Sunday, December 4th
timeless
Soul Stirrers (feat. Sam Cook [later “Cooke,” 1931-1964], Paul Foster [1920-1995]), “The Last Mile of the Way,” 1955
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lagniappe
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day
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2021
Sunday, May 23rd
timeless
Soul Stirrers (feat. Sam Cooke [1931-1964], Paul Foster [1920-1995]), “The Last Mile of the Way,” recorded 1955
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, outside Chicago (Salt Creek Trail)
2020
Sunday, January 19th
more
Soul Stirrers (feat. Sam Cooke, Paul Foster), live, Los Angeles, 1955
“I Have a Friend Above All Others,” “Be With Me Jesus”
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“Nearer My God to Thee”
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lagniappe
random sights
a while ago, off the coast of Maine
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reading table
The present
must be kept empty
so that anything
can happen:—Rae Armantrout (1947-), from “Empty”
2020
Sunday, January 12th
more
Soul Stirrers (featuring Sam Cooke [1931-1964]), “Touch the Hem of His Garment” (S. Cooke), 1956
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2020
Sunday, January 5th
timeless
Soul Stirrers (featuring Sam Cooke [1931-1964]), “Jesus, Wash Away My Troubles” (S. Cooke), 1956
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Sunday, February 10th
timeless
Soul Stirrers (feat. Sam Cooke, Paul Foster), live, Los Angeles, 1955
“I Have a Friend Above All Others,” “Be With Me Jesus”
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“Nearer My God to Thee”
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
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reading table
I am alive – I guess –
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), from 605 (Franklin)
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(Taking a break—back in a while.)
2018
Sunday, July 1st
timeless
Soul Stirrers (feat. Sam Cooke), “Nearer to Thee,” live, Los Angeles, 1955
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2018
Thursday, January 18th
timeless
Gregory Porter, “You Send Me” (S. Cooke), live, London, 2014
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Kamisaka Sekka (1866-1942), Moonlit Scene with Hut and Flowers, 1909/10 (from the series Worlds of Things)
2016
Sunday, July 17th
sounds of Chicago
Soul Stirrers (feat. Willie Rogers), “A Change Is Gonna Come” (S. Cooke)
Live, 1989
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