Friday, September 10th
basement jukebox
Augustus Pablo (1953-1999, melodica), King Tubby (1941-1989, engineer, producer), “King Tubby’s Meets Rockers Uptown,” 1974
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
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Month: September, 2021
2021
Thursday, September 9th
like nothing else
Anna Thorvaldsdottir (1977-), Enigma (2019); Spektral Quartet (Clara Lyon [violin], Maeve Feinberg [violin], Doyle Armbrust [viola], Russell Rolen [cello]), 2021
Movt. I
Movt. II
Movt. III
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reading table
When I consider
how in this world
all is falling blossom—
what then must become
of this self?—Saigyō (1118-1190), translated from the Japanese by Meredith McKinney
2021
Wednesday, September 8th
voices I miss
Lester Bowie (1941-1999, trumpet, MCOTD Hall of Fame) and Brazz Brothers, live, Norway (Ålesund), 1992
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2021
Tuesday, September 7th
sounds of Morocco
Maalem Mohamed Guinia (1951-2015, voice, gimbri [aka gumbri]), live, Morocco (Marrakech), 2014
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
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What is the self-sufficient self, if not the self that exaggerates its own resources?
—Leon Wieseltier, “‘The Wise, Too, Shed Tears,'” Liberties (Summer 2021)
2021
Monday, September 6th
sounds of Turkey
Slow.
Quiet.
Beautiful.
What better way to begin the week?
Özgür Baba (voice, cura), Gökçe Es (voice, monochord, shruti box, rainstick), live, Turkey (Bodrum), 2020
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, outside Chicago (Dean Nature Sanctuary, Oak Brook)
2021
Sunday, September 5th
sounds of Chicago
James Cleveland (1931-1991) and the Cleveland Singers (with Billy Preston [1946-2006], organ), “He’s Getting Me Ready for the Great Day,” live (TV show [Jubilee Showcase]), Chicago, 1964
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random sights
other day, outside Chicago (Dean Nature Sanctuary, Oak Brook)
2021
Saturday, September 4th
sounds of England
Little Simz, live (“Introvert,” “I Love You, I Hate You,” “Point and Kill” [feat. Obongjayar], “Woman”), London, published 8/31/21
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random sights
other day, outside Chicago (Dean Nature Sanctuary, Oak Brook)
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One insect
asleep on a leaf
can save your life—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from the Japanese by David Young
2021
Friday, September 3rd
sounds of England
These three sisters, it seems, could sing the phone book (remember the “phone book”?), and it would sound wonderful.
The Staves, live (“Nothing’s Gonna Happen,” “Good Woman,” “Satisfied,” “Waiting on Me to Change”), England (Watford), published 9/1/21
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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reading table
What, in this moment, is lacking?
Zen master Rinzai (aka Linji Yixuan), unknown – 866
2021
Thursday, September 2nd
sounds of Chicago
Matthew Shipp (1960-, piano), live (performance begins at 9:30), Chicago, 8/28/21
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lagniappe
random sights
a while ago, Maine (Monhegan Island)
2021
Wednesday, September 1st
sounds of Dublin
Xenia Pestova Bennett (toy piano, desk bells, music boxes) and Ed Bennett (electronics, music boxes), live, Dublin, 9/1/21
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill. (Frank Lloyd Wright, Laura Gale House, 1909)
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reading table
Midsummer
by William Bronk (1918-1999; MCOTD Hall of Fame; Poetry, May, 1955)
A green world, a scene of green, deep
with light blues, the greens made deep
by those blues. One thinks how
in certain pictures, envied landscapes are seen
(through a window, maybe) far behind the serene
sitter’s face, the serene pose, as though
in some impossible mirror, face to back,
human serenity gazed at a green world
which gazed at this face.
And see now,
here is that place, those greens
are here, deep with those blues. The air
we breathe is freshly sweet, and warm, as though
with berries. We are here. We are here.
Set this down too, as much
as if an atrocity had happened and been seen.
The earth is beautiful beyond all change.
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