Friday, July 20th
what’s new
Rev. Sekou and The Seal Breakers, live, Washington, D.C., 7/10/18
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Rookery Building)
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
2018
Thursday, July 19th
never enough
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Partita No. 2 for Solo Violin in D minor, excerpt (Sarabande); Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), live, Vienna, c. 2008
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2018
Wednesday, July 18th
sounds of India
Nina Burmi (vocals), Ramesh Mishra (sarangi), Sanju Sahai (tabla), live, London, 2006
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lagniappe
reading table
Who never lost, are unprepared
A Coronet to find!—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), from 136 (Franklin)
2018
Tuesday, July 17th
sounds of India
Hariprasad Chaurasia (1938-, bansuri), Raag Hansadhwani, live
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lagniappe
reading table
I’m not lonely
because I have secrets;I’m lonely because words
can’t bring the past into the present(which amounts to the same thing).
—Rae Armantrout, from “Pretty Little” (London Review of Books, 7/19/18)
2018
Monday, July 16th
sounds of India
Nikhil Banerjee (1931-1986, sitar), Zakir Hussain (1951-, tabla), live (Raag Shyam Kedar, Raag Pilu), San Francisco, 1985
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Sunday, July 15th
more
Marion Williams and Alex Bradford, “Take Me to the Water,” live, Netherlands (Utrecht), 1962
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Saturday, July 14th
what’s new
Nate Wooley (trumpet), Michael Foster (tenor saxophone), Brandon Lopez (bass), Ben Bennett (percussion), live, New York, 6/21/18
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lagniappe
random sights
last night, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Friday, July 13th
only rock ‘n’ roll
The Ex, “Soon All Cities,” 2018
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lagniappe
random thoughts
Each moment is an open door.
2018
Thursday, July 12th
basement jukebox
Buddy Guy, “This Is the End,” 1959
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lagniappe
reading table
Butterfly
sleeping
on the temple bell.—Yosa Buson, 1716-1784 (translated from Japanese by Robert Hass)
2018
Wednesday, July 11th
basement jukebox
Otis Rush, “All Your Love (I Miss Loving),” 1958
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
