Sunday, February 2, 2014

The Rebel Black Dot Song of the Day
Taj Mahal, Sam Moore, & Cab Blues, "John the Revelator" from Blues Brothers 2000: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary: Cabel Chamberlain, a.k.a. Cab Blues, played by Joe Morton, was the namesake of the late, lamented Cab Calloway, who played Curtis, Joliet Jake & Elwood's mentor, in The Blues Brothers. "John the Revelator" was chosen as the R.B.D.S.O.T.D. because I proclaimed the Scriptures for the first time at Mass to-day, acting as a lector. I am uncertain if the appropriate verb is "to lector" or "to lecture." Lector seesm not to be a verb (fair enough), but lecture doesn't seem quite right, though that could just be due to the connotations of the word in other contexts. More on being a lector in a forthcoming "Urbi et Orbi."

"Tell me, who's that writing?
John the Revelator,
Tell me, who's that writing?
John the Revelator,
Tell me, who's that writing?
John the Revelator,
Wrote the Book of the Seven Seals…"

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