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Friday, March 7th

two takes

Weary of winter? Here in Chicago we’ve had six feet of snow. How about a little trip south, way south, to Argentina?

Juana Molina, “Un Dia”

Live (TV show), c. 2010


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Recording, 2008


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lagniappe

found words

This just in from Spotify:

Now trending near you. Bob Dylan.

Thursday, March 6th

never enough

Bach’s six cello suites, which I’ve been listening to for over forty years, never fail to astonish me—they breathe.

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Suite No. 1 in G major for Unaccompanied Cello; Jan Vogler (1964-), live, New York, 2013

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lagniappe

reading table

Sing to me of the man, Muse, the man of twists and turns
driven time and again off course . . . .

The Odyssey, opening lines (Robert Fagles’ translation)

Smooth sailing wouldn’t make much of a story.