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2022

Sunday, September 11th

timeless

“Quartet of unidentified incarcerated men at Cummins State Farm (now Cummins Unit), Gould, Arkansas, recorded by John A. Lomax on May 21, 1939, under the auspices of the Archive of Folk Song, Library of Congress. Photo of baptism at Cummins, 1953, from the University of Arkansas-Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture.”—Alan Lomax Archive, YouTube

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Bats have no bankers and they do not drink
and cannot be arrested and pay no tax
and, in general, bats have it made.

—John Berryman (1914-1972, MCOTD Hall of Fame), from Dream Song #63

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2022

Sunday, September 4th

back to church

Mt. Ramah Primitive Baptist Association, “Walking in Jerusalem Just Like John,” live, Thomaston, Georgia, 2011

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random sights

other day, Chicago

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2022

Sunday, August 28th

more

Mavis Staples (1939-) and Levon Helm (1940-2012), “You Got to Move” (rec. 2011, Woodstock, N.Y.), published 2022

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random sights

other day, Chicago (Alexander Calder [1898-1976], Flamingo [1973], detail)

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2022

Sunday, August 21st

sounds of Chicago

Delois Barrett Campbell (1926-2011, voice) with sister Rhodessa Barrett Porter (voice), Robert Wooten (organ), Charles Pike (piano), “I’ll Rise Again” (aka “Rise Again”), live, Chicago (Operation Push), late 1970s-80s

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random sights

other day, Oak Park, Ill.

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2022

Sunday, August 14th

back to church

“The Day Is Past and Gone,” live, Shiloh Institutional Baptist Church, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1988

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Children,
let’s go to the mountain
to view violets.
If they scatter away tomorrow,
what can we do?

—Ryokan (1758-1831), translated from the Japanese by Kazuaki Tanahashi (Sky Above, Great Wind: The Life and Poetry of Zen Master Ryokan, 2012)

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2022

Sunday, August 7th

what’s new

Mavis Staples (1939-) and Levon Helm (1940-2012), “Farther Along,” published 8/5/22 (rec. 2011, Woodstock, N.Y.)

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other day, Oak Park, Ill.

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2022

Sunday, July 31st

back to church

“Lord, Don’t Leave Me,” live, Mt. Vernon Missionary Baptist Church, Charlotte, North Carolina, 2003

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other day, Chicago

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2022

Sunday, July 24th

timeless

This album I’ve been listening to for nearly fifty years, never tiring of it.

Vernard Johnson (1948-, alto saxophone), The Gospel Saxophone of Vernard Johnson,* 1974

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other morning, Copper Harbor, Michigan (Lake Superior)

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1. “I’ve Decided To Make Jesus My Choice”
2. “Jesus Will Bring Things Out Alright ”
3. “Hung up for My Hang Ups”
4. “God Will Take Care of You”
5. “Only What You Do for Christ Will Last”
6. “It’s Real”
7. “I’ll Make It Alright”
8. “Precious Lord”
9. “This Way to Jesus”
10. “Oh Happy Day”

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2022

Sunday, July 17th

back to church

“Go Preach My Gospel,” live, Rock Hill, South Carolina (Ebenezer Baptist Church), 2002

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other day, Copper Harbor, Michigan (Lake Superior)

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2022

Sunday, June 10th

Aretha testifies!

Aretha Franklin (1942-2018), “Climbing Higher Mountains” (with Rev. James Cleveland [1931-1991, piano, vocals]; Southern California Community Choir), live, Los Angeles (New Temple Missionary Baptist Church), 1972

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other day, Oak Park, Ill. (Oak Park Conservatory)

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