Friday, 11/9/12
only rock ’n’ roll
The Dirtbombs, live, Hamtramck, Mich. (outside Detroit), 2012
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2012
Tuesday, 11/6/12
A reader writes:
Have you seen these films?
Furry Lewis, guitar
William Eggleston, Stranded in Canton (1973-74)
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reading table
“Election Day”
By William Carlos Williams (1940)Warm sun, quiet air
an old man sitsin the doorway of
a broken house—boards for windows
plaster fallingfrom between the stones
and strokes the headof a spotted dog
2012
Monday, 11/5/12
The body knows things the mind will never understand.
D’Angelo (with Jesse Johnson, guitar; Pino Palladino, bass; Chris “Daddy” Dave, drums, et al.), “Chicken Grease,” live, Switzerland (Zurich), 2012
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art beat: Saturday at the Art Institute of Chicago
Morris Engel, Harlem Merchant (1936)
Film and Photo in New York (through 11/25/12)
2012
Monday, 10/22/12
old stuff
The great thing about the 21st century is that it’s so easy to leave.
Count Basie Orchestra (Don Byas, tenor saxophone; Harry “Sweets” Edison and Buck Clayton, trumpets; Freddie Green, guitar; Jo Jones, drums, et al.), “Dance of the Gremlins,” “Swingin’ the Blues,” 1941
2012
Friday, 10/19/12
only rock ’n’ roll
The Ex & Brass Unbound,* live, Dublin, 2010
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last night
He read at the Art Institute of Chicago, where I sat rapt and happy.
Seamus Heaney, “Postscript,” Dublin, 2011
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*Mats Gustafsson (baritone saxophone), Ken Vandermark (tenor saxophone), Wolter Wierbos (trombone), Roy Paci (trumpet).
2012
Monday, 10/15/12
Over eleven hundred posts and still I haven’t even touched on so many who meant so much to me when I was young—younger than my sons are now.
Tim Buckley (1947-75), singer, songwriter, guitarist
“Venice Beach (Music Boats by the Bay),” live (TV show, Los Angeles), 1970
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“Sing A Song For You,” live (TV show, BBC), 1969
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“Gypsy Woman,” recording (Happy Sad), 1969
2012
Monday, 10/8/12
neo neo soul
D’Angelo, “The Charade,” live, Switzerland (Zurich), 2012
2012
Thursday, 9/27/12
love it or hate it
Bill Orcutt (guitar), Chris Corsano (drums), live, Wind Gap, Pa., 9/3/12
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2012
Friday, 9/21/12
only rock ’n’ roll
Little Richard, “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On,” TV show (Shindig!), 1964
2012
Sunday, 9/16/12
Sister Rosetta Tharpe with the Chicago Blues All-Stars (Big Walter Horton [harmonica], Willie Dixon [bass], et al.), “That’s All,” “Didn’t It Rain,” live, 1960s, Germany
What a treat to hear Walter, with whom I worked back in the ’70s while at Alligator Records, playing with Sister Rosetta.
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