Sunday, March 20th
old school
Dynamic Revelators (Wichita, Ks.), “Holding On,” live, Gurdon, Ark., c. 2011
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lagniappe
reading table
We have to live out our precise experimentation.
—John Ashbery (1927-), “Breezeway” (Breezeway, 2015)
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: guitar
2016
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Friday, March 18th
only rock ‘n’ roll
Tenement, live, Philadelphia, 2012
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Friday, March 11th
only rock ‘n’ roll
Big Star (with Alex Chilton), “In the Street,” live (TV show), 1994
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Replacements, “Alex Chilton,” live (TV show), 2014
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lagniappe
musical thoughts
[M]y favorite songs . . . make[] me feel more able to go out and live.
—George Saunders, New York Times Magazine, 3/10/16 (on-line)
2016
Wednesday, March 2nd
like nobody else
Derek Bailey (1930-2005), guitar, Ballads,* 2002
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lagniappe
art beat
William Klein (1928-), Dance in Brooklyn, 1955
![[Untitled]_2015112414091000 (1)](https://musicclipoftheday.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/untitled_2015112414091000-1.jpg?w=500&h=734)
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*Track list (courtesy of YouTube):
1. Laura 0:00
2. What’s New? 2:58
3. When Your Lover Has Gone 4:38
4. Stella by Starlight 7:56
5. My Melancholy Baby 15:17
6. My Buddy 18:31
7. Gone With the Wind 19:42
8. Rockin’ Chair 21:52
9. Body and Soul 23:48
10. Gone With the Wind 29:21
11. Rockin’ Chair 31:50
12: You Go to My Head 33:54
13. Georgia on My Mind 35:42
14. Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone 40:40
2016
Sunday, February 28th
sounds of Chicago
Staple Singers, “More Than a Hammer and Nails,” live (Johnny Cash Show), 1971
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lagniappe
reading table
He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.
—Lao Tzu (c. 5th century B.C.)
2016
Friday, February 26th
sounds of Ireland
“The Bucks of Oranmore,” “Come West Along the Road,” live, Dublin (The Ferryman Pub), St. Patrick’s Day, 2011
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lagniappe
reading table
The narrative got punctured.
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. . . picking up crumbs like there was no tomorrow, which
there isn’t.—John Ashbery (1927-), “Tall Order” (excerpts), Breezeway (2015)
2016
Friday, February 12th
only rock ‘n’ roll
Savages, “The Answer,” 2015
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Tuesday, February 9th
more
PJ Harvey, The Hope Six Demolition Project (album trailer), 2016
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Monday, February 8th
what’s new
PJ Harvey, “The Wheel,” 2016
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Thursday, January 28th
sounds of Jamaica
Burning Spear, live, Paris, 1988
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