what’s new
Venetian Snares (AKA Aaron Funk, electronics), Daniel Lanois (pedal-steel guitar), “Night,” live (studio performance), Toronto, 2017
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), Bush warbler and plum, c. 1840
sounds of Ireland
Gerry O’Beirne (guitar, vocals), live
“Tír na nÓg” (trad.)/”Angel Angel” (G. O’Beirne), Whidbey Island, Wash., 2015
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“Marbhna Luimnigh” (trad.), Ireland, 2010
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other day, Ireland (outside Dingle)
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sounds of Ireland
Seamus Begley (accordion, vocals) & Tim Edey (guitar), “Maidin Luan Cinches,” “Tomáisín a’ Rí,” live, Ireland (Donegal), 2010
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random sights
other day, Ireland (outside Dingle)
sounds of Ireland
Sean Leahy (guitar) & Jeremy Spencer (violin), live, Ireland
“Darley’s” / “Bógan Nua,” 2014
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O’Sullivan’s Courthouse Pub, Dingle, 2013
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Ireland (outside Dingle)
found sounds
Yesterday, waiting for a train.
“Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)” (N. Whitfield, B. Strong; Temptations, 1971), Red Line (Jackson), Chicago, 6/22/17
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Danny Lyon (1942-), Racer, Schererville, Indiana, 1965
like nobody else
Anthony Braxton Accelerator Ghost Trance Septet (AB, reeds, composition; Taylor Ho Bynum, trumpet, flugelhorn; Jessica Pavone, viola; Chris Dahlberg, bass, cello; Mary Halvorson, guitar; Jay Rozen, tuba; Aaron Siegel, drums, percussion, vibraphone), live, Spain (San Sebastian), 2008
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, outside Chicago (Forest Park)
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random thoughts
Aging criminal-defense lawyer’s retirement plan: drop dead at my desk.
timeless
Charley (AKA “Charlie”) Patton (c. 1881-1934), “Some Happy Day,” 1929
SOME HAPPY DAY
Some day, some happy day, from sin set free
I’ll live with Christ for ages, some day, some dayMy trials will fewer be, some day, some day
When I shall have eternal home, some day, some day
Some day I’ll be in the entrance here, some day, some dayAdapted by Patton from “Some Day”, words by J. Graydon Hall, music by H. E. Barnett (Courtesy of YouTube)
more
Hound Dog Taylor (1915-1975) & the Houserockers (Brewer Phillips guitar; Ted Harvey, drums), “Sadie,” 1974
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lagniappe
reading table
one man, one fly
one large
sitting room—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
voices I miss
Hound Dog Taylor (1915-1975) & the Houserockers (Brewer Phillips guitar; Ted Harvey, drums), live, Ann Arbor Blues Festival, 1973
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lagniappe
random sights
last night, Chicago
like nobody else
Rev. Utah Smith (1906-1965), “Two Wings,” 1953
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art beat
Helen Levitt (1913-2009, MCOTD Hall of Fame), New York, c. 1940
