old school
Mighty Clouds of Joy, “I’m Glad About It,” live, Houston, 1967
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lagniappe
musical thoughts
Sometimes I have good nights, and sometimes I have bad nights. One never knows.
—tenor saxophonist, and MCOTD Hall of Famer, Von Freeman (1923-2012)
old school
Mighty Clouds of Joy, “I’ve Been in the Storm Too Long,” live, Chicago, 1990
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lagniappe
reading table
There comes an hour when begging stops,
When the long interceding lips
Perceive their prayer is vain.
‘Thou shalt not’ is a kinder sword
Than from a disappointing God
‘Disciple, call again.’—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), #1768 (Franklin)
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art beat
Danny Lyon (1942-), Colombia, 1972
three takes
“I Don’t Feel No Ways Tired” (C. Burrell)
Mighty Clouds of Joy, live, South Carolina (Charleston), mid-1990s
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Rev. James Cleveland, live
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The Walden Family 19th Anniversary, live, Georgia (Camilla), 2013
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lagniappe
random thoughts
No delusion is more stubborn than the notion you are alive.
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art beat: more from the Art Institute’s Hiroshige exhibit (see Thursday’s post)
Seki—No. 48, c. 1847-1852
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Heavy Snow, mid-1840s
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Kameyana, Weather Clearing After Snow, c. 1833-34
two takes
The Mighty Clouds of Joy (feat. Joe Ligon, lead vocals)
“Steal Away To Jesus”
TV show (TV Gospel Time), early 1960s
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Live, South Carolina (Charleston), 1996
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lagniappe
art beat: yesterday at Harvard’s Sackler Museum (Cambridge, Mass.)
Lyonel Feinenger, Black Ice and Fog on the Burgkuhnauer Allee, November 1928
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