Friday, December 13th
only rock ‘n’ roll
Big Thief, “Shoulders,” “Not,” “Masterpiece,” “The Toy,” live (studio), Seattle, 10/26/19
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
2019
Thursday, December 12th
never enough
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Violin Partita No. 3 in E major; Shunske Sato (violin), live, Netherlands (Haarlem), published 11/28/19
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday morning, Oak Park, Ill.
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reading table
Listen,
how your heart beats inside me.—Wislawa Szymborska (1923-2012, MCOTD Hall of Fame), from “Could Have,” translated from Polish by Stanislav Baranczak and Clare Cavanagh
2019
Wednesday, December 11th
Playing, and talking, Monk.
Jason Moran (piano), Frank Lacy (trombone), Bob Stewart (tuba), Nasheet Waits (drums), et al., live, Washington, D.C., 2015
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
2019
Tuesday, December 10th
two takes
“I Try” (M. Gray, J. Ruzumna, J. Lim, D. Wilder)
J Dilla (1974-2006), remix, 2006
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Macy Gray, 1999
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
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reading table
Threshold
by Rachel Hadas (1948-, Questions in the Vestibule)
The in-between is queasy,
but all is in between.
Midsummer green? Monotonous
when everything is green.
The sea? A glittering question
if everything is sea.
This vestibule? Unsettling.
I teeter first one way
and then the other. In
or out? I am a fool
to be so caught off balance.
All is vestibule.
2019
Monday, December 9th
sounds to get lost in
Jessica Pavone String Ensemble (JP, viola, composition; Joanna Matrey, viola; Erica Dicker, violin; Angela Morris, violin), “Hurtle and Flow,” published 9/4/19
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday morning, I-80 rest stop, Iowa (near Grinnell)
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reading table
big rainbig mooncicada in the pine—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue
2019
Sunday, December 8th
back to church
Christian Home Baptist Church, Lowry, S.C., 2010
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lagniappe
art beat
yesterday, Des Moines (Des Moines Art Center)
Edward Hopper (1882-1967), Automat, 1927
2019
Saturday, December 7th
mesmerizing
If I could move like this, I’d never stand still.
Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards (1976-), live, Stockholm, 2013
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
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reading table
Topography displays no favorites; North’s as near as West.
—Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979), from “The Map”
2019
Friday, December 6th
basement jukebox
Doctor Ross (AKA Charles Isaiah Ross, 1925-1993), “Chicago Breakdown” (DR, vocals, harmonica, guitar, composition; Reuben Martin, washboard; Sam Phillips, producer), 1953
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
2019
Thursday, December 5th
serendipity
Last night I bumped into these tracks, by a duo based in Beirut, on the radio (Bodega Pop Live with Gary Sullivan [WFMU’s Give the Drummer Radio Stream]). One-word review: Wow!
Two or the Dragon, “Prelude for the Triumphant Man,” 2017
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
2019
Wednesday, December 3rd
sounds of Chicago
Big Maceo (AKA Major Merriweather, Big Maceo Merriweather, 1905-1953, piano), “Chicago Breakdown” (M. Merriweather), 1945
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
