Sunday, November 7th
more
Vernard Johnson (alto saxophone), “Grateful,” live, Los Angeles (COGIC International Women’s Convention), 2010
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lagniappe
random sights
a while ago, Maine (Monhegan Island)
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: Los Angeles
2021
Sunday, October 24th
timeless
Aretha Franklin (1942-2018, voice, piano) with Rev. James Cleveland (1931-1991, voice, piano), Southern California Community Choir, et al., live, New Temple Missionary Baptist Church, Los Angeles, 1972
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2021
Wednesday, June 9th
what’s new
Tomeka Reid Quartet (TR, cello, compositions; Mary Halvorson, guitar; Jason Roebke, bass; Tomas Fujiwara, drums), live (“Billy Bang’s Bounce,” “Niki’s Bop,” “Ballad,” “Aug 6,” “Glass Light,” “Woodlawn”), Los Angeles, 5/27/21
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2021
Friday, March 26th
what’s new
Scary Pockets featuring Solomon Dorsey, “Shake It Off” (Taylor Swift cover), live, Los Angeles, published 3/22/21
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
*****
reading table
who is the owner of unremembered moments
would they open their great book
if I stood
at the door
and begged?–Xiao Yue Shan, from “details escape” (Poetry, 4/21)
2021
Friday, February 26th
what’s new
Rae Khalil, live (“Way Down,” “FATHER,” “UP LATE,” “MARIA”), Los Angeles, published 2/18/21
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Willem de Kooning (1904-1997), Interchanged, 1955 (detail)
2020
Saturday, August 15th
sounds in the dark
Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), Clarinet and String Quartet (1983); KOAN Quartet and Katie Porter (clarinet), live, Los Angeles, 2/15/20
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
*****
reading table
In the beggar’s tin
a few thin copper coins
and this evening rain—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill
2020
Friday, April 17th
what’s new
Cory Henry and the Funk Apostles, “In the Water,” live, Los Angeles, published 4/15/20
MVPs? No contest—bassist, drummer.
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
*****
reading table
Pity us
By the sea
On the sands
So briefly—Samuel Menashe (1925-2011)
2019
Sunday, October 13th
Aretha testifies
Aretha Franklin (1942-2018) with Rev. James Cleveland (1942-2018), et al., live, Los Angeles, 1972
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Friday, August 30th
sounds of Chicago
C.H.E.W., live, Los Angeles, 2018
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More?
Live (studio), Chicago, 7/2/19
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lagniappe
reading table
SINCE THOUGHT
is the foliage of the mind I think
that thought inheres in vines
—Robert Grenier (1941-), A Day at the Beach (1984)
2019
Sunday, April 21st
Aretha testifies
Aretha Franklin (1942-2018), “Climbing Higher Mountains” (with Rev. James Cleveland), live, Los Angeles, 1972
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