Friday, August 10th
summer in the city
Big Thief, live, Chicago, 7/20/18
“Mary”
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“Shark Smile”
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Monhegan Island, Maine
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: guitar
2018
Saturday, August 4th
sounds (and sights) of New York
Critical Response Trio (Jason Kao Hwang, violin; Anders Nilsson, guitar; Michael TA Thompson, drums) & Douglas Dunn + Dancers, live, New York, 2018
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Monhegan Island, Maine
2018
Wednesday, August 1st
more
Susan Alcorn (pedal steel guitar), Mary Halvorson (guitar), live, New York, 2016
Tonight she’ll be playing at a Chicago art gallery, Corbett vs. Dempsey, beginning at 6 p.m., with reed players Ken Vandermark and Joe McPhee.
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Monhegan Island, Maine
2018
Monday, July 30th
Last night I heard her at Chicago’s Hungry Brain. Otherworldly. Tonight she’ll be playing, and talking (with reed player Ken Vandermark), at the Experimental Sound Studio—all of which will be streamed, beginning at 7:30 (CST).
Susan Alcorn (pedal steel guitar), live, Rochester, N.Y., 6/18/18
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Monhegan Island, Maine
2018
Friday, July 13th
only rock ‘n’ roll
The Ex, “Soon All Cities,” 2018
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lagniappe
random thoughts
Each moment is an open door.
2018
Thursday, July 12th
basement jukebox
Buddy Guy, “This Is the End,” 1959
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lagniappe
reading table
Butterfly
sleeping
on the temple bell.—Yosa Buson, 1716-1784 (translated from Japanese by Robert Hass)
2018
Wednesday, July 11th
basement jukebox
Otis Rush, “All Your Love (I Miss Loving),” 1958
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2018
Tuesday, July 10th
basement jukebox
Magic Sam, “All Your Love” (S. Maghett), 1957
2018
Saturday, July 7th
desert island disc
Miles Davis, In a Silent Way (MD, trumpet; Wayne Shorter, soprano saxophone; John McLaughlin, guitar; Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Joe Zawinul, keyboards; Dave Holland, bass; Tony Williams, drums), 1969*
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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*Side A: “Shhh”/”Peaceful”/”Shhh” (M. Davis); Side B: “In a Silent Way” (J. Zawinul)/”It’s About That Time” (M. Davis)/”In a Silent Way” (J. Zawinul).
2018
Saturday, June 30th
desert island disc
Sly and the Family Stone, Fresh, 1973
Track list:
1. In Time 00:00
2. If You Want Me To Stay 05:47
3. Let Me Have It All 08:48
4. Frisky 11:44
5. Thankful N’ Thoughtful 14:56
6. Skin I’m In 19:38
7. I Don’t Know (Satisfaction) 22:33
8. Keep On Dancin’ 26:25
9. Que Sera, Sera 28:49
10. If It Were Left Up To Me 34:13
11. Babies Makin’ Babies 36:13
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lagniappe
reading table
Now as a spirit
I shall roam
the summer fields.—Katsushika Hokusai, 1760-1849 (Japanese Death Poems, Yoel Hoffmann, ed.)
