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2015

Saturday, August 15th

How about a trip to Paris?

Steve Lacy Trio (SL [1934-2004], soprano saxophone; Jean Jacques Avenel, bass; John Betsch, drums), “Epistrophy” (T. Monk), “Revenue,” live, Paris (Sunset Jazz Club), 1993

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A gentleman of the better type is, in our opinion, only he who entertains a fair number of vain and foolish ideas about himself, and who above all imagines that his nose is better than any other good and sensible human nose whatsoever.

—Robert Walser (1878-1956), “The Walk” (translated from German by Christopher Middleton)

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2015

Friday, August 14th

only rock ‘n’ roll

PJ Harvey, live, Chicago (Metro), 1993


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random sights

yesterday
Oak Park, Illinois

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random thoughts

Economists view the world through a lens of supply and demand. But you don’t need to be an economist to see that each day is more precious than the last.

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2015

Wednesday, August 12th

sounds of Brazil

Jorge Ben & Gal Costa, “Que Pena,” live


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Robert Frank (1924-), Cafe – Beaufort, South Carolina, 1955

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2015

Sunday, August 9th

sounds of Huntsville, Texas

Chuck & The Guiding Clouds, “After All These Years,” live, Houston (Calvary Way Missionary Baptist Church), 2009

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Lee Friedlander (1934-), Texas, 2006

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2015

Saturday, August 8th

tonight in Chicago

These guys are playing at Constellation.

Trio 3 (Oliver Lake, alto saxophone; Reggie Workman, bass; Andrew Cyrille, drums), live, c. 2008


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random thoughts: riding my bicycle

After a while, there’s no bicycle. No me. Only riding.

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2015

Friday, July 31st

summer in the city

Sleater-Kinney, live, Chicago (Pitchfork Music Festival), 7/18/15

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art beat: Wednesday at the Chicago History Museum

Vivian Maier (1926-2009), Chicago

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2015

Thursday, July 30th

Morton Feldman (1927-1986), Rothko Chapel (1971), live (excerpts), Houston (Rothko Chapel), 2013; Kim Kashkashian (viola), Steven Schick (percussion), Sarah Rothenberg (celeste), Hallie Reed (soprano), Houston Chamber Choir (Robert Simpson, cond.)

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Today Morton Feldman enters the MCOTD Hall of Fame, joining saxophonists Von Freeman and Henry Threadgill, trumpeter Lester Bowie, poets John Berryman and Wislawa Szymborska and William Bronk, photographer Helen Levitt, and gospel singer Dorothy Love Coates.

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random thoughts

No matter how often we turn away, the world keeps calling out to us.

Look.

Listen.

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2015

Tuesday, July 28th

tonight in Chicago

These guys are playing at Elastic Arts.

Vox Arcana (Tim Daisy, percussion; James Falzone, clarinet; Fred Lonberg-Holm, cello, guitar), live, South Carolina (West Columbia), 2012

 

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2015

Friday, July 24th

only rock ‘n’ roll

Patti Smith, live, England (Glastonbury Festival), 6/28/15


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Robert Frank (1924-), from The Lines of My Hand (1972)

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I have no Life but this

—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), #1432 (Franklin)

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2015

Thursday, July 23rd

This guitar player gets around. Last weekend Wilco—he’s been a member since 2004—headlined Chicago’s Pitchfork Music Festival. Here he’s playing a small performance space in Brooklyn.

BB&C (Tim Berne, alto saxophone; Jim Black, drums; Nels Cline, guitar), live, New York (Shapeshifter Lab), 2012

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random sights

yesterday morning
Columbus Park, Chicago

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