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.)
timeless
Mahalia Jackson (1911-1972), “How I Got Over” (C. Ward), live, Chicago
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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
basement jukebox
Gus Jinkins (aka Jenkins), “You Told Me” (G. Jinkins [aka Jenkins]), 1956
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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.
what’s new
Julia Holter, live (studio), Seattle, 3/6/19 (published today)
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
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.
The world today: two guys from Ukraine—DJs/producers—playing a set in Rio de Janiero.
Artbat, live, 2019
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reading table
Mountain streams flow down
into each other
out of their sounds—Yosa Buson, 1716-1784 (translated from Japanese by W.S. Merwin and Takako Lento)
sounds of Ukraine
Attitude needs no translation.
Alyona Alyona, “Голови,” 2018
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. . . all news feels foreign today . . .
—Mike McCormack, Solar Bones
sounds of Chicago
Sheila Jordan (1928-) & Paul Marinaro (1973-), “Comes Love” (S. Stept, L. Brown, C. Tobias), live, Chicago, 2018
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
back to church
Richard Smallwood (piano), et al., “The Blood Will Never Lose Its Power” ( A. Crouch), live, Largo, Md., 2008
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
basement jukebox
Larry Williams (1935-1980), “Short Fat Fannie” (L. Williams), 1957
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Another take.
Levon Helm (1940-2012), live (TV show), 1993
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