summer in the city
As long as Charlie keeps playing drums, I’ll keep listening. He’s the oldest of the bunch and the only one who doesn’t dye his hair. And he’s the only one who sounds as good today as he did decades ago.
Rolling Stones, “Miss You” (M. Jagger, K. Richards), live, Chicago, 6/25/19
another take
Amy Winehouse (1983-2011), “I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know” (D. Hathaway), live, France, 2007
only rock ‘n’ roll
Bob Dylan, “A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall” (B. Dylan), live, 1975 (Martin Scorsese, Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story, 6/12/19)
**********
lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
*****
reading table
And were You lost, I would be –
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), from 706 (Franklin)
basement jukebox
Larry Williams (1935-1980), “Short Fat Fannie” (L. Williams), 1957
***
Another take.
Levon Helm (1940-2012), live (TV show), 1993
basement jukebox
Herbie Duncan with Red Wells and his Caravans from St. Louis, “Hot Lips Baby” (H. Duncan), 1958
**********
lagniappe
reading table
I believe in the soul; so far
It hasn’t made much difference.—Charles Simic (1938-), from “The Old World”
only rock ‘n’ roll
Joy Division, “Disorder,” 1972 (Trainspotting, 1996)
**********
lagniappe
reading table
The Poets light but Lamps –
Themselves – go out –—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), from 930 (Franklin)
reimagining
Christopher Trapani (1980-), Visions and Revisions (2013); JACK Quartet, 2018
**********
Bob Dylan, “Visions of Johanna” (B. Dylan), 1966
what’s new
Nilüfer Yanya, “Baby Blu,” 4/11/19
**********
lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Columbus Park, Chicago (goslings huddled behind the mother)
another take
Here’s the original.
The Jaynetts, “Sally, Go ‘Round the Roses” (L. Stevens & Z. Sanders, or A. Spector), 1963 (Billboard Hot 100, #2)
**********
lagniappe
reading table
as if it just spotted
a star
the pheasant cries—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
voices I miss
Tim Buckley (1947-1975), “Sally, Go ‘Round the Roses” (Z. Sanders & L. Stevens, or A. Spector; T. Buckley), live, c. 1973
**********
lagniappe
reading table
We dream – it is good we are dreaming –
It would hurt us – were we awake –—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), from #584 (Franklin)
music clip of the day 