Sunday, July 17th
back to church
“Go Preach My Gospel,” live, Rock Hill, South Carolina (Ebenezer Baptist Church), 2002
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Copper Harbor, Michigan (Lake Superior)
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: gospel
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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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill. (Oak Park Conservatory)
2022
Wednesday, July 6th
sounds of Detroit
Floorplan (aka Robert Hood), “Never Grow Old” (Re-Plant), 2014
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lagniappe
reading table
He walked in awe
In awe of light
At nightfall, not at dawn
Whatever he saw
Receding from sight
In the sky’s afterglow
Was what he wanted
To see, to know—Samuel Menashe (1925-2011), “Enlightenment”
2022
Sunday, June 12th
timeless
The Harmonizing Four, “We’re Crossing Over,” live, Germany, 1966
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
2022
Sunday, June 5th
back to church
Mt. DoWell Baptist Church Hymn Choir (McConnells, South Carolina), “I Got a Right to the Tree of Life,” live, 2009
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Sunday, May 29th
back to church
White Hill Hymn Choir, “Ezekiel Prophesize,” live, Mt. DoWell Baptist Church, McConnells, South Carolina, 1987
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lagniappe
reading table
Not once did I think
I’d throw these fresh spring blossoms
into this dense smoke
and stand back to watch it rise
and vanish into the sky—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from the Japanese by Sam Hamill
2022
Sunday, May 22nd
testify!
Aretha Franklin (1942-2018, voice, piano), “Rock of Ages” (A. Toplady), live, Detroit (New Bethel Baptist Church), 2016
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Sunday, May 15th
sounds of Chicago
Dixie Hummingbirds (feat. James Walker), “The Little Wooden Church,” live (TV show [Jubilee Showcase]), Chicago, 1964
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lagniappe
random sights
a while ago, Maine (Monhegan Island)
2022
Sunday, May 8th
another take
Stevie Wonder, “I Won’t Complain,” live (Luther Vandross’s funeral), New York (The Riverside Church), 2005
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Nebraska (Lincoln)
2022
Sunday, May 1st
testify!
Vernard Johnson (1948-, alto saxophone), “I Won’t Complain,” live, Kansas City, Mo. (58th Women’s International Convention, Church of God in Christ), 2008
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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reading table
The Locust Tree in Flower (second version)
by William Carlos Williams (1883-1963)Among
of
greenstiff
old
brightbroken
branch
comewhite
sweet
Mayagain
music clip of the day 