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.
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
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.
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
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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reading table
I have no Life but this
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), #1432 (Franklin)
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
Here’s more of drummer Paal Nilssen-Love and reed player Ken Vandermark—this time together.
Live, Romania (Oradea), 2012
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These Songs are not meant to be understood, you understand. / They are only meant to terrify & comfort.
—John Berryman (1914-1972, MCOTD Hall of Fame), Dream Song 366
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random sights
last night
Columbus Park, Chicago
timeless
Otis Redding (with Booker T. & the M.G.’s, Sam & Dave), live, 1967
In the right hands, a drum kit can be a kinetic orchestra.
Paal Nilssen-Love, live, Norway (Høvikodden), 2010
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The jane is zoned!
—John Berryman (1914-1972, MCOTD Hall of Fame), Dream Song 2
only rock ‘n’ roll
Wire with St. Vincent, “Drill,” live, Chicago, 6/12/15
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art beat
Danny Lyon (1942-), Brooklyn, 1974
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