Africlap + The Beginning of new things + A guest!

Dear Lagniappe Family and Friends,

While fighting off mosquitoes and meeting up with those in and around Toulouse. We had the pleasure of meeting up with attendees of Africlap -- yes y'all by the time y'all see this it will be OVAH!

But you can relive the highlights from the Africlap festival by clicking on the poster! Congratulations Bernard D and volunteers for pulling off a successful 6th year! There are so many more people that are waiting for the return already! Scroll down for more on the show!

Thanks to the festival we had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Thomas Pollard who gifted us with the playlist for the show. 

If you missed the show check it out on Mixcloud here. 

Playlist:

Kevin Ayers - Fake Mexican Tourist Blues

Rebirth Brass Band - Roll With It (Intro)

Luiz Bonfa & Perry Como - Manha de Carnaval

Frankie Beverly & Maze - Golden Time Of Day

*Mario de Andrade - My Soul Has A Hat (read by Erica S.)

Toots Thielemans - Bluesette

Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder

Cilla Black - Alfie

Aretha Frankin - Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)

The Doobie Brothers - Takin' It To The Streets

Blood, Sweat & Tears - You Made ME So Very Happy

José Feliciano - Light My Fire

Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come

Miles Davis - So What

Rebirth Brass Band - Roll With It (Outro)

*My Soul Has A Hat 

By Mário de Andrade 

I counted my years and realized that I have less time to live by, than I have lived so far.

I feel like a child who won a pack of candies: at first, he ate them with pleasure but when he realized that there was little left, he began to taste them intensely.

I have no time for endless meetings where the statutes, rules, procedures and internal regulations are discussed, knowing that nothing will be done.

I no longer have the patience to stand absurd people who, despite their chronological age, have not grown up.

My time is too short: I want the essence; my spirit is in a hurry. I do not have much candy in the package anymore.

I want to live next to humans, very realistic people who know how to laugh at their mistakes and who are not inflated by their own triumphs and who take responsibility for their actions. In this way, human dignity is defended and we live in truth and honesty.

It is the essentials that make life useful.

I want to surround myself with people who know how to touch the hearts of those whom hard strokes of life have learned to grow with sweet touches of the soul.

Yes, I’m in a hurry. I’m in a hurry to live with the intensity that only maturity can give.

I do not intend to waste any of the remaining desserts. I am sure they will be exquisite, much more than those eaten so far.

My goal is to reach the end satisfied and at peace with my loved ones and my conscience.

We have two lives and the second begins when you realize you only have one.

(Big Merci to Thomas for not only sharing this poem with Enzo and I during his first visit to Toulouse this past week- We look forward to having you here with us again real soon!)