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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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)
another take
John Prine (with Sturgill Simpson, Brandi Carlisle), “Summer’s End” (J. Prine), live (TV show), 4/12/18
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
string quartet festival
day three
György Ligeti (1923-2006), String Quartet No. 2 (1968); Arditti Quartet, live (studio), Tokyo, 2018
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last night, Oak Park, Ill.
string quartet festival
day two
Lawrence Wilde (aka Yuri Boguinia), String Quartet No. 3 (“Wilted Jasmine,” 2016); JACK Quartet, live
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random sights
other night, Oak Park, Ill.
string quartet festival
day one
Like painting, the string quartet endures. Composers keep finding new colors.
Thomas Adès (1971-), Arcadiana (1994)
Danish String Quartet, live, New York, 2015
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
passings
Charles Neville, saxophonist, December 28, 1938-April 26, 2018
Neville Brothers, “Yellow Moon,” live, New Orleans, 1991
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More?
Here’s the whole set.
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random sights
last night, Oak Park, Ill.
MCOTD Hall of Fame
Dorothy Love Coates and The Gospel Harmonettes, “They Won’t Believe” (D. L. Coates), 1970
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
basement jukebox
Little Junior Parker, “Driving Wheel” (R. Sykes), 1961
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Here’s the original recording.
Roosevelt Sykes, “Driving Wheel Blues,” 1936
voices I miss
Prince, “Nothing Compares 2 U” (P. Nelson), published 4/19/18 (recorded 1984)
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random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day 