Thursday, June 13th
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Tyshawn Sorey (1980-), Nebulae (2018); PRISM Quartet and Tyshawn Sorey (percussion), live, New York, 2018
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
2019
Wednesday, June 12th
basement jukebox
Donny Hathaway (1945-1979), “I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know” (D. Hathaway), 1972
2019
Tuesday, June 11th
what’s new
Yasmin Williams (guitar), “Restless Heart,” live, Washington, D.C., published 5/20/19
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Lurie Garden)
2019
Monday, June 10th
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)
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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reading table
And were You lost, I would be –
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), from 706 (Franklin)
2019
Sunday, June 9th
sounds of Chicago
This track, even after forty years, I never tire of hearing.
Albertina Walker (1929-2010) with Rev. James Cleveland (1931-1991), “Please Be Patient with Me” (J. Cleveland), live, Chicago, 1979 (Please Be Patient with Me)
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langiappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2019
Monday, June 3rd
what’s new
Mavis Staples with Ben Harper, “We Get By” (B. Harper), published 5/15/19
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Another take.
Live (TV show), published 5/21/19
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lagniappe
musical thoughts
Music Is the Healing Force of the Universe
—album title, saxophonist Albert Ayler, 1969
(Taking a break—back in a while.)
2019
Sunday, June 2nd
timeless
Mahalia Jackson (1911-1972), “How I Got Over” (C. Ward), live, Chicago
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lagniappe
reading table
Do you not see how necessary a World of Pains and troubles is to school an Intelligence and make it a soul?
—John Keats (1795-1821), letter to his brother George Keats, 1819
2019
Saturday, June 1st
basement jukebox
Gus Jinkins (aka Jenkins), “You Told Me” (G. Jinkins [aka Jenkins]), 1956
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lagniappe
reading table
new red flowershave bloomed . . .pure water over moss—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Friday, May 31st
what’s new
Julia Holter, live (studio), Seattle, 3/6/19 (published today)
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
2019
Thursday, May 30th
How about something new?
Close your eyes—listen.
Tyshawn Sorey (1980-), Everything Changes, Nothing Changes (2018); JACK Quartet, live, Banff, Canada, 3/28/19
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Berwyn, Ill.
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