Bumping into something wonderful you never heard before—something you didn’t even know existed—can lift up your entire week, as this did mine when I encountered it the other day (WFMU, Sinner’s Crossroads, 9/21/17 [archived]).
Theotis Taylor, “If I Could Just Hold out until Tomorrow,” live, Atlanta, c. 1976
old school
Lil Blair and The Violinaires, “Tell Me How Long,” live, North Carolina (near Wilmington), 2007
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, outside Chicago (Dean Nature Sanctuary)
Aretha testifies
Live, Detroit (New Bethel Church), 1987
old school
Bessemer Sunset Four, “Lord I’m Troubled” (1928-30)
old school
Indiana Travelers (Jimmy Nunn, lead vocals), “Best Friend,” live
(Taking a break—back in a while.)
old school
Chosen Gospel Singers, “Why Do Men Turn Their Back on God?”
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lagniappe
random sights: other day, outside Chicago (Illinois Prairie Path, Bellwood)
Moms’ Garden
sounds of Detroit
Pastor Marvin Winans (Perfecting Church, Detroit) and Perfecting Praise Choir, live, Toronto, 2011
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, outside Chicago (Chicago Botanic Garden)
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reading table
Always Mine!
No more Vacation!
Term of Light this Day begun!
Failless as the fair rotation
Of the Seasons and the Sun –Old the Grace, but new the Subjects –
Old, indeed, the East,
Yet upon His Purple Programme
Every Dawn, is first.—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), 942 (Franklin)
sounds of Chicago (and St. Louis)
Pastor DeAndre Patterson (Destiny Worship Center, Chicago), live, St. Louis (Kennerly Temple Church of God in Christ), 2016
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lagniappe
art beat
Bruce Davidson (1933-), New York, late 1960s
another take
Al Green, “Jesus Will Fix It,” live, 1980s
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Lewis Wickes Hine (1874-1940), Playground in a Mill Village (Playground in a Tenement Alley), Boston1909
(Taking a break—back in a while.)
old school
Sunset Travelers (feat. O.V. Wright, 1939-1980)
“Lazarus,” 1962
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“You Are Blessed,” 1963
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“On Jesus’ Program,” 1964
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Ireland (outside Dingle)
music clip of the day 