Sunday, August 27th
timeless
Golden Gate Quartet, “God Told Nicodemus,” 1941
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, outside Chicago (Salt Creek Trail)
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Tag: music clip of the day
2023
Friday, August 25th
what’s new
Jon Batiste, “Uneasy” (ft. Lil Wayne), 8/18/23
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago (Lurie Garden)
2023
Tuesday, August 22nd
basement jukebox
Jay Robinson with Penny & The Quarters, “Will I Ever,” c. 1970
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lagniappe
reading table
I’m making sense all the time of all the senseless things.
—Mary Jo Bang (1946-), from “A Film in Which I Play Everyone” (New Yorker, 8/21/23)
2023
Sunday, August 20th
sounds of Chicago
“Wade in the Water” (trad.), Salem Travelers, James Herndon Singers, Voices of Triumph, live (TV show: Jubilee Showcase), Chicago, 1969
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lagniappe
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2023
Saturday, August 19th
timeless
John Lee Hooker (1917–2001), “Serves Me Right to Suffer” (J. L. Hooker), live (TV show), Germany (Cologne), 1968
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2023
Friday, August 18th
basement jukebox
Ken Boothe (1948-)
“Everything I Own” (D. Gates), 1974 (UK Singles Chart, #1)
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“Crying Over You” (L. Charmers, K. Boothe), 1974 (UK Singles Chart, #11)
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2023
Thursday, August 17th
sounds of Jamaica
Mista Savona (DJ), King Tubby’s Heaviest Dubs (King Tubby aka Osbourne Ruddick, 1941-1989), published 2021
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lagniappe
reading table
Why is everything now geared to longevity? If everything’s directed at maximizing the number of years you live, you’re denying life itself.
—artist David Hockney (1937-), quoted in A Bigger Message: Conversations with David Hockney (Martin Gayford, expanded edition, 2016)
2023
Monday, August 14th
alone
Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), Last Pieces for piano (1959); Benjamin Kobler (piano), live, Germany (Cologne), 3/14/22
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
2023
Sunday, August 13th
testify!
Etta James (1938-2012) with Allen Toussaint (1938-2015, piano) and Dr. John (1941-2019, piano), “Amazing Grace,” live (TV show: Soundstage), Chicago, 1982
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random sights
this morning, Chicago
2023
Saturday, August 12th
serendipity
Bumped into this last night, happily.
Taraf De Haidouks, playing Balkan gypsy folk music, 2012
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yesterday, Chicago
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