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2020

Sunday, November 15th

three more takes

“The Storm Is Passing Over” (C. Tindley, D. Vails)

Unidentified church and lead singer, 2011

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Randall Nunn, 2016

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Mt. Mary Primitive Baptist Church, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., 2011

 

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random sights

yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.

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Clear sky—
the way I came by once
I now go back by.

—Gitoku, 1754 (translated from Japanese; Yoel Hoffmann, Japanese Death Poems: Written by Zen Monks and Haiku Poets on the Verge of Death (1986))

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2020

Sunday, November 8th

sounds of Detroit

Detroit Mass Choir, “The Storm Is Passing Over” (C. Tindley, D. Vails), live, Detroit, 2001

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random sights

yesterday, Chicago

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No matter how hard
I try, I can’t stop thinking
of my old village

—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill

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2020

Sunday, October 25th

testify!

President Barack Obama, funeral for Rev. Clementa Pinckney, Charleston, S.C., 6/26/15

 

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art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago

El Greco (aka Doménikos Theotokópoulos, 1541-1614), The Holy Face (From Santo Domingo el Antiguo), 1577-79

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2020

Sunday, October 18th

timeless

Blind Willie Johnson (1897-1945), “God Don’t Never Change,” 1929

 

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random sights

other day, Oak Park, Ill.

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2020

Sunday, October 11th

testify!

Vernard Johnson (1948-, alto saxophone), “Only What You Do for Christ Will Last,” live, published 2014

 

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random sights

other day, Oak Park, Ill.

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2020

Sunday, October 4th

shout!

Clouds of Heaven (United House of Prayer), live, Charlotte, N.C., 2014

 

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random sights

other day, Chicago

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2020

Sunday, September 27th

testify!

B.T.U. Specials, “God’s Got a Blessing for You”

 

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random sights

other day, Chicago

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2020

Sunday, September 20th

more

Sounds of Zion (United House of Prayer), live, published 2013

 

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random sights

this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)

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2020

Sunday, September 13th

shout!

Sounds of Zion (United House of Prayer), live, published 2013

 

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random sights

other day, Chicago

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Dusk of the year
Nightfalling leaves
More than we knew
Abounded on trees
We now see through

—Samuel Menashe (1925-2011), “Leavetaking”

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2020

Sunday, September 6th

alone

Bessie Jones (1902-1984), “I’m A Rollin’, I’m A Rollin’ (Everybody’s A Rollin’ Stone),” 1961, New York (Alan Lomax’s apartment)

 

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random sights

this morning, Chicago

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to become a dewdrop
I bow
in prayer . . .

—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue

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