sounds of Chicago
DJ Mike Dunn, live, Chicago (Gramaphone Records), 2015
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lagniappe
musical thoughts
Yeah, everybody’s got a bomb
We could all die any day,
But before I’ll let that happen
I’ll dance my life away.—Prince, “1999”
Sometimes the best of what’s new is old.
Betty Davis, “Down Home Girl” (Miles Davis & Teo Macero, prods.; John McLaughlin [guitar], Herbie Hancock [keyboards], Harvey Brooks [bass], Mitch Mitchell [drums]), 6/28/16 (rec. 1969)
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lagniappe
art beat: yesterday, Art Institute of Chicago
From Thirteen Laughing at Each Other, Juan Muñoz (1953-2001), through 10/5/16
summer in the city
Digable Planets, “Pacifics” (“N.Y. Is Red Hot”), live, Chicago (Pitchfork Music Festival), 7/16/16
testify!
Jewel Gospel Singers (Richmond, Va.), “My God Don’t Change”
Live (TV show), 1960s
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
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random thoughts
This instant.
summer in the city
Kamasi Washington, “The Rhythm Changes,” live, Chicago (Pitchfork Music Festival), 7/17/16
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lagniappe
art beat: yesterday, Art Institute of Chicago
Aaron Siskind (1903-1991), Chicago 42 1952 (Abstractions, through 8/14/16)
sounds of Chicago
Otis Clay (1942-2016) and Willie Rogers, “When the Gates Swing Open,” “A Change Is Gonna Come,” live, Indianola, Miss. (B.B. King’s funeral service), 2015
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lagniappe
reading table
whatever the day brings
the nightingale’s alone
I’m alone—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1828 (translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
summer in the city
Savages, “Fuckers,” live, Chicago (Pitchfork Music Festival), 7/16/16
sounds of Chicago
Soul Stirrers (feat. Willie Rogers), “A Change Is Gonna Come” (S. Cooke)
Live, 1989
More.
Morton Feldman (1926-1987), Palais de Mari (1986)
Ivan Ilić (piano), 2014
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
what’s new
Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra (Tony Allen, drums, et al.)
“Bade Zile,” 2016
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lagniappe
reading table
We don’t want him thinking too much.
—Cubs pitcher John Lackey on rookie catcher Wilson Contreras’s first start tonight, following last night’s home run in his first big-league plate appearance—on the first pitch
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