Saturday, October 10th
tonight in Chicago
These folks will be playing at Curtiss Hall.
Christopher Fisher-Lochhead (1984-), Dig Absolutely (2010); Spektral Quartet, live, Evanston, Ill., 2011
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2015
Friday, October 9th
only rock ‘n’ roll
Foxygen, live, Paris, 2014
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road to the World Series
It’s not a complicated issue. The more basic we can become in our approach, the more successful we’ll become.
2015
Thursday, October 8th
Some music you listen to—some you inhabit.
John Luther Adams (1953-), Red Arc/Blue Veil (2001); Kirsten Volness (piano), Nick Gleason (percussion), live (studio performance), New York, 2014
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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road to the World Series
[W]hen we’re playing these games that are very meaningful in September and October, I want them to go out there and play the game as though it were March 15, June 15, August 15 and then hopefully October 15. Don’t ever change the way you play the game.
2015
Wednesday, October 7th
sounds of India
Hariprasad Chaurasia (bansuri) and Zakir Hussain (tabla), Raga Chandrakauns, live, India (Pune), 1992
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road to the World Series
There’s times I tell myself, ‘Shut up and just watch what’s going on and observe what’s going on and really appreciate a moment.’ Because we have a tendency in our lives to go through a moment quickly.
2015
Tuesday, October 6th
Sometimes it’s enough—more than enough—to be beautiful.
Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), Nocturne in B-flat minor (Op. 9, No. 1); Artur Rubinstein (1887-1982), piano
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road to the World Series
Don’t ever let the pressure exceed the pleasure.
2015
Saturday, October 3rd
old school
Sonny Boy Williamson II (AKA Aleck [or Alex] “Rice” Miller, 1912[?]-1965), live, Europe, 1963-64
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road to the World Series
I want us to do less preparation. Less everything. Just go play.
2015
Friday, October 2nd
tonight in Chicago
These guys will be playing at Constellation.
The Thing (Mats Gustafsson, baritone and tenor saxophones; Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, bass; Paal Nilssen-Love, drums), live, London, 2010
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reading table
You ask: what is life? That’s like asking: what is a carrot? A carrot is a carrot, and that’s all there is to know.
—Anton Chekhov (1860-1904), letter to wife Olga Knipper-Chekhova, April 20, 1904 (translated from Russian by Cathy Popkin [Anton Chekhov’s Selected Stories, Cathy Popkin, ed.])
2015
Saturday, September 26th
what’s new
Stuff like this—wordy, arty, etc.—I usually (but not quite always) can’t stand.
Joanna Newsom, “Sapokanikan” (Divers, 10/23/15)
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art beat: more from Thursday at the Art Institute of Chicago
David Hartt (1967-), Interval I, 2014 (Interval, through October 11th)
2015
Friday, September 25th
what’s new
Chvrches, “Leave a Trace” (Every Open Eye, 9/25/15)
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lagniappe
art beat: yesterday at the Art Institute of Chicago
David Hartt (1967-), Interval V, 2014 (Interval, through October 11th)
2015
Saturday, September 19th
voices I miss
Lester Bowie’s New York Organ Ensemble (LB [1941-1999, MCOTD Hall of Fame], trumpet; Frank Lacy, trombone; James Carter, tenor saxophone; Spencer Barefield, guitar; Kathy Farmer, organ; Famoudou Don Moye, drums), live, Spain (Madrid), 1992
Time for just one?
Try “Somewhere” (L. Bernstein, S. Sondheim), 11:45-.
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art beat
Vivian Maier (1926-2009), Chicago (Maxwell Street), 1967
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