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2012

Tuesday, 5/22/12

basement jukebox

Bobby “Blue” Bland, “That’s the Way Love Is” (Duke 1962)

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O.V. Wright, “That’s How Strong My Love Is” (Goldwax 1964)

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Jimmy Ruffin, “What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted” (Motown 1966)

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You’ve got [Cubs left fielder] Alfonso Soriano out there with Mickey Mantle’s knees. I’m not talking metaphor here. I think he really has Mickey Mantle’s knees.

—Jim Memolo, WGN Radio, Sunday’s post-game call-in show, following the Cubs’ third straight loss to the White Sox

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2012

Wednesday, 4/18/12

Peter Brötzmann, reed player, composer, bandleader
German Blues, performances 1999-2002, interview 2000

You can have the blues even if you’re German . . .

—Peter Brötzmann

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found words: AOL Headlines

Autistic Cheerleader Inspires Her Squad

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Kayaker Drowns After Swan Attack

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2012

Saturday, 3/10/12

Happy (109th) Birthday, Bix!

How many sonic experiences are as dizzying as the one offered this time each year by WKCR-FM (Columbia University)? First there’s 24 hours, straight, of Ornette. The next 24? Bix, Bix, Bix.

Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra (feat. Bix Beiderbecke, cornet), “There’ll Come A Time (Wait and See),” 1928

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A distinctive psychiatric hospital

—advertisement, New Yorker, 3/5/12

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2012

Wednesday, 3/7/12

what’s new

Grimes, “Genesis”

Recording, Visions, 2/12

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Live, San Francisco (The Sub), 5/11

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Your password will expire after 9999 day(s).

—message from my health club, after registering at their website

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2012

Wednesday, 1/25/12

trying to teach white folks

This Is Ska! (1964)

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 found words

Real Messages from Heaven

—book title (Books-A-Million, 144 S. Clark St., Chicago)

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2012

Monday, 1/2/12

what you’d be listening to if you were 20* 

Lupe Fiasco, “The End of the World” (sampling M83, “Midnight City”), 2011

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Adele, “Rolling in the Deep,” Jamie xx Remix, feat. Childish Gambino, 2011

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musical thoughts

Hip-hop is jazz’s great grandson.

—Roy Hargrove, trumpet player, bandleader

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 found words

Don’t Die with your Teeth in a Glass.

—Billboard, Chicago Ave. at LaSalle St., Chicago
(Dr. Irfan [Ivan] Atcha, “Chicago’s #1 provider for Teeth-In-A-Day & Teeth-In-An Hour Dental Implants”)

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*Based on a sample of one—my son Luke. What a treat to have a pair of 20-year-old ears back in the house (and car) over the holidays.

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