Tuesday, July 27th
sounds (and sights) of New Orleans
Hot 8 Brass Band, “Give Me the Night”; Second Line Parades, New Orleans, 2018-2019
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
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Tag: Hot 8 Brass Band
2018
Monday, November 5th
what’s new
Hot 8 Brass Band, “Love Will Tear Us Apart, 10/24/18
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Here’s the original (remastered).
Joy Division, 1980, 2010
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
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reading table
Deep autumn—
my neighbor,
how does he live, I wonder?—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from Japanese by Robert Hass
2013
Thursday, April 25th
Who better to sing about a ghost town than a band that’s survived not only Katrina but three—yes, three—homicides?*
Hot 8 Brass Band, “Ghost Town,” New Orleans, 2012
*As detailed in Wikipedia, in 1996 “seventeen-year-old trumpet player Jacob Johnson was found shot execution-style in his home”; in 2004 “trombone player Joseph ‘Shotgun Joe’ Williams was shot dead by police in controversial circumstances”; and in 2006 “drummer Dinerral “Dick” Shavers was shot and killed while driving with his family,” with a bullet intended for his fifteen-year-old stepson.
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