Sunday, October 11th
testify!
Vernard Johnson (1948-, alto saxophone), “Only What You Do for Christ Will Last,” live, published 2014
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: gospel
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
2020
Sunday, September 27th
testify!
B.T.U. Specials, “God’s Got a Blessing for You”
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
2020
Sunday, September 20th
more
Sounds of Zion (United House of Prayer), live, published 2013
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2020
Sunday, September 13th
shout!
Sounds of Zion (United House of Prayer), live, published 2013
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
*****
reading table
Dusk of the year
Nightfalling leaves
More than we knew
Abounded on trees
We now see through—Samuel Menashe (1925-2011), “Leavetaking”
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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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Chicago
*****
reading table
to become a dewdrop
I bow
in prayer . . .—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue
2020
Sunday, August 30th
testify!
United House of Prayer band, “Made a Way,” live, 2020
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2020
Sunday, August 23rd
more
Brother Theotis Taylor (piano, vocals), “Sending up My Timber,” 1979
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
*****
reading table
The maiden flower,
amazingly, stands idly
in the empty field—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill
2020
Sunday, August 16th
This I could listen to all day.
Brother Theotis Taylor, “If I Could Just Hold Out ‘Til Tomorrow,” live, Atlanta, c. 1976
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
2020
Sunday, August 9th
back to church
Vernard Johnson (alto saxophone), live, Texas (Roanoke), 2008
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
*****
reading table
At the ancient pond
a frog jumps into
the sound of water—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill
