Sunday, May 28th
timeless
Skip James (1902-1969, vocals, guitar), “Jesus Is a Mighty Good Leader,” 1931 (rec. Grafton, Wis.)
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2022
Wednesday, September 7th
timeless
Skip James (1902-1969), “I’m So Glad,” 1931
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random sights
other day, Chicago
2017
Monday, October 2nd
Skip James (1902-1969), “Devil Got My Woman,” 1931
Sometimes I think this song defines the limits of what is humanly possible. Sometimes I think it exceeds them.
—Michael Robbins, Equipment for Living: On Poetry and Pop Music (2017)
2017
Sunday, March 26th
old school
Skip James (1902-1969), “Let Jesus Lead You,” 1964
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Robert Frank (1924-), Funeral—St. Helena, South Carolina, 1955/56
2017
Monday, January 16th
for the President-elect
Skip James (1902-1969), “Hard Times Killing Floor Blues,” live (song begins at :58), Germany (Cologne), 1967
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art beat: other day, Whitney Museum of American Art (New York)
John Sonsini (1950-), BYRON & RAMIRO, 2008
2015
Saturday, September 12th
old school
Skip James (1902-1969), “Hard Time Killin’ Floor Blues,” 1931
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Vivian Maier (1926-2009), Chicago (Maxwell Street), 1962
2011
Thursday, 1/20/11
Some voices seem to come from another world.
Skip James, “Devil Got My Woman,” 1931
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reading table: variations on a theme
I sometimes think that an idea is the worst thing that can happen to a writer.
—David Vann, New York Times, 1/14/11
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[A]ll ideas . . . fail to work at some point . . .
—David Kirby, “L’Explication de Tasty-Fuck”
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Ideas are always wrong.
—William Bronk, “Blue Spruces in Pairs, A Bird Bath Between”
2009
Friday, 12/18/09
Moment for moment, this record, made in 1931 (up north in Wisconsin), remains one of the most astonishing performances in all of blues.
Skip James (1902-1969), “I’m So Glad” (1931, Grafton, Wisconsin [famously covered by Cream on both their first and last albums: Fresh Cream, 1966; Goodbye, 1969])
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