Wednesday, February 17th
more
Steve Reich (1936-), The Desert Music (1983)
Schönberg Ensemble, Slagwerkgroep Den Haag, BBC Singers, Reinbert de Leeuw (cond.), live, Amsterdam, 1987
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Month: February, 2016
2016
2016
Tuesday, February 16th
more
Steve Reich (1936-), Six Marimbas (1986), arranged for gamelan (Iwan Gunawan)
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lagniappe
musical thoughts
Music is a means of rapid transportation.
—John Cage (1912-1992)
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my back pages
Years ago, at the University of Chicago Law School, I took classes from the late Antonin Scalia. He was one of the first professors I encountered, as I had him for Contracts, a first-year staple. Two-word review: Very funny.
2016
Sunday, February 14th
two takes
“Homegoing” (AKA “When You Hear of My Home Going”)
Victoria Hawkins, c. 1960
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Lucinda Greene, live, Grand Prairie, Tx. (St. John Baptist Church), 2013
2016
Saturday, February 13th
another take
Africa Express, “Terry Riley’s In C Mali,” live, London (Tate Modern), 2014
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lagniappe
reading table
I wouldn’t try to capture it
on the page, or in a blog, the inauspicious
leavings of a day. Closer to dream
than the hum of streets, and people
who once walked along them.—John Ashbery (1927-), “Gravy for the Prisoners,” excerpt (Breezeway, 2015)
2016
Friday, February 12th
only rock ‘n’ roll
Savages, “The Answer,” 2015
2016
Thursday, February 11th
timeless
Terry Riley (1935-), In C (1964); Terry Riley & Friends, live, Amsterdam, 2015
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2016
Wednesday, February 10th
two takes
Ane Brun, “Directions,” 2015
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TORN Remix, 2015
2016
Tuesday, February 9th
more
PJ Harvey, The Hope Six Demolition Project (album trailer), 2016
2016
Monday, February 8th
what’s new
PJ Harvey, “The Wheel,” 2016
music clip of the day 