Wednesday, September 22nd
like nothing else
Annea Lockwood (1939-) & Yarn/Wire, “Into the Vanishing Point,” published 9/7/21
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2021
Thursday, September 16th
basement jukebox
Lee Perry (1936-2021), “People Funny Boy” (L. Perry), 1968
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2021
Wednesday, September 15th
sounds (and sights) of Chicago
Avreeayl Ra (voice, drums, percussion, flute) and Ed Wilkerson (didgeridoo, tenor saxophone), live, Chicago, 8/23/20
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Whatever it is,
I cannot understand it,
although gratitude
stubbornly overcomes me
until I’m reduced to tears.—Saigyō (1118-1190), translated from the Japanese by Sam Hamill
2021
Sunday, September 12th
sounds of Chicago
Pastor T.L. Barrett & the Royal Voices of Life, live (“I Shall Wear a Crown,” “Like a Ship,” “Nobody Knows”), Chicago, published 9/9/21
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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It was not
for moon gazing I came
into Mount Yoshino
yet seeing it I grieve
over the sad world—Saigyō (1118-1190), translated from the Japanese by Meredith McKinney
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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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
Thursday, September 2nd
sounds of Chicago
Matthew Shipp (1960-, piano), live (performance begins at 9:30), Chicago, 8/28/21
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2021
Tuesday, August 31st
passings
Lee “Scratch” Perry, producer, March 30, 1936 – August 29, 2021
With Junior Murvin, The Heptones, The Congos, The Upsetters, “Play On Mr. Music,” live, Jamaica (Roots Rock Reggae [1977])
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Producer/co-writer: Junior Murvin, “Police and Thieves” (J. Murvin, L. Perry), 1976
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Producer: The Upsetters, Black Board Jungle, 1973
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. . . all thens are lost in a now without a time.
—William Bronk (1918-1999, MCOTD Hall of Fame), from “Referral” (Some Words, 1992, 1998)
2021
Monday, August 30th
How about something you’ve (probably) never heard before?
Lee Hyla (1952-2014), Pre-Pulse Suspended, 1984 (We Speak Etruscan, 1996)
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2021
Tuesday, August 24th
sounds of Chicago
Patti Cudd (percussion, electronics), live (performance begins at 25:15), Chicago, 8/22/21
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Sunday, August 22nd
sounds of Chicago
Staple Singers, “There Won’t Be No More Ghetto for Me,” live (TV Show [Jubilee Showcase]), Chicago, 1968
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