Saturday, May 19th
what’s new
Anderson .Paak, “Bubblin,” 5/17/18
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Tag: music clip of the day
2018
Friday, May 18th
basement jukebox
Pat Hare, “I’m Gonna Murder My Baby,” 1954
2018
Thursday, May 17th
what’s new
ÌFÉ, live, Washington, D.C., 4/27/18
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lagniappe
random sights
last night, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Wednesday, May 16th
passings
Glenn Branca, composer, guitarist, October 6, 1948-May 13, 2018
Live, Washington, D.C., 2012
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Live (Symphony No. 16 [Orgasm], First Mvt.), Paris, 2015
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lagniappe
reading table
That was fast.
I mean life.—Ron Padgett, “Haiku”
2018
Thursday, May 10th
MCOTD Hall of Fame
Hamid Drake (drums; MCOTD Hall of Fame), David Murray (tenor saxophone), live, 2017
(Taking a break—back in a while.)
2018
Wednesday, May 9th
Bach festival
day three
Goldberg Variations, Aria; Peter Serkin, live, Japan (Hiroshima), 2017
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lagniappe
random thoughts: prayer (3 a.m.)
Thank you, unknowable other, for this most miraculous moment.
2018
Tuesday, May 8th
Bach festival
day two
Suite No. 1 in G major for Unaccompanied Cello; Mischa Maisky, cello
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2018
Monday, May 7th
Bach festival
day one
Violin Sonata No. 3 in C major, 3rd movement (Largo)
Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Berlin, 2013
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2018
Sunday, May 6th
God has given me a ministry. It’s about reaching as many souls as I can through techno, speaking God’s truth and his gospel to as many ears as I can, taking the message to the street.
—Floorplan (aka Robert Hood), New Yorker, 5/7/18
Live, Paris, 2015
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, outside Chicago (Prairie Path, Bellwood)
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2018
Saturday, May 5th
There are all kinds of gospel.
“I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got” (S. O’Connor), Bettye LaVette, live, New York, 2012
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Here’s the original recording.
Sinead O’Connor, 1990
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lagniappe
random sights
last night, Oak Park, Ill.
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reading table
Good night, because we must!
How intricate the Dust!—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), 97 (Franklin; excerpt)
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