Sunday, November 4th
two takes
“When the Gates Swing Open” (T. A. Dorsey)
Otis Clay (1942-2016), live, Chicago, c. 2007
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Al Green (1946-), live, Memphis, 1983
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: gospel
Video | 2018
Sunday, October 28th
back to church
“Read God’s Letter All Night Long,” Mt. Ramah Primitive Baptist Association, Beauty Grove Primitive Baptist Church, Thomaston, Ga., 2010
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lagniappe
random sights
July 28, 2018, off the Maine coast
2018
Sunday, October 21st
sounds of Chicago
Caravans (feat. Albertina Walker, Inez Andrews), “Willing to Wait,” live (TV show), Chicago, 1967
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Maywood, Ill. (Prairie Path)
2018
Sunday, October 14th
back to church
“My Soul Is a Witness for My Lord,” Mt. Ramah Primitive Baptist Association, Thomaston, Ga., 2011
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lagniappe
reading table
A string of raindrops
dangling
from an iron bar reveals
opportunities for
clarity.***
As if you could escape
by followingthe path you carved
thereto its prescribed end.
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As if, after all,
the thing that comes to mind
squared
times inertiaequaled the “real.”
—Rae Armantrout (1947-), from “Worth While,” “Inscription,” “Equals” (Versed [2009])
2018
Sunday, October 7th
back to church
Who needs instruments?
“Look Where He Brought Me From,” Mt. Carmel Primitive Baptist Church, Ideal, Ga., Easter Sunday, 2011
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lagniappe
random sights
July 22, 2018, Monhegan Island, Maine
2018
Sunday, September 30th
back to church
Elder Nathan Rolle, “This May Be My Last Time,” live, Thomaston, Ga., 2010
2018
Sunday, September 23rd
sounds of Chicago
Chicago Community Choir with Jessy Dixon (vocals, organ), Rev. Milton Brunson (vocals, choir direction), et al., 1960s
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lagniappe
random sights
other night, Chicago (West Armitage)
2018
Sunday, September 16th
More from Aretha’s homegoing service.
Smokey Robinson, “Really Gonna Miss You,” live, Detroit, 8/31/18
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Brook, Ill. (Dean Nature Sanctuary)
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reading table
Your path is at your feet whether you realize it or not.
—painter Agnes Martin, 1912-2004 (Arne Glimcher, Agnes Martin: Paintings, Writings, Remembrances, 2012)
2018
Sunday, September 9th
More from Aretha’s homegoing service.
Jennifer Hudson, “Amazing Grace,” live, Detroit, 8/31/18
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lagniappe
reading table
The World Contracted to a Recognizable Image
by William Carlos Williams (1883-1963)at the small end of an illness
there was a picture
probably Japanese
which filled my eyean idiotic picture
except it was all I recognized
the wall lived for me in that picture
I clung to it as a fly
2018
Sunday, September 2nd
Shirley testifies
Shirley Caesar (with Tasha Cobbs), “How I Got Over,” Aretha’s homegoing service, Detroit, 8/31/18
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Brook, Ill. (Dean Nature Sanctuary)
music clip of the day 