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Friday, 3/18/11

Original?

Nah.

But, uh, who cares?

The Hives, “Hate To Say I Told You So,” live, France (Belfort), 6/30/07

*****

Many of my most vivid musical experiences were the product of serendipity. A few years ago, I spent a long weekend in Oxford, Mississippi, where, as it turned out, these guys had just finished recording an album. Saturday night, as a farewell, they played a little club off the Square. Floor-rumbling, bone-rattling loud they were—and a whole lotta fun.

Proud Larry’s, Oxford, Mississippi

*****

Thursday, 3/17/11

two takes

Mozart was a kind of idol to me—this rapturous singing . . . that’s always on the edge of sadness and melancholy and disappointment and heartbreak, but always ready for an outburst of the most delicious music.

Saul Bellow

Mozart, Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major, K. 581 (1789)
2nd Movement (Larghetto)

Bruce Nolan (clarinet) and the Sierra String Quartet

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Yona Ettlinger (clarinet) and the Tel Aviv Quartet

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