Sunday, August 16th
old school
Who needs a microphone?
Jessie Mae Renfro, “I Must Tell Jesus,” 1953
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: drums
2015
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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lagniappe
reading table
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)
2015
Friday, August 14th
only rock ‘n’ roll
PJ Harvey, live, Chicago (Metro), 1993
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lagniappe
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.
2015
Wednesday, August 12th
sounds of Brazil
Jorge Ben & Gal Costa, “Que Pena,” live
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lagniappe
art beat
Robert Frank (1924-), Cafe – Beaufort, South Carolina, 1955
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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lagniappe
art beat
Lee Friedlander (1934-), Texas, 2006
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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lagniappe
random thoughts: riding my bicycle
After a while, there’s no bicycle. No me. Only riding.
2015
Friday, July 31st
summer in the city
Sleater-Kinney, live, Chicago (Pitchfork Music Festival), 7/18/15
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lagniappe
art beat: Wednesday at the Chicago History Museum
Vivian Maier (1926-2009), Chicago
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.)
#1
#2
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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lagniappe
random thoughts
No matter how often we turn away, the world keeps calling out to us.
Look.
Listen.
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
2015
Friday, July 24th
only rock ‘n’ roll
Patti Smith, live, England (Glastonbury Festival), 6/28/15
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lagniappe
art beat
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)
