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Monday, November 17th

sounds of Niger

Group Inerane, live, Scotland (Glasgow), 2011


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lagniappe

art beat: yesterday afternoon, Rito y Recuerdo: Day of the Dead, National Museum of Mexican Art (1852 W. 19th St., Chicago; through December 14th)

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onstage: last night, Happy Days (Samuel Beckett), Theatre Y (2649 N. Francisco Ave., Chicago; through November 23rd)

Sometimes I hear sounds. But not often. They are a boon, sounds are a boon, they help me . . . through the day. The old style! Yes, those are happy days, when there are sounds. When I hear sounds.

—Winnie

Saturday, November 15th

Need a jolt?

Arto Lindsay (guitar, vocals) & Paal Nilssen-Love (drums), live, Germany (Moers Festival), 2014


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art beat

William Klein (1928-), Gun 1, New York, 1955

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Thursday, November 13th

After spending a week and a half in federal court, trying a drug-conspiracy case involving the unfortunately named Imperial Insane Vice Lords, I’m ready for a world without words.

Morton Feldman (1926-1987), For Stefan Wolpe (1986)
Helsinki Chamber Choir, live, Helsinki, 2014

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art beat: more from the other day at the Art Institute of Chicago

Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944), Improvisation No. 30 (Cannons), 1913

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Wednesday, November 12th

two takes

“A Little Lost” (A. Russell)

Sufjan Stevens (1975-), 2014


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Arthur Russell (1951-1992)

 

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art beat

Helen Levitt (1913-2009), New York, 1940s

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Tuesday, November 11th

I need another world
This one’s nearly gone

—Antony

Antony and the Johnsons, “Another World,” 2008


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art beat

William Klein (1928-), Atom Bomb Sky, New York, 1955

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Monday, November 10th

Why not begin the week with something beautiful?

Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), Ballade No. 1 in G minor (1831); Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (1920-1995), piano, live


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musical thoughts

[N]ow Miles [Davis] was relaxed and pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli was sending him into several shades of ecstasy.

“Listen to those trills!” Miles ordered.

—1961 interview (Marc Crawford, The Miles Davis Reader)

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art beat: more from Friday at the Art Institute of Chicago

Henri Matisse (1869-1954), Interior at Nice, c. 1919

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Sunday, November 9th

That gospel feeling is in all of this music.

—Solomon Burke

Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular Music, Episode 2: Sam Cooke, with Mavis Staples, Bobby Womack, Solomon Burke, Ben E. King, et al., BBC, 2005

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art beat: more from Friday at the Art Institute of Chicago

Arshile Gorky (1904-1948), The Plough and the Song, 1946

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Saturday, November 8th

Need a jolt?

Bela Bartok (1881-1945), String Quartet No. 5, excerpt (first mvt.)
FLUX quartet, live, 2013

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lagniappe

art beat: yesterday at the Art Institute of Chicago

Susan Charlesworth (1947-2013), Unidentified Man, Ontani Hotel, Los Angeles, 1980 (printed 2012), Stills (through January 4th)

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Thursday, November 6th

blues festival (day four)

Sonny Boy Williamson II (AKA Alex “Rice”  Miller, c. 1912-1965), live, Denmark (Copenhagen), 1964

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art beat

Marc PoKempner (1948-), Xmas Eve, Theresa’s, Chicago (Theresa’s Lounge, 4801 S. Indiana), 1981

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Monday, November 3rd

blues festival (day one)

T-Bone Walker (1910-1975), “Don’t Throw Your Love on Me So Strong,” live (TV show), Germany, 1962*

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lagniappe

art beat: yesterday at the Art Institute of Chicago

Claude Monet (1840-1926), The Customs House at Varengeville, 1897

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random thoughts

Every painting was once a blank canvas.

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*With Memphis Slim (piano), Willie Dixon (bass), Jump Jackson (drums).