.C., 2012
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Live (Symphony No. 16 [Orgasm], First Mvt.), Paris, 2015
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lagniappe
reading table
That was fast.
I mean life.—Ron Padgett, “Haiku”
2018
Thursday, May 10th
MCOTD Hall of Fame
Hamid Drake (drums; MCOTD Hall of Fame), David Murray (tenor saxophone), live, 2017
(Taking a break—back in a while.)
2018
Wednesday, May 9th
Bach festival
day three
Goldberg Variations, Aria; Peter Serkin, live, Japan (Hiroshima), 2017
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lagniappe
random thoughts: prayer (3 a.m.)
Thank you, unknowable other, for this most miraculous moment.
2018
Tuesday, May 8th
Bach festival
day two
Suite No. 1 in G major for Unaccompanied Cello; Mischa Maisky, cello
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2018
Monday, May 7th
Bach festival
day one
Violin Sonata No. 3 in C major, 3rd movement (Largo)
Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Berlin, 2013
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
music clip of the day 