Something for Thursday

Four years ago was one of the worst days in Buffalo’s history: a racist gunman came all the way to Buffalo to murder Black people in a grocery store. That’s literally what he did and why he did it. The shooter has already pled guilty to the charges in his actions and on that basis will never again see the outside of whatever prison he’s in, but Federal charges are still pending, with a trial scheduled later this year. That’s about all I care to say about this guy. For some people there simply isn’t a hole deep enough.

IN terms of music, I don’t know. The day is a somber one, and it has me thinking of the movie Mississippi Burning, made in 1988 or 1989 and depicting events from 25 years before that…and yet, how constant and present the attitudes shown in that film are. So, today, a soundtrack suite from Mississippi Burning, music by Trevor Jones.