Sunday, January 29th
back to church
No wonder the place is packed.
St. James Adult Choir , “O Give Thanks,” live, St. James Baptist Church, Detroit
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random sights
other day, Chicago
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Category: Detroit
2017
2017
Sunday, January 15th
more
Rev. Charles Nicks (1941-1988; organ) & the St. James Adult Choir (feat. Hermon Frederick), “I Can Depend on God,” live, St. James Baptist Church, Detroit
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Whitney Museum of American Art (New York)
Kerry James Marshall (1955-), Souvenir IV (1998)
2017
Sunday, January 8th
back to church
Career plans for the next life? If none of those other things pan out (tap dancer, rubboard player in a zydeco band, bass player in a reggae band, guitar player in a Malian band, cellist in a string quartet, bird, accordionist), I might give gospel drummer a try.
Rev. Charles Nicks (1941-1988; organ) & the St. James Adult Choir, “How I Got Over,” live, St. James Baptist Church, Detroit
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lagniappe
art beat: yesterday, Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art (Post Black Folk Art in America, 1930-1980-2016, through today)
Thornton Dial (1928-2016), Royal Flag, 1997-1998
2016
Sunday, January 3rd
Aretha’s daddy
One of these days, the cloud will be lifted . . .
—Rev. C. L. Franklin
Rev. C. L. Franklin, live, Detroit
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reading table
The sea is not less beautiful in our eyes because we know that ships are sometimes wrecked.
—Simone Weil (1909-1943), “The Love of God and Affliction” (translated from French by Richard Rees)
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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the beat goes on
2,200 posts—and counting.
2015
Friday, July 3rd
only rock ‘n’ roll
Mick Collins (Dirtbombs) with Don Was Detroit All-Star Revue (DW, bass; Randy Jacobs, guitar; Luis Resto, keyboards; Terry Thunder, drums), “Stop,” live, Detroit, 2008
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art beat
Bruce Davidson (1933-), New York (Brooklyn), 1959
2015
Sunday, June 21st
Here, on Father’s Day, is more of Aretha’s.
Rev. C. L. Franklin (1915-1984; Pastor, New Bethel Baptist Church, Detroit, 1946-1979), “Dry Bones in the Valley”
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art beat
Helen Levitt (1913-2009; MCOTD Hall of Fame), New York, c. 1940
2015
Friday, June 12th
only rock ‘n’ roll
MC5, “Looking at You,” live, Detroit, 1970
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lagniappe
radio
As you may have heard, Ornette Coleman died yesterday; WKCR (Columbia University) will be playing his music around the clock today, tomorrow, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, wrapping up its memorial broadcast Wednesday morning.
2015
Sunday, June 7th
sounds of Detroit
I could listen to Aretha’s daddy all day—even if I understood not a word of English.
Rev. C. L. Franklin (1915-1984), “The 23rd Psalm”
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art beat
Helen Levitt (1913-2009; MCOTD Hall of Fame), New York, c. 1940
2015
Saturday, March 14th
sounds of Detroit
Don Was/Sweet Pea Atkinson, “Slow Down,” recording session, 2007
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lagniappe
art beat: more from the other day at the Art Institute of Chicago
This I never tire of.
Joan Mitchell (1925-1992), City Landscape, 1955
2015
Wednesday, March 11th
basement jukebox
Edwin Starr, “Twenty-Five Miles,” 1969
Nothing jumps out of speakers like a track mixed for car radio.
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lagniappe
reading table
even poorly planted
rice plants
slowly, slowly . . . green!—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827; translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
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