Sunday, January 27th
unadorned
Jessie Mae Hemphill (1923-2006), “Home Going,” 1960s
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lagniappe
reading table
my house’s
only face towel
frozen stiff—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: gospel
2019
2019
Sunday, January 20th
timeless
Pilgrim Travelers, “Jesus Met the Woman at the Well,” 1949
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lagniappe
reading table
Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
—Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-1972), “On Prayer” (Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: Essays)
2019
Sunday, January 13th
sounds of St. Louis
O’Neal Twins, “Jesus Dropped the Charges,” live
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Sunday, January 6th
back to church
“Heavenly Home (Got to Take a Journey),” live, Langrun Branch Baptist Church, York, S.C.
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
2018
Sunday, December 30th
back to church
“Good Time in Zion,” live, Center Baptist Church, Gastonia, N.C., 2017
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Sunday, December 23rd
sounds of Chicago
Pastor DeAndre Patterson, “To God Be the Glory,” live (Rev. Clay Evans’ 92nd birthday celebration, Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church), Chicago, 2017
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2018
Sunday, December 9th
can’t wait
Amazing Grace (Sydney Pollack, director; filmed, 1972; scheduled theatrical release, 2019), trailer
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lagniappe
reading table
It is true that the unknown is the largest need of the intellect, though for it, no one thinks to thank God.
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), Letter to Cousins Louisa (aka Louise) and Frances Norcross, 1876
2018
Tuesday, December 4th
timeless
This guy, whom I worked with in the 1970s, co-producing this track and a few others for Alligator Records (Living Chicago Blues, Vol. 1), just turned ninety. One of my sons, now older than I was then, heard him the other night at a Chicago club, where, he said, his guitar playing was “robust.” How wonderful to be ninety years old and robust. How wonderful, too, to be able to share music with a son.
“Breaking up Somebody’s Home” (T. Matthews, A. Jackson), 1978
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Here he is forty years later.
“People Get Ready” (C. Mayfield), “That’s All Right,” Chicago, 2018
2018
Sunday, December 2nd
timeless
Pilgrim Travelers, “I’ve Got a Mother Gone Home,” 1951
2018
Sunday, November 25th
back to church
Together As One Hymn Choir, “I Feel Good,” live, Ebenezer Baptist Church, Rock Hill, S.C., 2002
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lagniappe
reading table
The lonesome for they know not What –
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), from 326 (Franklin)
music clip of the day 