January 21sts

1/21/1999

Idea: song within a song–like they do in film using black and white, cheap film stock for a grainy quality.

Lyric idea:

Your graces, your traces
Find your corner of the world
And develop your gift
Your graces, your traces...

Scored 26 years later:

 

1/21/2013

Cold, Windy, 20 degrees. Still no snow on the ground.

Inauguration ceremony. I took photos of the TV screen while sitting in the comfort of my living room. Through a camera, you feel you’re present in situ and capturing moods and contexts captured in a live video stream. Seneca, Stonewall, Selma. First time gay rights mentioned in a presidential speech.           

Malian musicians do a “We Are Mali” recording as a plea for peace. This is exactly what the Islamists are attempting to eliminate, so even though the music is non-threatening, it is patently offensive to them.

[The entire Obama second term is between these two entries, 2013-2017] 

1/21/2017, Saturday 

Warm for January, 60 degrees and sunny

Women’s March on Michigan Avenue north to Randolph.

 1/21/2025