Sunday, June 28th
basement jukebox
Sensational Nightingales (featuring Julius Cheeks), “Pressing On,” 1950s
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lagniappe
art beat: Museum of Modern Art, New York, 3/6/20
Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000), The Migration Series (1940-1941), panel 14
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: art beat
2020
Saturday, June 27th
like nobody else
Charmaine Lee (voice), live (Quarantine Concert presented by Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago), 4/17/20
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lagniappe
art beat: Museum of Modern Art, New York, 3/6/20
Jackson Pollock (1912-1956), Number 1A, 1948 (detail)
2020
Monday, March 30th
like nobody else
How about time-traveling to 1961 Paris?
Blossom Dearie (1924-2009, vocals, piano), “C’est le Printemps” (“It Might as Well Be Spring,” R. Rodgers, O. Hammerstein II; adaptation, J. Sablon), “Plus je t’embrasse” (“Heart of My Heart,” B. Ryan; adaptation, Max François), live, Paris, 1961
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Isa Genzken (1948-), Rose II (2007)
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reading table
The youth walks up to the white horse, to put its halter on
and the horse looks at him in silence.
They are so silent they are in another world.—D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930), “The White Horse”
2020
Wednesday, March 25th
MCOTD Hall of Fame
Morton Feldman (1927-1986, MCOTD Hall of Fame), Rothko Chapel (1971); Markus Creed (cond.), SWR Vokalensemble (Vocal Ensemble), et al., live, Germany (Cathedral of Speyer, Schwetzinger), 2017
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Henri Matisse (1869-1954), The Red Studio (1911), detail
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reading table
Coolness—
the sound of the bell
as it leaves the bell.—Yosa Buson (1716-1784), translated from Japanese by Robert Hass
2020
Saturday, March 14th
never enough
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor, Violin Partita No. 1 in B minor; Rachel Podger (1968-, violin), live (performance begins at 2:00), London, 11/24/19
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Claude Monet (1840-1926), Water Lilies (1914-1926), detail
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reading table
Playing ball
With the children in this village
Spring day, never let the shadows fall!—Ryōkan (1758-1831), translated from Japanese by Ryūichi Abé and Peter Haskel
2020
Monday, March 9th
passings
McCoy Tyner, pianist, December 11, 1938-March 6, 2020
John Coltrane Quartet (JC, 1926-1967, tenor saxophone; MC, piano; Jimmy Garrison, 1934-1976, bass; Elvin Jones, 1927-2004, drums), “Impressions” (J. Coltrane), live (TV show), San Francisco, 1963
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Henri Matisse (1869-1954), Dance (I), 1909; Jeannette, c. 1910
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radio
Today, Ornette Coleman’s birthday (b. 1930), it’s all Ornette all day on WKCR (Columbia University).
2020
Saturday, March 7th
what’s new
Greentea Peng (aka Aria Wells), “Ghost Town” (A. Wells), 3/4/20
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lagniappe
art beat: yesterday, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Jackson Pollock (1912-1956), One: Number 31, 1950 (detail)
2020
Monday, March 2nd
Why not begin the week with something beautiful?
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), String Quartet in F major (1903); Hagen Quartet, live, Austria (Salzburg), 2000
1st movt.
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2nd movt.
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3rd movt.
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4th movt.
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lagniappe
art beat: yesterday, Art Institute of Chicago
Vasily Kandinsky (1866-1944), Untitled (watercolor), c. 1915
2019
Sunday, December 8th
back to church
Christian Home Baptist Church, Lowry, S.C., 2010
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lagniappe
art beat
yesterday, Des Moines (Des Moines Art Center)
Edward Hopper (1882-1967), Automat, 1927
2019
Friday, September 13th
I can’t listen to this just once: the moment it ends I want to hear it again.
Womack & Womack, “Teardrops” (C. Womack, L. Womack), 1988
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lagniappe
art beat
Robert Frank, photographer, November 9, 1924–September 9, 2019
Today, remembering him, we revisit some of our favorite images.
Cafe—Beaufort, South Carolina, 1955
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Funeral—St. Helena, South Carolina, 1955/56
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View from Hotel Window—Butte, Montana, 1955/56
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Rooming house—Bunker Hill, Los Angeles, 1955/56
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US 285, New Mexico, 1955
