Monday, August 19th
MCOTD Hall of Fame
Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), For Philip Guston (1984)
S.E.M. Ensemble, 2000
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Month: August, 2019
2019
2019
Sunday, August 18th
sounds of Chicago
Cosmopolitan Church of Prayer Choir (feat. Cynthia Price), Rev. Charles Hayes, “How Did You Feel Wilderness,” live, Chicago
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Saturday, August 17th
mesmerizing
Philip Glass (1937-), “Metamorphosis Two”; Lavinia Meijer, harp, 2013
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2019
Friday, August 16th
summer in the city
black midi, live, Chicago, 7/21/19
“Ducter”
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“bmbmbm”
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lagniappe
reading table
Why should I be my aunt, / or me, or anyone?
—Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979), from “In the Waiting Room”
2019
Thursday, August 15th
MCOTD Hall of Fame
Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), Violin and String Quartet (1985); Pellegrini Quartet with Peter Rundel (violin)
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Wednesday, August 14th
sounds of Nigeria and Chile
Newen Afrobeat feat. Seun Kuti (vocals) and Cheick Tidiane Seck (keyboards), “Opposite People” (F. Kuti), live (studio), Chile (Santiago), 2016
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lagniappe
reading table
Should we have stayed at home, / wherever that may be?
—Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979), from “Questions of Travel”
2019
Tuesday, August 13th
what’s new
Bon Iver, “iMi,” 8/8/19
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2019
Monday, August 12th
passings
Something cheery to start the week.
David Berman (January 4, 1967–August 7, 2019), “All My Happiness Is Gone” (D. Berman), 2019 (Purple Mountains)
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2019
Sunday, August 11th
sounds of Chicago
Cosmopolitan Church of Prayer Choir (feat. Diane Williams), “Bridegroom Cometh,” live, Chicago
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Saturday, August 10th
Weary of this too-much world?
Sounds this spare, this spacious, offer a refuge—a way in.
Brian Eno (1948-), “Neroli (Thinking Music Part IV),” 1993
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
