Sunday, November 26th
sounds of Detroit
DJ Tony Peoples, Detroit gospel house mix (“souls on fire,” “thankful praise,” “thank you lord,” “king of kings,” “high priest”)
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: Chicago
2017
Friday, October 27th
basement jukebox
J.B. Lenoir, “Mama Talk To Your Daughter,” 1955
If I had a time machine, I’d travel back to 1954—the year they recorded this in Chicago—and I’d step into the studio, unobtrusively, just as they’re about to begin.
2017
Thursday, October 19th
tomorrow night
They’re playing at the University of Chicago—Bartok and Ligeti.
Wolfgang Rihm (1952-), String Quartet No. 13
Arditti Quartet, live, London, 2012
2017
Saturday, September 23rd
mesmerizing
Enno Poppe (1969-), Stoff (2015); Ensemble Dal Niente (Enno Poppe, guest cond.), live, Chicago, 2016
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lagniappe
found words
I’m above the soil—and I love it.
—Neighbor’s response this morning when I asked how he was doing.
2017
Friday, September 22nd
what’s new
Moses Sumney, “Doomed” (Aromanticism), 2017
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lagniappe
art beat: yesterday, Art Institute of Chicago
Izumi Masatoshi (1938-), Islands (Shima tachi), 2000
2017
Friday, September 15th
summer in the city
DJ Snake, live, Chicago (Lollapalooza), 8/4/17
2017
Friday, September 8th
summer in the city
Blink-182, live, Chicago, 8/4/17
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lagniappe
reading table
John Ashbery (July 28, 1927-September, 3, 2017)
How little we know,
and when we know it!*****
We close in on ourselves,
then yelp that the world is awry.*****
We had macaroni for lunch every day
except Sunday, when a small quail was induced
to be served to us. Why do I tell you these things?
You are not even here.—”Like A Sentence,” “Tahiti Trot,” “This Room” (fragments)
2017
Thursday, September 7th
another take
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: yesterday, Art Institute of Chicago
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), Cup Decorated with the Figure of a Bathing Girl, 1887-88 (Gauguin: Artist as Alchemist, through September 10th)
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reading table
John Ashbery (July 28, 1927-September, 3, 2017)
What will it all be like in five years’ time
when you try to remember?—”For John Clare” (fragment)
2017
Tuesday, September 5th
soundtrack to a dream
John Luther Adams (1953-), The Light Within (2007); Faculty & Fellows, Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, Mass., 2016
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lagniappe
reading table
John Ashbery (July 28, 1927-September, 3, 2017)
The bad news is the ship hasn’t arrived;
the good news is it hasn’t left yet.—He Who Loves And Runs Away (fragment; Planisphere, 2009)
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random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2017
Saturday, September 2nd
more
They’re playing tonight.
BassDrumBone (Mark Helias, bass; Gerry Hemingway, drums; Ray Anderson, trombone), “Kinda Garnerish” (R. Anderson), live, New York, 2015
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lagniappe
reading table
though a poor-soiled
province . . .
such fireflies—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
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