Wednesday, June 27th
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Robert Ward, “Your Love Is Real” (R. Ward)
Live (with Ry Cooder [guitar], Nick Lowe [bass], et al.), Mill Valley, Calif., 1991
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Recording, 1964
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
2018
Tuesday, June 26th
timeless
Lonnie Johnson (vocals, guitar), “Another Night to Cry” (Sonny Boy Williamson II, introduction; Otis Spann, piano; Willie Dixon, bass; Fred Below, drums), live, Germany, 1963
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lagniappe
art beat
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill. (artist unknown)
2018
Monday, June 25th
mesmerizing
“Remnant,” Jonah Sirota (viola), Valgeir Sigurðsson (composition), Anthony Hawley (video), 2018
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Forest Park, Ill.
2018
Sunday, June 24th
when blues meets gospel
Robert Ward (1938-2008; vocals, guitar), “Lord Have Mercy on Me,” 1991
2018
Saturday, June 23rd
what’s new
Various DJs (Muqata’a, Sama’, et al.), live, Palestine (Ramallah), 6/22/18
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lagniappe
reading table
[W]e may reason on to our heart’s content, the fog won’t lift.
—Samuel Beckett (1906-1989), “The Expelled”
2018
Friday, June 22nd
Sunday night in Chicago
He’s playing at Thalia Hall.
Ry Cooder, live (studio), 2018
“The Prodigal Son” (trad., arr. R. Cooder, J. Cooder)
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“Everybody Ought to Treat a Stranger Right” (W. Johnson)
2018
Thursday, June 21st
basement jukebox
Jimmy Ruffin, “What Becomes of the Brokenhearted,” 1966
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lagniappe
reading table
Our share of night to bear –
Our share of morning –
Our blank in bliss to fill,
Our blank in scorning –Here a star, and there a star,
Some lose their way!
Here a mist – and there a mist –
Afterwards – Day!—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), 116 (Franklin)
2018
Wednesday, June 20th
sounds of New York
This drummer can play.
Dave Sewelson (baritone saxophone), William Parker (bass), Marvin Bugalu Smith (drums), live, New York, 2017
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lagniappe
art beat
other day, Oak Park, Ill. (bird unknown)
2018
Tuesday, June 19th
what’s new
Joris Voorn (DJ), live, Paris, 6/11/18
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lagniappe
reading table
little tub—
pond snails ready for shelling
play sliding games—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
2018
Monday, June 18th
what’s new
Diplo (DJ), live, London, 6/12/18
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